Principals work collaboratively with the school community to establish, strengthen and actively promote Catholic identity as central to the Vision and Mission of the school.
They create a positive culture to develop the personal, religious and faith formation of all staff and students.
Principals ensure excellent religious education teaching and learning occurs in a faith-centred and inclusive school community.
Principals ensure that all students and staff experience Catholic faith, liturgy, culture and traditions in meaningful and authentic ways.
As I have now been appointed Acting APRIM at St Raphael’s School Parkside, one of my new strategic goals for the school commencing next year is leading staff in developing a Crossways Curriculum scope and sequence.
After attending Crossways Implementation Professional Learning Days, I believe I have a plan to lead and support staff in co-constructing a scope and sequence for the RE curriculum R-6 that suits our school context.
I intend to develop this together as a whole staff so that there is buy in and accountability for all. The challenge is that there the content may be new to many the teaching methodology and planning proforma’s may not have been used before. I have thought about possible ways in which I can engage the staff with the document and support them in implementing it in their year levels.
As a type seven Enneagram personality, I must take the time to meet people where they are at, allow them time to process and contribute and not let my excitability, eagerness and pace get in the way. I intend to use one of the beginning of the year professional days to provide teachers (as they will then know their 2021 year level) an opportunity to look closely at the Essential Understandings, Wisdom strand and skills and dispositions to see how they best work with their year level, school context and liturgical events. I will provide support materials and unit planner examples to assist in the process. This will be a continual focus and journey for us as a school. We will start small by focussing on the content and planner first, look at Term 1 so that it is manageable and progress from there.
During my time at Star of the Sea School and as an active member of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Parish, Henley Beach I have been responsible for and led many religious experiences and initiatives.