Earlier in the year, St Michael's College staff came together and shared what Lasallian education at St Michael's should look like today and for the future. This approach to defining Lasallian education is very much in the spirit of the early Brothers, who came together in the early 1700s as the 'most experienced and most capable of running a school well' to inform the monumental work known as "The Conduct of the Christian Schools". It provided the essence of what a quality education in that era should be and focused on what the Brothers (teachers) at the time knew 'worked'.
Over 300 comments were offered by St Michael's Primary and Secondary teaching and non-teaching staff and these are now being developed into aspirational statements that staff will proudly put their name to. Somewhat like "The Conduct" this will be our agreed, authentic, well-articulated, 'way of being' at St Michael's College, and has the potential to be definitive and enduring in terms of what is core and most important to our educational culture. As a small preview, some of the aspirational staff statements include (without names at this point):
"Staff at St Michael's/Lasallian educators
Whilst the process will continue with staff throughout this year, students and families will also be invited to contribute their thoughts on what a 'Quality Lasallian Education at St Michael's College looks like, now and into the future'. I look forward to progressing our partnership on this important work.
Kind regards,
John Foley
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