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Priorities

1. Pedagogy (How we teach and learn)

Teachers will promote classroom strategies that equip students with knowledge and skills to achieve potential in their personal and working lives. Provide opportunities to learn in a social context

2. Community (How we relate to one another)

We aim to foster and maintain positive community partnerships. We will promote awareness of what makes a good community model and promote active citizenship.

The Yule Brook College Vision

Yule Brook College is a small, caring and supportive learning community that encourages students and staff to achieve their potential through the approach of ‘One Student at a Time’.

Our students become responsible and contributing community members through a strong focus on the principles of Big Picture schooling, which encompass:

Small by design and the power of one on one in Advisory groups
Personalised learning that pursues passions
Families and community – grow a culture
Learning through internships and authentic assessment – make it real

PRIORITIES 2009 – 2012
To implement this vision, teachers focus on the following priorities.

Personalised curriculum	Real world connection
The school develops a learning environment in which each student’s needs are well known by teachers. Learning plans are developed with students and care-givers to reflect these needs. Students are supported to identify their learning needs and styles, and to discover and learn through their interests and passions.	Parents are partners in their child’s learning. Students regularly demonstrate accountability for their progress to parents, teachers & their peers through public exhibitions. Opportunities are provided for students to apply their learning beyond the school. Students are encouraged to use their learning to make a community contribution.

Traineeships

This program has five objectives:

Help more young Aboriginal students get jobs.
Encourage more Aboriginal students to stay at school during Year 11 and 12.
Make a wide range of vocational training available to Aboriginal students.
Make education and training more meaningful for Aboriginal students.
Develop a program where Government Departments work together in a coordinated way. Read More

Single Gender

The trial which commenced in 2006 aims to:

provide an evidence base to inform the Department in relation to the conditions that support improved student learning in single gender classes;
explore school-level issues relating to single gender classes as an educational option for students; and
contribute to advice to the Minister for Education and Training for possible future policy development in relation to single gender classes. Read More

Family Links

The Family Links Program supports schools to work collaboratively with parents, caregivers and the school community. This is an important program initiated by the Government to:

establish projects to improve partnerships with parents/caregivers
encourage involvement of community groups in the formation and strengthening of local school/community partnerships
encourage involvement of extended family members in the school community. Read More

Voc Ed

Implementation of VET is in accordance with the nationally agreed principles from Principles and Guidelines for Improving Outcomes for Vocational and Technical Education and Training in Schools (2005 - 2008). Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Schools programs are delivered as part of a broad, general education that combines study towards a senior secondary certificate (i.e. the Western Australian Certificate of Education - the WACE) with a nationally recognised VET qualification within the Australian Qualification Framework. Read More

Literacy & Numeracy

Through the Commonwealth Literacy and Numeracy Program (CLNP), the Department directs supplementary literacy and numeracy funding to schools with a high proportion of educationally disadvantaged students. The aim of this program is to measurably improve literacy and numeracy among disadvantaged students and to support the National Literacy and Numeracy Plan.

Dare To Lead

Yule Brook College Wins:
High Achievement Award

The 2007 Dare to Lead Excellence in Leadership in Indigenous Education Awards were announced by the Hon. Julia Gillard, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education, at a ceremony in Parliament House, Canberra on 14 March 2008.

YBC showed "...significant improvements in school enrolments and graduation rates plus a reduction in suspension rates over the past five years. There is evidence that both the student and community voice within the school is strong."