Location Profile Edgars Creek Secondary College is situated in the growth corridor of Wollert, in the geographical area of Whittlesea in Melbourne. Being in a growth corridor, our student population is growing and currently comprises of approximately 1308 students. Our college consists of 130 staff, including Principal class, Education Support Staff, Leading Teachers, Learning Specialists, and Classroom teachers. Our college is purpose built and enjoys modern, future ready facilities, including well maintained learning community classrooms, Food Technology, robotics, and coding labs. Maker spaces and Performance spaces provide the school the opportunity to offer a breadth of opportunities in these curriculum areas. The facilities also include a multi court gym as well as a Soccer oval and a community partnership-maintained AFL oval. Edgars Creek Secondary College is a school that provides all young people with the opportunities to be passionate about learning, innovative and creative with their learning while developing a strong sense of community engagement and global responsibility. The College aims to prepare students for future pathways as well as expanding students thinking to see the possibilities for innovation and globalisations while inspiring them to create their own unique opportunities for the future, be it through further education, training, or business enterprises. The College aims to equip all young people with the skills and capabilities they need for economic, social, and cultural success in the modern world. At Edgars Creek Secondary College, the personalized learning needs of all young people is realised via a highly differentiated curriculum. This is supported using evolving technologies, collaborative and problem-based learning combined with a strong focus on core literacy and numeracy skills. Teams of educators and industry stakeholders work together to design, plan, and teach a comprehensive curriculum and to provide rich learning environment and culture for all students. The curriculum programs are supported by contemporary resources and the latest research on teaching and learning. Students build their skills, self-confidence, leadership abilities and community spirit through a rigorous, but rich and varied curricular and co-curricular program. At Edgars Creek Secondary College there is a high expectation that our students will have a strong commitment, not only to their specialist areas of interest but also to their academic studies. We recognise that in the pursuit of excellence, each student is entitled to equal opportunity, a positive learning environment and on-going support to enable them to realise their fullest potential ¿ intellectual, personal, physical, creative, social, and vocational. The College is proud of helping all students achieve maximum learning growth. Since the foundation year, the College has made a commitment to building the literacy and numeracy skills of all students. Student Wellbeing and Inclusion is at the heart of our work, all students in years 7 and 8 participate in a weekly Resilience Project program. The House activity program is strong at our school, so too are opportunities for our students to engage in co-curricular programs such as Visual and Performing Arts, lunch time clubs, VicSRC and associated local area network opportunities. Selection Criteria SC1 Demonstrated knowledge of the relevant cu
