Location Profile Hampton Park Secondary College is a large multi-cultural learning community situated in southeast Metropolitan Melbourne. We currently have over 1200 students, from over 60 cultural backgrounds. We have approximately 190 staff, comprising of Teaching and Educational Support staff. At Hampton Park Secondary College, we are rich in diversity and, by empowering and engaging students, wholehearted in our pursuit of excellence. Our vision of learning is underpinned by our values of Respect, Learning and Working Together. Through our values, we hope that our students manifest the qualities of understanding the world with a global view, engaging in life-long learning, and always being critical and creative problem solvers. Hampton Park Secondary College is committed to providing education that is both student-centred and focused upon personalised learning experiences. Several years ago, we re-designed our learning programme to enable students to excel through a researched based, future focused model of student empowerment. Learning at Hampton Park Secondary College is categorised into three stages or programmes: Explore (Year 7), Enhance (Year 8 and 9), and Excel (Year 10, 11 and 12). These programmes recognise the unique needs of each student and allow students to `move through¿ their secondary schooling experience in a way that better reflects their passions and abilities rather than their normal `year level.¿ In 2022, we made structural changes to our Sub Schools. Following extensive collaboration and consultation with students and staff, our new House System was launched. Students and staff are now aligned with one of our four Houses: Hollows, Freeman, Mabo, and Walton. Each House comprises of students from Years 7-12 and includes staff from a range of positions and teaching areas. Our new House System has already created a stronger sense of connection amongst both staff and students, and we see `Houses¿ as being a powerful way to enhance student engagement and sense of belonging. At Hampton Park Secondary College, we are deepp; Support the vision to empower students through increased choice, voice, and agency in learning · Connect with the Student Domain Leaders where appropriate including enabling opportunities for students to provide feedback on the Numeracy Programs Leading Community: · Seek opportunities to develop communities of practice to share and source best practice pedagogies, resources, and programs to support Numeracy · Seek to develop and deepen relationships with feeder primary schools e.g. River Gum Primary School · Collaborate with the Transition Leader to engage with feeder primary schools in relation to the collection of Numeracy data and implementation of agreed Numeracy initiatives · Represent the College on Network and Regional Committees as appropriate · Building opportunities for parent/carers to be partners in learning
