Graduate Teacher Program (GTRI088) - Beaufort Secondary College $$ Financial Incentive

Location Profile

Social, Community and Demographics:

• Location - in the rural township of Beaufort, population approximately 1,500, within the Goldfields Recreation Reserve precinct.
• One of three schools with secondary students in the Central Network of the Grampians Region, the only secondary college in the Pyrenees Shire.
• Main feeder schools - Beaufort Primary School, Trawalla Primary School, Skipton Primary School, Waubra Primary School, Amphitheatre Primary School, Buangor Primary School
• Predicted 2027 enrolment of 210 students. Enrolment growth is anticipated over the next few years. SFO is 0.46
• Around one third of students reside in Beaufort, with the remainder travelling to school by Government contract school bus.
• The school population displays a huge range of abilities and aspirations. The College aims to provide a broad and excellent education that meets a wide range of needs and abilities and retain all students to Year 12

Educational:

• Structure - traditional years levels with three sub-schools (Years 7 & 8, Middle Years 9 & 10, Years 11 & 12)
• Strategies such as the use of cross-year level ability groupings, extension groupings, accelerated programs and team teaching are used to cater for the needs of all students.
• Low staff-student ratios and excellent relationships between staff and students.
• High student, staff and parent survey results over the last few years show a high level of satisfaction on the part of all groups in the school community. Strength areas include student connectedness and leadership, taking parent concerns seriously, staff consultation and co…