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CONSULTATION AND DEVELOPMENT

THE MARIST
REGIONAL COLLEGE
STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS
FRAMEWORK SETS The 2017-2021 Strategic Directions
OUT OUR 2017-2021
STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS Framework has the following

AND GOALS. overarching domains:

The goals developed are both • Catholic Identity and Mission
ambitious and grounded in a
personal growth culture for all • Learning and Teaching
as well as a pursuit of personal
and community excellence. • Pastoral Wellbeing The facilitation of the process was overseen by a Steering Team. This Three separate survey tools
The development of the Steering Team was active for a period of over eight months throughout were developed and used for
Strategic Directions Framework • Leadership 2016 whilst the consultation and discernment occurred. The Steering staff, parents and students in
has been a whole of community Team initially worked with an educational consultant, gathering feedback addition a number of face to face
process that has ensured the • Stewardship from all stakeholders and drafting a plan based on the data and consultation groups were held with
voice of all stakeholders has feedback received. The plan then underwent numerous stages of further students and staff. The College
been encouraged and heard consultation with the community, including staff, students, parent groups, received a very high response rate
throughout the process. College Board and the Governing Council. from all stakeholders and the data

The College engaged the proved to be extremely valid and
services of an external highly insightful. There was much
educational consultant, to celebrate in the data received
to oversee the process to The steering committee consisted of: and this enabled the College to set
ensure that there was a range a very high benchmark for areas of
of voices in the resulting further growth. For the purpose of
framework. • Principal a Strategic Directions Framework,
the strengths are not recorded in
• Educational Consultant this document. As the aim is for a
culture of continual improvement,
• Board Representatives regardless of the obvious strengths
that exist, we have recorded only
• Parents and Friends Representative our ambitious goals.
The Strategic Directions
• Student Representatives Framework has been endorsed
by both the College Board and
• Staff Representatives the Marist Regional College
Governing Council, headed by
Archbishop Julian Porteous.

Adrian Drane
The College Leadership Team has direct responsibility for particular Principal
domains of the strategic directions framework and as such it was an
imperative that the key leaders were fully involved in the initial tool Anne Wood
development and discernment of data received. Chairperson of the Board – 2016