Learning Diversity 

I’m excited to begin my role as our Learning Diversity Leader. I thank Sally for her hard work in this area over the last 3 years.  

As the Learning Diversity Leader, I will collaborate with teachers, staff and parents to continue to ensure that we meet the diverse needs of our learners and empower them to reach their full potential. 

What is Learning Diversity? 

Diversity encompasses all learners across cultural, academic, social emotional and physical attributes noting these are not mutually exclusive. ‘Learning diversity’ refers to the infinite variety of life experiences and attributes a child brings to their formal learning at school. All students should be fully active members of their school community and all staff in a school share responsibility for their learning. 

At St. Fidelis, we will support all students to flourish, and intervene as early as possible to meet the individual needs and abilities of each student. We celebrate the uniqueness and dignity of each person and build respectful, collaborative relationships between students, teachers, families and the broader community. We also celebrate diversity and difference, welcoming all members of the community as equals. 

In my role as the Learning Diversity Leader, I will ensure that teachers and staff are inclusive, foster an environment that embraces the education of all students regardless of their cultural background, socio-economic status, learning needs, exceptional ability or disability, and create educational communities that celebrate diversity.   

As the Learning Leader, I support staff to modify learning experiences and assessments to meet the individual child’s needs, ensuring they progress along the learning continuum at their own pace.  I will work closely with teachers and families to formulate Personalised Learning Plans when students’ learning needs cannot be met by the standard curriculum. 

In my role, I will liaise with health and allied health professionals to support students within the classroom setting and attend Parent Support Group meetings in order to work with families to ensure the educational needs of students are met.

I look forward to working with families in my new role and in the next few weeks I will contact families to begin the process of PSG meetings. 

Vira Pirrotta