Assistant 

Principal News Flash 

Stephanie Torchia & Dan Moloney 

Preparing for Disability Inclusion (2025)

In 2025, our school will officially partake in the implementation of a new tiered funding model called the Disability Inclusion Profile, to replace the existing Program for Students with Disability (or PSD).

The intent of this new funding model for all schools are as follows:

• build a culture for inclusion
• identify student's functional needs
• new funding model
• improve teaching practice

The founders of this new model believe that a person's impairments should not impede the extent to which they can participate in society and the environment, all based on the adjustments and supports we have in place. Therefore reducing the impact of the person's impairment.

At JSA, we believe that in implementing this new model, we will be able to clearly highlight the work we undertake as negotiated through our day to day contact and termly SSG meetings. We hope that this process will also create more opportunities for you to observe your child's voice not only in their learning but also for their time beyond graduating from JSA. 

You will have noticed further detail documented into your child's IEP outlining the type of teaching strategies and levels of adjustment required for each learning goal.

We will continue to provide you with ongoing supporting information about what is involved and your parent/carer role in this process as we move towards 2025. Watch this space! :)

2024 Student Attitudes to School Survey

  

This year, the survey will be conducted from 6th May until 14th June.

If we have not received a Refusal of Consent email before the survey commencement date, as above, this will be taken as your consent for your child to participate in the 2024 Attitudes to School Survey. However, as noted above the survey is voluntary: even with your consent, your child can choose to skip questions or withdraw at any time.

What are the benefits?

Young people enjoy having a say! This survey has been running for nearly 20 years and is invaluable in helping schools understand student views to plan programs and activities to improve your child's schooling experience. The survey responses also help the Department of Education understand how students learning experiences can be improved.

What are the risks?

While we do not anticipate many risks of participation, some students may find some of the survey questions personal and sensitive in nature. Should you agree for your child to participate, they are still free to skip questions or to withdraw at any stage if the survey makes them upset or uncomfortable. A teacher will be present during the survey to support students.

The questions are selected from validated survey instruments used in Australia and around the world, are strength-based, and tailored for each year level group.

What will my child be asked to do?

Your child will be invited to complete the survey online during class time using a purpose built secure online survey tool. It is important to note that we are not in any way “testing” your child. Please note:

• Student participation in the survey is voluntary and students may withdraw at any time.
• The survey is available in a variety of different versions to enable all students to participate.
• The survey will take around 20-45 minutes to complete.

How is my child’s confidentiality protected?

Your child will be provided with a unique login to complete the survey from their teacher. The student login is an assigned identifier that will be used by the department to link data for analysis and research purposes only. Identifiable information, such as student name or Victorian Student Number (VSN) is not used for linking datasets. Some student demographic data (i.e. year level, gender, age, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander status) is derived from department-held administrative records and is linked to the individual student login ID during survey set up work to support survey administration.

ORIMA Research will only use student personal information for research purposes to facilitate the administration and data collection of the Attitudes to School Survey. To ensure the confidentiality of your child’s responses is protected at all times, personally identifiable data will not be recorded in the survey response file that ORIMA Research provides to the department. All data is stored on servers located in Australia and access is restricted to staff who are working on the project.