Attention Senior Campus Parents

A message from the Later Years Engagement Leader

Dear Parents and Guardians of  Year 10-12 students, 

My name is Dan Sullivan. I’ve worked at Victoria University Secondary College for 6 years on pedagogy (what the teachers do in the classroom) and curriculum (what the students are asked to learn). I’m excited to be starting a new role here this year as the Later Years Engagement Leader.

Along with the Coordinators (Deb Kelly – VCAL, Walter Bird – 12 VCE, Maria Panagiotidis – 11 VCE, Anna Bonanno – Y10 and Nick Swanson – Student Engagement) and Mr Dowie - the Campus Principal, I will be interviewing every student at the senior school this year about their academic aspirations and how we can best support them to meet those aspirations. We’ll be starting by concentrating on Year 12 students in their vital final year of study. Parents will also be invited along to join the discussion where possible.

This year we are trialling after school assessments for Year 12 VCE students and a few Year 11 VCE subjects. These will run on a Wednesday afternoon (when school finishes early). This will enable students to complete timed assessment pieces outside of class time and leave more time for learning in class. Assessments will run most Wednesdays but will usually only apply to students in one or two classes. Students should talk to their class teacher to find out which Wednesday afternoons they will need to be available next term. We will start with SACs for both Year 11 and Year 12 Legal Studies on the afternoon of Wednesday 20 February from 2:40pm to 4:00pm.

Every year we try to improve our processes in any way we can to allow our students to achieve their best and every  year our students have been working harder and smarter and achieving better and better results. I’m looking forward to working with you to continue that trend.

Kind regards, 

Dan Sullivan