Learning Engagement Framework 

Learn | Grow | Inspire

This term, St Mary's College launched a new Learning Engagement Framework. The purpose of the framework was to focus on engaging every student in their learning and identify the knowledge, skills and dispositions required to ensure they are successful citizens in what is increasingly becoming a challenging and unpredictable future. 

We identified attributes such as resilience, curiosity, imagination, critical thinking and the respect and care of others and our environment as central in enabling our students to navigate their futures. 

Our research was grounded in the work of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Future of Education and Skills 2030 Position Paper: The Future We Want. 

The OECD paper challenged our approach to curriculum and how we provide equitable access and enrichment; it made us reconsider our pedagogy and the way we include students in decisions around how we transfer and measure knowledge and skills in the learning space. 

It questioned the way we create effective learning spaces so that the focus is on the student and how they respond to their environment. It also highlighted the importance of including not only our families, but also our local community in providing opportunities not before considered. 

Most significantly, we were reminded of how we rely on staff and student wellbeing and our Presentation values to support our way forward. 

The SMC Framework for Learning Engagement is aspirational, inspirational and a vision for our families and community to work in partnership to support our students to build their futures. 

You can read more about the Learning Engagement Framework on the College website here or by viewing the video below. 

Louise Bender

Director of Learning and Innovation