Department of Education - Victoria

MULLAUNA SECONDARY COLLEGE

CURIOSITY - COURAGE - COMMUNITY

Success through learning together

Mullauna Secondary College is a co-educational, Year 7-12 state secondary college located in Mitcham. We are committed to providing a safe, supportive and inclusive learning environment for all students, staff and members of our community. Our school recognises the importance of the partnership between our school and parents & carers to support student learning and wellbeing. We share a commitment to, and a responsibility for, creating an engaging, inclusive and safe school environment for our students. Mullauna Secondary College is committed to child safety; all members of the Mullauna Secondary College community observe the Child Safe Standards and expectations for appropriate behaviour towards, and in the company of, children.

Our vision for our students is that they will model our college values of 'Curiosity, Courage & Community', and thus grow to be courageous and engaged young people who value and respect curiosity and learning.  We value the pursuit of excellence and strive to provide authentic and contextual opportunities for all students to experience success and contribute positively to their community.  

The college's mission is to create reflective and independent learners for life through a learning community that provides a challenging and secure environment responsive to individual learning needs. We believe that effective learning occurs when outstanding and innovative teachers provide a variety of tasks that actively engage students who are encouraged to take responsibility for their own learning. The expectation is that students will be successful and enthusiastic learners capable of building positive relationships.

Mullauna Secondary College has a strong tradition of academic excellence, active student leadership and participation, as well as outstanding music, sporting and debating programs. The college programs offer a breadth of pathways, and Year 10 students can access VCE subjects, including VET. Mullauna Secondary College also delivers an International Student Program.

Sitting at the centre of its work, the college believes in high expectations in all students and a commitment to hard work. Our aim is to prepare young people to become active, engaged and responsible citizens of the local and global community.  A major focus is to prepare students to contend with a very dynamic world in which creativity, cooperative work, connectedness and adaptability are key features.  The school aspires to provide a contemporary approach to learning and teaching in its purposeful educational environment.

The college operates in two sub-schools, Junior and Senior. In the Junior School, Mullauna Secondary College has an engaging curriculum that includes core, elective and inter-disciplinary programs: Challenge at Year 7, an expansive combined Year 8 & 9 electives program, and SkillZ@Mullauna at Year 9. Excel is a selective program for high-performing students that operates from Years 7 to 10. The Senior School structure promotes the acceleration (advanced placement) of Year 10 students into VCE and VET Studies. Senior School students undertake an academic VCE with access offered in VET subjects through the Mullum cluster, as well as the provision of the new VCE Vocational Major (VM). Thus, all students have access to a successful future pathway. The college offers a long-established International Students Program with homestay placements, specialist English as an Additional Language (EAL) teachers and tutors both in class time and after school.

Mullauna Secondary College is undergoing significant and exciting developments with the recent investments in new facilities! The new two-storey, eight-classroom learning centre is an excellent addition. We excitedly await the development of the state government's 2022 election commitment of a further $17.6 million to the next stage of our masterplan!

The upgrades over recent years have already provided fantastic spaces like the Junior Learning Centre, renovated science classrooms, and dedicated areas for arts, design, and STEM learning. The changes to the library and staff areas seem to foster a great environment for both students and teachers to collaborate and innovate. These developments have helped to set up the college for a bright future.

THE MSC VALUES - CURIOSITY, COURAGE, COMMUNITY

• CURIOSITY
  • Be creative: think, ask and explore
  • Look for new interests and different perspectives
• COURAGE
  • Commit: persevere and strive to achieve your personal best
  • Create opportunities from uncertainty and complexity
• COMMUNITY
  • Be courteous, kind and compassionate
  • Be accountable: contribute to a safe and sustainable environment
  • Be accountable: contribute to a safe and sustainable environment

THE MSC LOGO

The spheres of our college logo represent (from left to right):

• Community - Mullauna Secondary College's links with the community and their importance to the college.
• Primary Schools - Mullauna Secondary College's strong links with primary schools.
• Mullauna Secondary College itself
• The world beyond Mullauna Secondary College - the aspirations, hopes and challenges of our students.
• The Student - the student graduates from Mullauna Secondary College as a young adult, educated and prepared for life.

THE MSC MOTTO - SUCCESS THROUGH LEARNING TOGETHER

Our college motto, Success through learning together, provides the vision of our college community and reflects our belief that personal success is best achieved when students, teachers and parents / families work together in partnership, through interactions that are positive, respectful and purposeful.

We are reflective and open to change, optimistic in our endeavours, and focused on the improvement of wellbeing, engagement and learning outcomes. Together, we are building the capacity of our community to engage meaningfully and contribute positively in an increasingly complex world. 

THE MSC VISION FOR LEARNING & TEACHING:

We achieve personal success by collaborating and actively engaging in supportive, challenging and diverse learning opportunities. 

Our Vision for Learning & Teaching will be achieved through the implementation of the MSC Instructional Model, which underpins our pedagogical practice, and sets clear expectations for learning and teaching practices for our staff, students and parents. It guides staff in implementing more consistent, responsive, high-quality, and innovative curriculum and programs.

 

SC1    Demonstrated knowledge of the relevant curriculum, including the capacity to incorporate the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills. Demonstrated capacity to respond to student learning needs.

SC2    Demonstrated capacity to implement high impact teaching strategies, guided by how students learn, and evaluate the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth. 

SC3    Demonstrated capacity to monitor and assess student learning. Demonstrated capacity to use data to inform teaching practice and to provide feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.

SC4    Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills. Demonstrated capacity to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with students, parents, colleagues and the broader school community to support student learning, wellbeing and engagement.    

SC5    Demonstrated behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values. Demonstrated capacity to reflect upon practice and engage in professional learning to continually improve the quality of teaching.