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The College aim is to provide Christ-centered schooling in an atmosphere of love, respect, peace and discipline which will encourage students to achieve their potential for God.
Groves Christian College seeks to:
- Encourage students to do their best in their learning (excellence in education)
- Inspire Christian character
- Provide students with the thinking skills and the moral values and foundations
- Develop student abilities, gifts and potential
- Help students to fulfill the purpose God has planned for them.
The College’s Educational Philosophy
The College is primarily a community of learners. Education, the collective life-long process of teaching and learning that leads to the spiritual, intellectual, physical, social, ethical, aesthetic and emotional development of individuals is the essence of the College. Christ like character development of all College members is the prayerful hope of the College. Therefore, the provision of schooling where this happens is the ministry of the College.
In considering a move from conventional schooling to Distance Education, parents may be asking the following questions:
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Are the differences in social values, behavioural standards or religious beliefs that are promoted within non-Christian environments a threat to my student’s welfare?
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Should I have more influence over the beliefs and behaviours that my child (ren) adopt(s), or trust an education framework with a different belief system?
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Is my child’s current learning environment really working for them?
These are important questions that many parents ask all the time. All parents want the best for their children, and educating at home through Groves Distance Education offers many advantages over secular and direct-instructional conventional schooling outlines the curriculum program of Groves Christian College School of Distance Education and the many benefits of the program for families whose students are unable to access mainstream schooling or for families who wish to utilise home-based learning through Distance Education.
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Family Educational and Life Goals
Family goals are very important to Groves Christian College. For Distance Education to be effective, it is dependant upon parents, students and Groves DE staff, working in partnership, to provide quality learning outcomes for students. Consequently, parents’ goals, attitudes and beliefs are important in defining home-based learning success:
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Do you enjoy working with your children within a home-based learning environment, taking more time to experience the many real life-learning situations that surround us?
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Do you desire to be actively involved within your children’s academic and life education, building positive functional relationships?
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Have you the time and commitment required to invest in these activities with family members?
If the answer is ‘yes’, then Groves has the resources to ensure success in providing quality learning outcomes for your children and young people.
Learning is a life-long process. Teaching children and equipping them with the skills and attributes that they require to be successful spiritually, academically, physically, and socially (and eventually, financially) is no easy task. Even with years of experience, a good teacher (as with all developing professionals and intelligent adults) is always growing and developing, undertaking further study, seeking and taking advice from other professionals and working within a team to provide the best for their students. Distance Education and home-based learning is no different. For students to be the best they can be, parents still need to work hard – and Groves offers the opportunity for all (that is, students, parents and staff) to work as part of a team to obtain the best outcomes for students.
Working with the Groves team will also give families access to a valuable raft of services and resources.
Groves’ Purpose and Service (Aims)
Is to ensure student success within the home-based learning environment by: Establishing and maintaining a partnership between parents, students and the College, in order to provide excellence in education within a Christian environment.
Giving access to educational alternatives for families who are isolated or distanced from mainstream educational institutions, either by location or differences in social values, behavioural standards or religious beliefs.
Encouraging parents in their role as “parents” and “primary educators”, to play an active part in their child (ren)’s academic, social, emotional, physical and spiritual development.
Empowering and supporting parents to implement and maintain a successful home learning centre and meet the requirements of their student’s curriculum program and QSA outcomes.
Providing learning support and instruction through competent, caring and registered teachers via the Internet/Email, home visits, school visits, telephone and written communications.
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Providing individualised programs of study that:
- Clearly set out an individualised plan of work showing where the student is at and where s/he is heading.
- Map to QSA Key Learning Areas (KLAs) and strands to ensure balance and coverage.
- Enable flexibility wherever possible to concentrate on the needs and interests of each child (and family), taking advantage of a range of learning tools.
- Utilise a range of carefully selected curriculum materials, situations and modes of delivery to suit preferred learning styles and individual needs.
- While setting goals and year level guidelines, allow students the freedom to learn at their own pace, in accordance with their level of maturity, development, prior academic experiences and personal situation.
- Allow for updating for vocational direction changes or elective choice.
- Encourage secondary students to access TAFE, OLI and other certificated courses through cross-crediting results towards Groves Year 12 certificates.
- Encourage School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships, work placements and experience opportunities to increase students’ future employment opportunities.
- Equip students with skills required to enhance future opportunities and options
- Lead to school-based Graduation Certificates.
- Ensuring programs of study that give Distance Education students equal opportunity to pursue Tertiary and University study.
- Giving advice/information to support students sitting the SAT1 moderating Test in Year 12.
- Offering 4-day SAT1 preparation workshops in February and July for SAT1 tests in June and November.
- Tracking marks and results for all subjects towards year levels and Year 10 and Year 12 certificates.
- Supplying Term Reports and full academic transcripts as required.
- Marking of work samples for moderation and independent extension projects as required.
- Providing local area network support, through online forums and curriculum material exchange.
- Offering workshops for parents to equip them with teaching strategies and skills.
- Providing Library services, and (for those requesting them), in-school lessons.
- Providing access to Centrelink benefits and allowances.
- Ensuring ambulance and Insurance cover for school related activities.
- Producing bi-monthly newsletters to keep families informed and up-to-date.
- Prayer and counseling support for all of our families.
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