MISSION STATEMENT

MISSION STATEMENT

As a long-standing Catholic school for boys in the Edmund Rice tradition, Parade College will be a vibrant learning community offering best practice education and pastoral care to its members to foster fullness of life and holistic growth for all.

OUR VISION

Parade College will continue to grow and seek excellence on these three pillars:

PILLAR 1: As an authentic and vibrant learning community

PILLAR 2: As an inclusive and caring community
PILLAR 3: As a celebrating and reflective community

PILLAR 1
An authentic and vibrant learning community

• We will foster an organisational climate which enhances ownership and engagement by staff, students and parents
• We will seek innovative, creative and effective ways of achieving best practice teaching and learning
• We will promote effective team work to enhance participation and cooperation of all staff in producing excellence in educational outcomes
• We will encourage staff to work in collegiality and mutual support to grow personally and professionally
• We will enhance the opportunities and the capacity of all members for leadership to facilitate holistic learning
• We will promote students taking appropriate responsibility for their own learning

PILLAR 2
An inclusive and caring community

• We will promote staff and student wellbeing in our commitment to liberating the talent and character of each individual
• We will refine our capacity to respond effectively to the differing needs and aspirations of our students
• We will ensure that our two campuses are effectively integrated
• We will monitor the effectiveness of the House system of pastoral care
• We will respond appropriately to those in the community who need support in particular ways
• We will invite parents into more effective partnership and provide parents education opportunities
  

PILLAR 3
A celebrating and reflective community

• We will articulate our vision of Church and the ways in which we express and live our Catholic faith
• We will share and appreciate the stories of the College and its members
• We will acknowledge and take pride in the achievements of all in the College community
• We will be open to ways of improving the life, learning and relationships of all in the Parade community
• We will continue to be aware of and respond with compassion to those in the wider community who need support
• We will promote greater respect and responsibility for the environment

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