Message from our principal
Lisa Holt
To educate your child is a responsibility that we take very seriously. As principal of the College, my job is to make sure that all members of the college staff work alongside you as parents and carers to nurture, encourage, support and most importantly educate your child.
The importance of strong relationships between the school and families is well documented in terms of the positive impact that your involvement in your child’s learning has on their outcomes. Educating young people is the core business of schools. I am passionate that Rosebud Secondary College is an outstanding learning community that offers the young people of the Southern Mornington Peninsula vast learning opportunities.
Over my past 6 years as Principal, I have invested in and developed a strong, stable and strategic leadership team. I have created an environment where trust, positive conflict and accountability are the norm. I have clear expectations that my leaders and staff value their own learning for the benefit of the College and our students. I am very proud of the excellent team of leaders around me; they are smart, they are committed, and they are determined to ensure Rosebud is the best school for our community.
The College works in a House structure. Students are assigned to a vertical (multi year level) House group that they stay in for their entire time at the college. We want to provide our students with the opportunity to interact with students across all age groups to build social skills that more closely resemble life outside of school, as well as increase the connectedness of our students beyond their year level. Students learn in year level based groups, experiencing diverse curriculum opportunities.
The College uses the Gradual Release teaching and learning model. This model provides staff and students with the structure to ensure that we are overtly developing independent learners. There is a strong drive to provide applied learning opportunities, in the sense that the learning connects with real life and real people. Our unique location allows our students to directly connect with their community, and their local environment. Our local community population swells significantly over holiday periods. As a College we recognise the short and long term learning and employment opportunities of this and therefore develop curriculum and pedagogy to harness it. This includes a very strong outdoor education and environment program, and a fully operational coffee caravan, providing students with the opportunity to learn curriculum content in an applied manner whilst also increasing their employability and personal development skills.
Our graduating classes have consistently entered further studies at university and TAFE, employed in full time work or are continuing their learning in apprenticeships. We offer a formally accredited Select Entry & Acceleration Learning (SEAL) program that ensures our accelerated, gifted, and talented students are extended and challenged in their learning. Our current student population continues to grow steadily and we have worked hard to establish clear learning plans that identify the needs of all students and their individual learning needs. The College is recognised on the Peninsula for our intervention, inclusion, and extension programs. It is through these programs, and our Wellbeing Centre, that students are supported in their educational, emotional and social development.
Our aim is to ensure that we are hearing the voice of, and meeting the individual education needs of all our students. We encourage our students to take safe learning risks that demonstrate their individual learning growth, to embrace their individuality, and emerge as confident and skilled young adults; prepared to embrace their future.
‘Educating young people is the core business of schools’
If you would like to hear Lisa Holt’s Principal address from the 2024 College Open Night please scan the QR code above
