Our Pastoral Care and Behaviour Management
Roles in the Pastoral Care System
At Marist College, we are committed to providing a supportive environment where young people mature into positive, young Christian adults. Support is provided through a sense of collaboration between staff, students and parents under-pinned by clear pastoral care and behaviour management structures based on the Marist charism.
Roles within the Pastoral Care System
Support is provided through key personnel and structures that have been put in place. The key personnel include
The Head of House role, supported by the Deputy Principal, Campus Minister and College Counsellor, is an integral and vital bedrock on which much of the sense of ‘good relationship’ at the College is founded. This team meets weekly to ensure consistency of behaviour management and to monitor the needs of individual students.
Marist College prides itself in the care and support for its students, particularly, as in the words of Marcellin Champagnat ‘for those of greatest need’. The Head of House is encouraged to create supportive professional relationships with students and to identify, monitor and ‘touch base’ on a regular basis with students at risk. In no way is the Head of House to go beyond a support role, professionally trained counsellors are to be accessed as necessary.
Support is provided through key personnel and structures that have been put in place. The key personnel include
- Home Room teachers
- Classroom teachers
- Head of House
- Campus Minister
- College Counsellor
- Head of Department Inclusive Practices
- Deputy Principal
- Members of the College Leadership Team
- External Professionals eg. Child and Youth Mental Health Service, Anglicare Youth Support, Centacare, Beyond Blue and Headspace
The Head of House role, supported by the Deputy Principal, Campus Minister and College Counsellor, is an integral and vital bedrock on which much of the sense of ‘good relationship’ at the College is founded. This team meets weekly to ensure consistency of behaviour management and to monitor the needs of individual students.
Marist College prides itself in the care and support for its students, particularly, as in the words of Marcellin Champagnat ‘for those of greatest need’. The Head of House is encouraged to create supportive professional relationships with students and to identify, monitor and ‘touch base’ on a regular basis with students at risk. In no way is the Head of House to go beyond a support role, professionally trained counsellors are to be accessed as necessary.
House Structure and Homerooms
Marist College is supported by a vertical pastoral care system divided into five House groups; Heenan, Farrelly, Chanel, Moore and MacKillop. These Houses fulfil a pastoral care and administrative function and are facilitated by a Head of House. Within each House there are 6 Home Groups which meet at the beginning each school day to mark the roll, check uniforms and provide a ‘family spirit’. Family members are always allocated to the same House.
Marist College is supported by a vertical pastoral care system divided into five House groups; Heenan, Farrelly, Chanel, Moore and MacKillop. These Houses fulfil a pastoral care and administrative function and are facilitated by a Head of House. Within each House there are 6 Home Groups which meet at the beginning each school day to mark the roll, check uniforms and provide a ‘family spirit’. Family members are always allocated to the same House.
‘I beg of you, …do all you can to ensure that charity is always maintained among you.
Love one another as Jesus has loved you. Be of one heart and one mind’
(Spiritual Testament of Marcellin Champagnat)
Love one another as Jesus has loved you. Be of one heart and one mind’
(Spiritual Testament of Marcellin Champagnat)