Thread: Any School Teachers Out There: Jargon "Complex Settings"?

I don't think that is Education jargon. It sounds to me that you'd be working across a number of areas.

Potentially, I also think that schools are a starting to look at academic gains from a much broader perspective. We certainly are at the very least. Academic programs and student proficiency have been lead in a fairly pure way with Heads of Academic Departments - this is the normal way of doing things, however it is increasingly being recognised that many other aspects of student life, welfare, health etc also have a big impact on outcomes. With these perspectives academic leaders and Welfare leaders are increasingly integrating. I'm a Head of Faculty and we now have Welfare staff attend our meetings, but interestingly it doesn't happen the other way around. I'd be surprised however if the public system are doing this, as this is fairly new and the public systems are a very big ship to steer (I may be totally wrong here also).

Originally Posted by Slunnie

I don't think that is Education jargon. It sounds to me that you'd be working across a number of areas.

Potentially, I also think that schools are a starting to look at academic gains from a much broader perspective. We certainly are at the very least. Academic programs and student proficiency have been lead in a fairly pure way with Heads of Academic Departments - this is the normal way of doing things, however it is increasingly being recognised that many other aspects of student life, welfare, health etc also have a big impact on outcomes. With these perspectives academic leaders and Welfare leaders are increasingly integrating. I'm a Head of Faculty and we now have Welfare staff attend our meetings, but interestingly it doesn't happen the other way around. I'd be surprised however if the public system are doing this, as this is fairly new and the public systems are a very big ship to steer (I may be totally wrong here also).

PM about to be heading your way.... Thanks for the reply Slunnie