19 September 2024 Hampton Park Secondary College has two finalists for the Victorian Education Excellence Awards 2024. The awards recognise inspirational teachers, principals, business managers and education support staff who improve schools and support children and young people.
Hampton Park Secondary College has two finalists for the Victorian Education Excellence Awards 2024. The awards recognise inspirational teachers, principals, business managers and education support staff who improve schools and support children and young people.
Member for Narre Warren South Gary Maas MP, congratulated Ms Alison Fiddes in the Outstanding Early Career Secondary Teacher award category and the Hampton Park Secondary College Wellbeing Team in the Outstanding Education Support Team award category.
Ms Fiddes has been recognised for her work developing effective and innovative new ways to improve teaching practices and programs that support student engagement and outcomes.
Ms Fiddes played a key role in the development of rubrics that encourage student led improvement and the implementation of the first year of the Victorian Pathways Certificate at the college.
Hampton Park Secondary College’s Wellbeing Team has been recognised for their culturally safe model that has seen incredible results for students and their families by connecting them to mental health support in an accessible on-site capacity with student engagement increasing from 3% to 24%.
The winners of each award will be announced at a ceremony at the Plaza Ballroom on Friday, 25 October, to coincide with World Teachers’ Day. There are 13 award categories with 38 finalists from schools across the state.
Victorian Education Excellence Award winners will receive grants of up to $25,000 to undertake professional development and learning, to ensure our teachers are well supported to lead great careers in the Education State.
One category winner will also receive the esteemed Lindsay Thompson Award for Excellence in Education, which offers a further professional learning grant of $20,000.
More information about the awards and finalists is available at www.vic.gov.au/2024-victorian-education-excellence-awards-finalists
Quotes attributable to Member for Narre Warren South Gary Maas MP:
“Ms Fiddes is improving education outcomes for students at Hampton Park Secondary College and it’s fantastic to see that she is being recognised.”
“The Hampton Park Secondary College Wellbeing Team is paving the way for students in our diverse community to thrive through their tailored wellbeing program which includes removing barriers to mental health support.”
“Congratulations to Principal Wayne Haworth and Ms Fiddes and all the school staff who deserve this acknowledgement of their work.”
“These finalists are representative of the all the incredible teachers, principals and education professionals who make a difference in the lives of young people locally and across the state.”
Quotes attributable to Minister for Education Ben Carroll:
“Victorian Education Excellence Awards finalists exemplify Victoria’s outstanding teaching workforce which delivers world-class education to help students thrive at great local schools.”