On 23 February, Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS) launched its Flourishing Learners position statement, Vision for Instruction, which embeds a refreshed and system-wide approach to achieving teaching and learning excellence. Welcoming principals, school leaders, MACS board members and invited guests to the launch, Executive Director, Dr Edward Simons, said: ‘This vision is the culmination of…
Curriculum is central to learning and teaching; what is taught and assessed in our schools has a considerable impact on individual student learning, and on education performance across our system. The Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS) F-10 Curriculum Survey is a key component of the Flourishing Learners Academic Pillar. Administered in Term 4, 2022, the…
The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) and Melbourne Archdiocese of Catholic Schools (MACS) established an agreement on January 9 to provide a system-wide licence for MACS schools to access the Progressive Achievement Test (PAT) assessment suite. Schools benefit from the agreement by having access to: PAT Maths and PAT Reading Adaptive assessments with PAT…
Last year MACS partnered with Learning First to undertake a sector-wide survey on F-10 Victorian Curriculum delivery. We asked our MACS teachers and school leaders to share their experiences implementing and resourcing the Victorian Curriculum. The preliminary survey report revealed the following: A lack of time to cover the curriculum is a common shared concern…
To work towards the provision of high-quality curriculum and teaching resources for all our schools, MACS partnered with Learning First to undertake a sector-wide survey on F-10 Victorian Curriculum delivery. We would like to thank and acknowledge the 500+ teachers, school leaders and principals who provided valuable feedback on their experiences interpreting, resourcing, and implementing…
As part of MACS 2030’s Flourishing Learners strategic pillar, MACS is committed to providing schools with equitable access to high-quality assessment resources, and, as such is collaborating with the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) on a system-wide licence that will enable school access to the Progressive Achievement Test (PAT) assessment suite. The system licence…
The MACS 2030 strategic plan has been designed to enable every student to flourish and enrich the world. Through our Flourishing Learners academic pillar, MACS aims to deliver the very best educational outcome for every student. To work towards the provision of high-quality curriculum and teaching resources for all our schools, MACS is excited to…
MACS Board Chair Gerard Dalbosco explains the need to drive forward with the formation of MACS 2030.