Pastoral Care Program

Pastoral care, or the personal, social and academic well being of each student is regarded as extremely important at Wesley College and in order to achieve this, there exists a carefully coordinated administrative structure to provide counsel and support.

Apart from the head of campus, and the heads of schools, there is the campus chaplain, the school counsellors, year level coordinators and homeroom teachers or tutors, all of whom are involved in helping students grow and develop and cope with the various steps on their road to adulthood.

In addition, the international student coordinator takes care of the specific needs, both academic and personal, of the students who are living away from home.

At Wesley, the pastoral care structure ensures that there are few discipline problems primarily because frequent contact, friendly relationships, good communication and a climate of trust prevent minor matters from developing into major concerns. The College firmly believes in working together with parents to ensure that students in difficulty are identified and helped, and hence regular contact with parents is a vital aspect of the pastoral care system.

There are information evenings, concerning subject choice, tertiary selection, careers and other topics as appropriate. Advice on careers and tertiary courses is always available from the school counsellors and careers adviser.

The pastoral care program of the school is such that it embraces the care of the individual student with special needs and utilises the services of its trained Special Education staff and other teaching staff in organising and reviewing individual programs designed to encourage students in the development of skills and self esteem.

School assemblies and chapel services, as well as the overall school climate, serve to present to students the ethos, expectations and moral and spiritual values of the College.

Content Release: Dennis Freeman

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