The Mirani State High School Special Education Program (SEP) has been supporting Pioneer Valley families and their children with a variety of special education requirements for many years.
Mission statement
To assist students in successfully achieving goals and transition into the life post school, the staff of SEP support students through the provision of an inclusive, supportive learning environment that focuses on individual and academic goals. This includes:
- providing support for students in class
- working collaboratively with classroom teachers in the creation of unit plans to ensure adjustments for students with disabilities are made
- providing support and training to the staff of Mirani State High School in understanding the nature of disabilities and the impact on learning
- supporting students and families in the creation of Senior Education and Training (SET) plans as well as subject selections for future education and training opportunities
- linking with community to promote diversity.
Our vision is Making Diverse Futures Brighter.
Striving for Personal Excellence.
Through setting goals, working with others, developing student independence and learning about the world we live in, students will become further equipped for the world beyond school.
Principles
Working collaboratively with families and the community to strive for a student’s personal excellence. Through this, students have the opportunity to develop a greater independence and self-confidence.
Differentiated instruction enhances learning for all students by engaging them in activities that better respond to their particular learning needs, strengths, and preferences. The goals of differentiated instruction are:
- to develop challenging and engaging tasks for each learner
- to develop instructional activities based on essential topics and concepts, significant processes and skills, and multiple ways to display learning
- to provide flexible approaches to content, instruction, and products
- to respond to students’ readiness, instructional needs, interests, and learning preferences
- to provide opportunities for students to work in varied instructional formats
- to establish learner-responsive, teacher-facilitated classrooms.
Safe and supportive environments
Through having high but reasonable expectations and supporting students to reach their potential, students will work towards developing skills to prepare them for life post school.
Strengthening partnerships
Working with the community at a local, national and global level we provide multiple opportunities for students to succeed and become aware of the world they live in and the contribution they can make in a number of contexts.
Australian curriculum (ACARA)
Students with disabilities:
- have access to the same opportunities and choices in the education of students without a disability
- are entitled to rigorous, relevant and engaging learning opportunities drawn from the Australian Curriculum and set in age-equivalent learning contexts.
Values
SEP values the following ‘4R’s:
- relationships
- resilience
- responsibility
- respect.
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