Our Lady of the Southern Cross College is scheduled for a Toowoomba Catholic Schools (TCS) quadrennial school review from 27 February to 3 March.  

Toowoomba Catholic Schools has a School renewal and improvement framework which has, as a key element, a quadrennial school review. In this review, a review team consisting of senior staff from TCS’s Education Services and a peer principal from another school in the Diocese, visit the College for three days.

The aim is to assist schools and colleges to strategically plan to improve teaching and learning. These reviews occur in all TCS schools and colleges.`

Through a process of appreciative inquiry, review team members interview staff, parents/carers, students and community members. The questions asked are, ‘In your opinion, what is going well at the College?’ and ‘What could be done better?’.

As a result of the interviews and analysis of data, a report is provided to the College community and the review team share in this report their findings and suggested improvement strategies. These findings and strategies inform the development of the College’s strategic and annual action plans.

The review team would like to hear from representatives of our College community and I encourage anyone who is interested to have their say. Your feedback is important.

Feedback can be provided to the review team in person or by telephone. All feedback remains confidential. Please contact the College Office (Nicole Bryers) if you are interested in speaking to a member of the review team. You may also register your interest by emailing dalby@twb.catholic.edu.au with “College Review EOI attention Nicole Bryers” as the subject.