Direct Communication: • Telephone is used for urgent, sensitive, or personal matters. • Email and Compass push notifications communicate urgent updates, linking back to Compass for details. • Publications: • Newsletter (4 a term) shares principal updates, awards, events, and community news. • Inspire (annual) showcases student learning and achievements. • Campus Handbooks provide campus information and document links. • Secondary Curriculum Handbook provide curriculum information for subject selection and future pathways. Face-to-Face & Virtual Engagement: • Learner Review Interviews occur twice yearly to discuss student progress. • Student Support Group (SSG) Meetings support students with additional needs. • School Assemblies celebrate achievements and share information with the community. Social Media & Promotion: • Facebook and Instagram are used to celebrate achievements and promote events, following privacy and confidentiality policies. • Youtube is used to publish videos produced by the College and also to promote student voice and agency through VoxPops that can be shared to students via Compass. • Marketing materials such as billboards, flyers, and posters support school promotion created in collaboration with Communication & Marketing Manager in line with the College Branding Guidelines.
Overall, the College maintains a structured, inclusive, and multi-channel communication approach to ensure timely, accessible, and effective engagement with its community. DAILY COMMUNICATION ROUTINES (COMPASS, EMAILS, NEWSLETTERS) Effective communication builds trust and strengthens the partnership between home and school. Every conversation — whether face-to-face, via Compass, email, or phone — should aim to: • Support between school and home. • Keep families informed, involved, and reassured. • Promote consistency between school and home. Newsletter & Inspire The Lakes Newsletter is published via Compass and Social Media accounts and uploaded to the school website three times per Term on Friday afternoon. Current and past issues can be found here. Staff must place their newsletter information of upcoming events in their area in the appropriate edition in the ‘Newsletter’ folder on the Teams by the provided deadline. The Lakes Inspire is an annual publication which celebrates student voice and learning. Current and past issues of Inspire can be found here. Staff who are allocated to articles in Inspire must ensure they keep to the submission requirements and timeline, this may include: • Year level representatives/team leaders will need to ensure activities (learning and events) are celebrated on social media each term • Leading teachers and domain/subject leaders may be required to submit their article during the year as part of the College Newsletter or content will be specified and required by the end of Term 3 • Inspire is published in Term 4.
The Lakes South Morang College 2026 Staff Handbook
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