Loreto College at Marryatville has been named on a 2019 national list of schools at the cutting edge of change and innovation in Australia.
The Educator’s fifth annual Innovative Schools list highlights the top 44 schools nationally who are making the most profound and exciting impact in R-12 education today.
These schools showcase inspirational and groundbreaking programs and initiatives to improve the educational outcomes and wellbeing of Australia’s young people.
Loreto College was recognised for its newly developed and implemented Social, Emotional and Academic Development (SEAD) program for students, parents and teachers.
Because a program did not exist that was specifically founded on the needs of girls, the College designed its own.
Based on evidence of best practice by researchers in the fields of girls’ emotional, social and academic development, the SEAD Program provides a developmental framework that is specific to the needs of girls as they grow and develop from Reception through to Year 12.
The targeted program acknowledges the phases of girls' transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood and the challenges and celebrations that accompany each stage of development.
The SEAD Program ensures that all girls develop holistically as resilient and confident girls and young women through the integration of social-emotional skill development in conjunction with academic learning.
Designed to prepare Loreto’s young women to be leaders, the aim of the Program is to embed emotional intelligence, resilience, adaptive skills and a growth mindset, well beyond traditional curriculum. It is aimed at facilitating girls' understanding of themselves as learners, responsible citizens and as positive friends, subsequently leading to personal achievement both at school and in life.
Congratulations to Loreto College on this recognition of your outstanding innovative SEAD program.
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