How is Compass different?
We are different in lots of practical ways!
- we don't charge fees
- we offer free breakfast on site every morning
- we work in projects, rather than subjects
- we have free childminding on site
But we also want you to know that we see you in a different way. We see you in your infinite worth, we see you in all your potential, we see you on your journey.
At Compass we will support you to:
- Thrive as a learner, empowering you to make positive change
- Build your resilience, encourage healthy relationships and promote positive mental health
- Enjoy a life that is meaningful and has purpose for you
At Compass there is no one size fits all approach.
Our vision is young people, enabling you to feel deeply connected to your community, finding your skills and talents so that you can navigate your way through life and make a positive difference to our world.
Compass adopts teaching and learning approaches different to mainstream school environment without the ‘packaging’ of school.
We believe in:
- Equity: Our learning environment is built on the belief that everybody can develop and grow with the right tools, resources and support. We all have the capacity to achieve success, and, at Compass, you can learn in a way that works for you.
- Agency: We journey with you as you work to increase your agency, developing confidence in your own abilities so that you can acquire skills to apply both here at Compass and in the wider world. It’s about making choices and taking action to live a life that’s meaningful to you.
- Authentic Engagement: Here you learn through activities that are relevant to you and driven by your interests.
- Meaningful Outcomes: Achieve goals that matter to you! You can accomplish meaningful results that you have chosen for yourself. These may include achievement in SACE, VET and Key Capabilities.
Your learning journey will be co constructed and designed in consultation with your learning facilitator and implemented in way that allows you to pursue learning opportunities to ensure your success.
Compass wants to inspire, support and extend you throughout your learning journey with us, building strategies to create opportunities that will not only challenge you, but also allow you to expand and building upon your amazing individual strengths and abilities.
Does this sound like it would work for you...? Read more below.
Compass is an alternative education option for students who have not thrived in mainstream schools, offering new opportunities for learning, work and community participation. Compass adopts teaching and learning approaches different to mainstream school environments without the ‘packaging’ of school.
Students can learn in a way that works for them. We support our students to explore their future directions and co-create curriculum so they can accomplish meaningful results that they’ve chosen for themselves.
With Compass as the focus, there is emphasis that there is no ‘one direction’, no one pathway. Compass helps each individual with where they want to go, on their own meaningful journey. It can reflect a change of direction, reflected in Jesus’ invitation to ‘turn around’.
Every one of us has infinite worth and our individual stories are unique. And at Compass Catholic Community, we see each person for who they are. Everyone belongs wholeheartedly and matters absolutely. We are student-centred and value each person for who they are and the journey they are on.
The purpose and vision of Compass are to increase student agency, so that individuals know that they can act, not just be acted upon, who know how to, and that they can, make an investment in achieving their goals. Students develop their sense of identity, self, belonging and connectedness.
Students learn through activities that are relevant to them and driven by their interests. Our learning environment is built on the belief that everybody can develop and grow with the right tools, resources and support.