I have observed first hand the great work being done in the Ballarat Diocese by CEO Ballarat. It has been difficult for me to comprehend the level of support that CEO give their schools. There are 61 people working to support 63 Primary and secondary schools. Eat your heart out Eileen. In the Melbourne Diocese there are hundreds of them working in a building the size of BusÁrus. The CEO support:
Teaching and learning
Spiritual and moral wellbeing
Special Ed
Building projects
Distribution and overseeing of expenditure etc.
The list is endless.
There is someone at the end of a phone to help with anything school related. Not just the ‘Cuddling Consultant’ but finance management, psychology, literacy, numeracy, planning, professional development etc. For example, this year we were reviewing the teaching of Maths and someone from the CEO came to our school once a fortnight for the whole day, which included meetings after school. All day, once a fortnight, for the whole year. They wanted to come back next year but we will be getting similar ICT support so I had to reduce the maths support to twice a term! State and Federal funding is channelled through the CEO. The State of Victoria and the Federal Government of Australia save so much work by having an organization that just does not distribute and support but also sees that all monies are well spent. This was particularly evident in the Building the Education Revolution (BER) when 14.7 billion dollars were distributed to support new buildings in every primary school in Australia. The monies channelled through the CEO produced great value for money whereas those channelled through the state Depts. of Ed did not fare so well. It must be a great source of comfort to Governments to know that it has the assistance of an organization that is literally responsible to a greater God!
Teaching and learning
Spiritual and moral wellbeing
Special Ed
Building projects
Distribution and overseeing of expenditure etc.
The list is endless.
There is someone at the end of a phone to help with anything school related. Not just the ‘Cuddling Consultant’ but finance management, psychology, literacy, numeracy, planning, professional development etc. For example, this year we were reviewing the teaching of Maths and someone from the CEO came to our school once a fortnight for the whole day, which included meetings after school. All day, once a fortnight, for the whole year. They wanted to come back next year but we will be getting similar ICT support so I had to reduce the maths support to twice a term! State and Federal funding is channelled through the CEO. The State of Victoria and the Federal Government of Australia save so much work by having an organization that just does not distribute and support but also sees that all monies are well spent. This was particularly evident in the Building the Education Revolution (BER) when 14.7 billion dollars were distributed to support new buildings in every primary school in Australia. The monies channelled through the CEO produced great value for money whereas those channelled through the state Depts. of Ed did not fare so well. It must be a great source of comfort to Governments to know that it has the assistance of an organization that is literally responsible to a greater God!
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