Tuggerah Lakes learning community encompasses the public schools directly partnering Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College.
The schools are:
- primary schools – Bateau Bay Public School, Brooke Avenue Public School, Chittaway Bay Public School, Killarney Vale Public School, The Entrance Public School, Wamberal Public School
- campuses of Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College – Berkeley Vale Campus, Tumbi Umbi Campus, The Entrance Campus.
Tuggerah Lakes learning community aims to lead and guide the development and future of public education in the Tuggerah Lakes area through a collaborative response to state and federal education policies, departmental strategic directions and identified local need.
A major focus of Tuggerah Lakes Learning Community is to harness, develop, and promote the potential of, and talent in public education in Tuggerah Lakes.
A true learning community reflects sound, respectful professional relationships, which focus on teaching and learning through the use of critical friends, analysis of student learning and continuous learning for all. The best learning communities are open, flexible and inclusive of all stakeholders. They promote the worth, impact and importance of the teaching profession.
Although the term Tuggerah Lakes learning community was formally launched on Monday 7 August 2006, it has been built on longstanding, strong, collegial relationships between principals and across public schools in Tuggerah Lakes. The step to formalise these relationships reflects the worth of those relationships and the importance of ensuring sustainability in changing professional and community contexts.
We believe that the partnership across the Tuggerah Lakes learning community is captured in the wording which appears on our TLLC brochure:
- award-winning local public schools celebrate diversity through innovative, comprehensive education where every child's needs are respected
- primary and secondary schools share knowledge, expertise and resources to ensure continuity of learning from Preschool to Year 12 and beyond, leading the state in professional co-operation between schools
- commitment to high standards and student wellbeing is reflected in excellence in academic leadership, cultural, sporting, and technological endeavours;
- strong links and respectful relationships between families and the community provide the foundation for the Tuggerah Lakes learning community.
We welcome you and extend a personal invitation for you to become involved in the events, activities, purpose, and mission of Tuggerah Lakes learning community. It offers exciting and invigorating opportunities for all.
Principals of the Tuggerah Lakes learning community
- Peter Graham – Bateau Bay Public School
- Owen Dalkeith – Brooke Avenue Public School
- Nisha Green – Chittaway Bay Public School
- Janette Dillon – Killarney Vale Public School
- Dave Stitt – The Entrance Public School
- Paul Miller – Wamberal Public School
- Carlie Wells – TLSC Berkeley Vale Campus
- Elizabeth Bate – TLSC Tumbi Umbi Campus
- Kirrily Harvey – TLSC The Entrance Campus
- David Cullen – Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College.