Updates

World Refugee Day – 20 June 2025

For: Principals, RECs, and Leaders of Mission

Finding Freedom: Diversity in Community

Each year on 20 June, the world celebrates World Refugee Day (WRD). The day is designated by the United Nations to honour refugees who have been forced to flee their homes and to promote solidarity with them for a “world where refugees are welcomed.”

The Catholic Church encourages us to welcome, promote, accompany, and integrate those who knock on our doors.

Information and prayer resources for WRD are available on the Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office website.

Review of CEDoW's Instructional Coaching – Survey

The Improvement, Learning and Wellbeing (ILW) service area of Catholic Education Diocese of Wollongong (CEDoW), has announced an evaluation of its current model of instructional coaching within its primary, secondary and K-12 schools. 

CEDoW recognises the dedicated efforts of Instructional Coaches (ICs) and remains committed to the methodology of contextualised peer-coaching in pedagogy. It is envisaged that feedback resulting from our evaluation will provide further strength and purpose to the role of the IC and their continued support.

The review of the instructional coaching model will commence in the final weeks of Term 4, 2024 and conclude at the end of Term 2, 2025 to capture the feedback of past and present ICs and broader CEDoW personnel. 

All stakeholders now have an opportunity to contribute to our inquiry through a range of processes, including this survey.

In an effort to establish a thorough understanding of our model of instructional coaching, we welcome honest and transparent feedback. For this reason, we are not collecting respondents' email addresses.

Contact: Sharon Gilbert, K-12 Instructional Coach Lead at gilberts02@dow.catholic.edu.au.

Improvement, Learning and Wellbeing (ILW) Staff Notification

Daniel Delmage, Head of Continuous Catholic School Improvement (Network 3) will be taking leave from 10-27 June 2025 (inclusive). During Daniel’s absence, members of the Faith, Learning and Wellbeing Leaders group (Deputy Director-ILW, Assistant Director-CLEM, Heads of CCSI (Network 1 and 2), Head of LK-12, Head of WSS) will be the main point of contact for Principals in Network 3.

Closure of the Lismore Diocese Online Education Centre

Secondary school leaders are advised that the Diocese of Lismore will cease operations of its Online Education Centre at the end of 2026. Currently enrolled Preliminary and HSC students will continue to be supported through to the HSC of 2026, however, no further enrolments will be accepted (official notice of closure attached for your reference). 

Please make any necessary changes to your Subject Selection processes for students of Year 10, 2025. 

Russell Newman
Head of Learning K-12
Catholic Education Diocese of Wollongong