{"id":403,"date":"2015-09-04T06:28:33","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T06:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/?page_id=403"},"modified":"2022-06-03T13:13:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T03:13:42","slug":"our-philosophy-and-mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/our-philosophy-and-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Philosophy and Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/philosophy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-404 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/philosophy-800x462.jpg\" alt=\"philosophy\" width=\"800\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/philosophy-800x462.jpg 800w, https:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/philosophy-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/philosophy.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The staff at Port 精东传媒 Specialist School believe that the focus for all school activities is the student. We consider that <strong>each student is a unique individual, worthy of unconditional respect and commitment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because our students have specialist needs, we explore how best to help them make progress through a range of education, specialist, and therapeutic services.<\/p>\n<p>Our Individual Education Programs (IEP) are set by a team including the family and provide a coordinated approach toward learning in order to address the educational, social, and emotional needs of our students. These IEPs meet all the legal, ethical and moral requirements laid out by the Disability Act and Department of Education and Training.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Mission<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PPSS is committed to values of professional excellence, co-operation and respect while embracing diversity. Our environment is creative, accepting, flexible and positive.\u00a0PPSS believes that all students will develop capabilities, in communication and independence, to the best of their abilities.\u00a0PPSS supports students to build confidence and demonstrate capabilities in an environment that is respectful and supportive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/PPSS-Individual-Values-Poster.pdf\">PPSS Individual Values<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/PPSS-MissionStatment.pdf\">PPSS MissionStatment<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/PPSS-Values-2018-Summary.pdf\">PPSS Values<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2463 size-medium aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AboriginalAndTorresStraitIslander-300x99.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AboriginalAndTorresStraitIslander-300x99.jpg 300w, https:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AboriginalAndTorresStraitIslander.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nPPSS respectfully acknowledges the homelands of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We wish to acknowledge the Tradition Custodians of the lands where we meet and work across Australia. We pay our respects to Elders; past, present and emerging. We are committed to making a positive contribution to the education and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people and their families.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2464 size-medium aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Diversity-300x99.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Diversity-300x99.jpg 300w, https:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Diversity.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nPPSS values and celebrates diversity and is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of educational services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The staff at Port 精东传媒 Specialist School believe that the focus for all school <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/our-philosophy-and-mission\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portphillip.vic.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}