SMYL Community College
Location
SMYL Community College was established in 2011 as a referral only CARE school (Curriculum and Re-engagement to Education) for Year 10-12 students in the Rockingham-Kwinana area who are, or are at risk of becoming, disengaged from mainstream schooling due to a complex range of risk factors, behaviours and life situations. For this reason SMYL CC operates an alternative education program through Big Picture Education Australia that caters for both the educational and welfare needs of each student. The school team consists of 2 non-teaching principals; 6 teachers; two part-time education assistants; a counsellor; a youth worker and an administrator.
Big Picture operates at SMYL Community College through small class sizes of no more than 14 students formed into advisories and uses Big Picture Education Australia principles, materials and support to achieve its educational outcomes.