Coffs Harbour Senior College
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Coffs Harbour Senior College is an Australia
n school in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
. Located several kilometers south of Coffs Harbour on Hogbin Drive, it is in an area which is becoming the centre of population distribution for the greater Coffs Harbour area. The college is a partner with TAFE and Southern Cross University on one site known as Coffs Harbour Education Campus (CHEC). The college provides opportunities for students in Years 11 and 12 to gain their Higher School Certificate.
The college provides opportunities for students to study in an adult learning environment. A prime function of the College is to be a tertiary preparation centre for students. The students have access to computer laboratories, library facilities, commercial kitchens and a student learning centre which provide access to the latest technologies. The students also have access to a cafeteria, coffee shop, automatic teller, Co-Op Bookshop and other facilities not normally available in a traditional school but are available to the students because of the partnership.
The focus of the college is to educate young people in a more mature learning environment, with a focus on freedom and responsibility, care, cooperation and acceptance. Students are allowed to call teachers by their first names and close student/teacher cooperation is encouraged.
The comprehensive joint facility offers enrolment in articulated education and training programmes of each of the partners, ranging from Year 11 to postgraduate level.
There are no sectoral boundaries between facilities on the campus; all are jointly owned and utilised as appropriate by the three partners. Students from Southern Cross, TAFE and the Senior College share the facilities. Classes from all sectors operate on an integrated timetable and the staff from all three sectors have offices in a shared environment.
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n school in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
-History:By the early 1900s, the Coffs Harbour area had become an important timber production centre. Before the opening of the North Coast Railway Line, the only way to transport large items of heavy but low value, such as timber, was by coastal shipping. This meant sawmillers on the North Coast...
. Located several kilometers south of Coffs Harbour on Hogbin Drive, it is in an area which is becoming the centre of population distribution for the greater Coffs Harbour area. The college is a partner with TAFE and Southern Cross University on one site known as Coffs Harbour Education Campus (CHEC). The college provides opportunities for students in Years 11 and 12 to gain their Higher School Certificate.
The college provides opportunities for students to study in an adult learning environment. A prime function of the College is to be a tertiary preparation centre for students. The students have access to computer laboratories, library facilities, commercial kitchens and a student learning centre which provide access to the latest technologies. The students also have access to a cafeteria, coffee shop, automatic teller, Co-Op Bookshop and other facilities not normally available in a traditional school but are available to the students because of the partnership.
The focus of the college is to educate young people in a more mature learning environment, with a focus on freedom and responsibility, care, cooperation and acceptance. Students are allowed to call teachers by their first names and close student/teacher cooperation is encouraged.
The campus
The Coffs Harbour Education Campus is a partnership between the Southern Cross University, TAFE NSW and the NSW Department of School Education.The comprehensive joint facility offers enrolment in articulated education and training programmes of each of the partners, ranging from Year 11 to postgraduate level.
There are no sectoral boundaries between facilities on the campus; all are jointly owned and utilised as appropriate by the three partners. Students from Southern Cross, TAFE and the Senior College share the facilities. Classes from all sectors operate on an integrated timetable and the staff from all three sectors have offices in a shared environment.