Current projects
Ignatius Learning Centre is a Catholic Specialist Secondary School in Melbourne for boys aged 15-17 who are involved with the youth justice system. The Ignatius Learning Centre is founded by Jesuit Social Services, a social change organisation working to build a just society where all people can live to their full potential.
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MI Education Consulting provides bespoke project management, facilitation and coaching services. MI Education Consulting works with government, principals, education innovators, teacher trainers and community organisations to enhance educational outcomes for young people, and to effect social, cultural and economic inclusion.
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Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School is a multi-campus independent Uniting Church comprehensive co-educational early learning, primary and secondary school, located in Melbourne, Victoria.
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The UPR Project provides evidence-based professional development for teachers, leaders and educators throughout Victoria and beyond.
The methods delivered by The UPR Project, including behavioural management strategies, were developed alongside Brendan Murray, the founding Executive Principal of Parkville College, a Victorian Government School for all children and young people detained in custody in Victoria. |
Lalor North Secondary College provides a strong public education to students across years 7-12. Lalor North Secondary College is an innovative and forward-thinking school that provides agile and flexible learning opportunities responsive to student need.
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The David Scott School supports young people to reconnect them to their education, their communities and their futures. This is achieved through operationalising an approach that places each student in the centre of their school experience, as active agents in decisions about their education, as collaborators in their learning and as designers of their future.
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MacKillop Education provides a positive learning environment to support students disengaged, or at risk of disengaging from school. MacKillop Education operates a specialist school, with 3 campuses, suited to students whose learning needs, and social and/or emotional challenges, cannot be adequately supported in a mainstream setting.
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past projects
Parkville College is a specialist Victorian Government School that provides education to students who are, or have been, detained in custody, a secure care setting, or transitioning from these settings. Brendan Murray had a vision to provide education to Victoria’s youth that were a part of the youth justice system, detained in custody, or in the secure welfare environment. He joined forces with Maddie Witter as literacy consultant, and pitched the concept of Parkville College operating within the youth justice system, to the Victorian State Government.
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The Pavilion School aims to re-engage young people who are currently disengaged from any form of education, by providing students with a relevant and individually tailored education program. The Pavilion School was founded in 2007 by Josie Howie and Brendan Murray who developed the model in response to community pressure and lobbying for more educational options for young people who had disengaged from mainstream education.
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Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) is a state-wide Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO) servicing children, young people, families, and community members. The purpose of VACCA is to support culturally strong, safe and thriving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
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Lyrebird College is an independent school in Victoria perusing excellence in education of children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder from foundation to year 10. The school provides an inclusive learning environment and a highly individualised curriculum based on assessment using the Victorian Curriculum F-10 and Ability Based Learning and Education Support (ABLES).
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The Yoorrook Justice Commission is the first formal truth-telling process into historical and ongoing injustices experienced by First Peoples in Victoria, sharing and recording stories about the impact of colonisation on Indigenous Victorians.
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Victoria University is an Australian university that offers a range of certificates to diplomas, degrees and postgraduate courses, you can begin your studies at any point and progress between courses to achieve your goals, regardless of your starting point. Victoria University's Bachelor of Youth Work aims to make a difference to the lives of disadvantaged young people.
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Jesuit Social Services is a social change organisation working to build a just society where all people can live to their full potential. Jesuit Social Services envisions a world free of inequality, prejudice and exclusion and aims to move towards this by doing, connecting, supporting, and influencing, to create invaluable change.
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Reframing Learning and Teaching Environments (ReLATE) is a research and trauma-informed education model that provides a blueprint for schools to create supportive environments for teaching and improved student learning and wellbeing. The ReLATE program combines educational research, social science, behavioural theory and neuroscience to provide schools with a blueprint for enhanced teaching. ReLate is a program devised by the MacKillop Institute.
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Melbourne Polytechnic offers students an alternative way of learning, striving to create an inclusive, respectful and equal culture for all our students and staff. Melbourne Polytechnic have been delivering vocational training since 1912 and are one of the largest providers in Victoria.
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Institute Community Directors Australia (ICDA) is Australia’s best-practice governance network for not-for-profit boards, committees, councils, schools, and their staff. ICDA is a pioneering social enterprise that provides advice and tools for Australia's 600,000 not-for-profit groups and schools.
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The Sanctuary Model is a workplace culture-change program that teaches people how to cope more effectively with adversity and stress, and aims to prevent trauma symptoms. The Sanctuary model introduces a number of workplace practices to create positive culture change. The Sanctuary Model is a program devised by the MacKillop Institute.
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Northern Territory Legal Aid offers a range of services for the NT community, including legal information, legal advice, representation, family dispute resolution, and education services. Brendan worked with Northern Territory Legal Aid acting as an expert witness in legal cases regarding the mistreatment of children in the youth justice system.
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Article 26 acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work. We pay our respects to elders past and present and extend that respect and acknowledgment to any Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples viewing this site, in addition to people of any First Nations groups.
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