Creating Pathways to Success Through Extensive Use Of Technology Paw Kappel, Head of ICT Department, Bentley Park College
Paw Kappel, Head of ICT Department, Bentley Park College
At Bentley Park College, a P-12 college located in the southern corridor of Cairns, we have long built our reputation on an excellent Rugby League and Netball program, which attracted many students who excelled more in athletics than in academics. The college’s socio-economic index is in the bottom quartile, and we have a large population of students for whom English is a second language. In the past, many students struggled with academic achievement in 2011, only 25 percent of indigenous students and 55 percent of non-indigenous students received their Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE), which is awarded to students completing their secondary schooling in Queensland.