Santa Maria Library Wins Innovators Award
- November 30, 2022
We are excited to share that the Santa Maria library is this year’s winner of the School Libraries Association of Victoria (SLAV) Innovators Award. Each year the award attracts entrants from all over Australia. Our library won this year’s award for their upGrade program.
upGrade is an e-course unique to Santa Maria College. Library staff have created this online platform to provide a self-paced learning environment where students are able to brush up on skills of their choosing. For example, a student may want to improve their referencing skills or develop their essay writing skills.
Amanda Crossley, Head of Library & Information at Santa Maria said, “With students being so adept at turning to the internet to learn, this award recognises the in-house curriculum support our program upGrade provides to students.
upGrade is available to all Santa Maria students via SEQTA. Students can brush up on their study or leadership skills, find technology how-to guides and more.
“Being a digital platform, upGrade is available at any time, and students are encouraged to utilise the self-paced learning environment,” added Amanda.
The Library team consists of Amanda Crossley and Amy Hollingsworth, Heads of Library & Information, Khrystal Trimble, Library Technician and Ruby Farrell, after-hours Support Officer. They are very excited to be this year’s Innovators Award recipients and are looking forward to seeing their upGrade program develop further in 2023!
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Author: Santa Maria College
Santa Maria College is a vibrant girls school with a growing local presence and reputation. Our Mission is to educate young Mercy women who act with courage and compassion to enrich our world. Santa Maria College is located in Attadale in Western Australia, 16 km from the Perth CBD. We offer a Catholic education for girls in Years 5 – 12 and have 1300 students, including 152 boarders.