The Bede Polding College leadership team and teachers that bring learning to life are passionate and creative, inspiring a love of learning in students every day.
They foster exploration and innovation, drawing on students’ passions, talents and learning styles to create an education that cultivates the whole child -- academically, socially, and emotionally.
| LEADERSHIP TEAM | ||
|---|---|---|
| College Principal | Mr Mark Compton | mcompton1@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Assistant Principal | Mr David Sullivan | dsullivan9@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Business Manager | Mr Sean McNally | smcnally@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Director of Learning & Religious Education | Mr Joshua Rodricks-Testa | jrodricks-testa@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Director of Learning & Inclusion | Mrs Tracey Johnson | tjohnson11@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Director of Learning & Pedagogy | Mrs Nicole Mulford | nmulford@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Director of Learning & Innovation | Mrs Angela McEnearney | amcenearney@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Director of Learning & Wellbeing | Mr Edward Gruppetta | egruppetta@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Director of Learning & Administration | Mr Paul Samoluk | psamoluk@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Director of Learning & Systems (Semester 2 Only) | Mr Matthew Kneller | mkneller@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Principal's Personal Assistant | Mrs Deanna Melbin | dmelbin@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Principal's Personal Assistant | Mrs Therese Poole | tpoole@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| WELLBEING TEAM | ||
|---|---|---|
| Director of Learning & Wellbeing | Mr Edward Gruppetta | egruppetta@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Leader of Wellbeing: Year 7 | Mrs Janette Wick | jwick@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Assistant Leader of Wellbeing: Year 7 | Mr Jacob Wills | jwills6@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Acting Leader of Wellbeing: Year 8 | Mr Alex Murphy | amurphy16@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Acting Assistant Leader of Wellbeing: Year 8 | Miss Morgan Wearne | mwearne1@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Leader of Wellbeing: Year 9 | Mr Liam Campbell | lcampbell10@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Assistant Leader of Wellbeing: Year 9 | Mrs Angela Cutajar | acutajar2@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Leader of Wellbeing: Year 10 | Ms Jenny Woods | jwoods@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Assistant Leader of Wellbeing: Year 10 | Miss Tara Haddad | thaddad8@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Leader of Wellbeing: Year 11 | Mr Matthew Marshall | mmarshall2@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Assistant Leader of Wellbeing: Stage 6 | Ms Gemma Thompson | gthompson7@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Leader of Wellbeing: Year 12 | Mrs Kylie Kennedy | kkennedy@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Leader of Wellbeing: Attendance | Mr Jeremy Tuano | jtuano1@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| College Counsellors | Ms Lisa Gooley | lgooley@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| College Counsellors | Ms Marita Vecchio | mvecchio1@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| TEACHING AND LEARNING TEAM | ||
|---|---|---|
| Director of Learning & Religious Education | Mr Joshua Rodricks-Testa | jrodricks-testa@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Assistant Leader of Learning: Religious Education | Mr Michael Aure | maure@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Director of Learning & Innovation | Mrs Angela McEnearney | amcenearney@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Director of Learning & Pedagogy | Mrs Nicole Mulford | nmulford@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Director of Learning & Inclusion | Mrs Tracey Johnson | tjohnson11@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Acting Assistant Leader of Inclusion | Mrs Claire Claxton | cclaxton@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Leader of Learning: Pathways & Partnerships | Mrs Cathy Moon | cmoon3@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Leader of Learning: English | Ms Melina Jamhour | mjamhour@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Assistant Leader of Learning: English | Mrs Rachel Watts | rwatts@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Leader of Learning: Mathematics | Mrs Anni Brailey | abrailey@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Assistant Leader of Learning: Mathematics | Miss Georgia Marshall | gmarshall2@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Leader of Learning: Science | Mr David Rowswell | drowswell@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Assistant Leader of Learning: Science | Mrs Yana Dennis-Smither | ydennis-smither@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Leader of Learning: Human Society & Its Environment |
Mr Brett Windon | bwindon@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Assistant Leader of Learning: Human Society & Its Environment |
Mrs Kim Manuel | kmanuel@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Leader of Learning: Technological & Applied Studies |
Mrs Lisa Cummins | lcummins@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Acting Leader of Learning: Technological & Applied Studies |
Mr Craig Adams | cadams3@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Leader of Learning: Personal Development, Health, & Physical Education |
Mr Marc Sluiter | msluiter@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Assistant Leader of Learning: Personal Development, Health, & Physical Education |
Miss Olivia Ryan | oryan6@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Leader of Learning: Creative & Performing Arts | Ms Angela Rando | arando@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Assistant Leader of Learning: Creative & Performing Arts | Mr Bradley Lee | blee6@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Leader of Learning: Languages Other Than English | Mrs Kelly Hitchen | khitchen@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Leader of Learning: Vocational Education & Training | Mr Patrick Carroll | pcarroll1@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES | ||
|---|---|---|
| Leader of Learning: eLearning | Mr Matthew Kneller | mkneller@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Sport Coordinator | Mr Dean Bertenshaw | dbertenshaw@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Debating and Public Speaking | Ms Maryanne Grosvenor | mgrosvenor5@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Mission Director | Mr Daniel Cody | dcody@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| INCLUSION TEAM | ||
|---|---|---|
| Director of Learning and Inclusion | Mrs Tracey Johnson | tjohnson11@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Acting Assistant Leader of Inclusion | Mrs Claire Claxton | cclaxton@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Inclusion Leader | Ms Hayley Arenellli | harenelli@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Inclusion Leader | Mrs Erin Blackman | eblackman@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Inclusion Leader | Miss Caillin Brailey | cbrailey1@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Inclusion Leader | Mrs Patti Jasinski | pjasinski@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Inclusion Leader | Ms Jessica Micallef | jmicallef14@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Inclusion Leader | Mrs Cathy Moon | cmoon3@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Inclusion Leader | Mrs Anita Roy | aroy@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Inclusion Leader | Ms Olivia Ryan | oryan6@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Inclusion Leader | Mrs Jan Trefoni | jtrefoni@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Teacher's Aide | Mrs Yvonne Foster | yfoster@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Teacher's Aide | Mr Darren Pearson | dpearson@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Teacher's Aide | Mrs Jade Pottstock-Millan | jpottstockmillan@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Teacher's Aide | Mrs Jacinta Dalton | jdalton2@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| LIBRARY STAFF | ||
|---|---|---|
| Teacher/Librarian | Mrs Kerrie Brownscombe | kbrownscombe@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Library Assistant | Mrs Julie Young | jyoung10@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Library Assistant | Mrs Colleen Vassallo | cvassallo3@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Library Assistant | Mrs Anita Mullen | amullen@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| SUPPORT STAFF | ||
|---|---|---|
| Business Manager | Mr Sean McNally | smcnally@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Principal's Personal Assistant | Mrs Deanna Melbin | dmelbin@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Principal's Personal Assistant | Mrs Therese Poole | tpoole@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| ICT Support Officer | Mrs Lusy Luk | lluk@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| ICT Support Officer | Mr Michael Catay | mcatay2@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Maintenance/Groundsman | Mr Yorg Fischer | yfischer@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Maintenance/Groundsman | Mr Robert Kroon | rkroon@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Maintenance/Groundsman | Mr Keith Round | kround@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Student Services/First Aid | Mrs Marie Caloia | mcaloia@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Student Services/Attendance | Mrs Jennifer Vella | jvella@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| College Receptionist | Mrs Nicole Cannon | ncannon1@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Senior Finance Officer | Mrs Tanya Eastaway | teastaway@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Office Administration Assistant | Mrs Natalie Jones | njones2@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Office Administration Assistant | Mrs Therese Poole | tpoole@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Office Administration Assistant | Mrs Linda Shepherd | lshepherd@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Hospitality Assistant | Mrs Julie Finn | jfinn@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Science Laboratory Assistant | Mrs Majella Cutts | mcutts2@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| Science Laboratory Assistant | Mrs Colleen Vassallo | cvassallo3@parra.catholic.edu.au |
| College Shop & Office Administration Assistant | Mrs Belinda Ross | bross4@parra.catholic.edu.au |
