For more information please call Harriet on 03 9822 9622 or email srs@alia.vic.edu.au
Harriet Hutton – School Re-engagement Consultant
“I’ve been a teacher and advocate of student engagement for over twenty years. I have taught in a wide range of settings, including an alternate-setting school supporting neurodiverse learners and school ‘refusers’, as well as in teaching units with at-risk and trauma-affected students. I’ve been at Alia College since 2008. It’s a wonderful place!
I love fostering relationships with young people to empower them to engage with and advocate for their own schooling, whatever that may look like. I believe schooling should always be flexible and manageable in the long-term.
I’m mother to a neurodiverse teenage daughter who had significant school can’t from Grade 3 onwards, so I have lived experience of the challenges of this from both the student and the family perspectives.
I have a deep interest in educational reform, progressive and inclusive education, and equality for neurodiverse students within our schools. My background and training is in trauma-informed teaching, yoga, and adolescent counselling.
Outside of Alia I love gardening, walking my greyhound Goose (see below!), reading, and drinking tea.”
Goose
Goose is Harriet’s rescue greyhound. He is gentle, loving, and a very calming presence. Like most greyhounds, he does a lot of sleeping. Goose can be part of School Re-Engagement Support whenever a student feels like a four-legged companion would be beneficial.
For more information on the program, please click on the links below:
School Re-Engagement Support at Alia
What is School Re-Engagement Support at Alia?
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