Macquarie College
    (4 reviews)

    Company Profile

    Company overview

    Industry

    Education, Training & Professional Development

    Primary location

    182-222 Lake Road Wallsend NSW 2287
    Our BeginningsMacquarie College traces its beginnings to July 1901 when the Junior School was opened in Hamilton. The College transferred to Kemp Street, Hamilton in 1933 providing primary and secondary schooling through to the Leaving Certificate. In June 1994, the College program was relocated to the new site providing educational services from the Pre-School years (Ages 3-5) through to the Year 12 Higher School Certificate.Macquarie College TodayThe College is located on a 8 hectare site on Lake Road, Wallsend (near Newcastle) and provides quality Christian education for approximately 60 Preschool, 360 Junior School and 410 Senior School students.Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

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    Reviewers at Macquarie College appreciated the adequate resource material available for teaching and administrative duties, as well as having good managers and cooperation between staff. Employees were able to set quarterly KPIs to meet business goals with management approval. The experience gained while working at the college was also noted as a positive.

    However, some potential challenges were identified, such as dealing with unhelpful middle managers, the difficulty in helping students study hard and achieve their aims, the challenges of night teaching, and external influences on the Board and Management team.

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    Recent reviews

    1.0
    ESL Teacher
    Feb 2018
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Needs new Managers.
    The good thingsNone really, the work and resource material available was adequate enough to do teaching and administrative duties.
    The challengesHave to deal with useless middle managers who sat around all day doing nothing and not helping at all.
    5.0
    English Teacher
    Aug 2017
    It was a great honour to work with such a great group of people from different backgrounds and cultures.
    The good thingsGood manager, coordinators and we had a great cooperation between the teachers and all other staff members.
    The challengesHelping our students was a great challenge to make them to study hard and achieve their aims. Night teaching was difficult.
    3.0
    Finance Officer
    Apr 2017
    Carlingford NSW 2118
    challenging with a can do approach
    The good thingsSelf motivated. Set KPI's quarterly to meet business plans and achieve the KPI'S set. These need to be approved by management
    The challengesAble to meet challenges by research and self motivation
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