Specialties
Alia College, an independent secondary school of less than 100 students in Melbourne's inner East, cannot easily be described as any one "type" of school.
We do not fit with other strongly academic schools because we are considerate of students' concerns and feelings. We do not ascribe to the militaristic discipline and uniform dress requirements of traditional English public schools. We are equally supportive of students who are artistic, creative or practical.
Nor do we fit with the usual alternative, progressive, holistic, caring, community type schools because we have high expectations of academic learning.
History
Established in 1999.
Alia College is the dream child of Bob Morgan, an educator with over 40 years of teaching experience.
The school is built around values of tolerance, creativity, self-expression, respect and responsibility. The problem of course is that every school can say that, and people are so used to hearing spin that nothing can be believed until it is observed.
Meet the Business Owner: Bob M.
Bob Morgan is an educator with over 40 years of teaching experience.
For a number of years he has also given addresses at conferences of Mathematics and Science teachers on teaching methods, discipline and school atmosphere.
Bob had a growing frustration with problems in the traditional schools in which he had always taught; and as his own children came to secondary school age he began to think about making a difference.
He met up with like-minded educators and began gathering teachers and students around a vision of the school that is here today.
