Welcome to

Heidelberg Teaching Unit.

Our aim is to assist students, parents, teachers and school communities in fostering improved, long-term educational and behavioural outcomes for young people.

About HTU

The Heidelberg Teaching Unit (HTU) is a Northern Region Support Program for students who demonstrate a variety of behavioural issues but still have an opportunity to successfully re-engage in mainstream school programs.

At HTU we value Fairness, Organisation, Respect, Honesty, Trust and Responsibility.

We offer an intensive program during single term placements and aim to successfully reintegrate students back into their mainstream school.

  • "I got to learn more about myself, how to be a helpful person, and most importantly, how to engage positively in a mainstream school. The staff at the unit are some of the most wonderful people I’ve ever met."

  • "If I knew someone that was coming to the HTU next year I would say that it is a place to work on some of your behaviour and it is not a punishment."

  • "I wasn’t that sure at the start of the term that I wanted to come to the unit but now I feel better that I came."

Our Programs

HTU has a strong commitment to delivering a quality and meaningful curriculum and a flexible and innovative approach to challenging behaviours. All programs are delivered in a multi-modal format to assist in engaging students with varying strengths and areas of need.

Our Team

The Unit is staffed by a team of dedicated teachers committed to inclusive education.  Although administratively there is a Unit Coordinator, the approach to the work of the Unit is always collaborative and collegiate, with both teachers and students being members of the same team.

Referrals

Our young people are referred to the HTU by their mainstream school and remain enrolled at that school during their placement.