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Deira International School Dubai Jeff Smith Director

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Deira International School Dubai

Jeff SmithDirector

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Acceptable to Good to Outstanding

more outstanding features

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first impressions on appointmentWhat was good:

• standard of teaching• focus on teaching & learning• excellent facilities (except no performance hall)• well qualified teaching staff

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Why were we acceptable

• no real belief in our Vision, Mission statements – no connection to policy and practice

• teachers did not relate vision and mission to what they did in the classroom

• confusion – KHDA targets, CIS targets, School Improvement Plan targets

• student attitudes to learning, some teachers professional attitudes

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Why were we acceptable

• poor structure of school timetable in the Secondary School• Year 6 students in Secondary School instead of Primary

School & Middle School concept were not working• Overall – school grew too quickly in student numbers and

staffing! This was not backed up by strong bedrock policies and procedures for:

Assessment, Reporting and tracking School Improvement planning and Department

Improvement Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy

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Quickly moving to goodImmediate Actions required –

• one timetable for Secondary School• focus on staff professionalism• raise students expectations on behaviour and attitudes (Director

controls behaviour not parents)

• Year 6 back into Primary School• End the Middle School concept• keep the focus on Teaching & Learning• assessment -immediate plans to introduce CEMS across whole

school• all SMT teach - including the Director• new management structure (21 new positions inc. CPD

manager)

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One key change that had the biggest immediate impact

a new style 1 -3 Year DIS Strategic plan andnew 1 year action plan linked to the DIS Strategic Plan, that:• everybody understood • everybody believed in• everybody understands and plays their part on

the journey to ‘outstanding’

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SuddenlyEverybody knew:• where we were going• how we would get there• why we were making changes.

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Deira International School Dubai

Thank You

Jeff SmithDirector

At DIS the students are the most important people and the staff are our biggest asset.