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CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGIES FOR ENGAGEMENT

Our commonly agreed school values and beliefs about learning revitalise curriculum and pedagogy across the school…

Through all staff working collaboratively to –

• develop units of work/tasks differentiated to meet the range of student needs/skills

• implement individual learning plans in classes through differentiated tasks and assessment approaches

• moderate the differentiated units/tasks to monitor standards, achieve consistency of judgement and share strategies for effective support of learners.

THE HEIGHTS SCHOOL

SITE IMPROVEMENT PLAN

2011

LITERACY

Our whole school approach delivers improved skill development and achievement in reading…

Through all staff working collaboratively to –

• develop the scope and sequence of comprehension skills (for specific subject areas) and approaches to incorporate the explicit teaching of these skills in units of work/tasks differentiated to meet the range of student needs.

BEHAVIOUR LEARNING and ATTENDANCE

Our coherent and consistent implementation of student behaviour education across the whole school and effective monitoring of student attendance both daily and from lesson to lesson support learner achievement and satisfaction

Through all staff working collaboratively to:

• implement agreed policy and practices in regard to behaviour and attendance.

VALUES:

We work hard to learn We respect each other We value acts of generosity

BELIEFS about LEARNING: • Learning is enhanced when the curriculum is

differentiated through providing a variety of learning options to meet the individual needs of students.

• Students are more engaged in their learning when

their curriculum is innovative, challenging, rigorous, relevant to their life experiences, connected to their world beyond school and prepares them for post–

secondary pathways.

• Learning is enhanced when students are provided

with a variety of learning processes that actively

engage them in deep creative thinking, skill development and problem solving.

• Learning is strengthened when students form

positive relationships with peers, staff and families.

VISION:

Through our passion for Learning we will create Happy Healthy Productive Global Citizens Keen to meet challenges and build a just society


Priorities: 2011

The two or three key areas for specific focus over the next 12 months, as determined from

analysis of learner data and Self Review processes

Targets:2011

Agreed, specific targets that clearly indicate what improved outcomes learners will

achieve or demonstrate

Strategies:2011

The major actions that staff – teachers, SSOs, leaders – commit to do so that

learners are supported at classroom level to achieve the Targets

Evaluation Measures:2011 The data, evidence, processes and timelines to be used to monitor / measure / evaluate

progress towards achievement of the Targets and/or effectiveness of Strategies

Literacy Improvement in comprehension

(making meaning from text):

Improvement in ‘making connections’ and

‘inference’ outcomes in Reading

Comprehension P-12.

The % ‘correct’ at the question item level

for questions about ‘making connections’

and inference in the 2011 NAPLaN reading

results is at the like school/state levels at

years 5, 7 and 9 indicating that students

are able to show improved understanding

in these aspects

100% students achieve C in SACE literacy

requirement

Staff will participate in establishing

effective results-oriented professional

learning teams with a focus on learning,

working collaboratively and that are

accountable for results

Selected secondary teachers will undertake

the Tactical Teaching-Reading program and

facilitate and mentor teachers in explicit

teaching of reading strategies

Teachers and SSOs will explicitly teach

‘making connections’ and ‘inference’ within

classroom reading approaches for non

fiction texts

Leaders will timetable school structures and

connect events (Term calendar, PF days,

meeting schedule) and target resources to

support staff to successfully enact

comprehension strategies in daily classroom

practice.

Teachers will utilize ICT software, hardware

& peripherals as a resource for making

meaning.

ICT Committee will develop a student

assessment tool to establish base line data

and evaluate improvement of student

comprehension skills and views about ICT

improving comprehension

Leaders will analyse English results to

determine the 2011 target in relation to:

• students who did not achieve C

• students who achieved a C or greater

Running Records taken in terms 1 and 4 in

R/1/2 to track improvement in reading

levels

Compare 2009, 2010 & 2011 NAPLaN

Reading data for years 3, 5, 7 and 9 to

confirm direction and overall effectiveness

of strategies

Performance Development & Review

Processes provide evidence towards

achievement of target

SACE Stage 1 English course term 1 and 2

school report data identifies students

requiring targeted support


Improvement in levels of achievement of

learner outcomes:

• SACE Performance Standards

• Australian Curriculum (Maths,

English, Science, History)

familiarisation

100% students achieve C in compulsory

subjects/components of SACE: Stage 1

English, Stage 1 Maths, PLP, Research

Project

% increase in achievement of B and A in

Stage 2 subject results

100% of R-8 students engage in an aspect

of the Maths & Science Australian

Curriculum

100% of Y8 students engage in an aspect

of the English and History Australian

Curriculum

Home group teachers will explicitly teach

strategies to increase student work

completion years 6-12 in Pastoral Care

Teachers will analyse achievement results in

each subject to identify trends in results, %

of a, b, c, d, e and establish goals for

improvement at the end of each term ( and

mid- term using predicted/formative and

summative results)

Teachers will participate in PL activities to

plan, program and report the Australian

Curriculum in:

• Maths & Science at R-8 level

• English and History at Y8 level

Leaders will develop an implementation

plan for the Science, Maths, English &

History Australian Curriculum

Term 3 report data identifies students

requiring intervention and targeted support

Work completion data analysed and

acknowledged by year level at the end of

each term to determine effectiveness of

strategies

Performance Development & Review Plans

provide evidence of planning and

programming in Maths & Science

Improve attendance – engagement in

learning and level of achievement

3% increase in student attendance

annually

All teachers will be trained to us Daymap to

record and monitor attendance

Subschool meeting agenda will support

home group teachers to follow up on

unexplained absences and lateness

Middle School and Senior School awards

and rewards at end of term will

acknowledge students with 100%

attendance

R-12 Attendance Procedures and

Improvement Plan documented

Individual Learning Plans developed with

families to support individual student

engagement in learning

Develop processes to support teachers to

more easily communicate with parents

about student learning including Daymap

Attendance data analysed at the end of

each term by year level, homegroup, school

card, ATSI to identify students at risk.

Achievement results of students identified

as at risk analysed at end of each term to

develop IEPs

IEP reviewed at the end of each term

% of Middle School and Senior School

student acknowledgements


2011 SCHOOL OPERATIONS FOCUS to facilitate student achievement and success: Classroom learning environment-consistent expectations for orderly physical environment

-common print displays for learning expectations, culture of achievement & excellence

-common print displays of literacy scaffolds

Litter management-implement litter management proposal

Time Out Room-clear role & responsibility statement for teachers for face to face teaching time out room lessons

Performance Development and Review Process-implement for all leadership and staff

Communication-term planner, bulletin, website

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