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Breaking a cycle - Our kids can do better and they will!. Norlane High School . Using evidence based research to inform our work. AIP and Staff Accountability. Embedded Annual Implementation Plan across the campus and all Performance and Development Plans ( staffPD software).
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Breaking a cycle -Our kids can do better and they will! Norlane High School
AIP and Staff Accountability • Embedded Annual Implementation Plan across the campus and all Performance and Development Plans (staffPD software). • Curriculum development in teams (use of Wiki / Ultranet) • Building staff capacity – strategically aligned Staff Development (eg: Differentiation focus).
Key features of our ‘change process’ • All staff are literacy and numeracy teachers. • Staff recruitment and formation of teams. • Re-allocation of resources and new resources (National Partnerships funded staff). • Timetable and program reformatting. • Meetings refocused – administrivia free! • Clear dialogue around ‘the work’ and this as our number 1 priority. • Importance of sustainability in our efforts. • Sharing and owning the data – using it to inform curriculum development and pedagogy.
The Literacy Coaching focus: • Precision – focus on ONE thing • Create an orderly learning environment
Why reading? • Network Focus • Research (Network PL opportunities, coaching PLTs, Bastow Institute) • Our data Fountas, Irene and Pinnell, Gay Su, Fountas and Pinnell Prompting Guide 1: A Tool for Literacy Teachers. (2009) Portsmouth, N.H. Heinemann
What does it look like? • Team teaching & planning • Independent Reading Program • Quality learning tasks • Differentiation • Substantive conversations, feedback and goal setting
Raising the Bar 1. Showing students “this is what quality learning looks like”
Northern Bay P-12 College – Cox Rd Campus Curriculum Planner • rowland.barry.j@edumail.vic.gov.au • mcnamara.stephen.j@edumail.vic.gov.au • winiecki.cornelia.h@edumail.vic.gov.au