John Cronin Castleknock Community College SDPI Summer School 2008

1. John Cronin Castleknock Community College SDPI Summer School 2008

2. Imagine!

4. Mol an Oige agus Tiocfaidh Sí • Courtesy • Respect • Responsibility

6. Materials Technology Metal

7. Senior Home Economics

8. Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme

9. David McGowan & Stephen Hopkins Leinster Debating Champions 2006

10. VEC Festival of Music Participants

11. Paddy Andrews Captain of the Dublin Minors 2006

12. Lorna Hillery & Deborah Geraghty Dublin Panel 2006

13. School Plan 2005 -2008 History, Mission & Educational Aims Context Factors ~Internal & External Curriculum Provision Analysis of Results Care & Management of Students Parents Association Management Meeting Office Management Adult Education

14. To get a snapshot of school culture/ethos at a given time To explore what kind of culture the school relationships, symbols, rituals, traditions and everyday activities actually reflect To measure this culture against the college mission statement, aims and objectives, and the desired ethos of the college. To measure the extent to which staff share common goals/beliefs/a vision for the college To highlight areas for future school focus and development

15. Vision What is our vision? Do others share it ? “A good school for me is a place where everyone is teaching and everyone is learning simultaneously, under one roof” Barth 1990

16. Moral Purpose. Seeing the need to improve teaching and learning. “We need school leaders who will see their prime purpose as leading learning in their schools and who are constantly exploring ways of improving outcomes for students by implementing quality teaching and learning programmes.” Robertson and Martin(2002: 6)

17. WSE Report • “The current conversation in the college about how students’ progress is assessed and which modes of assessment are most appropriate is commended. It is suggested that the discussion should be extended to include how the information gathered as a result of assessment can inform teaching and learning activities in the classroom.” October 2005

18. Reviewing State Results Subject Breakdown • ABC Grades • College vs National Avg. • Higher vs Ordinary • Higher vs National Avg. • LCA • LCVP Results Overview • Points Achieved • Gender Comparisons • Tracking subjects over five years.

21. Feedback from Staff Staff Feedback - The Process The Comments • Subject Facilitator Meetings • Staff Meeting • Subject Department Meetings • Data released on a subject by subject basis • Where’s all this going???? • Subject Choices • Higher vs. Ordinary Level • Timetabling Issues • Gender Issues • Motivation • Best Practice • Differentiated Teaching*

22. There is nothing so unequal as to treat unequal children equally!Thomas Jefferson

23. Feedback From Management Team 2005 • Uncomfortable analysing colleagues’ results • Gender • Motivation • Timetabling Issues • Option Choices • Uncertainty • Creating an Academic Profile of each student • Catering for International Students

24. Management Team Planning 2007 • Joseph Dreissen “Motivating boys.” • Choosing the Right Options at Senior Cycle (Past Pupils) • Career Guidance Eirquest/DATs meeting with parents • SEN Register • Language Centre • Tracking students’ from Year 1

25. Tracking Students Academic Social • Entrance Results • House Exams Average • Monitored by • Tutor • Yearhead • Guidance • Learning Support • Language Centre • International Profile • SLE • Learning Support • Achievements • Leadership • Awards

26. Putting a narrative on students’ progress Outcomes The next step • Identifying Students in need • Affirming Progress • Remediation • Parental Involvement • Subject Profiling • Gender Issues • Class Make up (Junior Cert) • Assessment for Learning • Model Students’ Work • Comments instead of Grades • No Hands • Group Discussion • Self Assessment • Wait Time

27. Since 2007 linked with Serco to capture student profile Academic Progress accessible Achievements Captured Attendance Discipline Record. Parental Access

28. Every student is tracked. On Monday next teachers will expect to receive a breakdown of their students’ Leaving Certificate results. Subject Departments will forward feedback to senior management in relation to their subject’s progress. Profile of each student is available on eportal The theme for the academic year 2008 is Assessment for Learning

29. “Future leaders are living in a turbulent and chaotic environment, where the real power to act comes from recognising the pattern of change and sensing and seizing windows of opportunity.” What will your future working environment look like? PenttiSydanmaanlakka (Helsinki)

30. Teaching the Digital Natives • 10,000 hours Video Games • 250,000 emails • 10,000 hours on the mobile • 20,000 hours TV (incl. MTV) • 500,000 commercials • 2 billion ring tones per year • 2 billion songs and movies per month • 3 billion text messages per day.

31. Digital immigrants vs Digital natives Digital Immigrants Digital Natives • Communicating • Sharing • Buying & Selling • Exchanging • Collecting • Learning • Email & Chat Rooms • Blogs &Webcams • ebay • Music, movies & humour • Mp3, video sensor data • About stuff that interests them

32. For a lot of what we need our Digital Immigrant teachers cannot help us much.... .... And Digital Native teachers will not truly be there ......until we grow up and become them

33. “ I don’t want to study Rome in School. Heck, I buildRome every day in my online game (Caesar III).” Colin Age 16

34. It’s not attention deficit – I’m just not Listening!

35. “It is a healthy sign of an organisation if it can engage in an honest analysis and review of its effectiveness in the achievement of its aims and objective”Kavanagh et al