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School plan 2018-2020Spring Ridge Public School 3091
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School background 2018–2020
School vision statement School context School planning process
Our school is a place where all students regardless ofbackground or ability, can be successful learners and thebest that they can be.
Our vision for education is close in line to that of theMelbourne Declaration this being that our goals at SpringRidge School focuses on promoting equity and excellence,and students becoming successful learners, confident andcreative individuals and active informed citizens.
Our vision requires teachers and leaders who:
– know their students and how individual learns.
– know intensively the syllabus contents for each keylearning area and how to effectively teach it.
– create a school where students feel safe and supported.
– implement and use effective quality teaching and learningpractices.
– provide useful assessment strategies in providingaccurate reporting feedback to parents and the studentsthemselves.
– are continually seeking new ways to learn and strive toteach lessons which are thought provoking, interesting andengaging.
Engage professionally with other staff members,parents,carers and wide community.
Spring Ridge Public School is a K–6 school of 34 students,situated southwest of Tamworth on the fertileLiverpool Plains. The school services a supportive ruralcommunity which is proud of its school and theachievements of its children.
At present the school has two full time teachers and a parttime teacher who is employed 3 days per week tosupport our infant’s students. The school enjoys thesupport of an active P&C and School Council.
The school is a registered KidsMatter school which is partof an Australia wide primary school’s mentalhealth initiative.
The school undertakes a wide variety of teaching andlearning programs including Best Start, L3 Literacy,Accelerated Literacy, Cars and Stars ComprehensionReading program and Stepping Stones.
Parents are very supportive of the school and are veryactive, helping out regularly in classrooms withliteracy activities, sporting carnivals, travel to/from externalactivities and the school canteen.
Student’s participation in sport is enthusiastic and theyregularly participate in the Premier’s Sporting Challenge aswell as solid performance in PSSA sports.
The student Representative Council regularly meets eachterm where students have a say in purchasingequipment and learning activities.
A review of the 2015–2017 school plan was conducted witha series of surveys for parents,staff and students. In eachsurvey parents, teachers and students had the opportunityto reflect on what works well at Spring Ridge School andwhat areas need improvement.
Feedback
• Indicated that the community as a whole consideredour school to be an excellent place where educationwas of a very high standard and it was a place wherethe students felt safe.
• Parents want the basics to be at the forefront ofteaching and learning activities with a real focus onliteracy and numeracy
• They want technology to aid in teaching and learningand want students to be competent users oftechnology for learning and communication purposes.
• Parents wanted children to experience an enrichedcurriculum based around weekly CAPA sessions.
• Teachers are very happy with class structures and arethrilled to work in such a cooperative workingenvironment.
• Teachers are open to exploring strengths andweaknesses within their own teaching and exploreand share better or improved teaching practices.
• Teachers would like to take more teacher ProfessionalLearning in the implementation of STEAM. roboticsand the new accreditation process.
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School strategic directions 2018–2020
STRATEGICDIRECTION 1
FUTURE FOCUSEDLEARNING
STRATEGICDIRECTION 2
KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF
Purpose:
Future Focused Learning refers to teaching and preparing students to be successfullearners, confident and creative individuals and active informed citizens.
To ensure that students will become active, engaged and informed self directed learnersthrough the use of technology to prepare them for potential life roles.
Purpose:
Great Teachers are knowledgeable. They know their students, they know their curriculum,they know best practice pedagogy, they welcome feedback and they embrace reflection.
Teachers will utilise explicit systems for collaboratively assessing student learning with highpriority given to evidence based teaching strategies and collection of data.
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Strategic Direction 1: FUTURE FOCUSED LEARNING
Purpose
Future Focused Learning refers to teachingand preparing students to be successfullearners, confident and creative individualsand active informed citizens.
To ensure that students will become active,engaged and informed self directedlearners through the use of technology toprepare them for potential life roles.
Improvement Measures
All staff embedding Future FocussedLearning into classroom practise. This willbe evidenced in programs, classroomobservations, student work samples,eportfolios and attendance at professionallearning.
Teaching and learning programs arecentred around Future Focussed Learningas evidenced by programs, studentfeedback and student and staff surveys.
People
Students
Engage in STEAM through higher thinkingfor Future Focussed Learning . Supportstudents with touch typing techniques toimprove speed and accuracy.
Staff
Build Teacher Capacity in the use oftechnology and develop appropriatedocuments and protocols.
Leaders
All Principal's of the Alliance are committedto support Future Focussed Learning withintheir schools.
Parents/Carers
Understand and engage with FutureFocused Learning.
Community Partners
Strengthen our Small Schools Alliancethrough Future Focussed Learning throughregular Professional Learning.
Processes
FUTURE FOCUSSED LEARNING
* Collegial work with Small School Alliancewith regular professional learning forteachers through external teachers andspecialised teaching practices and programrelated to Future Focussed Learningincluding technology, STEAM, coding androbotics.
CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT
* Focussed learning sessions with othersmall schools and local High School basedaround technology, academic, sporting andcultural lessons.
Evaluation Plan
All schools of Small Schools Alliance meetregularly to collaborate and for teachers todemonstrate an understanding of STEAMin authentic ways.
Progress will be measured againstmilestones on a regular basis, twice a term.
Evaluation strategies will include classroomobservations, student achievements as wellas staff, student and parents surveys.
Practices and Products
Practices
FUTURE FOCUSSED LEARNING
Teachers actively use technology toenhance teaching and learning. This will beevidenced in PDP's, classroomobservations, staff reflections, assessmentmatrixes and staff surveys.
CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT
* Students actively engaging in FutureFocused Learning with termly visits to othersmall schools with specialised teachingexperts as evidenced by classroomobservations, student reflections.
* Staff actively collaborate within andacross schools to develop futurefocussed teaching and learning units asevidenced in teacher discussions, staffsurveys , staff programs.
Products
FUTURE FOCUSSED LEARNING
* All staff embed Future Focussed Learninginto classroom practise. This will beevidenced in programs, classroomobservations, student work samples,eportfolios and attendance at professionallearning.
CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT
Teaching and learning programs arecentred around future focussed learning asevidenced by programs, student feedbackand student eportfolios.
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Strategic Direction 2: KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF
Purpose
Great Teachers are knowledgeable. Theyknow their students, they know theircurriculum, they know best practicepedagogy, they welcome feedback andthey embrace reflection.
Teachers will utilise explicit systems forcollaboratively assessing student learningwith high priority given to evidence basedteaching strategies and collection of data.
Improvement Measures
Resulting from working as an alliance aconsistent approach to assessment tasks inthe areas of writing, numeracy and readingacross stages resulting in a more informedjudgement of student learning.
Teachers use the Excellence framework toidentify areas of growth in their ownteaching and learning. Evidenced by schoolsustaining and growing in the area of datause and skills in teaching and planning.
People
Students
Know when and why assessment isundertaken and understands theassessment approaches used in the schooland their benefits for learning.
Staff
Share criteria for student assessments withstudents.
Leaders
Principals will lead the development of staffin the areas of assessment and data.
Parents/Carers
Understands the assessment approachesused in the school and their benefits forlearning.
Community Partners
Strengthen our Small School Alliancethrough collaborative assessment tasks.
Processes
COLLABORATIVE ASSESSMENT ANDFEEDBACK
Development of rich assessment tasks withcriteria – specific rubrics that can be usedacross grades and stages to enableconsistency of teacher judgment whenproviding feedback to students andparents.
DATA SKILLS AND USE
The School Excellence Framework/Teaching standards is used to targettraining and development and data use toensure quality learning practices for allstudents.
Evaluation Plan
Progress will be measured againstmilestones on a regular basis, twice a term.Milestones will be evaluated by communityof School Team and also school staff.
Evaluation strategies will include: classroom observations, studentachievements as well as staff, student andparent surveys.
Practices and Products
Practices
COLLABORATIVE ASSESSMENT ANDFEEDBACK
All schools of the Small School Alliancecollaborate rich assessment tasks andcriteria specific rubrics. Rubrics aredeveloped for students and teachers to useas a reflection tool to indicate achievementand inform future learning practices.
Stage Assessments are administrated andmoderated in the areas of Math, Writingand Reading across all schools in thealliance.
DATA SKILLS AND USE
All staff use the School ExcellenceFramework to inform areas of need toensure school is sustaining and growing inthe area of data skills and use in teachingand planning.
Teachers use data effectively to plan andidentify skill gaps for improvement.Teachers identify, monitor and trackstudents progress evidenced by studentswork samples, classroom observations andstudent and staff feedback.
Products
COLLABORATIVE ASSESSMENT ANDFEEDBACK
A whole School approach to assessmenttasks in the areas of Math, Writing andReading across stages within the SmallSchools Alliance.
DATA SKILLS AND USE
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Strategic Direction 2: KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF
Practices and Products
Teachers use the Excellence Framework toidentify areas of growth in their ownteaching and learning as well as outliningfuture directions for the school.
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