2012 Annual Action Plan
Community
To build links between the school and the local community
Webspace to showcase student work
Develop partnerships with agencies within COW
Sustainability Projects
Review Homework Policy
Scientist in Schools Program
Artist in residence to develop mosaic
School Board
Partnerships with St Monica's
Social Justice Projects
Traffic Management with COW
Use of wikispaces for communication and collaboration
Strengthening Families Project
Music, Japanese, PE links in the community
Website updated
SFYS Project funding for environmental projects
Friends of the Darebin Creek Community Resource - Frog Pond Project
To encourage parents to be involved in their child's learning
Wellbeing Expo
Parent Helpers
Newsletters / SMS
Showcase learning through expos, assemblies and displays
Online space for each class
Prep Transition
School Orientation
Prep BBQ
Pop the Cork, Cut the Ties
Education in Faith
To create opportunities to involve staff, parents and parishioners in the faith life of the school
Professional Development
Contemporary Learning
Develop consistent pedagogical understandings
Accreditation of teachers
Leadership and Catholic Identity Project
Build staff relationships focussed on Gospel values
Induction Program
Parish based seminar
Liturgy and Community
Sacramental classes and other PD for Parents
Parish Team Meetings
Social Justice actions
Parents and Parish Community involved in liturgies
Class litugies each term
Year 6 Leadership Teams
Children involved in planning liturgies
Teaching and Learning in Religious Education
Classroom Environments
Contemporary Learning
Exemplar Units
Learning Walks
Student Wellbeing
To enhance student engagement by building student / Teacher relationships
Professional Development
Behavioural Management
Positive Reinforcement
School Refusal
Social / Emotional Issues
Different disabilities
Communication and staff relationships (FISH)
Explore and promote student voice through leadership positions
Personalised Learning
Continue to implement PBS
STAR Expectations
ILPs and review meetings
Student Surveys
Confident Kids, CASEA, Seasons
Parent Education Program
Best practice for TAs in the classrooms
Continue to work on the SW Plan and Policy
Bounceback
Leadership and Management
To strengthen leadership and management structures to ensure they support improved student learning outcomes
Cycle of Learning walks
Strategic Teaching and Learning Plan based on work by Brent Davies
Professional Learning Wheels and ARMS
Team Charters and Protocols
Flexible Learning Spaces
Contemporary Teaching and Learning Framework
Sacred Landscape Document
PD with Helen Goode
Wisdom Meets Hope
Insights SRC Surveys
Deepen Understanding of PLC
Induction process and survey
Continue to implement new leadership and PLT structures
New POL roles / positions clarified
Catholic Identity Project
SIF and School Review 2012
Learning and Teaching
To improve student learning outcomes in LIteracy and Numeracy
Shared Understanding of Vision and POLT
Common understanding of the expectations in Literacy and Numeracy
Peer Observation
Protocols for Learning Walks in Literacy and Numeracy
Teaching and Learning in flexible spaces
AUSVELS
Contemporary Learning Framework
Powerful Teaching and Learning - A Sacred Landscape
Differentiated Learning across the curriculum
Flexible online learning
Use of Contemporary Tools
Science Education in the 21st Century
Assessment of, for and as learning
Sustainability Projects through Inquiry
Understanding by Design in Inquiry
Implement Literacy & Numeracy Plans
Maths Units of Work
Pat M and Pat R as assessment tools
SINE Testing
Use Models of Contemporary Learning
Common understandings of planning formats
Explore Project Based Learning in Literacy and Numeracy
Professional Learning
Literacy
PLTs in Literacy and Numeracy
Develop a culture of thinking
Thinking Tools
Wisdom Meets Hope
Professional Learning Wheels
Multiliteracies
PL in Numeracy
Consistent pedagogical understandings and practices in Literacy - Jane Plunkett
Planning for Rich Inquiry Units - Deb Vietri
Learning Walks ( Numeracy and Literacy)
Engaging Boys in authentic learning experiences
Peer observation in Literacy and Numeracy
Tracking and monitoring student learning
Writing and Oral Language Assessments
Strategic Teaching and Learning Plan
Data Tracking Wall Prep - Yr 2
ESL Students monitored
Use of data to identify patterens
Extension of 'higher achieving' students
Supporting teachers in Numeracy strategies
Moderation Process
Use of analyser to track student learning