St Albans Secondary College

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WELCOME
St AlbansSecondary College
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A snapshot of St Albans Secondary College

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What were the catalysts for change?
Engagement Student achievement Pathways
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Some key achievements

• VCE outcomes
• Pathway destinations
• Literacy
• Student engagement and motivation
• Schools that achieve extraordinary
  success (Zbar et al. 2009)

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10 Lessons for Improvement Zbar et al. 2009

• Strong, shared leadership
• High levels of expectation teacher efficacy
• An orderly learning environment where students
  are well -known
• Focus on what matters most
• Building teaching leadership expertise
• Structure teaching to ensure all students succeed
• Using data to drive improvement
• A culture of sharing responsibility
• Tailoring initiatives to school needs
• Engendering pride in the school

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Building the vision for effective teaching
learning

• Personalising Learning (Hargreaves)
• Habits of Mind (Costa)
• Blooms Taxonomy (Bloom)
• Multiple Intelligences (Gardiner)
• Balanced Leadership (McREL)
• Factors affecting learning (Marzano)
• Visible Learning (Hattie)
• Classroom Instruction that Works (Marzano et al)
• One Teacher at a Time (Pollock)

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Building the vision for effective teaching and
learning

• Teaching and Learning Framework
• St Albans SC Learning Cycle
• Documented guaranteed and viable curriculum
• Policies and programs
• Structured team approach
• In-house professional learning program
• Coaching

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Refining the vision building teacher capacity
Curriculum Instruction Feedback Assessment
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Supported by

• The SASC Learning Cycle
• Whole-school approach to literacy
• Coaching
• Structured professional learning
• Policies, guidelines and protocols

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Table Discussions

• Questions?

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Using data to createimprovement
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Data- challenging the myths

• I know what the results are.
• What do you expect from kids like ours?
• My subject is the fifth.
• I am too busy for this-just let me get on with
  teaching.

EARLY PRIORITIES
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Cultural change

• Leadership role created
• Strategic focus on VCE
• individual subjects
• learning areas
• staffing
• course alignment and documentation
• data use
• celebration of achievement
• Changes in practices and policies

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Building teacher capacity

• Impact beyond VCE
• Curriculum scope and sequence
• Moderation
• Policy change
• Using data to improve teaching
• The Data Schedule and Protocols
• Wider use of all types of data

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Knowing each student well

• The right data, at the right time, with the right
  people.
• Schoolwide Case Management process
• Pathways Planning
• Class learning profiles
• Curriculum review and planning

USING DATA
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Table Discussions

• Questions?

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Engaging students
We take good pride in the results of the class
of 2009 who set such a high standard. But there
is no doubt in my mind, in our minds, that the
class of 2010 will not only meet that standard,
but better it and once again raise the bar of
success here at St Albans Secondary College.
Ben Sortino, Yr 12 student College Captain
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Raising student expectations

• Shared language
• Common approaches
• Student voice
• Student leadership
• Programs
• Partnerships
• Recognition

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Table Discussions

• Questions?

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Challenges

• One years growth for one years teaching
• Differentiated teaching assessment
• Staff engagement empathy
• Learning technologies

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A focus on what matters most
SCHOOL GUARANTEED AND VIABLE CURRICULUM CHALLENGING GOALS AND EFFFECTIVE FEEDBACK PARENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT SAFE AND ORDERLY ENVIRONMENT COLLEGIALITY AND PROFESSIONALISM
CLASSSROOM 6. INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES 7. CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT 8. CLASSROOM CURRICULUM DESIGN
STUDENT HOME ENVIRONMENT LEARNED INTELLIGENCE/BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE MOTIVATION
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