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Improvement plan for Balaklava High School
2019 to 2021
School name
Balaklava High School Click to upload school logo
Vision statement
Through the highest quality teaching and in a caring
learning environment, students are inspired and
supported to achieve their best so they can thrive in
their life beyond school.
Page 1 of 40Plan summary
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to provide a summary of your plan.
Goals Targets Challenge of practice
100% of students who were at Band 8 or above in Year 9 NAPLAN writing in 2018
Improve students' ability to write will achieve an A grade in a common moderated Year 10 writing task (Brightpath).
If we focus on the explicit teaching of text-types across
effectively (structure, fluidity, all curriculum areas, students' ability to write with concise
formal language and concise 100% of students who were at Band 8 or above in Year 9 NAPLAN writing in 2018 and fluent expression of ideas using appropriate subject
expression of ideas) at Year 10 achieve an A grade in Stage 1 English Intertextual Study (using Brightpath as a specific vocabulary will improve, resulting in senior
moderation tool).
to maintain upper-band level secondary students' formal, structured writing skills
achievement in SACE results. 25% of all Stage 2 Written External Investigations will be in meeting the upper band year level standards (AC &
the A band (including all original 2019 target group). SACE) for writing.
Improve students' ability to 100% of students achieving 120-122 (just below the Department SEA)
If we focus on developing number skills across all
in Year 8 PAT-M will achieve the Department SEA in Year 9 NAPLAN.
apply number skills in all curriculum areas, all target students will meet the
curriculum areas. Department SEA in the following 2 years and will also
100% of the target group will achieve 127 or above PAT-M
scale score (Year 10 Department SEA). pass Semester 1 Stage 1 Maths.
100% of the target group will pass a Semester 1 Stage 1
Mathematics subject.
Page 2 of 12Improvement plan for Balaklava High School
2019 to 2021
How to complete this template
• Complete every step. The Quality School Improvement Planning Handbook explains how to do this. In addition, your education director will provide support.
• Complete steps 1 to 3 during term 4 of 2018 and have it approved by the principal, governing council chairperson, and education director.
• Email this plan (steps 1 to 3) to your education director.
• Publish your school improvement plan on your school website.
• Work through step 4 (Improve Practice and Monitor Impact) regularly throughout the school year. This step does not need to be published on your website.
• Complete step 5 (Review and Evaluate) in term 4 of each year. This step does not need to be published on your website, though it should inform the
Improvement Planning and Outcomes section of your annual report to the school community.
• Your school improvement plan will be current for 2019 to 2021 and should be updated in term 4 each year.
For further information and advice, contact:
Andrew Wells
Review, Improvement and Accountability Manager
Phone: 8226 1576
Andrew.Wells@sa.gov.au
Page 3 of 12Step 1 Analyse and prioritise
Analyse evidence of student learning and answer the question ‘What are our goals for improvement?’ Specify up to 3
goals and annual targets for student learning improvement in the table below.
The Quality School Improvement Planning Handbook explains how to do this.
Goals Targets
Goal 1 Improve students' ability to write 100% of students who were at Band 8 or above in Year 9 NAPLAN writing in 2018
2019
effectively (structure, fluidity, formal will achieve an A grade in a common moderated Year 10 writing task (Brightpath).
language and concise expression of
ideas) at Year 10 to maintain 2020 100% of students who were at Band 8 or above in Year 9 NAPLAN writing in 2018 achieve
an A grade in Stage 1 English Intertextual Study (using Brightpath as a moderation tool).
upper-band level achievement in SACE
results.
2021 25% of all Stage 2 Written External Investigations will be in the A band
(including all original 2019 target group).
Goal 2 100% of students achieving 120-122 (just below the Department SEA) in Year
Improve students' ability to apply 2019
number skills in all curriculum areas. 8 PAT-M will achieve the Department SEA in Year 9 NAPLAN.
2020 100% of the target group will achieve 127 or above PAT-M scale score (Year
10 Department SEA).
2021 100% of the target group will pass a Semester 1 Stage 1 Mathematics subject.
Goal 3
2019
2020
2021
Page 4 of 12Step 2 Determine challenge of practice
Consider how improvements in teaching practice will help to achieve your improvement goals and answer the
question ‘What areas of practice should we focus on improving to reach our goals?’ Specify your challenge of
practice for each goal in the table below.
The Quality School Improvement Planning Handbook explains how to do this.
Challenge of practice
Goal 1 If we focus on the explicit teaching of text-types across all curriculum areas, students' ability to write with concise and fluent
expression of ideas using appropriate subject specific vocabulary will improve, resulting in senior secondary students' formal,
structured writing skills meeting the upper band year level standards (AC & SACE) for writing.
Goal 2 If we focus on developing number skills across all curriculum areas, all target students will meet the Department SEA in the
following 2 years and will also pass Semester 1 Stage 1 Maths.
Goal 3
Page 5 of 12Step 3 Plan actions for improvement
Consider evidence of best practice to answer the question ‘What actions should we take to improve our practice and reach our goals?’ Specify your
actions for improvement, timeline, responsibility, resources and success criteria for each goal in the tables below.
The Quality School Improvement Planning Handbook explains how to do this.
Improve students' ability to write effectively (structure, fluidity, formal language and concise expression of ideas) at
Goal 1 Year 10 to maintain upper-band level achievement in SACE results.
Challenge of practice If we focus on the explicit teaching of text-types across all curriculum areas, students' ability to write with
concise and fluent expression of ideas using appropriate subject specific vocabulary will improve,
resulting in senior secondary students' formal, structured writing skills meeting the upper band year level
standards (AC & SACE) for writing.
Actions Timeline Roles and responsibilities Resources
Principal - Building capacity of coordinators to facilitate professional Explicitly Teaching Text Types (in-house PD)
Professional learning for staff on Term 1, learning of teachers to reach SIP goals
teaching of writing skills, including 2019 Brightpath - professional learning program
use of appropriate scaffolding Literacy Coach and appropriate Curriculum Coordinators - ACARA Literacy continuum - writing
Professional Development of Text Types and literacy Literacy Overview
Curriculum Coordinators - support this work in faculty and staff Literacy Secondary School Improvement Stretch
meetings ensuring all staff participate, practise and embed learning various teaching resource materials
Literacy Coach/English/HASS Curriculum Coordinator: Professional Literacy for Learning
Demonstrate and provide Weeks Development of utilising exemplars within curriculum areas to
exemplars in planning, editing and 6-11,Term support student writing skills Department for Education Literacy Guidebook(s)
elaborating on ideas and concepts 1, 2019 Visible Learning
Curriculum Coordinators - ongoing within Faculty and Staff In-house literacy - effective use of exemplars
meetings
workshops
All staff - develop and share exemplars Resources collected from staff
Literacy Coach - Lead review of existing Literacy Scope and
Review existing mapping of all Term 1, Sequence and modifying as required
Australian Curriculum
text-types across all curriculum 2019 SACE Subject Outlines
Curriculum Coordinators - monitor and review within faculty
areas and update as required meetings
ACARA Literacy continuum - writing
Literacy Secondary Genre maps
All staff - actively contribute to review and updating Scope and
Sequence
BHS Literacy Scope & Sequence
Page 6 of 12Step 3 continued Plan actions for improvement
Goal 1 continued Improve students' ability to write effectively (structure, fluidity, formal language and concise expression of ideas) at
Year 10 to maintain upper-band level achievement in SACE results.
Actions Timeline Roles and responsibilities Resources
Engage in professional learning Terms 1-4 HASS/English Teachers - attend Brightpath PD and Brightpath writing program
(Brightpath) 2019 share learning with peers at Staff meeting
Brightpath trained teachers - utilise training to
moderate student writing following prescribed
schedule for Year 8 and 9 English and HASS classes
Curriculum Coordinators - through faculty and Performance and School funded Literacy Coach
Teachers across all learning areas Terms 1-4 Development meetings, ensure the teaching of explicit literacy skills
embed in their planning the explicit is occurring in classes Australian Curriculum
teaching of the literacy component SACE Subject Outlines
Literacy Coach - support Learning Area Coordinators ACARA Literacy continuum - writing
of their written task using
All staff - have an action relating to the explicit teaching of literacy Literacy Secondary Genre maps
exemplars of literacy expectations on their PDP BHS Literacy Scope & Sequence
To develop knowledge, skills and Terms 1-4 Literacy Coach & Literacy Coordinator - LDAM Secondary Years Professional
leadership in formative access PD and share learning with peers at Learning Program
assessment and learning design staff and faculty meetings
Total financial resources allocated $5000 (PD & TRT allocation)
Success criteria Senior school students (particularly those in the upper bands) will be able to:
• achieve As in written assessment tasks using appropriate text-types and subject specific language
• demonstrate strategies to draft, improve and elaborate on existing ideas using exemplars to model and improve their own writing
• show concise and fluent expression of ideas through the structure and language of their writing.
Page 7 of 12Step 3 continued Plan actions for improvement
Goal 2 Improve students' ability to apply number skills in all curriculum areas.
Challenge of practice If we focus on developing number skills across all curriculum areas, all target students will meet the
Department SEA in the following 2 years and will also pass Semester 1 Stage 1 Maths.
Actions Timeline Roles and responsibilities Resources
Developing local BHS Numeracy Term 1 Numeracy Coordinator - develop Other schools in partnership and portfolio.
Scope and Sequence (for cross 2019 documentation showing numeracy Teachers to bring ideas to learning area meetings
curricula areas) requirements (number focus) and explicit Australian Curriculum
SACE Subject Outlines
teaching/exemplars required across
Department for Education Numeracy Guidebooks
curriculum areas ACARA Numeracy continuum - number
Numeracy Coordinator - Professional Development of utilising
Professional learning for staff on Weeks exemplars within curriculum areas to support student number skills
Thinking Maths
teaching of numeracy skills, 6-11,Term Thinking Maths: Senior Years PD
Curriculum Coordinators - ensure implementation of numeracy skills
including use of appropriate 1, 2019 learnt through PD at faculty level
Visible Learning
scaffolding
All staff - implement relevant numeracy skills as documented in the
BHS Numeracy Scope and Sequence
Engage in professional learning Term 1, Maths/Numeracy Teachers - attend Thinking Thinking Maths
(Thinking Maths: Senior Years) 2019 Maths PD and share learning with peers at
staff meeting and assist Curriculum
Coordinators to implement the Numeracy
Scope & Sequence
Page 8 of 12Step 3 continued Plan actions for improvement
Goal 2 continued Improve students' ability to apply number skills in all curriculum areas.
Actions Timeline Roles and responsibilities Resources
Curriculum Coordinators - through faculty and Performance and
Teachers across all curriculum Terms 1-4, Development meetings, ensure the teaching of numeracy skills
BHS Numeracy Scope & Sequence
areas embed in their planning to 2019 (number) is occurring in classes
explicitly teach and model the Numeracy Coordinator - support Learning Area Coordinators
relevant numeracy (number)
Mathematics faculty members and other appropriate staff - have an
component within their context action relating to numeracy on their PDP
To develop knowledge, skills and Terms 1-4, Numeracy Coordinator - access PD and LDAM Secondary Years Professional
leadership in formative 2019 share learning with peers at staff and faculty Learning Program
assessment and learning design meetings
Enact positive beliefs and attitudes Terms 1-4, Numeracy Coordinator - provide professional learning for Best Advice paper, 'Beliefs and attitudes
towards mathematics and its all staff based on the Best Advice paper, 'Beliefs and
2019 attitudes about mathematics' and Youcubed website about mathematics'
relevance for student futures Youcubed website
Numeracy Coordinator and Mathematics faculty - develop
a strategy to support students and parents to challenge
their beliefs and attitudes towards mathematics
Total financial resources allocated $5000 (PD & TRT allocation)
Success criteria All students (particularly the target students) will be able to:
• achieve the Department Numeracy SEA in NAPLAN
• demonstrate transferable number skills in a range of curriculum areas.
All staff refer to the BHS Numeracy Scope and Sequence when planning and teaching.
Page 9 of 12Step 3 continued Plan actions for improvement
Goal 3
Challenge of practice
Actions Timeline Roles and responsibilities Resources
Page 10 of 12Step 3 continued Plan actions for improvement
Goal 3 continued
Actions Timeline Roles and responsibilities Resources
Total financial resources allocated
Success criteria
Page 11 of 12School improvement plan Approvals
Approved by principal
Sonia Pringle
17/02/2019
Approved by governing council chairperson
Andrew Parker
Date
Approved by education director
Neil White
Date
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