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Improvement Plan for Vision statement - 2019 to 2021 - steps 1 to 3
Improvement Plan for
PARALOWIE R-12 SCHOOL
2019 to 2021

Vision statement
2021 Site Improvement Plan.
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Broad vision for the whole of R-12 is to have all students reading at their
chronological age across all the different text types.
Plan summary
               Goals                                                               Targets                                                                          Challenge of practice                                      Success criteria
                                        NAPLAN Reading; 2017 year 3 cohort - 70.3% at SEA. Improvement target for same cohort in
                                                                                                                                                          All teachers assess student reading using a running   Students will read an increasing range of different types
Primary R-6                             year 5 2019 NAPLAN is 80% at SEA.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                of texts for a range of purposes with phrasing and
                                        PHONICS; 2018 year 1 cohort – average score of less than 12 points. Improvement target for
                                                                                                                                                          record to inform practice.
All students progress as capable and    same cohort in year 2 2019 is an average score of 35 points.
                                        RUNNING RECORDS; 2018 year 1 cohort – 36% at or above SEA (level 13). Improvement target                          All teachers participate in Running Records           fluency by combining contextual, semantic, grammatical
                                        for same cohort in year 2 2019 is 50% at or above SEA (level 21).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                and phonic knowledge using text processing strategies
balanced readers                        NAPLAN Reading; 2018 year 3 cohort - 58% at SEA. Improvement target for same cohort in year 5 2020 NAPLAN
                                                                                                                                                          moderation once per term.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                to make meaning.
                                        is 65% at SEA.                                                                                                    All teachers follow comprehension guidelines to
                                        PHONICS; 2019 year 1 phonics screening, 25.5% at SEA. Improvement target for 2020 year 1 phonics screening,                                                             Students will engage with and develop their individual
                                        30% at SEA.                                                                                                       explicitly teach comprehension strategies.            reading goals. All students can verbalise their reading
                                        RUNNING RECORDS (site based data); 2019 year 1 cohort – 18.3% at or above SEA (level 13). Improvement
                                        target for same cohort in year 2 2020 is 25% at or above SEA (level 21).
                                        See supplementary SIP target sheet for other SIP targets.
                                                                                                                                                          All teachers explicitly teach learning area           goals.
                                                                                                                                                          vocabulary through opportunities for dialogue.        Students will understand how to apply their knowledge
                                        NAPLAN Reading; 2019 year 3 cohort - 78% at SEA. Improvement target for same cohort in Year 5 2021 NAPLAN
                                        is 90% at SEA.                                                                                                    All students can verbalise their reading goals.       of letter-sound relationship, syllables and blending and
                                        PHONICS; 2020 year 1 phonics screening, 37% at SEA. Improvement target for 2021 year 1 phonics screening,
                                        70% at SEA.                                                                                                       All teachers understand and maintain a consistent     segmenting to fluently read and write multisyllabic
                                        RUNNING RECORDS (site based data); 2019 year 1 cohort – 18.3% at or above SEA (level 13). Improvement
                                        target for same cohort in year 3 2021 is 30% at or above SEA (level 25).                                          approach to systematic synthetic phonics.             words with more complex letter patterns.
                                        See supplementary SIP target sheet for other SIP targets.

Students in Years 7-9 progress as       NAPLAN Reading: 2019 Year 5 cohort - 92% at                                                                       7-9 English/EALD teachers use running                 Students will be using and applying Literal,
                                        SEA. Improvement target for same cohort in                                                                        records to inform practice - guided reading.          inferring and Response skills when reading and
capable and Balanced Readers at         Year 7 2021 NAPLAN is 100%.                                                                                                                                             verbalising connections between text and self.
                                                                                                                                                          Reading Block routine occurring in every
their chronological age expectations.                                                                                                                     Year 7-9 English/EALD classroom, including            Students use analytical vocabulary to express
                                        NAPLAN Reading: 2019 Year 7 cohort - 88% at                                                                                                                             their opinions and understandings of texts.
                                                                                                                                                          modelled, shared, guided and independent
                                        SEA. Improvement target for same cohort in                                                                                                                              Students will read a diverse range of texts types
                                        Year 9 2021 NAPLAN is 100%.
                                                                                                                                                          reading, informed by running records
                                                                                                                                                                                                                designed for a range of purposes; informative,
                                                                                                                                                          analysis.                                             persuasive and imaginative texts. Students will
                                        PAT-R Reading: 2020 Year 7 cohort - 53.33 at SEA. Improvement target for same cohort in
                                        2021 is 65% at SEA.                                                                                               Close Reading strategy embedded in all                read with phrasing and fluency by combining
                                        PAT-R Reading: 2020 Year 8 cohort - 73.20 at SEA. Improvement target for same cohort in
                                        2021 is 85% at SEA.                                                                                               learning areas - building expertise in the            contextual, semantic, grammatical and
                                        PAT-R Reading: 2020 Year 9 cohort - 59.86 at SEA. Improvement target for same cohort in
                                        2021 is 70% at SEA.                                                                                               explicit teaching of writing.                         phonemic knowledge to make meaning.

Senior School 10-12                     All Year 10 students to achieve Band 5, or scale                                                                  Implement the explicit teaching of writing in         Students will use formal, subject-specific
                                        score of 425+, in eWrite diagnostic writing                                                                       all learning areas in Years 10-12 to increase         vocabulary in their writing, while using a
Increase student achievement in         assessment.                                                                                                       students’ achievement in SACE. Align                  range of language features, stylistic
SACE through the explicit teaching of
                                        In 2020, the number of A Grades accounted for 9.51% of the total grades awarded in compulsory Stage 1             learning areas to appropriate genres and              features, and conventions to convey
writing in Years 10-12.                 English, Essential English and EALD (combined). Target for 2021 is 20% of the total grades awarded as A Grades.
                                                                                                                                                          text types to increase students’ capacity to          meaning. They will communicate
                                        In 2020, the number of C Grades accounted for 45.07% of the total grades awarded in compulsory Stage 1

                                                                                                                                                          produce texts for specific audiences and
                                        English, Essential English and EALD (combined). Target for 2021 is to reduce this number to 35% of the total
                                        grades awarded – support students in achieving in the higher grade bands.                                                                                               information, ideas and opinions in specific
                                                                                                                                                          purposes, using relevant textual and                  genres and text-types suitable to their
                                                                                                                                                          linguistic features. Teachers to provide              intended audience and purpose. Students
                                                                                                                                                          timely, critical feedback to support students         will seek and action feedback to revise,
                                                                                                                                                          in revising and expanding their writing.              expand and clarify their writing.

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Improvement plan for
PARALOWIE R-12 SCHOOL
2019 to 2021

•   Complete every step. The Quality School Improvement Planning Handbook explains how to do this. In addition, your education director will
    provide support.
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•   Complete steps 1 to 3 during term 4 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 (steps 1-3) 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 - Review and evaluate 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.
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For further information and advice, contact:
Review, Improvement and Accountability
Phone: 8226 1284
education.RIA@sa.gov.au

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Step 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Analyse
Analyse evidence of student learning and answer the question ‘What are our goals for improvement?’ Specify up to 3 goals and annual                                                                                                                      and prioritise
targets for student learning improvement in the table below.

 Goal                                    Targets

 Goal 1 Primary R-6                                NAPLAN Reading; 2017 year 3 cohort - 70.3% at SEA. Improvement target for same cohort in year 5 2019 NAPLAN is 80% at SEA.
                                                   PHONICS; 2018 year 1 cohort – average score of less than 12 points. Improvement target for same cohort in year 2 2019 is an average score of 35 points.
        All students progress as          2019     RUNNING RECORDS; 2018 year 1 cohort – 36% at or above SEA (level 13). Improvement target for same cohort in year 2 2019 is 50% at or above SEA (level 21).
        capable and balanced readers
                                                   NAPLAN Reading; 2018 year 3 cohort - 58% at SEA. Improvement target for same cohort in year 5 2020 NAPLAN is 65% at SEA.
                                                   PHONICS; 2019 year 1 phonics screening, 25.5% at SEA. Improvement target for 2020 year 1 phonics screening, 30% at SEA.
                                          2020     RUNNING RECORDS (site based data); 2019 year 1 cohort – 18.3% at or above SEA (level 13). Improvement target for same cohort in year 2 2020 is 25% at or above SEA (level 21).
                                                   See supplementary SIP target sheet for other SIP targets.

                                                   NAPLAN Reading; 2019 year 3 cohort - 78% at SEA. Improvement target for same cohort in Year 5 2021 NAPLAN is 90% at SEA.
                                                   PHONICS; 2020 year 1 phonics screening, 37% at SEA. Improvement target for 2021 year 1 phonics screening, 70% at SEA.
                                          2021     RUNNING RECORDS (site based data); 2019 year 1 cohort – 18.3% at or above SEA (level 13). Improvement target for same cohort in year 3 2021 is 30% at or above SEA (level 25).
                                                   See supplementary SIP target sheet for other SIP targets.

 Goal 2 Students in Years 7-9 progress             NAPLAN Reading: 2019 Year 5 cohort - 92% at SEA. Improvement target for same cohort in Year 7 2021
                                          2019
        as capable and Balanced                    NAPLAN is 100%.
        Readers at their chronological
        age expectations.                          NAPLAN Reading: 2019 Year 7 cohort - 88% at SEA. Improvement target for same cohort in Year 9 2021
                                          2020
                                                   NAPLAN is 100%.

                                                   PAT-R Reading: 2020 Year 7 cohort - 53.33 at SEA. Improvement target for same cohort in 2021 is 65% at SEA.
                                          2021     PAT-R Reading: 2020 Year 8 cohort - 73.20 at SEA. Improvement target for same cohort in 2021 is 85% at SEA.
                                                   PAT-R Reading: 2020 Year 9 cohort - 59.86 at SEA. Improvement target for same cohort in 2021 is 70% at SEA.

 Goal 3 Senior School 10-12                        All Year 10 students to achieve Band 5, or scale score of 425+, in eWrite diagnostic writing assessment.
                                          2019
        Increase student achievement
        in SACE through the explicit
                                                   In 2020, the number of A Grades accounted for 9.51% of the total grades awarded in compulsory Stage 1 English, Essential English and EALD (combined). Target for 2021 is 20% of the total grades awarded as A Grades.
        teaching of writing in Years
        10-12.                            2020     In 2020, the number of C Grades accounted for 45.07% of the total grades awarded in compulsory Stage 1 English, Essential English and EALD (combined). Target for 2021 is to reduce this number to 35% of the total grades
                                                   awarded – support students in achieving in the higher grade bands.

                                          2021

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Step 2                                                                                                                                                                  2
                                                                                                                                                                 Determine
Consider how improvements in teaching practice will help to achieve your improvement goals and answer the question ‘What areas of                               challenge of
practice should we focus on improving to reach our goals?’ Specify your challenge of practice for each goal in the table below.                                      practice

          Challenge of practice                                            Success criteria

 Goal 1   All teachers assess student reading using a running record to    Students will read an increasing range of different types of texts for a range of purposes with
          inform practice.
          All teachers participate in Running Records moderation once
                                                                           phrasing and fluency by combining contextual, semantic, grammatical and phonic knowledge
          per term.                                                        using text processing strategies to make meaning.
          All teachers follow comprehension guidelines to explicitly       Students will engage with and develop their individual reading goals. All students can verbalise
          teach comprehension strategies.
                                                                           their reading goals.
          All teachers explicitly teach learning area vocabulary through
          opportunities for dialogue.                                      Students will understand how to apply their knowledge of letter-sound relationship, syllables
          All students can verbalise their reading goals.                  and blending and segmenting to fluently read and write multisyllabic words with more complex
          All teachers understand and maintain a consistent approach to    letter patterns.
          systematic synthetic phonics.

 Goal 2 7-9 English/EALD teachers use running records to                   Students will be using and applying Literal, inferring and Response skills when reading and
          inform practice - guided reading.                                verbalising connections between text and self. Students use analytical vocabulary to express
          Reading Block routine occurring in every Year 7-9                their opinions and understandings of texts. Students will read a diverse range of texts types
          English/EALD classroom, including modelled,                      designed for a range of purposes; informative, persuasive and imaginative texts. Students will
          shared, guided and independent reading, informed
                                                                           read with phrasing and fluency by combining contextual, semantic, grammatical and phonemic
          by running records analysis.
                                                                           knowledge to make meaning.
          Close Reading strategy embedded in all learning
          areas - building expertise in the explicit teaching of
          writing.

 Goal 3 Implement the explicit teaching of writing in all                  Students will use formal, subject-specific vocabulary in their writing, while using a range of
          learning areas in Years 10-12 to increase students’              language features, stylistic features, and conventions to convey meaning. They will
          achievement in SACE. Align learning areas to                     communicate information, ideas and opinions in specific genres and text-types suitable to their
          appropriate genres and text types to increase
                                                                           intended audience and purpose. Students will seek and action feedback to revise, expand and
          students’ capacity to produce texts for specific
                                                                           clarify their writing.
          audiences and purposes, using relevant textual and
          linguistic features. Teachers to provide timely,
          critical feedback to support students in revising and
          expanding their writing.

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Step 3                                                                                                                                                                                3
                                                                                                                                                                                     Plan
Consider evidence of best practice to answer the question ‘What actions should we take to improve our practice and reach our goals?’                                                 actions for
Specify your actions for improvement, timeline, responsibility, resources and success criteria for each goal in the tables below.                                                    improvement

  Goal 1: Primary  R-6
          All students progress as capable and balanced readers

                                        All teachers assess student reading using a running record to inform practice.
  Challenge of practice:                All teachers participate in Running Records moderation once per term.
                                        All teachers follow comprehension guidelines to explicitly teach comprehension strategies.
                                        All teachers explicitly teach learning area vocabulary through opportunities for dialogue.
                                        All students can verbalise their reading goals.
                                        All teachers understand and maintain a consistent approach to systematic synthetic phonics.

  Actions                                                             Timeline                    Roles and responsibilities                                 Resources

All R-6 staff engage in professional learning on the                                           Teachers participate in professional learning to establish
                                                     2021                                      essential understanding of comprehension strategies.
                                                                                                                                                            Sheena Cameron Professional learning
explicit teaching of comprehension strategies. Site                                            Leaders develop site and year level guidelines and           and resources
agreements are developed to ensure consistency and                                             support staff with the implementation during modeled
                                                                                                                                                            Fountas and Pinnell running record
                                                                                               and guided reading experiences.
continuity in the teaching of comprehension, as                                                Teachers use running records to inform practice and          resources
guided by Running Record data.                                                                 identify areas of growth.

Develop strong focus on oral language in Junior Primary to          2021                       Teachers identify and explicitly teach Tier 2
                                                                                                                                                            Paul Swan- Mathematics Vocabulary
                                                                                               terminology in all curriculum areas.
provide opportunities for the explicit focus of teaching                                                                                                    Primary Connections
                                                                                               Teachers provide opportunities for increased
vocabulary.                                                                                    dialogue to enable students to expand their                  Sheena Cameron Oral Language
All R-6 staff present opportunities to extend student-talk                                     repertoire of subject-specific vocabulary.
while focussing on the etymology, morphology and                                               Teacher support staff to develop subject-specific
                                                                                                                                                            Sheena Cameron- Comprehension
phonology of vocabulary.                                                                       glossaries.

                                                                                               All teachers to support students in developing, recording
Individual student reading goals are informed by                    2021                       and monitoring their individual, SMARTAR reading goal.
                                                                                                                                                            Running Records
assessment and developed based on decoding,                                                    Leaders to work collaboratively with staff to develop a      PAT assessment
                                                                                               consistent approach for developing and recording
fluency and comprehension.                                                                     individual reading goals.
                                                                                               Leaders to provide professional learning for the
                                                                                               development of SMARTAR goals.

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Step 3 cont.                                                                                                                                                                                3
                                                                                                                                                                                           Plan
Consider evidence of best practice to answer the question ‘What actions should we take to improve our practice and reach our goals?’                                                       actions for
Specify your actions for improvement, timeline, responsibility, resources and success criteria for each goal in the tables below.                                                          improvement

  Goal 1 continued:
  Actions                                                Timeline                 Roles and responsibilities                                                      Resources
                                                                               Classroom teachers work in teams to compare, analyse and assess 3 students
Implement a coaching model for building the capacity 2021                      from each class, (below, at and above SEA), each term in Running Records,         Question prompts linked with
                                                                               conducted by the end of week 4, each term.
of R-6 staff in taking a running record and its analysis                       Training and development in staff meeting twice per term to develop guided        Australian Curriculum
                                                                               reading strategies, using analysis of MSV data, for the development of teaching
to inform practice, guided reading and intervention                            points.                                                                           LLI; Guided Reading; Teacher programs.
                                                                               Teachers use a consistent planning tool to record teaching points, document
programs.                                                                      progress and identify future teaching and learning.                               Release time for moderation of Running
                                                                               Leadership to identify teachers requiring further development and support
                                                                               through the analysis of class data, including further coaching opportunities.     Records in learning teams.
                                                                              Teachers will adhere to the site agreements and the Reading
Use phonics screening, PASM and grapheme             2021                     Coach and Head of School R-6 will monitor the use of                               Guided reading; SSO support;
knowledge to establish classroom based intervention.                          agreements. Teachers to undertake phonics screening, PASM                          decodable readers.
                                                                              and grapheme knowledge tests for all students by the end of
                                                                              week 4 of term one to establish base-line data and again in                        Professional development and release
                                                                              week 4 of term 3. A whole school structure with targeted and
                                                                              flexible groupings across classes will be embeded.
                                                                                                                                                                 time for Phonics is ongoing.

  Total financial resources allocated

                                                        Students will read an increasing range of different types of texts for a range of purposes with phrasing and fluency by
                                                        combining contextual, semantic, grammatical and phonic knowledge using text processing strategies to make meaning.
                                                        Students will engage with and develop their individual reading goals. All students can verbalise their reading goals.
  Success criteria
                                                        Students will understand how to apply their knowledge of letter-sound relationship, syllables and blending and
                                                        segmenting to fluently read and write multisyllabic words with more complex letter patterns.

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Step 3 cont.                                                                                                                                                      3
                                                                                                                                                                 Plan
Consider evidence of best practice to answer the question ‘What actions should we take to improve our practice and reach our goals?’                             actions for
Specify your actions for improvement, timeline, responsibility, resources and success criteria for each goal in the tables below.                                improvement

  Goal 2:     Students in Years 7-9 progress as capable and Balanced Readers at their chronological age expectations.

  Challenge of practice: 7-9 English/EALD teachers use running records to inform practice - guided reading.
                         Reading Block routine occurring in every Year 7-9 English/EALD classroom, including modelled, shared, guided and
                                   independent reading, informed by running records analysis.
                                   Close Reading strategy embedded in all learning areas - building expertise in the explicit teaching of writing.

  Actions                                                Timeline            Roles and responsibilities                            Resources

Year 7-9 English/EALD teachers will use teaching        2020 - 2021        7-9 English/EALD teachers to explicitly follow the     Reading Improvement Senior Leader to
                                                                           Running Records & Guided Reading Site Agreement
points from Running Record data to inform guided                                                                                  support 7-9 English/EALD staff - ongoing
                                                                           document to inform guided reading groups, establish
reading groups - staff to follow the 'Reading Block'                       routines, develop individual student reading goals,    training and development.
                                                                           and to inform classroom practice.
routine once per week in a double lesson, covering
                                                                           7-9 English/EALD staff will engage in Running Record   Teacher release based on number of
modeled, guided and independent reading.                                   moderation each term to maintain consistency.          students (running records testing).

7-9 English/EALD staff to engage in the explicit        2020 - 2021        Reading Improvement Senior Leader to support           Reading Improvement Senior Leader to support
teaching of comprehension during Reading Blocks -                          7-9 English/EALD staff in the explicit teaching of     7-9 English/EALD staff - ongoing training and
                                                                           comprehension.                                         development, modeling and observations.
training and development delivered by Sheena                               7-9 English/EALD teachers to commit to review
Cameron.                                                                   current practices and action the training and          Sheena Cameron T&D + Comprehension
                                                                           development in their Reading Blocks.                   Handbook

Establish a coaching model to ensure the delivery of    2020 - 2021        Reading Improvement Senior Leader to support           Reading Improvement Senior Leader to
                                                                           staff development through formal observations.
modeled, guided and independent reading is                                                                                        support learning area through
                                                                           7-9 English/EALD staff trained in coaching to
delivered consistently in Years 7-9 English/EALD                           support colleagues in developing best practices -      observations.
classrooms.                                                                aligned to ORION Partnership Coaching Program
                                                                                                                                  ORION Partnership Coaching Program.

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Step 3 cont.                                                                                                                                                                         3
                                                                                                                                                                                     Plan
Consider evidence of best practice to answer the question ‘What actions should we take to improve our practice and reach our goals?’                                                 actions for
Specify your actions for improvement, timeline, responsibility, resources and success criteria for each goal in the tables below.                                                    improvement

  Goal 2 continued:
  Actions                                                Timeline             Roles and responsibilities                                          Resources

                                                                            Reading Improvement Senior Leader to liaise with classroom
LLI groups created for students in Years 7-9 to      2020 - 2021            teachers and SSOs to identify students suitable for intervention
                                                                                                                                                Fountas and Pinnell Levelled Literacy Intervention -
                                                                                                                                                upkeep of resources (photocopying & maintenance).
support their development in Fluency & Phrasing, and                        based on assessment.
                                                                            SSO team to evaluate student progress and communicate this
Comprehension (within, beyond and about the text).                          to Reading Improvement Senior Leader on a weekly basis              Additional release time for SSOs - training and
                                                                            (students added/removed from LLI as required).                      development in comprehension and phonics - build
                                                                            Delivery of LLI programmed monitored by Reading                     expertise.
                                                                            Improvement Senior Leader - weekly team check-in/meeting.

                                                                            Reading Improvement Senior Leader to liaise with classroom
Middle School Phonics Program (Wave 2) targeted     2020 - 2021                                                                                 Implemented by Reading Improvement Senior
                                                                            teachers and SSOs to identify students suitable for intervention.
                                                                                                                                                Leader and supported by Special Ed staff -
towards supporting students in Years 7-9 with their                         SSO team to evaluate student progress and communicate this to
                                                                            Reading Improvement Senior Leader on a weekly basis (students       (SSO).
development of phonics; phonemic and phonological                           added/removed from LLI as required).
                                                                            Delivery of Middle School Phonics programmed monitored by
awareness.                                                                  Reading Improvement Senior Leader - weekly team                     Additional release time for SSOs - training and
                                                                            check-in/meeting.                                                   development in phonics - build expertise.

Close Reading strategy to continue and develop in all   2020 - 2021         Literacy HAT to continue supporting staff in Literacy HAT to coordinate training and
7-12 Learning Areas to support the development of                           developing their expertise in Close Reading. development with Reading
Balanced Readers.                                                           All staff implement Close Reading Strategy Improvement Senior Leader.
                                                                            as part of their classroom practice -
                                                                            included in PDP discussions.
                                                                                                                                                PDP Template - Leaders Discussions

  Total financial resources allocated

                                                        Students will be using and applying Literal, inferring and Response skills when reading and verbalising
                                                        connections between text and self. Students use analytical vocabulary to express their opinions and
  Success criteria                                      understandings of texts. Students will read a diverse range of texts types designed for a range of
                                                        purposes; informative, persuasive and imaginative texts. Students will read with phrasing and fluency
                                                        by combining contextual, semantic, grammatical and phonemic knowledge to make meaning.

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Step 3 cont.                                                                                                                                                                                          3
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Plan
Consider evidence of best practice to answer the question ‘What actions should we take to improve our practice and reach our goals?’                                                                 actions for
Specify your actions for improvement, timeline, responsibility, resources and success criteria for each goal in the tables below.                                                                    improvement

  Goal 3:     Senior School 10-12
              Increase student achievement in SACE through the explicit teaching of writing in Years 10-12.

                                         Implement the explicit teaching of writing in all learning areas in Years 10-12 to increase students’ achievement in
  Challenge of practice:                 SACE. Align learning areas to appropriate genres and text types to increase students’ capacity to produce texts for
                                         specific audiences and purposes, using relevant textual and linguistic features. Teachers to provide timely, critical
                                         feedback to support students in revising and expanding their writing.

  Actions                                                             Timeline                Roles and responsibilities                                       Resources

Plan and facilitate professional development based on       2020 - 2021                     Reading Improvement Senior Leader and Literacy                   Reading Improvement Senior Leader to
evidence-based approaches to explicitly teaching writing in                                 Coaches to plan, develop and organise professional
                                                                                            learning on Student Free days for Senior School                  source relevant resources as required,
the senior years (10-12). Establish a professional learning                                 staff.                                                           including additional teacher support
program that supports the implementation of the explicit                                    All staff in attendance express their commitment to              materials and external
teaching of writing to promote SACE improvement.                                            learning through engaging in purposeful reflection
                                                                                            of practice and meaningful discussion.                           expertise/providers.

                                                                                            Reading Improvement Senior Leader and English Coordinator        Reading Improvement Senior Leader and English Coordinator
Build staff expertise in modeled writing to develop       2020 - 2021                       to facilitate T&D for Curriculum Leaders on analytical writing   to develop training modules for leaders and staff.
students' capacity to write analytically, including their                                   (TEEAL) and the use of subject-specific vocabulary.              Supplementary release for B1 leaders to support their
                                                                                            All Curriculum Leader to support the implementation of           learning area in the planning and development of writing
use of subject-specific vocabulary (including Tier 2 &                                      modeled writing, including the use of subject-specific           resources.
3) and TEEAL in response to Year 10-12 ACARA and                                            vocabulary, in their learning area (content knowledge)           Establish coaching model to support teachers in developing
                                                                                            All teachers to explicitly model analytical writing, including   their modeled writing practice.
SACE Performance/Achievement Standards.                                                     the use of subject-specific vocabulary and TEEAL.

                                                                                            Senior School Senior Leader to explicitly train and support      Senior School Senior Leader to determine/allocate
All teachers are explicitly trained in deconstructing 2020 - 2021                           Stage 1 and 2 teaching staff in deconstructing and               meeting time towards this action each term.
SACE Performance Standards to ensure all Senior                                             interpreting SACE Performance Standards in their
                                                                                            subject/course.
School students are aware of the requirements within                                        Stage 1 and Stage 2 teaching staff maintain accurate and
                                                                                                                                                             Access to 2020 student assessment data & work
each grade band and how to achieve the highest                                              consistent records of student assessment through internal        samples (track improvement)
                                                                                            SACE moderation processes (moderated assessment of
grade band possible.                                                                        student work samples against Performance Standards).             PLATO Online Courses - 2021.

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Step 3 cont.                                                                                                                                        3
                                                                                                                                                   Plan
Consider evidence of best practice to answer the question ‘What actions should we take to improve our practice and reach our goals?’               actions for
Specify your actions for improvement, timeline, responsibility, resources and success criteria for each goal in the tables below.                  improvement

  Goal 3 continued:
  Actions                                                Timeline            Roles and responsibilities                 Resources

  Total financial resources allocated

                                                        Students will use formal, subject-specific vocabulary in their writing, while using a range of language
                                                        features, stylistic features, and conventions to convey meaning. They will communicate information,
  Success criteria                                      ideas and opinions in specific genres and text-types suitable to their intended audience and purpose.
                                                        Students will seek and action feedback to revise, expand and clarify their writing.

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Approvals

Approved by principal
Name

Peter McKay
Date

15/2/2021

Approved by governing council chairperson
Name

Sarah Caldwell
Date

Approved by education director
Name

Date

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