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Strategic Improvement Plan 2021-2024

                  Central Tilba Public School 3214

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School vision and context
       School vision statement                                                                                      School context
       Central Tilba Public School promotes equity and excellence through quality in education                      Central Tilba Public School is a small school located on the south coast of New South
       and high expectations. Students are supported, independent and successful learners who                       Wales. It is a two teacher school with enrolments steady in the low forties. It services a rural
       are confident, creative and connect to community, both locally and globally, now and in the                  community bordered by Mystery Bay to the north, and Dignams Creek to the south and
       future, as active and informed citizens.                                                                     Wallaga Lake to the east. It is a part of the Far South Coast network of school and it is a
                                                                                                                    proud member of the Eurobodalla Learning Community and the Gulaga Community of
                                                                                                                    Schools.

                                                                                                                    Central Tilba Public School caters to a diverse group of rural students and is supported by a
                                                                                                                    strong community, family-orientated atmosphere and valued P&C input.

                                                                                                                    Two strong threads in our previous school plans focused on continual school improvement
                                                                                                                    and the school community working collaboratively to support the wellbeing of all, we were
                                                                                                                    successful in attaining the planned improvement measures.

                                                                                                                    Through our Situational Analysis, we have identified the need for continued emphasis on
                                                                                                                    embedding quality teaching practices in Literacy and Numeracy. Using evidence based
                                                                                                                    strategies to develop deeper reflective practices based on quality data analysis to inform all
                                                                                                                    processes and practices across the school. The school will develop improved systems to
                                                                                                                    monitor and review our curriculum provision to meet the changing requirement of the
                                                                                                                    students. The systematic collection, analysis and monitoring of student performance data
                                                                                                                    will determine areas of need at an individual and whole school level to ensure ongoing
                                                                                                                    student and school improvement: every student, every year.

                                                                                                                    The wellbeing and engagement of our students remains a priority with additional programs
                                                                                                                    and initiatives proving successful in developing a sense of belonging and which support
                                                                                                                    every student being known, valued and cared for. There will be a strong focus on whole
                                                                                                                    school community knowledge, inclusion and understanding through the effective use of
                                                                                                                    practices, strategies, programs and initiatives to support student and school community
                                                                                                                    wellbeing.

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Strategic Direction 1: Student growth and attainment

       Purpose                                                       Initiatives                                                    Success criteria for this strategic direction
       In order to maximise the learning outcomes for every          Data Skills and Use                                            Initiative 1: Data Skills and Use
       student, all staff will use data to understand the learning
       needs of individual students and inform differentiated        Build teacher capabilities to ensure data collection is used    •   Teachers use data as evidence to plan and
       teaching and learning programs for all students. Students     to differentiate curriculum, inform teaching and provide            implement teaching and learning programs.
       become learners who are aware of their own progress           feedback to students so that learning is maximised for all.
                                                                                                                                     •   Teachers use the language of the Literacy and
       and feel confident in working with teachers and support
                                                                                                                                         Numeracy progressions when describing student
       staff, to help direct future learning.                         •   Systematic analysis and use of Literacy and
                                                                                                                                         growth and attainment.
                                                                          Numeracy Progressions to personalise learning and
                                                                          to differentiate teaching for all students, as well as     •   Negotiated and targeted focus indicators are
       Improvement measures                                               track progress and growth.                                     mapped for students in PLAN2 .
       Target year: 2022                                              •   Professional Learning to ensure all staff are              •   Students identified through data analysis receive
                                                                          proficient in the sourcing and analysis of data using          early Intervention learning support in Literacy and
       NAPLAN top two bands                                               external platforms such as SCOUT and internal data.            Numeracy and achieve learning targets.
                                                                      •   Early Intervention Learning Support Focus- effective       •   Visible Learning Strategies are evident and utilised in
       Improve in the percentage of students achieving in the top
                                                                          use of data to determine Learning and Support                  classrooms. Students can view and articulate where
       2 bands in NAPLAN Reading in Years 3 and 5 to 44.6%
                                                                          Teacher intervention program focus and targeted                they are now and where to next in their learning.
       as the upper negotiated target.
                                                                          students requiring support to achieve learning
                                                                          targets.                                                   •   Whole school professional learning around What
       Target year: 2022                                                                                                                 Works Best strategies.
                                                                      •   Continue to implement Visible Learning Strategies.
       NAPLAN top two bands                                               Opportunities to collaboratively design learning          Initiative 2: Curriculum
                                                                          sequences and embed formative and summative
       Improve the percentage of students achieving in the top 2          assessment practices. Using CESE (What Works               •   Systematic and Explicit Differentiated Teaching and
       bands in NAPLAN Numeracy in Years 3 and 5 to 44.6%                 Best) and AITSL learning around effective feedback             Learning Programs in Literacy and Numeracy. A
       as the upper negotiated target.                                    to guide student-student, teacher-student, and                 whole school teaching and learning approach which
                                                                          teacher-teacher. Use developing data skills and use            embeds evidence based quality teaching practices,
       Target year: 2023                                                  to drive this process.                                         including the expert use of What Works Best
                                                                                                                                         strategies, into school scope and sequences.
       NAPLAN Expected Growth                                        Curriculum
                                                                                                                                     •   High impact teaching strategies, developed and
       Improve the percentage of students demonstrating              Systematic and Explicit Differentiated Teaching and                 planned collaboratively, which build opportunities to
       expected growth in NAPLAN Reading from Years 3 to 5           Learning Programs in Literacy and Numeracy.                         challenge students in all subject areas.
       to 60%.
                                                                      •   Developing a pedagogical base for whole school            Initiative 3: Assessment
       Target year: 2023                                                  teaching and learning by embedding evidence based
                                                                          quality teaching practices, including the expert use of    •   Professional learning to develop whole staff
       NAPLAN Expected Growth                                             What Works Best strategies, into school scope and              understanding of qualitative and quantitative data,
                                                                          sequences.                                                     data triangulation to understand impact and where to
       Improve the percentage of students demonstrating                                                                                  next.
                                                                      •   Revisiting our learning around high impact teaching
       expected growth in NAPLAN Numeracy from Years 3 to 5                                                                          •   Formative assessment integrated into teaching
                                                                          strategies and incorporating these will build on
       to 60%.                                                                                                                           practise.
                                                                          opportunities to challenge students in all subject
       Target year: 2023                                                  areas. Team teaching and collaborative planning will       •   Consistent school-wide assessment practices are
                                                                          need to be planned and structured.                             used to monitor, plan and report on student learning
                                                                                                                                         across the curriculum.
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Strategic Direction 1: Student growth and attainment

       Improvement measures                                         Initiatives                                                   Success criteria for this strategic direction
       NAPLAN Value-Add                                             Assessment                                                     •   Families are actively and regularly engaged in
                                                                                                                                       understanding student progress.
       Value Add for Year 3-5 moves from Delivering to              Consistent school-wide practices for assessment are used
       Sustaining and Growing.                                      to monitor, plan and report on student learning across the
                                                                    curriculum.
       Target year: 2022                                                                                                          Evaluation plan for this strategic direction
                                                                     •   Formative assessment is integrated into teaching
                                                                         practise in every classroom confirming that students     The impact of a data driven teaching, learning and
       Progressions
                                                                         learn what is taught.                                    assessment pedagogy will be determined by the following
                                                                                                                                  data sources to analyse the effectiveness of initiatives:
       All Kindergarten students will achieve within the expected
                                                                     •   Developing an understanding of qualitative and
       end-of-year progressions for:
                                                                         quantitative data, and data triangulation to inform       •   Student progress checked and monitored against
                                                                         practice and identify impact and where to next.               progressions and syllabus standards using PLAN2
          •   Understanding Texts (4) in Literacy
                                                                                                                                       (Best Start, Year 1 Phonics Screener, Interview for
          •   Quantifying Numbers (4) and Additive Strategies (2)                                                                      Student Reasoning (IfSR), Check In Assessment)
              in Numeracy.
                                                                                                                                   •   NAPLAN school and network data.
       All students achieve or exceed expected growth in                                                                           •   School based formative and summative
       Literacy and Numeracy using the Literacy and Numeracy                                                                           assessments following the Assessment Scope and
       Progressions and evidenced in PLAN2 data.                                                                                       Sequence.

       Target year: 2024                                                                                                           •   Teaching and LaST programs show evidence of data
                                                                                                                                       informing classroom practice with ongoing
       Increase performance of students to be at stage level in                                                                        adjustments.
       the Check-In Assessment.                                                                                                    •   Formal and informal parent feedback

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Strategic Direction 2: Connect, Succeed and Thrive

       Purpose                                                       Initiatives                                                   Success criteria for this strategic direction
       To ensure that all of our students are known, valued and                                                                    Initiative 1: Wellbeing
       cared for and are able to connect, succeed and thrive at      Wellbeing
       school. A planned approach to developing whole school                                                                        •   TTFM Wellbeing data increases to be at or above the
       community wellbeing processes that support high levels of     A a collective, strategic and planned approach to develop          lower bound system-negotiated target of 89.6% for
       belonging, participation and engagement.                      whole school wellbeing processes that support the                  each aspect.
                                                                     wellbeing of all students so they can connect succeed and
                                                                                                                                    •   Wellbeing, bahaviour and attendance monitoring are
                                                                     thrive.
       Improvement measures                                                                                                             embedded practice in staff meeting minutes, LST
                                                                      •   Review current wellbeing processes and how they               meetings and programs and achieved for all
       Target year: 2022                                                  align with the wellbeing framework.                           students.

                                                                      •   Update whole-school approach to wellbeing                 •   25% reduction in negative behaviours as recorded in
       Increase the percentage of students attending > 90% of
                                                                          processes ensure monitoring, analysis and                     school incident log.
       the time to be at or above the lower bound system-
       negotiated target of 91.1%                                         evaluation of student behaviour, attendance,
                                                                                                                                   Initiative 2: Learning Culture
                                                                          wellbeing, learning and engagement.
       Target year: 2022
                                                                      •   Implementation of mentoring and School Leadership         •   100% of pre-K and Year 6 students participate in
                                                                          programs.                                                     available transition programs.
       TTFM Wellbeing data (advocacy, belonging, expectations)
       increases to be at or above the lower bound system-            •   Ensure that every student is and feels known valued       •   Assessments in Music demonstrate that all students
       negotiated target of 89.6%.                                        and cared for.                                                are achieving beyond stage outcomes.

       Target year: 2024                                                                                                            •   Evidence of similar or increased level of participation
                                                                                                                                        and collaboration in community programs.
                                                                     Learning Culture
       100% of pre-K and Year 6 students participate in available
       transition programs.                                          The school culture is strongly focused on learning, the
                                                                     building of educational aspiration and ongoing
       Target year: 2024                                             performance improvement throughout the whole school           Evaluation plan for this strategic direction
                                                                     community.
       All children participate in group and individual specialist                                                                 The impact of ensuring a planned approach to developing
       music instruction resulting in measurable achievement         For a small school, we do big things.                         whole school wellbeing processes that support increased
       above stage outcomes and indicators.                                                                                        levels of wellbeing and engagement will be determined
                                                                      •   Transitions and continuity of learning is established    by:
       Target year: 2024                                                  and maintained.
                                                                                                                                    •   TTFM survey responses
       Sustain and grow connections with community programs.          •   Community connections within the Tilba community,
                                                                          with other small schools and within the network of        •   increased attendance
                                                                          schools for students and staff.
                                                                                                                                    •   increased attendance at transition
                                                                      •   Local knowledge and awareness of Aboriginal
                                                                          perspectives, culture and language.                       •   reduced incidences of behaviour

                                                                      •   Provide opportunities for participation and               •   improved participation and indicators of achievement
                                                                          engagement in The Arts as a school and community              in Music.
                                                                          focus.                                                    •   track community participation and engagements
                                                                                                                                        though publications (social media, web site,
                                                                                                                                        newsletter, school ap.)

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