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Strategic Improvement Plan 2021-2024

                  Bennett Road Public School 4285

Page 1 of 10              Bennett Road Public School (4285) -2021-2024   Printed on: 1 April, 2021
School vision and context
       School vision statement                                                                                      School context
       Bennett Road Public School is committed to delivering a whole school approach to engage                      Bennett Road Public School is situated within the Eastern Creek group of schools. The
       and challenge students in integrated personalised learning programs. Utilising high                          school has a current enrolment of 648 students including 17% who identify as Aboriginal
       expectations, problem solving and critical and creative thinking, we empower students to                     and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) and 37% with a language background other than English.
       transfer their knowledge and skills into real life practices to lead and succeed. Building a                 The school employs an Aboriginal Education Officer to support learning for our ATSI
       positive and inclusive partnership with the school community, we celebrate success,                          students. There are 23 mainstream classes, 4 fully integrated support classes, 2 of which
       embrace change and promote lifelong learning for all.                                                        cater for multi-categorical disabilities, 1 mild intellectual class and 1 behavioural and
                                                                                                                    emotional disturbance class. Due to the identification of learning potential, 2020 saw the
                                                                                                                    introduction of 2 enrichment classes across years 2 -5 and due to its great success, we
                                                                                                                    have now seen the inclusion of a further class being offered in the early years.

                                                                                                                    Our students come from a range of low socio-economic backgrounds. We provide authentic
                                                                                                                    partnerships that engage the whole school community in the life of the school through the
                                                                                                                    work of our highly impactful school chaplain. This is evident through the significant
                                                                                                                    representation of parents and carers at all school events including assemblies, ceremonies
                                                                                                                    and celebrations. The Parent and Citizen Association plays a dynamic and supportive role
                                                                                                                    within the school community. The school has a focus on learning and support provisions
                                                                                                                    that provide targeted interventions that aim to maximise learning outcomes for our school
                                                                                                                    community. Through the implementation of the Strategic Improvement Plan, the school
                                                                                                                    aims to increase parental engagement in learning, achievement and educational pathways.

                                                                                                                    Bennett Road implements a Positive Behaviour for Learning framework that is continuously
                                                                                                                    adapted to support the changing educational, social, emotional and physical needs of all
                                                                                                                    students to ensure that they are able to connect, succeed and thrive. Student expectations
                                                                                                                    are explicitly taught and linked to the school motto of 'Respect For All', which encourages
                                                                                                                    them to 'Move to Success'. This current school plan aims to refine the Positive Behaviour
                                                                                                                    for Learning systems and practices, wellbeing interventions and the improvement of
                                                                                                                    attendance rates for our targeted groups.

                                                                                                                    Bennett Road has had a strong Literacy and Numeracy focus as part of the Early Action for
                                                                                                                    Success (EAfS) initiative over the last 9 years. This initiative has formed a strong learning
                                                                                                                    culture that supports teachers through professional learning in their development of high
                                                                                                                    impact teaching strategies that cater for a diverse range of student learning needs. The
                                                                                                                    school aims to continue the learning culture that has been established through EAfS to
                                                                                                                    ensure the sustainability of personalised and responsive teaching and learning. The school
                                                                                                                    provides a range of extra-curricular opportunities that develop the whole child and enable
                                                                                                                    our students to excel through a range of different experiences.

                                                                                                                    Throughout the process, we have consulted with the community including our Aboriginal
                                                                                                                    community. Through our situational analysis, the school has identified system negotiated
                                                                                                                    target areas in Reading and Numeracy. The school intends to focus on utilising triangulated
                                                                                                                    data to identify learning achievement across internal and external student performance
                                                                                                                    measures. Data will be used to inform a more integrated approach to programming across
                                                                                                                    the school curriculum. The school seeks to innovate upon our current technological
                                                                                                                    practices to foster the development of creative, critical thinking and problem solving skills.
                                                                                                                    The school aims to improve student outcomes that cater for student diversity through the
                                                                                                                    provision of professional learning and development for teachers.
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Strategic Direction 1: Student growth and attainment

       Purpose                                                     Initiatives                                                   Success criteria for this strategic direction
       We will further develop data driven practices and           Responsive and Differentiated Teaching                         •   A whole school approach ensures the most effective
       responsive strategies that aim to meet the learning needs                                                                      evidence-based teaching methods optimise learning
       of individual students and maximise learning outcomes in    An integrated approach to quality teaching, curriculum             progress for all students. Effective methods are
       Reading and Numeracy.                                       planning and assessment promotes learning excellence in            identified, promoted and modelled, and students'
                                                                   meeting the needs of all students in Reading and                   learning improvement is monitored, demonstrating
                                                                   Numeracy.                                                          growth. (SEF: Teaching Domain - Effective
       Improvement measures                                                                                                           Classroom Practice, Explicit Teaching - Excelling,
                                                                    •   Teachers will plan effectively for Reading and                What Works Best - Explicit Teaching)
       Target year: 2022                                                Numeracy lessons using a differentiated approach.
                                                                                                                                  •   Ongoing teacher development that maximises
       Increase the percentage of students achieving in the top     •   Stage Teams will collaborate to develop units of work         student achievement. (SEF - Teaching Domain -
       2 bands of NAPLAN Numeracy to achieve the lower                  based on Integrated programming encompassing                  Learning and Development- Professional learning-
       bound system-negotiated target of 19.8%.                         technology. (Refer to Strategic Direction 3:                  Excelling)
                                                                        Technology)
       Target year: 2022                                                                                                          •   Teachers engage in professional learning and
                                                                    •   The school will facilitate an effective, collaborative        dialogue to improve student outcomes. (SEF:
       Increase the percentage of students achieving in the top         partnership between lead learners and all staff that          Teaching Domain - Learning Development,
       2 bands of NAPLAN Reading to achieve the lower bound             drives ongoing school-wide improvement in teaching            Collaborative Practice and Feedback - Excelling)
       system-negotiated target of 27.3%.                               practice and student results. The school shares
                                                                        expertise to build capacity in others.                    •   Data and feedback inform teaching practice and
                                                                                                                                      direct learning intentions. (Teaching Domain - Data
       Target year: 2022                                                                                                              Skills and Use- Data use in teaching- Excelling)
                                                                   Data driven practices                                          •   Formative and Summative assessment are used to
       Increase the percentage of Aboriginal students achieving
       top 3 NAPLAN bands in Reading and Numeracy to be                                                                               analyse student progress and achievement.
                                                                   Ensure effective strategies and processes for data                 Consistent teacher judgement is evident across the
       above the school's lower bound system negotiated targets
                                                                   analysis and reflections are used for responsive                   school. (SEF: Learning Domain - Assessment,
       of 47.5% in Reading and 30.8% in Numeracy.
                                                                   curriculum delivery with a strong focus on Reading and             Formative and Summative Assessment, whole
       Target year: 2024                                           Numeracy.                                                          school monitoring of student learning - Excelling)
                                                                    •   Teachers clearly understand, develop and apply a          •   Staff demonstrate personal responsibility for
       70% of students completing Year 2 have achieved AdS6
                                                                        full range of assessment strategies in determining            maintaining and developing their professional
       within the Additive Strategies sub-element of the
                                                                        teaching directions, monitoring and assessing                 standards. (SEF: Teaching Domain - Professional
       Numeracy Progressions.
                                                                        student progress and reflecting on teaching                   Standards and Leading Domain, Educational
                                                                        effectiveness.                                                Leadership, Performance Management and
       Target year: 2024
                                                                                                                                      Development - Excelling)
                                                                    •   The learning goals for students are informed by
       70% of students completing Year 4 have achieved MuS6             analysis of internal and external student progress        •   All teachers understand and explicitly teach literacy
       within the Multiplicative Strategies sub-element of the          and achievement data. (Refer to Strategic Direction           and numeracy to students at all levels of
       Numeracy Progressions.                                           3: Student Leadership and Voice).                             achievement, in all subject areas, with success that
                                                                                                                                      can be measured by improved student progress and
       Target year: 2024                                            •   The school will embed a case management process               achievement data. (SEF: Teaching Domain -
                                                                        in Reading and Numeracy to identify and target the            Literacy and Numeracy focus - Excelling)
       70% of students completing Year 4 have achieved CrT8             learning needs for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait
       within the Creating Texts sub-element of the Literacy            Islander students.                                        •   Students are autonomous learners and reflect on
       Progressions.                                                                                                                  their own learning. (SEF: Learning Domain -
                                                                                                                                      Curriculum, Differentiation - Excelling)
       Target year: 2024
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Strategic Direction 1: Student growth and attainment

       Improvement measures                                                                                     Evaluation plan for this strategic direction
                                                                                                                Evaluation plan
       School self assessments of the element 'Curriculum' and
       'Assessment' indicates improvement from Sustaining and                                                   The school will use the following data sources to regularly
       Growing to Excelling.                                                                                    analyse the effectiveness of these initiatives:

       Target year: 2023                                                                                         •   NAPLAN data
                                                                                                                 •   Scout - Top 2 bands and expected growth, Top 3
       Students achieve the lower bound system negotiated
                                                                                                                     bands for ATSI students, professional learning
       target of 62.6% for expected growth in Numeracy.
                                                                                                                     analysis
       Target year: 2023                                                                                         •   Standardised internal assessment method e.g. PAT
                                                                                                                     testing
       Students to achieve the lower bound system negotiated
       target of 59.5% for expected growth in Reading.                                                           •   Student work samples
                                                                                                                 •   Teacher programs
                                                                                                                 •   Literacy and Numeracy PLAN2 data
                                                                                                                 •   Student PLPs and IEPs
                                                                                                                 •   Teacher PDPs
                                                                                                                 •   LaST data

                                                                                                                The evaluation plan will involve:

                                                                                                                 •   Once a term, executive and whole staff reflective
                                                                                                                     sessions that focus on staff and student
                                                                                                                     development.
                                                                                                                 •   Regular professional discussion guided by the
                                                                                                                     School Excellence Framework and supporting
                                                                                                                     documents across all levels of the school.
                                                                                                                 •   Once a term, review the effectiveness of targeted
                                                                                                                     interventions for students.
                                                                                                                 •   Regular review of these data sources to provide
                                                                                                                     clarity around whether we are on track for achieving
                                                                                                                     the intended improvement measures.
                                                                                                                 •   Triangulation of data sources including quantitative
                                                                                                                     and qualitative, internal and external to form an on
                                                                                                                     balance judgement of true learning achievement in
                                                                                                                     Term 4 of each annum (NAPLAN and internal data
                                                                                                                     sources).

                                                                                                                Analysis

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Strategic Direction 1: Student growth and attainment

                                                                                               Evaluation plan for this strategic direction
                                                                                                •   Regular analysis will be embedded within the
                                                                                                    initiatives through progress and implementation
                                                                                                    monitoring.
                                                                                                •   Annually, the school will review progress towards the
                                                                                                    improvement measures.

                                                                                               Implications

                                                                                               The findings of the analysis will inform:

                                                                                                •   Future actions for teaching and learning in Reading
                                                                                                    and Numeracy.
                                                                                                •   Annual reporting of school progress measures
                                                                                                    against the initiatives in the achievement of the
                                                                                                    strategic direction.

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Strategic Direction 2: Attendance and Wellbeing

       Purpose                                                        Initiatives                                                    Success criteria for this strategic direction
       We will develop effective partnerships within the school                                                                       •   Teachers, parents and the community work together
       community that improve the attendance and wellbeing of         Parent partnerships to improve attendance and                       to support consistent and systematic processes that
       our students and promote aspirational educational              wellbeing.                                                          ensure student absences do not impact on learning
       pathways that encompass diversity.                                                                                                 outcomes through a case management approach.
                                                                      Increased parental engagement in learning, achievement              (SEF: Learning Culture - High Expectations -
                                                                      and educational pathways and interconnection on all                 Excelling)
       Improvement measures                                           levels of the school community that improve the
                                                                      attendance and wellbeing of all students.                       •   Teaching programs have cultural learning
       Target year: 2022                                                                                                                  embedded. Ensuring teachers are well informed,
                                                                       •   Communicate through a variety of platforms to build            responsive and connected to the demographic needs
       Attendance                                                          the educational aspirations within our school                  of the school community. (The Wellbeing Framework
                                                                           community and improve attendance.                              for Schools)
       Increase the percentage of students attending school
                                                                       •   Effective partnerships in learning with parents and        •   The whole school community holds high
       more than 90% of the time to achieve the lower bound
                                                                           students, strengthened through three-way goal                  expectations, values and recognises the school's
       system negotiated target of 73.5%.
                                                                           setting and a case management approach, ensures                impact on learning progress, effective practices and
       Target year: 2022                                                   attendance that supports the improvement of student            continuous improvement. (SEF: Learning Culture
                                                                           progress and learning.                                         High Expectations -Excelling. Leading, School
       Wellbeing                                                                                                                          Planning, Implementing- Excelling)
                                                                       •   Develop effective systems and practices that support
                                                                           student wellbeing.                                         •   Community are informed, engaged and invested in
       Increase the percentage of students reporting                                                                                      the school's implemented evidence based change to
       Expectations for Success, Advocacy and Sense of                Personalised Learning and Support                                   whole school practices resulting in measurable
       Belonging at School through the Tell Them From Me                                                                                  improvements in wellbeing and engagement to
       survey, to achieve our lower bound system negotiated           Inclusive learning programs that build on students' culture,        support learning. (SEF: Wellbeing - A planned
       target of 92.1%. School based data will reflect this result.   interests, strengths and diverse learning needs of all              approach to wellbeing -Excelling)
                                                                      students inclusive of Aboriginal, EALD and students with        •   An effective system that monitors and tracks the
       Target year: 2024
                                                                      disability and additional learning needs.                           wellbeing needs of all learners. (SEF: Learning
       School self-assessment of the element 'Learning Culture'                                                                           Culture and Wellbeing Framework)
                                                                       •   Identify and involve the expertise of staff, community
       indicates improvement from Sustaining and Growing to                and external agencies to support the needs of our
       Excelling.                                                          school (e.g. through the use of a community liaison
                                                                           officer).                                                 Evaluation plan for this strategic direction
                                                                       •   Engagement in current reforms will provide                Evaluation plan
                                                                           appropriate cultural and community knowledge and
                                                                           understandings to support teachers and education          The school will use the following data sources to regularly
                                                                           staff through professional learning.                      analyse the effectiveness of these initiatives:
                                                                       •   Positive Behaviours for Learning are supported
                                                                           through whole school tiered interventions and              •   Attendance (Scout)
                                                                           universal expectations. Effective systems and              •   Sentral wellbeing data
                                                                           practices support an increase of respectful
                                                                           behaviours in all school settings.                         •   TTFM
                                                                       •   Small group tuition program to support the diverse         •   Internal surveys to capture student, staff and
                                                                           learning needs of students (Refer to Strategic                 community voice.
                                                                           Direction 1: Differentiation).
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Strategic Direction 2: Attendance and Wellbeing

                                         Initiatives                                                  Evaluation plan for this strategic direction
                                          •   Data informed, differentiated learning programs are      •   LaST data
                                              effectively implemented into teaching practices to
                                                                                                       •   Student PLPs and IEPs.
                                              support social, emotional and academic needs of all
                                              students.                                                •   Student Behaviour Management Plans
                                                                                                       •   Stage meeting minutes
                                                                                                       •   Focus group data

                                                                                                      The evaluation plan will involve:

                                                                                                       •   Once a term, Executive and whole staff reflective
                                                                                                           sessions that focus on staff and student
                                                                                                           development.
                                                                                                       •   Professional discussion guided by the School
                                                                                                           Excellence Framework, the Wellbeing Framework
                                                                                                           and supporting documents across all levels of the
                                                                                                           school to be discussed during fortnightly stage
                                                                                                           meetings.
                                                                                                       •   Termly evaluation of the effectiveness and relevance
                                                                                                           of targeted interventions for students.
                                                                                                       •   Five weekly review of these data sources to provide
                                                                                                           clarity around whether we are on track for achieving
                                                                                                           the intended improvement measures.
                                                                                                       •   Termly triangulation of data sources including
                                                                                                           quantitative and qualitative to monitor and track the
                                                                                                           achievement of the Improvement Measures.

                                                                                                      Analysis

                                                                                                       •   Regular analysis will be embedded within the
                                                                                                           initiatives through progress and implementation
                                                                                                           monitoring.
                                                                                                       •   Annually, the school will review progress towards the
                                                                                                           improvement measures.

                                                                                                      Implications

                                                                                                      The findings of the analysis will inform:

                                                                                                       •   Future actions for personalised learning, attendance
                                                                                                           and wellbeing practices.
                                                                                                       •   Annual reporting of school progress measures
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Strategic Direction 2: Attendance and Wellbeing

                                                                                              Evaluation plan for this strategic direction
                                                                                                  against the initiatives in the achievement of the
                                                                                                  strategic direction.

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Strategic Direction 3: Lifelong Learners

       Purpose                                                    Initiatives                                                     Success criteria for this strategic direction
       We will inspire our community to be innovative learners                                                                     •   Teachers and students engage in reflective practices
       who are able to adapt and respond to the challenges of a   Critical and Creative thinking                                       to improve student engagement and relevance for
       rapidly changing world.                                                                                                         learning. (SEF: Teaching Domain - Learning and
                                                                  Teachers provide opportunities for students to engage in             Development, Collaborative practice and feedback -
                                                                  critical and creative thinking which involves students               Sustaining & Growing)
       Improvement measures                                       reflecting broadly and deeply in their learning using skills,
                                                                                                                                   •   Teacher lessons are responsive, dynamic and
                                                                  behaviours and dispositions.
       Target year: 2024                                                                                                               innovative. All lessons reflect a purpose for learning.
                                                                    •   Teachers and students engage in collaborative                  (SEF: Learning Domain - Curriculum - Teaching and
       All students identify and articulate the relevance and           inquiry for purposeful learning (Refer to Strategic            Learning programs - Excelling)
       purpose for their learning.                                      Direction 1: Collaborative planning).                      •   Feedback from students on their learning informs
                                                                                                                                       further teaching. (SEF: Learning Domain -
       Target year: 2024                                            •   Students develop a combination of learning
                                                                                                                                       Assessment - Student Engagement - Excelling)
                                                                        dispositions, skills, values and attitudes to be
       All students can understand and successfully use ICT             successful, future orientated lifelong learners.           •   Students are resilient learners who display a range of
       systems and practices to enhance the quality of their                                                                           learning dispositions that enhance self-assessment
       learning.                                                    •   Students and teachers regularly engage in reflective
                                                                                                                                       capabilities. (Hattie)
                                                                        practices to improve their learning and development.
                                                                                                                                   •   The school trials innovative practices and has
                                                                                                                                       processes in place to evaluate, refine and scale
                                                                  ICT Capability                                                       success. (SEF: Teaching Domain - Learning and
                                                                                                                                       Development - Expertise and Innovation - Excelling)
                                                                  Students develop capabilities and adaptive expertise to
                                                                  navigate new and evolving technologies to access, create
                                                                  and communicate information and ideas, solve problems
                                                                  and work collaboratively with a focus on Reading and            Evaluation plan for this strategic direction
                                                                  Numeracy.
                                                                                                                                  Evaluation plan
                                                                    •   Teachers enhance student leadership and student
                                                                        voice in the integration of technology for learning.      The school will use the following data sources to regularly
                                                                                                                                  analyse the effectiveness of these initiatives:
                                                                    •   Teachers collaborate and share practice to develop
                                                                        and design integrated units across a range of              •   ICT continuum
                                                                        curriculum learning areas (Refer to Strategic
                                                                        Direction 1: Integrated Programming).                      •   Surveys

                                                                    •   All staff and students utilise technological resources     •   Focus groups
                                                                        to promote and implement effective strategies to           •   Technology resource allocation analysis
                                                                        enhance teaching and learning.
                                                                                                                                   •   Teacher programs
                                                                                                                                   •   Student work samples
                                                                                                                                   •   TEAM time minutes on collaborative design of
                                                                                                                                       learning units
                                                                                                                                   •   TSO timetable and support
                                                                                                                                   •   Coaching and Mentoring for technology support
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Strategic Direction 3: Lifelong Learners

                                                                                                  Evaluation plan for this strategic direction
                                                                                                   •   Professional Learning evaluations
                                                                                                   •   Collab. Inquiry - Tri-level whole system approach to
                                                                                                       improvement. Pg 73 Clarity - Lyn Sharratt
                                                                                                   •   Teacher 'Walks and Talks' - Clarity 5 questions - Lyn
                                                                                                       Sharratt
                                                                                                   •   Learning dispositions - student plotting and growth

                                                                                                  The evaluation plan will involve:

                                                                                                   •   Termly executive and whole staff reflective sessions
                                                                                                       that focus on staff and student development.
                                                                                                   •   Regular professional discussion guided by the
                                                                                                       School Excellence Framework and supporting
                                                                                                       documents across all levels of the school.
                                                                                                   •   Regular review of the effectiveness of targeted
                                                                                                       interventions for students.
                                                                                                   •   Regular review of these data sources to provide
                                                                                                       clarity around whether we are on track for achieving
                                                                                                       the intended improvement measures.

                                                                                                  Analysis

                                                                                                   •   Regular analysis will be embedded within the
                                                                                                       initiatives through progress and implementation
                                                                                                       monitoring.
                                                                                                   •   Annually the school will review progress towards the
                                                                                                       improvement measures.

                                                                                                  Implications

                                                                                                  The findings of the analysis will inform:

                                                                                                   •   Future actions for teaching and learning in Reading
                                                                                                       and Numeracy.
                                                                                                   •   Annual reporting of school progress measures
                                                                                                       against the initiatives in the achievement of the
                                                                                                       strategic direction.

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