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8480: Warrawong High School 2013 School Management Plan: last revised 3/11/2012
School Context
Warrawong is a comprehensive, multicultural high school with 57% of our students from a range of non-English speaking
backgrounds. Teachers promote high expectations and a strong work ethic so all students succeed as learners. We ensure
students have a positive attitude and work hard to achieve academic success, develop social, interpersonal and employment
skills and build self-esteem.
Our school has a strong history of achievement. Over the last decade, we have twice received a NSW Department of
Education Director General's Award for School Achievement. In addition students, staff and the school have been awarded
individual Departmental honours on several occasions and both students and staff have won many state and national awards
in literacy, film making and community engagement.
At Warrawong, we cater for all students. We have selective classes to extend the most talented students and smaller class
sizes across all years so students get more individual attention. We house the region's Intensive English Centre for new
arrivals and a Support Unit for students with special needs. Across all years, our students make significant performance
gains because of how teachers integrate literacy and technology into classroom learning. We offer an innovative senior
curriculum which has significantly increased student retention. This dual strand curriculum involves both a traditional,
academic HSC and a vocational HSC to develop employment skills.
Our school has excellent facilities which support our comprehensive approach to education. Recent improvements include
construction of a new sports centre, canteen café complex and major upgrades to our Science facilities. In addition, we are
constantly improving our digital infrastructure. Students have access to cutting edge technology including seven computer
labs, a wireless network and the latest whiteboard and video conferencing technology.
To support our students’ education, we have built strong links with the community. These include our highly rated
Community of Schools programs with our local primary schools, parent engagement through focus meetings and a broad
range of partnerships with the local business community.
We seek to engage students through an extensive range of extracurricular initiatives. These include a strong focus on life
skills, sport and the creative arts - band, choir, film and drama. Two of our most innovative and widely acknowledged
programs are our annual community student film festival and our permaculture gardens, wherein students learn how to
achieve a healthier and more environmentally sustainable lifestyle.
As a school, our ultimate goal is to ensure that students develop knowledge, skills, attitudes and values which will help
them become responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to Australian society.
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School Ethos
Our school motto : ‘Creating Opportunities, Achieving Success’.
Our ethos statements reflect what we are trying to achieve :
Students
1. High Expectations: ensure students have high expectations about their academic performance and attitude to school.
2. Exit Outcomes: ensure students achieve high quality exit outcomes relating to Literacy, Numeracy, Information and Technology skills,
interpersonal, communication and decision making skills.
3. Student Attitudes and Values: foster attitudes and values which promote student self-worth and self-respect, self-confidence, self-discipline and
encourage citizenship, tolerance and respect for others.
4. Student Wellbeing: enhance student self-esteem, mental health and wellbeing by assisting with issues relating to socioeconomic, physical, cultural
or personal circumstances that may impede student learning.
Staff
5. Staff Morale: maintain high level staff well-being and engagement through excellent communication, collaborative decision making, interpersonal
and staff welfare strategies.
6. Staff Professionalism: encourage staff to have high expectations about their own performance and work ethic through supportive staff professional
development systems.
Community
7. School Reputation: ensure the school has a high profile and an excellent reputation with parents and the community.
8. Community Support: maintain a positive two way relationship with the community by building partnerships with parents and the broader
community incorporating other local education and business links.
School
9. Harmonious Environment: maintain a safe and harmonious learning environment which caters for the needs of students from diverse cultures and
backgrounds.
10. Quality Learning: engage students in learning by providing an interesting, challenging and relevant curriculum, using Quality Teaching skills and
processes.
11. Enriched Curriculum: broaden student horizons about a quality lifestyle through a broad range of curricula and extra curricular experiences and
opportunities.
12. Celebrating Success: build student self-esteem and school morale by celebrating success, rewarding commitment and acknowledging achievement.
13. Quality Facilities: provide a quality physical environment for both students and staff through ongoing enhancement of school facilities and the
physical environment.
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School Purpose and Agreed Priorities Our overall goal is to help each student maximise their personal growth in terms of academic performance and Life Skills outcomes.
To achieve our goal, we focus on raising expectations among students and improving student and community engagement with the school.
We create a school environment where students achieve academic success, develop social awareness and build self-esteem.
Our purpose defines our eight school priorities areas which are aligned with NSW Department of Education and Communities and Federal government priorities.
Our eight priority areas
1. Continuous Improvement in Student Academic Results
2. Better Student Outcomes through Quality Teaching and Learning
3. Increasing Student Retention through Quality Curriculum Engagement
4. Improving Student Performance through Increased Expectations
5. Meeting National Benchmarks for Aboriginal Students
6. Best Practice School Leadership and Management
7. Creating Positive Community Relationships
8. Building Better School Systems and Facilities
Explanations for funding and priority codes (as listed in the school plan - see over)
DET Planning Priorities Funding Source Equity (PSFP) Priorities National Partnerships Reform
1. Implement quality teaching
strategies to ensure continuity of
learning that is relevant, interesting,
challenging
2. Ownership of, and responsibility for,
high expectations of performance
and engagement for all students
3. Build a culture of continuous school
improvement and quality customer
service
4. Improve the learning outcomes for
Aboriginal students
5. Implement effective and timely
student services practices to meet the
needs of students, parents and
schools
6. Build leadership capacity at all
levels
7. Promote public education and the
work of school communities
1. GBL : School Funds
2. DET : DET Tied
3. ABE : Aboriginal Education
4. PSFP : Equity
5. NPLS : National Partnerships
6. TPL : Professional Learning
7. VET : VET in Schools
8. ICT : Technology
9. FED : Federal Grant
10. EXT : External eg. sponsorship
1. Improve student Literacy and
Numeracy outcomes
2. Increase the level of student
participation and engagement in
learning
3. Improve the quality of teaching and
learning
4. Raise the expectations of students,
teachers, school executive, parents
and caregivers
5. Develop and sustain a positive and
inclusive school culture
6. Implement innovative approaches to
staffing
7. Develop professional knowledge and
build a culture of learning and
continuous improvement
8. Strengthen partnerships with the
community
1. Incentives to attract high performing
teachers and Principals
2. Best practice performance
management and staffing that
articulates a clear role for Principals
3. Operational arrangements that
encourage flexibility and innovation
4. Providing innovative and tailored
learning opportunities
5. Strengthen school accountability
6. External partnerships with parents,
other schools, business and
communities and access to extended
services
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School Priority Area One: Continuous Improvement in Student Academic Results
Intended Outcomes (long term goals) Targets (to be achieved by 2013)
To improve student HSC results to at least match statistically similar groups
(SSG)
To lift HSC student performance in the middle and tops bands
To increase student literacy and numeracy achievements in Year 9 NAPLAN in
line with school targets as determined through regional analysis
To ensure all staff access professional learning to help achieve improved HSC,
NAPLAN and school-based academic results
For combined band HSC performance, reduce Band 1/2 to below 20% and
increase Band 5/6 to above 20%
50% of subjects achieve the state mean or better in the HSC exam
HSC band performance value added (combined performance across all
subjects) is 0.5 above the statistically similar group (SSG) average
For each year group (10 to 12), at least 50% of students achieve grade A for
every subject on their five-weekly academic monitoring
For NAPLAN Year 9 student literacy results :
- Band performance: 88% of students perform at or above min. standard (up
from 79% at present - regional PSP target 87.8)
- Band performance: 12% of students perform into the Proficient bands (up
from 8% at present - regional PSP target 11.9)
For NAPLAN Year 9 student Numeracy results :
- Band performance: 88% of students perform at or above min. standard (up
from 83% at present - regional PSP target 87.0)
- Band performance : 12% of students perform into the proficient bands (up
from 13% at present - regional PSP target 7.1)
For all NAPLAN Literacy and Numeracy results:
- Across all bands, students perform up to the annual SSG standard
- Expected average growth: students achieve to the annual SSG standard
All KLA teachers making use of, the various data analysis tools to inform their
teaching e.g. SMART 2, EMSAD data sheets
Indicators i.e. 2013 - one year target Strategies Reform/Priority
& Fund Source Budget
($)
Student Academic Performance
For combined band performance in the HSC, reduce Band 1/2 to
below 20% and increase Band 5/6 by 5 percentage points above
2011 levels
At least 35% of subjects achieve the state mean or better in the
HSC exam
HSC band performance value-added (combined performance
across all subjects) equals the SSG average
For each year group, there is a 10% increase in the number of
1. Stage 6 ALARM Writing strategy : build on the initial (2yr) trial
to improve student writing. Use an ALARM teacher mentor role
to work with KLA Head Teachers :
- co-ordinate ALARM implementation through shared
professional learning across KLAs, faculty KLA sharing (train
the trainer) and mentor team teaching with individual staff
2. Through ALARM training, maintain a focus on associated
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students gaining satisfactory or above every subject on their
five-weekly academic monitoring
All KLA faculties are making use of data and an increased
number of teachers report that they understand and use data to
inform their teaching
Stage 6 Writing project being implemented in an increasing
number of all Year 11 and 12 classes
A 2012 HSC review confirms a strong positive correlation
between HSC results and student participation in coaching
45% of Year 12 students use after school coaching
25% of Year 11 students use after school coaching
For the homework centre, participation build to an average 20
students per session
student learning and management strategies :
- Lesson development related to student performance eg. study
skills; explicit teaching; use of laptops
- Student organisation : are students prepared for class; doing
homework; using a homework diary; making the required effort
with notebooks
- More focus on regular contact with parents
3. Use five-weekly Warrawong academic monitoring as a tool for
setting performance standards for all students :
- Improve management to increase its impact ie. improve links
with N warnings, incentive excursions, parent SMS strategy
- A more significant role for year advisers in the management of
targeted individual students
- Introduce a term Year 7-12 academic monitoring report to
parents
4. Stage 6 after school coaching (attached to homework centre) :
- Further increase student participation and teacher support by
highlighting the link between coaching and HSC success
- Take steps to further establish a Year 11 coaching culture
5. After-school homework centre : continue operation in the library
from 3 to 4.30pm Monday and Tuesday each week :
- Promote its value with student, parents and staff and evaluate
student satisfaction to determine its success
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Student Literacy and Numeracy
For all NAPLAN literacy and numeracy results across all bands
and for expected average growth, students achieve to the annual
SSG standard
For NAPLAN Year 9 student literacy results:
- Band performance: 82% of students perform at or above min.
standard (up from 79% at present)
- Band performance: 9% of students perform into the proficient
bands (up from 8% at present)
In school Reading Rescue :
- Significantly increase reading ages (by 12 – 24 months) and
improve lesson engagement and self-esteem in participating
1. Revise the roles of all literacy staff to significantly improve co-
ordination and monitoring of targeted literacy strategies :
- Seek synergy between the various literacy teaching and learning
initiatives
- For the various literacy co-ordinators, negotiate a faculty model
with each Head Teacher which ensures every teacher delivers on
the targeted literacy skills in every classroom
- Ensure that explicitly teaching literacy skills is embedded in all
curriculum and all classrooms
2. Literacy programs to improve targeted student literacy skills:
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students
- Improved fluency rates (>100 wpm)
Each Year 7 student reads at least 3 books
For NAPLAN Year 9 student numeracy results:
- Band performance: 85% of students perform at or above min.
standard (up from 83% at present)
Band performance: 12% of students perform into the proficient
bands (up from 13% at present)
Staff professional learning leads to improved skills and greater
classroom use of targeted literacy and numeracy strategies with
their classes
- KLA implementation of strategies which incorporate the new
Stage 4-5 literacy continuum
- KLA implementation of the new TXXXC paragraph writing
strategy
- Community of Schools (CoS) professional learning focus on
Stage3/4 writing initiative to improve student literacy skills eg.
Literacy continuum; sentences and editing; Bloom’s strategies to
extend more able students
- Literacy team to use professional learning and individual teacher
mentoring/follow up monitoring to ensure all teachers make use
of NAPLAN data to address specific identified student needs
- Librarian to teach information literacy research skills as part of
the Yr7 HSIE curriculum; Librarian and literacy team to work
with other classes as required
- WRAP or similar reading program run in conjunction with
specific library lessons for all Year7 English classes
3. Support/upskill students with high literacy needs and identified
learning disabilities through both in-class support and/or also
some withdrawal (note : in-class support is the more accepted
model for the best overall impact) :
- Reading Recovery : maintain a KLA focus in the use of reading
materials; more pre-teaching of subject specific vocabulary
4. School Learning Support Teacher
- Implement programs dealing with behaviour, autism, language,
motor and communication skills
- Up-skill staff to develop strategies to address special needs
students
5. Numeracy
- Mathematics faculty to continue initiatives which have led to
recent improvements in student numeracy skills
- Initiate a KLA strategy to further embed numeracy skills across
the curriculum
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School Priority Area Two: Better Student Outcomes through Quality Teaching and Learning
Intended Outcomes (long term goals) Targets (to be achieved by 2013)
To further develop and integrate quality teaching strategies into all classrooms
across a range of targeted focus areas
To facilitate student learning through improved teacher and student access to
technology which is faster, more accessible and more user friendly
To achieve higher level satisfaction with classroom teaching and learning as
reported by students, parents and teachers
To improve student co-operation (behaviour, attitude) and their focus on school
work in class (engagement)
To improve education outcomes for Special Education students through
enhanced curriculum and improved engagement
Each year an increasing percentage of students indicate that they are more
engaged and enjoying class more because their information and communication
technology (ICT) skills have improved
For the School Certificate Computer Skills exam, 27% of students achieve
highly competent (up from 19% - the 4 year average at present)
Teacher competence and confidence in their ICT skills increases annually
Selective class students continue to rate their learning experiences highly and
School Certificate results continue to reflect this success
Staff use of specific, differentiated learning strategies to extend more capable
students increases
An increasing number of students in targeted classes are school-engaged,
focused and working to their academic potential
Special Education academic and social skills curriculum are complete and
being implemented with all classes in the Special Education unit
Indicators i.e. 2013 - one year target Strategies Reform / Priority &
Fund Source Budget
($)
Information and Technology Skills (ICT)
Significant and increasing classroom use of ICT involving a
focus on student laptops and ICT learning tools to improve
student engagement and learning
Faculty staff to work collegially and engage with professional
learning supported by our technology mentors on the classroom
use of ICT and the use of the administration software
At least 25% of students achieve Highly Competent in the
School Certificate Computer Skills exam
1. Continue to build teacher competence in the various ICT learner
modes so there is a broader impact on every classroom :
- Use teacher mentors to increase student engagement through a
KLA focus on laptop and IWB use plus ICT pedagogy -
Moodle, higher order thinking and negotiated learning, laptop
wraps, Web 2.0, Adobe
- Continue after school teacher professional learning to support
the faculty focus and SENTRAL implementation
2. Technology staffing :
- Clarify role statements for all ICT co-ordinators while ensuring
a team approach to the overall ICT goals
- Maintain the current Technology Support Officer role ie.
systems support, laptop issues and troubleshooting
3. Continue to upgrade and maintain computer hardware and the
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school network; make the most effective use of our technology
grants and hardware roll outs
Student Extension (for more capable, talented students)
At least 25% of 8S students significantly improve in their Year 9
NAPLAN results
Students become more aware about what constitutes higher
order, higher quality work
Over of 80 % students, 80% of parents and 70% of staff are
highly satisfied with the selective class outcomes
Maintain the 7S/8S selective class program to build student
expectations, attitude and performance :
1. Student extension co-ordinator to work with KLA Head
Teachers to increase staff and student knowledge about what
constitutes extension work :
- Continue working across core KLAs to further develop
extension teaching and learning into 7S, 8S and 9.1
- Focus on higher order thinking skills, enriched tasks relating to
Blooms; student directed curriculum; ICT; TXXXC; peer
learning; peer leadership
2. Student extension co-ordinator role to also include :
- Overseeing the 7S/8S selective test and selection process
- Continue to promote ideas for use with the selective classes
- Continue the various student, staff and parent surveys
- Oversee the cross curricula student extension evenings
Year 7 to 9 Positive Student Engagement (PEGs)
Engage students through a combination of quality teaching and
learning and classroom management strategies so students enjoy
lessons and teacher-student relationships are more positive due
to a non-adversarial approach
For targeted classes, significantly less suspensions, lower levels
of discipline monitoring and more merits are awarded
1. Run PEGs for both Yr7 (7.2) and Yr9 (9.3) : TLSI team to
oversee and guide the program to ensure KLA implementation
in consultation with a co-ordinator for each class group
2. Focus teacher skills on improving student engagement through
better student relationships, classroom management and more
relevant pedagogy :
- Classroom teachers get a period allocation to work on jointly
agreed classroom strategies and after school professional
learning meetings a minimum of three times per term
- Additional teacher allocation to work in a peer team teaching
and mentoring role
- Enhance teacher skills through professional learning eg. new
research; previous Richmond, Bundaleer PL; elements from the
Yr7 student social skills program, the Yr7 TAFE program
currently being piloted
3. Through personal reflection and peer consultation, teachers
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develop classroom strategies which address class group needs :
- Setting classroom standards for behaviour and engagement
- Developing non-adversarial classroom management skills
- Consistent approach to student management (between teachers)
ie. bring equipment, per period grade for engagement
- How to manage difficult students
- Review student surveys to establish how the current classroom
impact study can add to student engagement
- Focus on homework diary to help students get organised
- Regular contact with parents
- Make lessons more interesting, relevant, meaningful through a
range of strategies :
- Student feedback and negotiated learning (student control
over what is taught) and assessment to make students
responsible for their own learning
- use of technology - Smart notes for IWB, OneNote; literacy
skills; cross curricula links through film making
- Major push towards differentiated curriculum and use of
COGs units
Special Education Students
Annual Special Education faculty review shows :
Continued development of life skills curriculum and assessment,
social skills and school to work initiatives
Evidence of improved student learning and engagement eg.
more students involved in relevant learning alternatives; fewer
behaviour issues; more merits; higher, positive staff satisfaction
Continue implementation of the Special Education faculty strategic
plan. Areas of focus:
1. BOS Life Skills curriculum leading to more academic teaching
and learning outcomes particularly for literacy, numeracy, and
technology
2. Further development of student social skills and school to work
initiatives
3. Further development of student IEP systems
School Priority Area Three: Increased Student Retention through Quality Curriculum Engagement
Intended Outcomes (long term goals) Targets (to be achieved by 2013)
To raise student retention to approach regional and state trends
To better meet the needs of all students through the development of a more
relevant academic and Vocational curriculum
To increase student participation in Vocational Education and School to Work
Increase Year 10 to 11 student retention to 90% (current average is 80-85%)
Increase Year 10 to 12 student retention to 70% (currently around 60%)
Increase student participation in vocational education and training (VET) Stage
6 to 55% (currently around 40%)
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transition
Increasing trends towards accessing shared curriculum and teacher professional
learning amongst local high schools
Further develop School to Work transition programs to better cater for students
returning to school due to the rise in school leaving age
Increase the number of Intensive English Centre (IEC) students who remain at
school and work towards maximising their academic potential
Indicators i.e. 2013 - one year target Strategies Reform / Priority
& Fund Source Budget
($)
Stage 6 Curriculum Development
Students report increased satisfaction with the school curriculum
Increase student retention from Year 10 to 11/12 as reflected in
increased student participation in :
- participation in VET subjects
- school to work and transition programs
- TAFE, local businesses, traineeships and apprenticeships
Successful implementation of Content-endorsed courses,
English Studies and the non ATAR Maths course
1. Continue with an extra Stage 6 subject per line to support
curriculum breadth in our two distinct Stage 6 pathways
(academic and vocational)
2. Evaluate changes to the non-ATAR vocational curriculum
(designed to better engage students not going to university and
increase retention to address the rise in school leaving age) :
- Wider choice of CEC courses, English Studies, General Maths
- More focus on the school to work transition i.e. Certificate I/II,
increased student access to TAFE/local businesses; more student
traineeships and apprenticeships
- Ensure Year 10 students make realistic subject selections and
those who are leaving have an appropriate pathway
Changes to the School Certificate
New assessment and certification processes imbedded such that
Stage 4-5 schooling is still meaningful and relevant
Based on advice from the DEC and the Board of Studies :
- Address ROSA assessment and certification issues
- Review alignment between ROSA and the Stage 5 classroom
curriculum
School to Work Transition and Engagement
Targeted disengaged students participate through a negotiated
IEP in a range of programs to clarify their interests and
ambitions and to increase their confidence, motivation, sense of
direction and develop employability skills
Increase student retention particularly across Yr10 and 11
Use the additional career adviser role to co-ordinate individual
school to work IEPs for each targeted Year 9-11 student on
caseload :
- Community agency programs, workshops and excursions
including Essential Personnel, Workplace Learning Illawarra,
TAFE alternate courses
- Industry and employment including work experience, industry
visits, trade road shows, training in generic and specific
employability skills
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- Job search workshops, resume and interview skills leading to
part time work
IEC Student Engagement and Support
Intensive English Centre (IEC) students experience improved
academic and social outcomes after they transition into mainstream
classes
Increased teacher participation in TELL (Teaching English
Language Learners) training leads to more cross-pollination of
associated knowledge and strategies
Significant increase in the percentage of ESL students feeling
safe and secure in their school environment.
Increase in average results for ESL students across all years
1. Further develop the IEC transition program to support students
in their 1st year of mainstream schooling with a continue focus
on the ‘Welcome Project’ and associated 6 month follow up
2. Further improve ESL teaching in mainstream classrooms :
- Greater teacher awareness about how to support integration
- IEC and high school staff to share knowledge on curriculum,
teaching strategies, resources
- Mainstream staff participate in iPie TELL professional learning
3. Anti-Racism Contact Officer to run sessions with all staff and
students to reinforce protocols and encourage inclusive activities
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Illawarra Partners in Education (iPie) Local High Schools
Consortium
For each school, student retention increases due to a broader
subject choice through shared subjects and vocational
opportunities
Significant teacher and faculty KLA professional learning has
occurred successfully across the three iPie schools success
Continue initiating and developing joint programs with our iPie
partners - Illawarra Sports and Figtree High Schools
1. Maintain the iPie co-ordinator role to oversee the iPie strategic
plan with a focus on :
- Shared Stage 6 classes
- iPie leadership and professional learning groups ie. beginning
teachers, accomplished teachers, senior school leaders
- iPie KLA professional learning links to facilitate the new
national curriculum
- Shared KLA Head Teacher professional learning leading to
enhanced KLA outcomes in all schools
2. Share our Trade Training Centre facilities and focus on :
- Developing joint curriculum and associated vocational
education initiatives between the three schools
- Continuing to build relationships with TAFE and local business
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Learning Support
Positive School Learning Support officer (SLSO) evaluation
data indicates that students are more effectively supported in the
classroom
1. SLSOs to implement learning and engagement strategies for
individual students with specific welfare and learning needs
2. Head Teacher Welfare to co-ordinate the learning support team
and oversee SLSO work in consultation with the LST
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School Priority Area Four: Improved Student Performance through Increased Expectations
Intended Outcomes (long term goals) Targets (to be achieved by 2013)
To develop higher expectations among students by changing school culture
with regard to specific aspects of student management
To increase the quality of existing student welfare programs and add new
programs as the need arises, resulting in increased expectations
To create a less adversarial teaching and learning environment
To improve student achievement and learning outcomes by providing
incentives for students to learn
Teacher satisfaction and student class performance ratings are increasingly
positive
Student discipline ‘levels’, suspensions, merits and absences are reduced
significantly
Student lateness to school and class is minimised
Student attendance improved to at least 88% for all years
Students receiving merit levels rises to 20% over four years
Student leadership is a more significant and high profile part of school
organisation
Targeted students with individual learning needs demonstrate improved
engagement and achieve better education outcomes
Indicators i.e. 2013 - one year target Strategies Reform / Priority
& Fund Source Budget
($)
Attendance and Punctuality
Chronically late student number fall from 5% to 2%
Student attendance is improved from 80.5% (current) to 88%
Eliminate fractional truancy ie. move past current manageable
levels to virtually zero
Appoint a Head Teacher to improve student attendance and
punctuality and reduce fractional truancy :
- Introduce online period by period roll marking and co-ordinate a
daily faculty teacher strategy to reduce fractional truancy
- Provide family /school links and support for targeted chronic
non-attenders (currently 11% of student population)
- Continue with parent communication ie. SMS, phone calls,
letters, to address attendance/absentee issues
- Coninue lunch detention system to address student lateness
(school and class) and also fractional truancy
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Student Leadership
As a group and individually, the SRC has a range of high profile
leadership roles and responsibilities
As a group and individually, the SRC displays high quality
leadership skills
1. Lead student participation in school programs and directions :
- With year advisers, run term year meetings to strengthen student
input into school projects and decisions
- Lead, chair or have a major presence at school events
2. Take a lead role in the student voice project :
- Identify targets out of the annual student surveys, participate in
their implementation and help lead other key student voice
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activities
- Lead school and CoS digital citizenship training
3. Increase the prestige and raise the profile of the SRC :
- Upskill SRC through leadership and organisation training
- Ensure a large number of high quality nominations for the
annual SRC elections
- Participate in iPie and other student leadership programs
Student Voice
Students take greater ownership for their education
Student self-esteem and mutual respect exists across the school
community though the development of a more collegial
atmosphere where students feel respect is two ways
Co-ordinator to work with the Team Leadership for School
Improvement (TLSI) team to identify and implement a whole
school plan which involves all students and staff in achieving
these goals. Possible approaches : - Incorporate the SRC work in response to the annual student
surveys
- Incorporate bullying/harassment/cyber bullying strategies
- Build a student culture of positive values and attitudes eg. for
2013 the theme is respect; students to make films on respect
which are then used as part of a respect session each term
- Develop a Senior Charter (with increased responsibility) so
senior students take a higher profile role in student leadership
across a range of issues eg. uniform
Targeted Student Engagement
Evidence of increased student confidence, motivation and sense of
direction plus increased employability skills for the transition to
work :
At least 50% of students involved in re-engagement strategies
continue school into the next year
Improved student attitude among targeted students ie. 25%
reduction in discipline monitoring and behaviour notifications;
20% increase in merit awards; attendance above 90%
Each program documented for future reference
Teachers observe improved classroom engagement and
performance for targeted students
1. Continue using incentive/engagement, withdrawal programs for
targeted Year 8-11 students who are disengaged, lacking self-
esteem or unlikely to complete school; rationalise the school
programs to now include :
- Permaculture living classroom; curriculum to support KLA
goals, Stage 6 VET and environmental education
- Garden art and ceramics
- Pink Team positive life choices for girls
2. Co-ordinator to ensure individual contracts are negotiated and
implemented for each student on caseload :
- Include regular reviews to track performance and encourage
student ownership of the goals, behaviours and achievements
- Develop student resilience by providing safe, non-threatening
environments to discuss issues, debrief and seek support
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- Link students to local support ie. Smith Family, health, and
community services, police liaison plus our school to work
transition co-ordinator
Gym, Fitness and Breakfast
Significant number of students participate before school and at
lunchtime
Run a before school (7.30-8.15) and lunch time program three days
per week; two session types – weights, step reebok. The program is
open to all but also :
- Specifically targets students for health reasons, disengaged Yr7-
10 and those who cause issues in the playground
- Tie to Aboriginal ed PLP outcomes
- Explicitly link the strategy to breakfast, behaviour in breaks
(when unsupervised), goal setting for class
- Special ed to provide an aide at lunchtime and encourage unit
students to be part of the lunchtime program
Discipline, Merit and Incentive Excursions
Teacher satisfaction and student/class performance ratings are
increasingly positive
Significant, increasingly positive data for :
- Number of students involved in the incentive excursions
- Students receiving merit levels
- Students involved in the merit scheme
- Decrease in student notifications for poor classroom
behaviour and academic performance
- Decrease in student suspensions
1. Head Teachers to work with faculty staff to ensure they take a
more proactive, central role in the consequences for poor student
behaviour ie. better staff use of the new discipline flowchart
(levels) and SENTRAL notifications
2. Continue to build a culture which values incentive excursions by
encouraging more students and staff to be involved
3. Embed the revitalised merit system such that all teachers and
students are more engaged with the benefits
4. Strong staff support for initiatives to improve school tone :
- new period and assembly bell times
- Continued emphasis on student co-operation at assemblies and
in the playground
5. Further tighten school uniform standards through more
uniformity in the uniform, contact with parents and sanctions to
achieve compliance
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Year Advisers Role
Year Advisors have a more positive role which incorporates a
greater focus on student pastoral care
All year advisers give positive feedback about the changed
Consult with the year advisers to refocus their role including a
review of their role statement :
- Regular extended welfare meetings to focus on school programs
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structure of their role and professional learning
- More input and responsibility for health care plans, Aboriginal
PLPs and student well being
- Run regular year meetings - focus on student leadership
- Take a more significant role in academic monitoring
School Priority Area Five: Meeting National Benchmarks for Aboriginal Students
Intended Outcomes (long term goals) Targets (to be achieved by 2013)
To strengthen the identity and self-esteem of Aboriginal students
To improve focus and goals achievement for Aboriginal students
To meet national benchmarks for Aboriginal students in terms of academic
performance (Literacy, Numeracy), attendance and retention
To build a culture where Aboriginal parents, community and the school
become close partners in the education process
To co-ordinate special program for Aboriginal students
National benchmarks for all Aboriginal students are met: attendance, retention,
and academic performance (Literacy, Numeracy skills, SC/HSC)
For Year 7-9 students, improved post-test performance in Literacy and
Numeracy
Aboriginal student attendance at school improved to 80%
Cultural awareness, increased self-esteem and cultural knowledge is much
stronger for Aboriginal students
Relationships and communication between Aboriginal students, parents and the
school have a positive impact on student outcomes
Indicators i.e. 2013 - one year target Strategies Reform / Priority
& Fund Source Budget
($)
Improve NAPLAN results for Aboriginal students:
- 20% of Year 9 Aboriginal students show as Proficient in
Reading and Writing and Numeracy at Bands 9 and 10
- Less than 40% of Year 9 Aboriginal students at or below
Minimum National Benchmarks (Band 5 and 6) for Reading,
Writing and Numeracy
Improve Aboriginal student attendance to 80%
Increased number of Aboriginal parents involved in their child’s
learning and school activities
For Aboriginal students, improved indicators across a range of
variables: school completion; more merit levels; fewer
suspensions
Every teacher is aware of Aboriginal students’ personal learning
plans (PLP) and has implemented associated classroom
strategies
1. Maintain Aboriginal education worker (AEW) and Aboriginal
education student co-ordinator; focus on generating more
synergy around school programs :
- Closer liaison with teachers’ aides and STL support to ensure all
Aboriginal students engage with the TXXXC writing strategy
- Both Year Advisers and AEW to support classroom PLP
implementation
- On an individual basis ensure implementation links between the
PLP and if they are on the school to work or student engagement
caseload
- Focus on academic performance through academic monitoring
and for some students, links through the PEGs program
- Ensure PLPs for Special Ed. students are implemented
2. Implement an Aboriginal student attendance focus using the
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school attendance action plan resources
3. Further develop Aboriginal community contact to increase
parent engagement, involvement and support :
- Communication with the local Aboriginal Education
Consultative Group (AECG) and Aboriginal Elders
- At least two parent focus group meetings per year
4. Build Aboriginal student self-esteem through engagement :
- Maintain the breakfast club and link to the PDH gym strategy
- Use NADOC week, a once a semester excursion and AIME
participation as fulcrums
- Generate major cultural outlets around language and dance
which can be shown off to parents and the whole school
- Expand the Aboriginal art and garden programs
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School Priority Area Six: Best Practice School Leadership and Management
Intended Outcomes (long term goals) Targets (to be achieved by 2013)
To improve school leadership in co-ordinating and supervising roles as
reflected in more effective program delivery, especially related to visible
improvements in student performance and management
To successful monitor faculty Teaching and Learning programs, to ensure
school and faculty goals are achieved
Qualitative staff data indicates school leadership is increasingly effective and
having a positive impact on school performance
Staff satisfaction and evaluations on the success of faculty initiatives are
increasingly positive
All Head Teachers successfully participate in school-based professional
learning programs which meet their individual leadership needs
More teachers are proactive and focused on improving their performance
Higher levels of satisfaction with classroom teaching and learning as reported
by students and parents
Indicators i.e. 2013 - one year target Strategies Reform / Priority
& Fund Source Budget
($)
School Executive Leadership
Each executive is (more) effective and having a positive impact
on school performance
High success rate in faculty planning outcomes
Head Teachers report that they are more effective in their role
1. Maintain all additional executive positions for the next 2 years
(position and people); review the role statement for each :
- Head Teacher Welfare, Teaching & Learning, Administration
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2. Further promote the leadership capacities of all Head Teachers :
- All executive to develop and implement an individual leadership
and professional learning plan
- Develop a role statement for KLA Head Teachers
3. Maintain executive classroom release time to improve the
quality of faculty and school leadership roles. From a faculty
viewpoint, Head Teachers to use the release time
- N warnings and parent interviews re academic performance
- Support each teacher to phone home on student classroom issues
eg. no equipment, disengaged, out of uniform
- Ensure the faculty based discipline systems are working ie.
detention, green/red cards, faculty class suspension, use of
SENTRAL to document and track student performance
- Oversee professional learning goals for each teacher around
technology, literacy, student extension
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Staff Performance, Workplace Roles and Responsibilities
60% of all school professional development funds continue to
be focused on faculty goals
All staff successfully implement TARs/EARs which is focused
on professional learning (and also leadership for Head Teachers)
Each faculty successful implements school goals
Teachers continue to report high level satisfaction with school,
their work and the quality of professional learning
1. Focus on teacher performance through quality supervision and
professional learning :
- All staff develop and implement an individual professional
learning plan (TARs) with Head Teachers to complete regular
progress updates with all staff
- Through TARs and faculty professional learning foster greater
teacher self-reflection and collegiality/co-operation among staff
eg. lesson observation, student surveys
- Support faculty implementation of school teaching and learning
initiatives with additional TPL funds
2. Support leadership and professional learning at all levels :
- Ensure the Team Leadership for School Improvement team has
a significant role ie. see student voice and PEGs elsewhere
- Negotiate role statements for staff with specific responsibilities
- Promote the iPie leadership and professional learning strategies
and encourage staff to be involved
3. Broaden the focus on distributed school leadership :
- Review the organisation of Wednesday meeting time
- Build a stronger committee culture. Proposed committees to
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include permaculture, canteen, sport, performing arts
4. Use a range of staff welfare strategies, recognition and
incentives to maintain high staff morale eg. staff appreciation
awards; local and state education awards; staff social events
Assessing Program Performance
Quantitative and qualitative data provides a clear picture of
successes and areas for improvement into the future
- Maintain our program of baseline and final post-program data
evaluation and including our mid-year monitoring review
- Employ data management and systems administration support
School Priority Area Seven: Creating Positive Community Relationships
Intended Outcomes (long term goals) Targets (to be achieved by 2013)
To improve community perceptions about our school
To increase parent engagement in support of their child’s education by
encouraging parent and community participation in school programs and
operations
To further develop Community of Schools programs so they continue to engage
students and offer high quality student outcomes
Year 7 enrolments increase from 69% (at present) to 75% of potential
enrolments from local primary schools
Parent focus group meetings lead to improved student outcomes through better
communication between parents and the school
36% of parents attend parent/teacher night (up from 18% at present)
25% of parents are involved in school events (up from 10% at present)
50% of parents are linked to the school by SMS and email (up from 0%)
Increasingly positive qualitative data for both parent and community
perceptions and community of schools programs
Indicators i.e. 2013 - one year target Strategies Reform / Priority
& Fund Source Budget
($)
Communication, Promotion and Parent and Community Links
Year 7 enrolments increase to 71% (up 2% on 2010)
10% of parents are involved in school events
25% of parents are linked to the school by email/SMS
Parent focus group meeting held each semester for identified
parent community groups
Quality semester reports are being provided to students and their
parents
1. Engage parents and the community to support school goals
through improved promotion and communication :
- Use SAS/CLO role to oversee school promotion and organise
parent meetings, school community events and business links
- Further develop the school website
- Media coverage to highlight student and school achievements
- As necessary revamp all school publications eg. newsletter,
promotion flyer and DVD, booklets
- Purchase school banners and improve signage
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- Publish Warrawong Word, a once per semester community
newsletter
2. Improve student outcomes through increased parent and
community engagement :
- Maintain CLO parent contact role to support attendance,
uniform and student engagement strategies
- Use surveys and focus interviews with parents and primary
school parents and staff to determine community opinions about
our school, its programs and operations
- Clarify the timing each month, purpose and role of the P&C
- Expand the use of SMS/email to contact parents and notify of
upcoming school events
- Improve school reports through a review of outcomes, teacher
comments and software operations
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Warrawong Community of Schools (CoS)
Positive evaluation of curriculum and school engagement
initiatives
Principal, teacher and community feedback indicates high
quality student outcomes across each program
1. Continue to evaluate and improve CoS curriculum programs :
- Literacy strategic plan - writing and the literacy continuum
- Joint Year 6-7 transition to high school curriculum
- Permaculture and environmental education
2. Continue to evaluate and improve CoS high school engagement
programs ie. Stage 3 digital citizenship; Years 5-7 Open night;
primary school visits; Education Week concert; school website
3. Maintain close communication ties and hold regular meetings
between the Principals to co-ordinate programs
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WACKI Short Film Festival
A high quality, successful film festival with evidence of
improved student visual literacy and film making skills in
writing, producing and editing films
Successfully enter other student film festival competitions
Organise the 12th annual WACKI short film festival :
- Improve film quality through a focus on judging comments
(from the previous year) and by involving staff and students in
professional learning to improve film production techniques
- Implement literacy learning strategies associated with visual
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School Priority Area Eight: Building Better School Systems and Facilities
Intended Outcomes (long term goals) Targets (to be achieved by 2013)
To improve staff morale and student respect for the school, by providing 21st
century teaching facilities and a cleaner, more pleasant physical environment
To make the school website and intranet more accessible and user-friendly,
leading to increased use by students, staff and the community
All additional new facilities used to their full capacity; continue to plan for
ongoing facilities upgrades if and when funding sources become available
Canteen sales increase by 10% per year because more appealing healthy food
is being offered
Better website and software systems lead to reduced staff workloads and more
efficient access to data
Indicators i.e. 2013 - one year target Strategies Reform / Priority
& Fund Source Budget
($)
School Facilities and Grounds
Successfully access any new Federal and State grants to improve
school facilities
New facilities opened and being used to capacity
Canteen committee operational and impacting positively on
sales (while still adhering to healthy canteen guidelines)
Environmental education has a higher profile in the classroom
and in extra curricula programs
- Finish current projects: trade training centre extensions -
refurbish wood and metals rooms not done as part of TTC,
western outdoor area; outdoor kitchen classroom; permaculture
gardens; landscaping; gym/hall; car park; bells; wireless data
network
- Continue to paint and improve classrooms and corridors
- Plan further upgrades: new classroom/staffroom; back courts;
student toilets; agriculture/machine shed
- Review progress and further develop canteen operations eg.
product range, signage, student and parent helpers
- Implement the annual school environmental management plan
School Website, Intranet and Data Management
Increased access to our school website
School intranet, data bases and report software are all working
more efficiently
- Continue developing the school website; train KLA staff in its
use and how to maintain the website
- Redesign the school intranet to make it user friendly and create
links to the school website
- Use additional SASS time to help align school databases so our
systems more efficient and effective