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St Paul’s School Improvement Plan 2016


The St Paul’s Catholic School strategic plan sets out our school’s strategic direction for the next four years, including the school’s purpose, values and environmental context, as well as goals, targets and key improvement strategies in the outcome areas:

● Catholic Identity ● Teaching & Learning ● Pastoral Care & Wellbeing ● Community & Culture ● Leadership ● Finance, Facilitates & Resources

The school strategic plan is developed during the year of self-evaluation for SIRF (School Improvement and Renewal Framework), review and planning. It is informed by the information gathered and directions identified throughout the school self-evaluation and school review processes, and through staff, student and parent consultation and engagement with relevant community agencies.

The St Paul’s Catholic School strategic plan is a living document and if our school’s circumstances change, it is possible for the strategic plan to be updated outside of this cycle.


VISION STATEMENT

We believe in strong and authentic relationships. The Gospel values of acceptance, honesty, integrity and respect are at the core of our being.

We value the uniqueness of all people and their right to learn. We celebrate the diversity of talents and experiences each individual brings to our faith community.

We believe St. Paul’s is an innovative, challenging, supportive and contemporary learning environment. We encourage all in our community to reach their full potential, and acknowledge and celebrate their efforts and achievements.


Mission Statement

We are a Catholic educational community dedicated to affirming respectful relationships between staff, students, parish and families.

We strive to demonstrate and incorporate the gospel values in all areas of our teaching and learning.

We will reflect the Catholic identity of the school community through religious celebrations and activities.

We will embrace change and be open to new ideas and technologies that enable us to continue to develop dynamic and innovative practices that promote self-reflection.

We will strive to create a school environment where our students can have fun and develop a lifelong engagement with their learning, while developing a strong sense of hope in their future.

We will participate in multicultural activities and take pride in the cultural diversity of all members of our school community.

We contribute to our community through our unique talents and experiences. We acknowledge and encourage independent learning through an inclusive curriculum.

St Paul’s School Improvement Plan 2016 CATHOLIC IDENTITY

Goal/s articulated in the School Improvement Plan (Strategic Plan 2015 -2018)

To embrace St Paul’s multi-faith community according to gospel values and church teachings.

To develop the Spirit of St Paul in the community.

To celebrate and participate in the Community of St Paul’s.

To develop strong teaching and learning in Religious Education.

St Paul’s School Improvement Plan 2016 Intended Outcomes Target Key Improvement

StrategiesResponsibility Actions

To develop strong teaching and learning in Religious Education

Improve the professional practice of teachers in Religious Education.

APRE supporting teachers.

Professional development

Develop Inquiry based RE planners using the existing JIF documents

Focus on RE assessment linked to other learning areas ie. English for Written Work

Work with teachers & CEO RE team to develop a culture and expectation of collaborative

APRE and Learning and Teaching Co-ordinator.

Provide planning support for all teachers in the journeys in faith program with the new APRE

Allocate one staff meeting per term for Religious Education

Ensure that the Religious Education program is linked to core curriculum and inquiry learning

Support all teachers of RE to achieve accreditation

MITIOG program continues throughout the school. Term 3 Week 4-5

Planning in Religious Education.

- Common planning Tools- Moderation of work each Semester

Attendance at CEO RE Professional Development Sessions. One of which is compulsory for all staff and the other to be chosen by individual staff

For staff to attend a Retreat Day to develop their spirituality.

Art for creative Expression

Maintain and follow Scope and Sequence in the school’s Religious Education Program

St Paul’s School Improvement Plan 2016 To embrace St Paul’s multi-faith community according to gospel values and church teachings.

To create a team to lead the Harmony Day celebrations (St Paul’s Community)

School and Parish

Harmony Day Team

To work with the Parish to have a Harmony Day celebration.

- Mass- Dinner- Cultural Performance

To develop the Spirit of St Paul in the community.

Students, Staff and Families are able to articulate who St Paul is and how to live out his values and spirit in our community.

School Mass for the feast of St Paul

Find connection points within JIF Docs to explore the life work and spirit of St Paul

APRE

APRE

CEO - Laura Avery

Teachers

Blessing and explanation of the signs and symbols at the front of the school via newsletter and facebook page.

APRE to facilitate team planning and identify teachers who may need more knowledge of St Paul as well as appropriate resources.

APRE and CEO to manage a scope and sequence in relation to St Paul in our School’s RE Curriculum.

Lyn O’Shannessy to facilitate an evening session in relation to the Pilgrimage.

To celebrate and participate in the Community of St Paul’s.

To increase the involvement of students in our school in the Parish.

To ‘walk the talk’ in the year of MERCY

To increase the number of students participating in the Sacraments.

To invite families to all school liturgical celebrations.

Create a greater sense of connection between parish and school.

APRE Principal

Teachers

Notification of celebrations in newsletter.

Invitations made at assemblies to parents and community members.

Classes to write invitations for their liturgies to their families.

To continue partnership with the sacramental program.

Information on Sacraments shared at Term 1 Parent Information Night.


TEACHING and LEARNING


To develop excellent assessment, planning and teaching practices across the school.

For students to drive and be responsible for their own learning

For the school to use 21st Century tools for teaching and learning.

Intended Outcomes Target Key Improvement Responsibility Actions

St Paul’s School Improvement Plan 2016 Strategies

To develop excellent

assessment, planning and

teaching practices across the

school.

Target of 20% of students in the top 20% of Australian Schools across Literacy and Numeracy by 2018 Naplan Testing.

To address current areas for growth as identified through NAPLAN, PAT and MAI data analysis:

Build a shared vision for learning and strengthen teacher capacity and confidence to deliver the Australian Curriculum

Learning and Teaching Co-ordinator

Data Analyst, Curriculum Coordinator.

Develop a common understanding of Inquiry learning teaching strategies. Kath Murdoch Professional Development.

To make further links with Kath Murdoch and CEO staff to build upon our Inquiry Journey.

To discover effective ways of storing/archiving programs on the Drive.

To further use the Data Gathering Schedule.

- To ensure that all teachers are following the requirements of the schedule.

- To Provide sufficient time during PLTs and meetings to analyze data in conjunction with the Data Project leader.

- To develop efficient ways of inputting student data eg SAIS, Google Drive

To continue to develop Literacy and Numeracy strategies across the school.

For students to drive and be

responsible for their own

learning

Target Student Survey question

“My Teachers make me want to Learn.” 2014 68.89% 2018 Target 70%

Goal setting - whole class and individual goal setting

Visible Learning learning intentions and success criteria modelled and explicitly displayed

For St Paul’s to continue to be “Visible Learning School Based on the research of John Hattie.

To regularly revisit our classroom practices surrounding Visible Learning - introduce data walls

Work with Kate Roache and Trish Gooch from the Catholic

St Paul’s School Improvement Plan 2016 education office to implement the program in across school.

To conduct three way interviews at Parent Teacher Interviews.

To further emphasise the importance of students attending interviews to reflect upon own goals and personal learning.

Students using Google Sites to develop their own Portfolios online.

To set up an ICT team to investigate sustainable ways of online assessment and reporting.

For the school to use 21st Century tools for teaching and learning.

Goal 1 All staff using the google drive and using planning documents on the cloud.

Goal 2 All planners will note learning intentions and success criteria.

Professional development in ICT Pedagogy

Infrastructure in the school to support the ICT.

Whole school.

CEO ICT Coach - John Morton

Learning and Teaching Co-ordinator

ICT Team.

Introduce BYOD program in the school.

Develop a professional development program for the introduction of new ICT into the school.

St Paul’s School Improvement Plan 2016 PASTORAL CARE AND WELL BEING


To develop Curriculum, Teaching and Learning around the areas of student well-being and pastoral care.

To enhance School Ethos and Environment to improve student well-being and pastoral care.

To promote Community Partnerships to improve student well-being and pastoral care.

Intended Outcomes Target Key Improvement Strategies Responsibility Actions

To develop Curriculum, Teaching and Learning around the areas of student well-being and pastoral care.

To continue the “you Can Do It” Social and Emotional learning program implemented across the school.

To re-establish Kidsmatter program.

Implement a Social and Emotional Learning Curriculum.

Continue to implement and develop current programs.

Student WellBeing Co-ordinator.

Continue to embed the following programs into the school.

● Kidsmatter Program● You Can Do it Program● Positive Behaviour - school wide rewards

program● 3- 6 anti-bullying program (In Term 4)

Retrain all staff in all Kidsmatter components.

To develop a school-wide buddies program

All students, from Transition to Year 6, will have a “buddy” and buddy classes will meet regularly with a focus on fostering positive relationships among students.

Prepare set timetable for teachers focusing on ‘You Can Do It!’, unit of work and/or ICT development (peer coaching)

Student WellBeing Co-ordinator.

All teachers.

Develop a formalised buddy program using the ‘Better Buddies’ resources and other online resources.

Timetable fortnightly buddy sessions with activities

St Paul’s School Improvement Plan 2016 linking to the ‘You Can Do It!’ program.

To enhance School Ethos and Environment to improve student well-being and pastoral care.

Student Survey Question “I feel safe at this school.

2014 75.56 Agree or strongly agree 2018 target 78%

To provide more activities to engage students.

To develop the school playground to develop further learning opportunities.

Student Wellbeing Co-ordinator.

Parent volunteers.

Create safe places in the school

Provide engaging activities throughout the school day.

To have more lunchtime “clubs” to engage more students.

Change T-2 eating area, the canteen and “out of bounds” areas to promote a safe, well-supervised playground.

Continue strong culture of respect, care and kindness in the school.

To maintain Staff Wellbeing and mental health

To maintain a safe and healthy work place

Once a term have a wellbeing focus for staff.


Principal

Social committee.

Retreat Day

To ensure all staff are aware of Catholic Care support services

To have a termly event that promotes staff wellbeing.

To promote Community Partnerships to improve student well-being and pastoral care.

Parent Survey “The school provides opportunities for parents and carers to be involved in the school. “2014 89.36 % 2018 Target 90%

Meet with local agencies to use partnership to improve student learning - including sporting events/activities

To partner with families to improve student learning


Continue partnership with Catholic Care

Contact local agencies and organisations to enhance and further establish how they can support schools.

St Paul’s School Improvement Plan 2016 LEADERSHIP


To develop and enhance leadership.

To strengthen the effectiveness of school leadership, including the Leadership team, teachers and student leaders .


Enhance Staff leadership. To create curriculum teams across main areas of learning.

Have more staff take on PD opportunities provided through the SIP program and other programs.

Feedback from Board meetings given to staff

Leadership team work closely with staff to ensure shared vision in the implementation of new and ongoing programs, resources and initiatives.

To develop and enhance leadership opportunities for staff through Professional Development, mentoring and ongoing training.

Principal

Leadership Team

Principal

Leadership team

Creating set educational teams e.g. Literacy, Numeracy, Inquiry. Faith, wellbeing

Mentoring or new staff continues throughout the school.

Regular policy review continues

To continue to monitor and use the School strategic plan as a guide to school improvement.

To continue to use the Annual School Improvement Plan as a guide to school improvement.

To enhance Student leadership.

Kidsmatter Student Survey

“My teacher encourages me to take on new challenges?” 75% result by

To provide leadership training and opportunities for Yr 5 and 6 students

Plan set meetings for SRC, Tech team

Leadership Team

Year 5/6 Teachers

To develop a leadership training program for students.

To set meeting schedule.

St Paul’s School Improvement Plan 2016 2018. and other student leadership groups. Student well Being

Co-ordinator.To give students authentic leadership opportunities.

To enhance community leadership.

Parent Representation on the Kidsmatter Team.Continue

School Board P and F

To develop and enhance leadership opportunities for community members

Leadership team Parent Representatives

- Kidsmatter- School Board- Parents and Friends- Interview Panels for Senior Positions

COMMUNITY AND CULTURE


St Paul’s School Improvement Plan 2016 To empower all families to support their child’s learning.

To promote school/community partnerships to promote parent connectedness and partnerships with the broader community.


To empower all families to support their child’s learning

To have regular updates to the school’s

- social media.- newsletter

To work in partnership with parents and the community to support children’s learning

KIdsmatter Team

Student Well-Being Co-ordinator

Leadership Team

Continue to use of social media to support parents and the community to assist their children’s learning. E.G. School Facebook page, Twitter, Youtube Channel, Blogs etc

For Teaching teams to provide information to families in regards to student learning e.g. Classroom Blogs, Newsletters, Class Dojo

To have Parent Sessions to support student learning.

For teachers to be available to parents to support student learning.


For 90% of families to attend Parent Teacher Interviews.

Engage and Partner with Parent, Community and Agencies, including local media.

KIdsmatter Team

Student Well Being Co-ordinator

Leadership Team

Communicate through Newsletter/ Social Media

School Board

Parents and Friends Group continues. Parent Representatives from Each Class. Parent Evenings – educational and social

St Paul’s School Improvement Plan 2016 Kidsmatter team – parent Representation

Meeting with Agencies


Provide different opportunities for parents to be involved in the school

Engage and Partner with Parents Leadership Team

School Board

P and F

Have more parent involvement through working bees

School Events

- School Disco- Movie Night- Trivia Night- Fete etc

FINANCE, FACILITIES AND RESOURCES

St Paul’s School Improvement Plan 2016 Goal/s articulated in the School Improvement Plan (Strategic Plan 2015 -2018)

Effective management of finance, facilities and resources ensures that an optimal learning and teaching environment is provided for students, staff and parents in our school community.


1. That school finances are effectively managed

“I am confident the school is effectively managed,” on the Parent Survey.

The current score is 67.35% (Agree or Strongly Agree) 2018 Target 70%

To develop effective systems and procedures for School Finances

Finance Officer

Principal

Continue Weekly finance meetings between the Principal and the Finance officer.

Continue Fortnightly payroll pre-checks.

Implement 2015 Audit recommendations

Continue School Fee Collection and monitoring of overdue Fees.

Program a six monthly review of ELC Fees.

Implement and Review the ELC and OSHC business plans.

Review of Canteen budgets quarterly.

2. That school resources and facilities are effectively managed

To develop effective systems and procedures for School Resources and Facilities.

Finance Officer Principal

Review ICT budget and long term vision for ICT.

To review each term, the ten year plan for school equipment and facilities

St Paul’s School Improvement Plan 2016 3. That staffing

procedures are effectively managed

All staff contracts reviewed yearly

Continue mentoring and induction of all new staff.

To follow Formation Review Procedures.

To maintain W H and S procedures and expectations

- Warden Training- Risk assessment- Room Inspections- Online training Schedule.

Documents

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