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School plan 2015 – 2017
Planning template
Public Schools NSW | School plan 2015 - 2017 | Arndell School
Arndell
www.schools.nsw.edu.au
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School background 2015 - 2017
SCHOOL VISION STATEMENT
Arndell School’s vision is to educate students in a calm, safe,
supportive environment that values each student and their
learning goals both academically and behaviourally.
SCHOOL CONTEXT
Arndell School is located on the grounds of Macquarie
Hospital and is a special school catering for the behavioural
and emotional needs of students on a 4day 1day basis. The
students are at Arndell for about three terms..
The school provides a stimulating curriculum for students
aged 5-10 years, with remedial and extension programs in
literacy, and numeracy founded on a strong commitment to
equality of opportunity.
The focus of the school is the explicit teaching and
reinforcement of social and emotional skills within the
Personal Development/ Health/Physical Education key
learning area.
SCHOOL PLANNING PROCESS
Staff has been involved in several meetings to discuss and
formulate the plan. All staff provided input as Arndell
School operates in a supportive team environment.
Input was also gained from the parents who were asked to
reflect on the goals and practices of the school and provide
suggestions for future directions.
The school plan’s short term and long term goals are on
the weekly agenda for staff meetings, to which all staff
attend. The monitoring is done regularly to keep the focus
on track.
Communication and cooperation between Arndell School,
home schools and families of Arndell students is essential in
enabling the best possible outcomes for our students.
In 2015 the partnership with Coral Tree Family Service
fundamentally changed due to operational changes
recommended by the Ministry of Health. There will be a
transition period over the next twelve months however the
school will still be fully operational.
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School strategic directions 2015 - 2017
This page identifies the single strategic direction and the purpose. The strategic direction will:
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define the key improvements which combine for the school to achieve excellence
represent a high level and future-focused educational priority which is evidence based and data informed
be a succinct statement that drives the development of the school’s educational and organisational leadership culture
make explicit links to the dimension of the school excellence framework.
STRATEGIC DIRECTION
Develop whole school
practices which maximize
student engagement,
emotional regulation and
technological competence
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Strategic Direction :
PURPOSE
Develop whole school practices which maximize student engagement, emotional awareness and technological
competence.
PEOPLE
PROCESSES
PRODUCT AND PRACTICES
Product:
To improve student engagement
through creating a positive, supportive
school learning environment.
1. Students will acquire the skills needed to
participate in 21st century life through the
development of their emotional, social and
physical well-being.
Staff will continue to enhance their
understanding of the emotional and social
needs of our students whilst creating an
engaging, nurturing and supportive
environment.
Students are encouraged to make choices
that contribute to their emotional
development based on their ILP and
behaviour goals.
Staff: Staff will use a new data collection
program to monitor student emotional and
social development.
Develop Individual Learning Plans (ILP’s)
for all students
Data collection reflects improvement in
student social and emotional resilience.
Checklist of all student requirements while
at Arndell.
Staff will be trained to improve their
understanding of the processes involved
in improving student resilience
Parents communicate regularly with school
to support their child’s emotional wellbeing
and maximize student engagement.
IMPROVEMENT MEASURE/S
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Improved student social and
emotional well-being as reflected
by data analysis of behaviour
and social skills development
Improved students technology
skills demonstrated by regular
use of software and programs by
students
Practice:
2. Staff will promote personalised learning
that aims to fulfil the diverse capabilities of
each student and provide all students with
access to high quality educational
experiences.
Staff will use a new data collection
program to monitor and evaluate all
teaching and learning programs to meet
individual student’s academic needs.
Provide lessons of high relevance and
engagement.
Storage on the data collection program is
consistently used by each staff. This data
is then used directly as feedback to
respond to student needs.
3. Develop students’ ability to interact,
collaborate and share in an increasingly
digital world.
Students will increasingly demonstrate
their use of technology in classroom
interactions
Staff will develop their ability to implement
21st century technologies in the classroom.
Staff will Increase their capacity to
implement 21st century teaching styles
through use of additional hardware
including
iPads
and
Interactive
Whiteboard
A positive culture of learning across
students, staff and parents/carers as
evidenced by participation in termly review
meeting attendance by staff from students’
home-schools and parents/carers and
regular communication of students’ goals
and achievements.
Weekly-monitoring of all tasks related to
assessment and evaluation of students
learning.
Revised referral and risk assessment form
will be in place
Electronic storage is consistently used both
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Leaders
for behaviour and academic assessment.
Encourage consistency by monitoring
data collection to ensure students’
successful engagement in school and
modification of program as required.
Evaluation plan
Monitoring of student behaviour and
well-being at daily debriefing sessions
with all staff and adjustment of
management
plan
as
required.
In depth analysis of individual student
data each term by teachers in preparation
for review meetings to inform programing
for the next term.
Principal to meet with staff individually
each term to ensure goals are being met
or modified as required.
Teachers’ programs reflect use of 21st
century use of technology both by
themselves and their students.
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