Building capacity

As a whole staff we engaged in many hours of work last year, in the area of analysing data. Across writing and maths especially we are seeing school wide movement that shows how well our teachers know their students and conversations with students has meant that the students also know themselves. With the advent of BYOD this year for more of the school, we are starting to build capacity for staff and students to use online assessment tools. Such as exit ticket. Nearpod , google forms, voice thread, showme, khan academy and many more. This is allowing for instant assessment , which means learning to need, and even more powerfully... Learning to need and interest. This equals total engagement.

School wide maths inquiry

Last year the teaches and myself noticed a trend within math data. This was low achievement in place value and basic facts.
After looking at possible reasons we concluded that this was mostly due to a lack of pedagogical knowledge for our teachers. What followed was a two term drive that up skilled our teachers and allowed them the time to focus on these areas.
Looking at the pat results school wide I have discovered a trend to support the improvement I can see in gloss and JAM- the average stanine score in PAT maths for the school has increased by two. In reflecting on why this has been so successful, I believe it was supporting the teachers to examine data and see the trends. By allowing them the time to only assess these areas and by providing them with PD and resources to target those areas in their classrooms. Allowing change to occur from the middle, not because of top down pressure.

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