School plan 2018-2020Forbes High School 8194

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School background 2018–2020

School vision statement School context School planning process

Forbes High School delivers 'education for a better qualityof life', through innovation, enabling young people to leadextraordinary lives.

Forbes High School is a rural 7–12 coeducationalcomprehensive high school that caters for a diversedemographic of 333 students which is situated on thebanks of the Lachlan River. 31% of our students identify asAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. We have 4Support classes accessed by 29 students.

We promote Positive Behaviour for Learning and have corevalues of Respect, Responsibility, Doing Our Best andHonesty which are reflected across all aspects of schoollife. We have a Wellness Hub on site that underpins andsupports positive student wellbeing. We actively identify asa White Ribbon school and have both staff and studentsact as ambassadors.

We adopt a holistic approach to student achievement andstudents have the opportunity to succeed in sporting,cultural, creative and performing arts. We maintain a broadand rigorous academic curriculum and offer an extensiverange of vocational courses. Our students are taught bydynamic, motivated and committed staff in a technologyrich environment.

Strong community partnerships have been formed andthese provide invaluable support to the school across manycontexts including student well–being programs, vocationalopportunities and shared resources.

The school planning process involved the development ofthe school plan by staff, students and parents. Thisextensive consultation and collaboration process identifiedthree strategic directions for the school community to worktowards achieving over the three year period from 2018 to2020.

Later, a sub–committee was established to refine theagenda for improvement and cross–referenced studentneeds, evidence and identified strategies to enableimplementation for continuous improvement.

On 4 July 2019 our school was externally validated and thisinfluenced a significant change in the school plan.

The implementation of the school plan is the responsibilityof all staff. The accountability, monitoring and evaluation ofthe plan will be led by the school's internal validation team.All staff are responsible to collect evidence to evaluateschool progress.

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School strategic directions 2018–2020

STRATEGICDIRECTION 1

Curious Learners

STRATEGICDIRECTION 2

Powerful Teachers

Purpose:

To provide dynamic learning programs and flexible assessments that challenge our studentsto take them to the next level. Staff, students and parents exchange quality feedback to be ahigh performance school.

Purpose:

To challenge our staff to embrace continuous improvement to deliver quality instructionalleadership in every classroom to every student. Staff are proactive, innovative andcollaborative facilitators of learning amongst a collegial community of learners. Our teachersare at the forefront of their curriculum and advocate student voice that enables students to beactive citizens equipped with future focused skills.

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Strategic Direction 1: Curious Learners

Purpose

To provide dynamic learning programs andflexible assessments that challenge ourstudents to take them to the next level.Staff, students and parents exchangequality feedback to be a high performanceschool.

Improvement Measures

Increased assessment submission rates forall students.

Increased student engagement andattendance.

Increased proportion of students achievingexpected growth in literacy and numeracy.

People

Staff

Build skills to adjust programs andassessments to meet the needs of ourstudents with an expectation that allstudents will improve.

Give critical feedback to students toencourage growth in learning.

Students

Take ownership for their learning, engagein all learning activities.

Embrace feedback from teachers to buildon their strengths and grow capacitytogether to take themselves to the nextlevel in learning.

Parents/Carers

Engage with school to build a sharedunderstanding of Forbes high Schoolvision, expectations and values.

Leaders

Enable all staff with a coordinatedapproach to work collectively andcollaboratively to learn from each other.

Processes

Implement a whole school integratedapproach to programming, assessment andreporting using Curiosity and PowerfulLearning and Positive Behaviour forLearning.

Evaluation Plan

Sentral – N–Warnings and redirectionletters.

Student attainment for Rosa and HSC.

Attendance data from Sentral and EBS4.

Sentral data – referrals as related tominors, majors and criticals.

Sentral – grade distribution from reportsand markbooks.

SCOUT data – Naplan and HSC.

Practices and Products

Practices

All staff use data to differentiate Teachingand Learning and monitor student progressfor improvement

All staff work collectively and collaborativelyto design programs and assessment. Theyengage in corporate marking and have adeep understanding for samples of workand grade levels that are consistent.

High expectation relationships betweenstudents, staff and parents underpins anauthentic exchange in feedback for thepurpose to improve student outcomes.

Products

100% of Teaching and Learning programsare data based, differentiated to suit ourstudent needs and demonstrate syllabuscontent measured by program review,student work samples and HSC monitoring.

Student and staff reflection demonstrateand acknowledge student improvementand growth in learning.

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Strategic Direction 2: Powerful Teachers

Purpose

To challenge our staff to embracecontinuous improvement to deliver qualityinstructional leadership in every classroomto every student. Staff are proactive,innovative and collaborative facilitators oflearning amongst a collegial community oflearners. Our teachers are at the forefrontof their curriculum and advocate studentvoice that enables students to be activecitizens equipped with future focused skills.

Improvement Measures

Increased proportion of staff attain at leastone PDP goal.

Increased proportion of students havesense of belonging and value.

Increased proportion of staff value theirwork and are confident in doing their job.

People

Students

Enable students to use common wholeschool strategies to be aware of purposeand intentions of all learning opportunitiesto be able to embrace school opportunities.

Staff

Access all Professional Learningopportunities sincerely to deliver schoolvision in every aspect of their everydaywork.

Leaders

Create time for on–the–job training for allstaff to continue their role effectively.

Community Partners

Work with other Professional Learningcommunities to deliver programs andprojects with integrity.

Processes

Develop and implement high qualityprofessional learning that includes: theory,teacher observation rounds (triads/tetrads),peer feedback, coaching anddemonstration lessons that areunderpinned by high impact strategies thatimprove student outcomes.

Evaluation Plan

Performance and Development Plansevaluated by each staff member.

TTFM and other internal surveys.

People Matters survey.

Practices and Products

Practices

Implement a whole school integratedapproach to quality instructional leadershipin every classroom.

All staff use research, evidence basedpractice and data to inform teaching andlearning and work collectively andcollaboratively.

Staff have high expectations andcontinually seek to improve their work.

Products

A collaborative learning community wherestructures are in place for teachers to meet,plan, reflect, improve and developinnovative teaching programs –embeddingCuriosity & Powerful Learning and PBLeffective classroom practices .

Every student, every teacher, every leaderand our school improves every year.

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