John Cronin Castleknock Community College

SDPI Summer School 2008

Mol an Oige agus Tiocfaidh Sí

Courtesy Courtesy Respect Respect

ResponsibilityResponsibility

Materials Technology Metal

Senior Home Economics

Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme

David McGowan & Stephen Hopkins

Leinster Debating Champions 2006

VEC Festival of Music Participants

Paddy Andrews

Captain of the Dublin Minors 2006

Lorna Hillery & Deborah Geraghty

Dublin Panel 2006

-School Plan 2005 -2008-History, Mission & Educational Aims-Context Factors ~Internal & External-Curriculum Provision-Analysis of Results-Care & Management of Students-Parents Association-Management Meeting-Office Management-Adult Education

To get a snapshot of school culture/ethos at a given time

To explore what kind of culture the school relationships, symbols, rituals, traditions and everyday activities actually reflect

To measure this culture against the college mission statement, aims and objectives, and the desired ethos of the college.

To measure the extent to which staff share common goals/beliefs/a vision for the college

To highlight areas for future school focus and development

Vision

What is our vision?

Do others share it ?

“A good school for me is a place where everyone is teaching and everyone is learning

simultaneously, under one roof”Barth 1990

Moral Purpose. Seeing the need to improve teaching and learning.

 “We need school leaders who will see their

prime purpose as leading learning in their

schools and who are constantly exploring ways

of improving outcomes for students by

implementing quality teaching and learning

programmes.” Robertson and Martin(2002: 6)

WSE Report “The current conversation in the college

about how students’ progress is assessed and which modes of assessment are most appropriate is commended. It is suggested that the discussion should be extended to include how the information gathered as a result of assessment can inform teaching and learning activities in the classroom.”

October 2005

Reviewing State ResultsSubject Breakdown

ABC GradesCollege vs National

Avg.Higher vs OrdinaryHigher vs National

Avg.LCALCVP

Results OverviewPoints AchievedGender ComparisonsTracking subjects

over five years.

Feedback from StaffStaff Feedback - The Process

The CommentsSubject Facilitator

Meetings

Staff Meeting

Subject Department Meetings

Data released on a subject by subject basis

Where’s all this going????

Subject ChoicesHigher vs. Ordinary

LevelTimetabling IssuesGender IssuesMotivationBest PracticeDifferentiated Teaching*

Feedback From Management Team

2005Uncomfortable analysing colleagues’

resultsGenderMotivationTimetabling IssuesOption ChoicesUncertaintyCreating an Academic Profile of each

studentCatering for International Students

Management Team Planning

2007Joseph Dreissen “Motivating boys.”Choosing the Right Options at

Senior Cycle (Past Pupils)Career Guidance Eirquest/DATs

meeting with parentsSEN RegisterLanguage CentreTracking students’ from Year 1

Tracking StudentsAcademic Social

Entrance ResultsHouse Exams Average Monitored by

TutorYearheadGuidanceLearning SupportLanguage Centre

International ProfileSLELearning SupportAchievementsLeadershipAwards

Putting a narrative on students’ progress

Outcomes The next stepIdentifying Students in

needAffirming ProgressRemediationParental InvolvementSubject ProfilingGender IssuesClass Make up (Junior

Cert)

- Assessment for Learning- Model Students’ Work- Comments instead of

Grades- No Hands- Group Discussion- Self Assessment- Wait Time

Since 2007 linked with Serco to capture student profile

- Academic Progress accessible- Achievements Captured- Attendance - Discipline Record.- Parental Access

Every student is tracked.

On Monday next teachers will expect to receive a breakdown of their students’ Leaving Certificate results.

Subject Departments will forward feedback to senior management in relation to their subject’s progress.

Profile of each student is available on eportal

The theme for the academic year 2008 is Assessment for Learning

“Future leaders are living in a turbulent and chaotic environment, where the real power to act comes from recognising the pattern of change and

sensing and seizing windows of opportunity.”

What will your future working environment look like?

Pentti Sydanmaanlakka (Helsinki)

Teaching the Digital Natives10,000 hours Video Games

250,000 emails

10,000 hours on the mobile

20,000 hours TV (incl. MTV)

500,000 commercials

2 billion ring tones per year

2 billion songs and movies per month

3 billion text messages per day.

Digital immigrants vs Digital natives

Digital Immigrants Digital NativesCommunicating SharingBuying & SellingExchangingCollectingLearning

Email & Chat RoomsBlogs &WebcamsebayMusic, movies &

humourMp3, video sensor dataAbout stuff that interests

them

• For a lot of what we need our Digital Immigrant teachers cannot help us much....

•.... And Digital Native teachers will not truly be there

•......until we grow up and become them