Engaging children in second language learning and achieving serious and useful student outcomes. We are encouraging children to see themselves as successful second language learners by involving them in experiences that are contextually relevant.

 

Sharing considerable skills and expertise in educating students with special needs.  Providing a practical content base for classroom teachers, assistants and workers in the field

Reconnecting students to the school, so that they can return to mainstream education or have successful entry into the workforce. This requires significant improvement in literacy and numeracy skills, as well as dealing with issues such as self esteem, teamwork, pride, confidence and improved attitudes to the possibilities for their future

By improving communication between schools and agencies we are establishing a coordinated process aimed at supporting students with needs.  This provides a case management model using collaborative strategies across service sectors

Michael Redden, Mathematics Consultant and International Curriculum Developer highlighted and addressed concerns about the teaching of mathematics. This helped us to raise the profile of mathematics and improve professional dialogue/shared pedagogy across the school.

Using online technology such as videoconference and email to facilitate create recipes that explore maths and science concepts, embed ICT and provide a focus on boys education.

Working as a class, we participated in the way scientists research and complete such tasks such as investigating scats, hair funnels, animal traps, bird and bat callings and other scientific animal studies.

Providing accessible and affordable live arts experiences to schools across Victoria.  This promotes the value of the arts across the curriculum including English, Science, SOSE, Health, LOTE and Technology.

SCRAYP effectively uses the arts as a vehicle to link education and health by impacting positive on the wellbeing of individuals, their engagement in school and connection to the wider community.

Using a student-centred approach to encourage students to take greater ownership and responsibility of their learning while on an excursion. This provides students with purpose, choice and ownership they are able to pursue their own needs and interests, leading to better personal educational outcomes.

Increasing participants’ understanding of the role of leader
and providing them with the management skills required to lead and manage a complex organisation. This will assist participants in developing a career plan and a plan to enhance their individual professional growth

We are improving approaches to literacy using strategies such as preparation of the whole text, text highlighting of a small passage, spelling, independent reading and sentence writing

As the Curriculum and Standards Framework (CSF) is still considered an important curriculum resource to help teachers develop teaching and learning programs, we used our website to model an implementation strategy for the Victorian Essential Learning Standard.

We are challenging teachers to consider their current practice through collegial discussion and support. We are also seeking and implementing ways of enhancing their pedagogical practice to increase engagement and improve student outcomes, particularly boys

Developing a three part training program to provide opportunities for personnel to enhance the skills to fill SSO employment vacancies in Central Highlands Wimmera schools.

Improving the readability of Student Learning Plans for parents/carers, and decreasing the time spent by teachers completing Student Learning Plans throughout the year by improving the data entry component.

We are attempting to improve the engagement level of students within mathematics classes with the hope of improving numeracy skills, decreasing student management issues within maths classes and increasing attendance and punctuality to class.

Improving our approach to teacher development and performance through managed support.  We fostered a culture of improving teacher performance, based individual teacher’s goals on current School Charter and involved staff in interpretation, analysis and action plans.

Our T&L Team have been exploring ways of making the task of reading and synthesising the volume of information received from DE&T and other organisations such as the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority less time consuming.

To engage students in learning related to real world problems we focussed the Year 7 project on investigating the issue of cigarette butt litter waste and its effects on the environment ond developing a solution for it. 

Identifing the skills and professional development for eLearning in individual schools and developing common high priority areas for a cluster conference.

The program is designed to improve students’ mental computation ability in basic mathematics skills. The practice supports the concept of development of fluency in mental mathematics as emphasised in the Early Years Numeracy Program.

Developing student interest in science and making them aware of real life science applications by running a family science night.  The cluster of 4 schools develop and nurture community relationships as we plan, work, learn, and celebrate our collective involvement in education.