Note - in SPaRO, the 'Focus themes' column will already be prepopulated with the data schools added to their SEF S-aS. Also, for this school sample, the external validation (EV) column is empty, as EV occurred before 2018 or will occur in coming months.
Legend:
- WTD = working towards delivering
- D = delivering
- S&G = sustaining and growing
- E = excelling
- NA = not applicable.
| Element | 2018 | 2019 | EV panel report | Focus themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEARNING | ||||
| Learning culture | S&G | S&G | NA | High expectations |
| Wellbeing | S&G | S&G | NA | Planned approach to wellbeing |
| Curriculum | S&G | S&G | NA | Teaching and Learning programs Differentiation |
| Assessment | D | D | NA | Formative assessment Whole school monitoring of student learning |
| Reporting | S&G | S&G | NA | |
| Student performance measures | S&G | S&G | NA | Student growth Internal and external measures against syllabus standards |
| TEACHING | ||||
| Effective classroom practice | S&G | S&G | NA | Feedback |
| Data skills and use | D | D | NA | Data use in teaching Data use in planning |
| Professional standards | S&G | S&G | NA | Literacy and numeracy focus |
| Learning and development | S&G | S&G | NA | Collaborative practice and feedback |
| LEADING | ||||
| Educational leadership | S&G | S&G | NA | Instructional leadership High expectations culture |
| School planning, implementation and monitoring | S&G | S&G | NA | Continuous improvement |
| School resources | S&G | S&G | NA | Staff deployment |
| Management practices | S&G | S&G | NA |
Reflections on SEF S-aS and EV
Delivering in assessment and data skills and use for the past 2 years. Theme level drilldown shows assessment data is not being used consistently to inform teaching. There is also a lack of valid and comparable teacher judgment across the school. Data use in teaching and data use in planning have been highlighted as areas for further development.
Within the domain of learning, in the element of learning culture, high expectations will become a focus. In curriculum, teaching and learning programs and differentiation will be called out for improvement. There will be a clear focus on assessment and improving student performance data particularly in growth and value add.
Although we are sustaining and growing in effective classroom practice and learning and development in the themes of feedback and collaborative practice and feedback we are delivering. These will become a focus moving forward.
Leading domain focus will be educational leadership, school planning implementation and monitoring and using school resources effectively
The school will undertake external validation later in 2020.