Oxford Area School

Christchurch

Oxford

Where is Oxford Area School?

What do we value?

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them at home!DISCLAIMER: Most of our ideas are kindly stolen, borrowed, modified from other schools - thanks!

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#1Tell staff and parents not expect any changes in

the first year.

Tip

#2

Trick

#1

Pick people with multiple stakeholder

hats

Paren

t

Teacher

BoT Rep

Trick

#2Co-coaching worked

for us

Tip

#3 Buying into the values

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#1The Ideal studentThe IdealTeacher

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#2Student voice to select our values

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#3Parent voice to select our values

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#4 Student creations will define the meaning of the

values

Kaka House video challenge

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What about Support Staff?

How could we have got more parent input?

Tip

#4 Team effort to teaching the expectations

Trick

#1

Teach a lesson with staff as if they were

students.

Trick

#2

Lesson banks created by all staff not just SW PB4L team

Trick #3

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Repeat this process more regularly

Students with cameras to capture staff

modelling behaviours.

Tip

#5 High expectations for everyone

Trick

#1

Mana Week

Create clear guidelines/resources for anything new

Trick #2

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teachers demonstrating our values during Mana

Week

Tip

#6Data doesn’t lie

Use it to make decisions

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#1Share and celebrate

often At staff briefings

In newslettersSchool Facebook

PageSchool Website

On staff notice board

Assemblies

Trick

#2Draw

comparisons

Comparis

ons

Don’t forget the positive data

Gold Cards

Trick

#3Celebrate big and

small successes

Group rewards

Staff get-together

Trick

#4Collect data before you

implement a new idea and again afterwards.

Paint rubbish

bins House colours -

set a challenge

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sure to share the results.

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#7Look and Listen

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#1Don’t forget to have fun!Happy video here

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#2 And let our colleagues know we appreciate their work...

fluffy journal

Tip

#8Develop systems that work for you

Trick

#1There are many

ways to skin a cat. Search for

alternatives.

John kotters plan photo here

Tip

#9Don’t throw the baby

out with the bath water

Trick

#1Look at what you

already have. Adapt, modify, improve.

photos of Gold cards here and referrals old and new

BEFORE

AFTER

BEFORE

AFTER

Tip

#10Community/

Whanau engagement

Trick

#1Get the values into

homes - newsletters, magnets etc

Trick

#2Board out the front

of school, in the hall, Supermarket

Trick

#3

Letter’s home

Tip

#11Don’t reinvent the

wheel!

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#1Take every good idea

from this conference that you know could work for your school… then tweak

it to make it yours.

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#2Feel free to contact us for more information,

to access this slide show, to get any resources we have shown you today or just

for a chat to sound out ideas.

mike@oxford.school.nzjacqui@oxford.school.nz