Where to begin

Persistence and Commitmentthe past………………

• Moving from inexperienced to more experienced.

• Listen to quality advice• Recognize good role models• Develop and foster productive relationships

What to do first?

• Successful sport stars – in the AFL, netball , basketball, NRL, the Rabbitohs? they are every where

• Actors, musicians, artists

• My greatest inspirations and motivations come from my family, their every day challenges,

What examples do you see?

• The journey begins with the first step• Move forward in the best possible way• Knowing where you are now• Understand where you have come from• Know where you want to be • Reflect, Plan, Act

Is the journey going to be worthwhile?

• Commit • The scale of commitment-

1…………………………………………..……………….10• The more committed , the greater the chance

of success.

What’s in it for me?

• Strong leadership within the DET organisation. • Aboriginal Education Directorate• Managers of Aboriginal Education• Credible and committed school leaders.• Strong support in schools from AIEO’s

The WA Network

Persistence takes courage

An Indian woman armed only with farm tools is stable in hospital after killing a leopard that attacked her.

Kamla Devi, 56, sustained multiple bites, cuts and fractures during the half-hour battle. She had been fetching water in northern Uttarakhand state when the leopard pounced on her from nearby bushes - she fought back with a sickle and spade.

"I thought I was dead but I did not lose patience and courage," she told reporters after her lucky escape.

Ms Devi was carrying water from a canal to her field near the village of Sem Nauti in Rudraprayag district when she was attacked on Sunday. She said she managed to smash some of the animal's teeth during the struggle.

"I fought head on with it for almost half an hour. Then I came to know it was dead," she told reporters from hospital in the nearby town of Srinagar Garhwal.

Doctors were surprised she had survived.

She has two fractures on the right hand and one on the left. She also has deep injuries on her head and legs. There are bite marks all over her body," said Dr Abdul Rahul, who has been treating her.

Progress

Takes timeThere will be set backsInvolve othersSeek feedbackBe realisticSuccess can be achieved

School Progress

• In 2012 we were invited to join the ILNPP to see how we could improve our school levels of Literacy and Numeracy

• Millars Well Primary School journey to success

LNPP- improving Literacy and Numeracy Partnership Program

First Attempt

• Identified and appointed specialist support teachers in areas of Literacy and Numeracy

• Provided release time for staff, collaborative planning and the modelling of lessons

Monitor and Reflect

• Reviewed and assessed the progress we had made– Could we do better?– What did we want it to look like for students

and staff?

• Realising the moral imperative

The Past - The Present

• PAST - Being led- support provision- targets designed and owned by the planners- (at the top )

• PRESENT – (Phases of learning and phase leaders)– Buy in, staff ownership – Collective collaboration – Investment in all staff- shared professional learning ,

support, opportunities– Strategic targets based on data/evidence which are

reviewed and monitored across the school

School Data

• Address Areas of Weakness and Plan for Success• How?

– Initiate Whole School Approaches (Learning &

Assessment)

– Focus on the students with greatest capacity to improve.

– Focus on the Early Years

– Identify what high achievement looks like.

– Work with motivated staff to begin with.

Address Areas of Weakness

Whole School Approaches to Learning

• Mental Maths

• Guided Reading

• Diana Rigg, Letters & Sounds, Words Their Way

• Common Assessment Tasks

Identify Students with the Greatest Capacity to Improve

Top % of students who always read well by

the end of PP; year after year

regardless of the teacher or learning

program.

Identify Students with the Greatest Capacity to Improve (Middle Ability)

We identified middle ability students with a beginning On-Entry PP

score of 0.5.

We felt those students could reach a PM level of 6 or above by the

end of PP with targeted teaching.

Individualised learning programs and files were created for all PP students.

Identify Students with the Greatest Capacity to Improve (Middle Ability)

Set Targets for the Early Years

Identify Intentional Teaching

High Expectations – Middle Yr. 1 Student

Beginning of Year 1

Same student, midway through Year 1.

Beginning of Year 1

High Expectations – Top Yr. 1 Student

Same student, midway through Year 1.

High Expectations – Bottom Yr. 1 Student

Beginning of Year 1

Same student, midway through Year 1.

Guided Reading

Guided Reading

Ten a Day

Provides students with:• A purpose in the

mornings.• A reason to be at school

on time.• Continual revision of

mental math questions.• Mathematical fluency.

Provides parents with:• An understanding of our

approach to mental math.

• A reason for parents to support their children in the classroom.

Challenge

Best in Karratha 2014

Thank you for your time today!