Truly Restorative School Culture Transformation

Session No.

Adam Voigt

My school is a BRAIN

What are

schools for?

Literacyand

Numeracy

It’s all about

learning

Creativity

Collaboration

Rest

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l LiteracyEvidence Based Programming

Select programs connected to Teacher Practice – eg. First Steps

NumeracyEvidence Based Programming

Select programs connected to Problem Solving – eg, Back To Front Maths

CreativityCommit to the Performing Arts

CollaborationCommit to strong approaches in Co-Operative Learning eg,

Kagan and also Co-Operative Teaching – eg, Co-Teaching

“Leadership is a combination of strategy and character.

If you must be without one, be without the strategy.”

-- General Norman Schwarzkopf

HOW not WHAT

Who needs a plan?

ANECDOTE

EVIDENCE

INTUITION

ANECDOTE

INTUITIONEVIDENCE

MODEL

MODEL

LEADERSHIP STORIES

LEADERSHIP STORIES mkII

Proving it worksStuff I like …• Improved teacher quality teacher

attraction & retention.• Improved stakeholder perception

data.• Reductions in aggressive playground

behaviours from 6.3pw to 2.1pw.• Increased innovation and risk-taking

in practice.• Improved career opportunities.• Strong community support for

change.• Increased School Council

memberships.• New metrics developed for

measuring behaviour improvement and social/emotional growth.

Stuff others like …ROSEBERY PRIMARY SCHOOL• All Year 3 students AT or ABOVE National Minimum Standard

(NMS) in Writing and Spelling• Eleven Year 3 students ABOVE the Australian Mean in Spelling.• Eleven Year 5 students ABOVE the Australian Mean in Reading.• Nine Year 5 students ABOVE the Australian Mean in Spelling.• Year 3 Numeracy “Identifies a shape with ¼ shaded”. Aust Avg

47%, Expectation 35%, Actual 52%.• Year 3 Numeracy “Matches a given addition fact to an inverse

operation”. Aust Avg 59%, Expectation 47%, Actual 77%.• Year 5 Spelling “Sword”. Aust Avg 51%, Expectation 37%, Actual

57%.• Year 5 Grammar & Punctuation “Use of brackets”. Aust Avg

89%, Expectation 81%, Actual 97%.• No Year 3 girls below NMS in Writing, Spelling, Grammar &

Punctuation or Numeracy! • All Indigenous Year 3 students ABOVE NMS in Writing, Spelling

and Grammar & Punctuation.• All Indigenous Year 5 students AT or ABOVE NMS in Spelling.• 17 instances of Year 3 students reaching Band 6 or higher.• 24 instances of Year 5 students reaching Band 7 or higher.

LUDMILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL• Mean Score improvements in 9 of a possible 10 NAPLAN

categories.• Mean Score imprements in all 10 possible NAPLAN categories

for Indigenous students.

OUTCOMES YOU WON’T FIND ONTHE MYSCHOOL WEBSITE

Afternoon TeaIn the Betty Cuthbert Foyer

Day 1