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!
Tip
#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
Trick
#1The Ideal studentThe IdealTeacher
Trick
#2Student voice to select our values
Trick
#3Parent voice to select our values
Trick
#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
Trick
#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.
Tip
#7Look and Listen
Trick
#1Don’t forget to have fun!Happy video here
Trick
#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!
Trick
#1Take every good idea
from this conference that you know could work for your school… then tweak
it to make it yours.
Trick
#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.
[email protected]@oxford.school.nz
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