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Agenda•Review strategic priority area and place within Regional plan

•Review strategic action to date

•Discuss and plan future work

•Action related to planned strategies

•Evaluation of LMG operation

•Term 4 day

•Other possible actions

•General business

Action : Additions to agenda/acceptance ?

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partnershipspartnerships

Making connections . .

Good leaders develop ways of being connectedGood leaders develop ways of being connected

Building Communities of PracticeBuilding Communities of Practice

None of us . . . is as smart as

All of us.

Japanese Proverb

When When spider spider

webs unite webs unite they can they can tie up a tie up a

lionlion(Ethiopian proverb)

Let’s work Let’s work together together to create to create the best the best picture picture

possiblepossible

EXCELLENCE

COOPERATION

RESPECT

FAIRNESS

INTEGRITY

RESPONSIBILITY

CARE

PARTICIPATION

DEMOCRACY

HUNTER/CENTRAL COAST REGION – STRATEGIC PLAN 2006-2008

VISION: A region of great public schools MISSION: Raising achievement and reducing educational disparity

STRATEGIC PRIORITIESTo achieve our purpose, vision and mission we will:· Ensure that quality teaching and learning are the focus· Build capacity and develop leadership· Build collaborative interdependent schools and communities.

STRATEGIC PRIORITY 2:Build capacity and develop leadership.

Outcomes:

· Enhanced community perception and satisfaction with Public Schools arising from: commitment to core values; a client focus; and, positive public relations.

· School leaders demonstrate competence and ongoing development across all NSW DET leadership capability domains.

· School leaders demonstrate the capacity to achieve continuous improvement, and where data and information indicates it is necessary, transformational change.

STRATEGIC PRIORITY 3:Build collaborative interdependent schools and communities.

Outcomes:

· Groups of schools work cooperatively to improve academic and welfare outcomes for all students.

· Community and interagency partnerships assisting and supporting improved educational and equity outcomes.

· Schools that are future focused.· Schools contributing to

environmental sustainability.· A culture of inquiry within and

across schools for innovation and promoting best practice.

STRATEGIC PRIORITY 1:Ensure that quality teaching and learning are the focus.

Outcomes:

· All teaching and learning across the region is under-pinnned by quality teaching and aligned to BOS syllabus statements.

· Aboriginal students achieve syllabus and testing outcomes, retention rates and suspension rates that are consistent with all students.

· All students with the appropriate literacy, numeracy and technology skills to support their ongoing engagement and learning.

· Seamless transitions through the stages of schooling and from schooling to work for all students.

OUR PARTNERS:

· Students· Parents· Staff· Community· Industry· Other government / non-government agencies

OUR VALUES

OUR PRINCIPLES

HIGH EXPECTATIONS

INNOVATION

PARTNERSHIPS

CUSTOMER SERVICE

PURPOSE OF PLAN: TO PROVIDE CLARITY FOR THE REGION’S SCHOOLS TO ENSURE COHESION (networks of schools), RELEVANCE AND RESPONSIVENESS

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Review strategic action to date

•How are we travelling ?

•What has been done so far ?

•What can we already see ?

•What do we need to find out ?

•How can we go about this ?

•What opportunities exist for future development ?

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Outcome 1: Groups of schools work cooperatively to improve academic and welfare outcomes for all students

REGIONAL STRATEGIC PRIORITY 3 :

Build collaborative interdependent schools and communities.

•Strategies

•Establish functional LMG’s across the Region

•Develop formal feedback mechanisms for LMG’s to identify systems and resources that enhance their effectiveness and capacity.

•Explore opportunities for collegial organisation of special schools.

•Promote other collegial organisations and opportunities.

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Outcome 2: Community and interagency partnerships assisting and supporting improved educational and equity outcomes

REGIONAL STRATEGIC PRIORITY 3 :

Build collaborative interdependent schools and communities.

Strategies

Explore with stakeholders the opportunity for Aboriginal education networks in LMG’s

To continue or establish formal interagency links to promote coherent and aligned services for students and their families.

Identifying and developing community representation to support students’ learning.

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Outcome 3: Schools that are future focused

REGIONAL STRATEGIC PRIORITY 3 :

Build collaborative interdependent schools and communities.

PLANNINPLANNINGG

SCHOOSCHOOLL

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Outcome 3: Schools that are future focused

REGIONAL STRATEGIC PRIORITY 3 :

Build collaborative interdependent schools and communities.

Strategies

ICT

Student Leadership Development

Regional strategies for engaging communities in futures thinking – tapping into community expertise and sharing it

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Outcome 4: Schools contributing to environmental sustainability

REGIONAL STRATEGIC PRIORITY 3 :

Build collaborative interdependent schools and communities.

Strategies

Establish opportunities to enhance school and community networks in environmental education.

Sharing of Environmental Management Plans among schools.

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Outcome 5: A culture of inquiry within and across schools for innovation and promoting best practice.

REGIONAL STRATEGIC PRIORITY 3 :

Build collaborative interdependent schools and communities.

Strategies

Implement formal processes for the sharing/dissemination of innovation amongst LMG’s

Explore ways to enhance development of LMG’s to have a professional learning community focus

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Discuss and plan future work

•Action related to planned strategies•Evaluation of LMG operation•Term 4 day•Other possible actions

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General business

•Clarification of action items if necessary

• Feedback, Minutes, sharing of resources etc.

•An example from the UK

David JacksonMelbourne, 2003

Sustainable School Improvement Building a System-wide Vision

“Good ideas come from people with talent working collaboratively

together…..”

Learning Together

“It is one of life’s great ironies: schools are in the business of teaching and learning, yet they are terrible at learning from each other.

If they ever discover how to do this, their future is assured.”

Michael Fullan, “Leading in a Culture of Change”

“If we want to develop young people who are participating members of

society, we must model that by being collaborating members of the

educational community”

The Durham Board, Canada - A Networked Learning Community

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