Coralee Pratt

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Coralee Pratt

• Assistant Regional Director
• Department of Education and Early Childhood
  Development
• Eastern Metropolitan Region
• Victoria
• Australia

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• Eastern Metropolitan Region (EMR)
• 106,000 students
• 7,577 teachers
• 248 government schools
• 10 Networks

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Overview

• Victorian system reform agenda setting the
  scene
• Eastern Region School Improvement Strategies
• 10 Principles for School Improvement

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School Improvement is about

• delivering improved outcomes in
• Student learning
• Student pathways and transition
• Students wellbeing and engagement

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Based on the beliefs that

• All students can learn
• Some need more support
• Failure is not an option
• Leadership matters

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Seven Flagship Strategies

• Student Learning
• New Resource model
• Building Leadership Capacity
• Creating a Performance Development Culture
• Teacher Professional Development
• School Improvement
• Leading Schools Fund

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• Student Learning
• Student Wellbeing Engagement
• Student Transitions Pathways

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Proposition one

• If we identify, create and operationalise the
  necessary preconditions for improvement to occur,
  then we will have an increased ability to develop
  the capacity of our workforce to have a positive
  impact on student achievement

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Proposition 2

• If we develop the capacity of leaders to create
  the organisational conditions that support high
  quality instructional practice, then student
  performance will improve over time.

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Proposition 3

• If we increase teacher knowledge about high
  quality instruction and improve teacher capacity
  to translate it into practice, then large-scale
  improvement of schools will occur.

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Proposition 4

• If we build high quality relationships with
  educational workforce, then our capacity to
  engage them in the educational reform agenda will
  increase.

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Proposition 5

• If we understand the relationship between
  educational theory, research and practice, then
  the quality of professional practice will
  improve.

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Ten Principles for School Improvement
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Ten Principles

• 1. Engage all stakeholders in schools

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School - Student Opinion
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School - Parent Opinion
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SchoolStaff Opinion Compared to all Primary
Schools
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Ten Principles

• 2. Build a rigorous, relevant and transparent
  evidence base, and clear performance indicators
  upon which future improvement can be targeted and
  evaluated.

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Ten Principles

• 3. Confront the brutal facts and identify the
  specific areas where improvement is required.

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Year in Self-Evaluation, Review and Planning
2009 Annual Report Annual Implementation Plan
due to Region 31 March
School Strategic Plan
School Review
School Review
School Self Evaluation
Semester 2 reviews
Semester 1 reviews
Finalisation and lodgement of School Strategic
Plan with regional office prior to 31 December
2009
School Level Report provided to Regions and
schools
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Ten principles

• 4. Ensure that the school has the internal
  leadership capacity to lead the change.

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Leadership DevelopmentEastern Region priority

• Selecting the right people
• Aspirant principal network

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Ten Principles

• 5. Support and empower the school to own the
  planning and implementation processes.

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Diagnostic Tool
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Completed example of diagnostic tool
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Ten Principles

• 6. Attract and deploy the necessary resources
  required to bring about the change.

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EMR Improvement Strategies

• Pairing of principals
• Secondment of high performing teachers
• Coaching of principals
• Teacher Collaborative Learning
• Focus on Instructional Leadership

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Collaborative Teacher Learning

• If we develop a process which will support the
  implementation of classroom observation as a
  valid source of feedback, then teachers will
  develop their knowledge and skills and improve
  their classroom practice, resulting in improved
  student outcomes.

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Principal Walkthroughs
DivX
DVD
Low Resolution
High Resolution
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Ten Principles

• 7. Where possible, utilise available outside
  expertise to ensure objectivity, and ensure that
  quality feedback is provided on an ongoing basis.

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Ten principles

• 8. Avoid the Christmas Tree approach

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Ten principles

• 9. Build internal accountability through a
  collaborative approach to data analysis and
  interpretation.

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Levels of School Planning
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Ten principles

• 10. Keep fingers on the pulse

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Blueprint for Early Childhood Development
School Reform
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As members of the EMR team, our mission is
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In conclusion
The Mayfly
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Thank you

• www.education.vic.gov.au
• - Blueprint documents
• - Accountability documents
• www.emr.vic.edu.au
• - Presentation slides
• - DVDs
• pratt.coralee.a_at_edumail.vic.gov.au