SALISBURY HIGH SCHOOL

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SALISBURY HIGH SCHOOL
ALWAYS
ASPIRE
PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS
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Context

• Enrolments 1064 students
• 40 on school card
• 19.5 non-English speaking backgrounds
• 9 Aboriginal students
• 14 SWD/SMD
• Off site campus Paralowie House catering for up
  to 42 at - risk post compulsory students.
• Approx 100 staff
• Work for the Dole volunteers trainers

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Our Aim
To successfully place every student in higher
or further education, training, employment and
community service
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Shared Values
RELATIONSHIPS
RESPECT
SUCCESS
ORGANISATION
HONESTY
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Four Priorities2004 - 2006

• High Achievement for All
• Global Citizenship
• Enterprise and Innovation
• International Education

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• Core Business
• Pathways to success
• Building relationships and partnerships to meet
  school goals
• Engagement in learning through SACSA and IBMYP
  frameworks
• Retention through flexible SACE and VET offerings
• Excellence
• Monitoring and raising student achievement
• Assessment FOR learning

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Indicators of Success

• Positive destination data
• Successful care system
• High staff retention
• Many student and staff successes
• High student retention rates
• State Literacy and Numeracy Awards - 5 years
• WBLA - above state average
• National recognition - speaking engagements,
  visitors to school
• Computers 12 - 16 computer suites
• Rock Eisteddfod Success - 3rd (19 yrs)

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Indicators of Success

• Many initiatives e.g. Active 8, QUIT, BELS,
  Reconciliation Youth Ambassadors Ball, Local
  CISCO Academy, VET programs, Youth Opportunities,
  Employment Centre
• Registered Training Organisation
• Many individual student and staff awards e.g.
  NiETA, SA Young Filmmakers, Mix Website
• Strong Sports Program
• Best School in Salisbury Christmas Parade

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Indicators of Success

• High parent satisfaction
• High student satisfaction
• Waiting list in Year 8 (80)
• Recognised as High Demand school
• The Australian Best School Awards 2001, 2002,
  2003, 2004
• National Awards for Quality Schooling - Highly
  Commended for School Leadership 2003
• Bronze Award Australian Business Excellence
  Award 2004

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Destination Data
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Functions

• Operations
• Human Resources
• Curriculum
• Care Management
• Finance
• Facilities
• Strategic Alliances
• Marketing

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1. Operations

• Clarified school mission, developed shared vision
  and identified shared community values
• Focused on positive school ethos
• Promoted can do service culture
• Ensure school structures support purpose and
  ethos
• Applied principles of business excellence
  framework for quality improvement and performance
• Embrace change readily and optimistically

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2. Human Resources

• Built new executive team
• Empowered staff with leadership responsibilities
• Made professional learning a priority
• Found ways to value staff and recognise
  achievements (NEITA, SSO awards)
• Encouraged and resourced innovative ideas
• Used school choice to recruit more young teachers

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3. Curriculum

• Focused on student success
• Monitoring of raising student achievement
• Set goals and targets for learning and retention
  of particular groups of students
• Promoted engagement in learning through IBMYP
  framework
• Expanded SACE and VET offerings
• Bought in training expertise
• Made curriculum more community-based

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4. Care Management
Maintained small care groups to - support
positive relationships between parents, students
and staff- ensure that each student has ongoing
contact with one teacher - monitor
achievement and develop pathway plans- support
student wellbeing resilience - encourage
community service global citizenship -
implement pastoral care program
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5. Finance

• Developed Global Budget based on school plans
• Established Finance Advisory Committee led by
  Treasurer of Council (a parent)
• Made staffing decisions on basis of school
  priorities
• Monitored student enrolments more closely
• Assigned annual budgets to teams
• Applied for range of project-based grants

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6. Facilities

• Developed an ICT education plan
• Conducted a space capacity study
• Established a Facilities Team
• Built 24 new classrooms (including Year 8 Centre,
  Senior School, Home Economics kitchen, fitness
  room)
• Developed an Assets Management plan
• Aiming for Performing Arts Centre
• Constant attention to facilities improvement

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7. Strategic Alliances

• Built strategic partnerships to support
  curriculum initiatives eg IBO, AAIBS, SASSIPA,
  GLF)
• Established an Old Scholars database
• NASSPN (Northern Adelaide Secondary Schools
  Principals Network)
• Build relationships with education and business
  sector
• Developed a stakeholder database (suppliers,
  partners, local employers)
• Northern Futures Connect

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Local Community Partnerships

• Doorways to construction
• Objective engage students with authentic
  experiences in the construction industry.

• Partners
• SA Housing Trust
• Masters Builders Association
• Northern Adelaide Secondary Schools
• Construction Industry Training Board
• Eastside
• Westwood
• Salisbury Council
• Port Adelaide Central Mission
• Bunnings Hardware
• Biancos Building Hardware
• DECS Vet Strategies

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Local Community Partnerships

• Youth Opportunities
• Objective to develop personal leadership and
  communication skills to be empowered learners.

• Partners
• Burns for Blinds
• Channel 7
• 5AA
• Sunday Mail / Advertiser
• Holden
• Office for Youth
• 11 Secondary Schools
• 15 Service Clubs (e.g. Lions, Rotary)
• Over 100 businesses
• Youth Opportunities Board

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Local Community Partnerships

• Post School Options for Students with
  Disabilities
• Objective to enable smooth transition into post
  school options.

• Partners
• Phoenix Society
• Barkuma Industry
• Orana
• Adelaide Property and Gardens
• Bedford Industries
• Personnel Employment
• Interwork
• Heta
• Centre Link
• Day Options

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Local Community Partnerships

• Reconciliation Youth Ambassadors Ball
• Objective To foster the spirit of
  reconciliation and inclusivity at Salisbury High
  School and the wider community.

• Partners
• Reconciliation South Australia Inc
• NEWMONT The Gold Company
• The Body Shop
• Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council
• Uniting Care Wesley
• DEST
• SA Tourist Commission
• Elizabeth Town Centre
• Sky City Adelaide
• Channel 9
• A number of businesses (e.g. Bakers Delight, RM
  Williams)

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Local Community Partnerships

• Paralowie House
• Objective To provide an offsite one-stop shop
  education and youth service for post compulsory
  at risk young people.

• Partners
• Uniting Care Wesley
• Salisbury High School
• Adelaide Central Mission
• SA Housing Trust
• Work for the Dole
• SYC
• Salisbury Council
• DHS

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Local Community Partnerships

• Robotics
• Objective To address and identify skills
  shortage in the electro-technology industry.

• Partners
• eLabtronics
• Codan
• UniSA
• Secondary Schools

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Local Community Partnerships

• ICT Education Delivery
• Objective - students and staff access efficient,
  trouble free technology for learning across the
  curriculum.

• Partners
• Datalinks Cabling, Power Points, Data Points
• Vectra Switches
• Communet Curriculum Novel Server
• Subnet Curriculum Mac Server
• DECS Admin Server Workstations
• Microbits Mac Workstations
• Protech IBM Workstations
• Leader Maintenance components
• Ricoh B/W and Coloured Laser Printers
• Techtronix Coloured Phaser Printers
• SINA Internet
• IPEX Admin Workstations Wireless Antennae
• BetaCom Projectors, Speakers and Amplifiers
• AMC Audio/Visual installations

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VET Courses
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Speech Day Awards
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8. Marketing

• Established a marketing team
• Build relationships with media, stakeholders,
  community and educational organisations
• Promoted student and staff successes
• Encouraged staff, students and parents to be
  ambassadors of school
• Train staff to be media savvy
• Use services of a PR firm

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Graduate Diploma in Education students came to
see how a school has faced up to its difficulties
and has been developed into a caring and
enterprising institution which attempts to meet
the needs of all its students. Associate
Professor Chris Dawson,Graduate School of
Education, Adelaide University
This is a school that recognizes the diverse
ability of students and the changing nature of
society and has adapted its curriculum to provide
practical career opportunities for
students. Tony Zappia, Mayor of Salisbury
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A progressive school that appears to think
outside the square and is making the most of its
opportunities. The diverse things that are
happening at Salisbury High School are fantastic.
A true enterprising community Knocked out by
the input from the students. The optimism and
feeling of achievement was refreshing. Today
changed my view of education. Teachers here
deserve a lot of credit! Governors Leadership
Foundation
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"Salisbury High School is a model of what we as a
nation in education need to achieve. It is a
template. It is an ideal model for schools
throughout the country in cities and in regional
areas." Dr Brendan Nelson
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Summary

• Know your purpose
• Know your community
• Know your students
• Develop your staff
• Establish a change culture
• Build community confidence
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• P
• S S
• C C C

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Good to Great - Jim Collins

• Dont be satisfied with being merely good or
  excellent.
• Discover what it takes to be great.

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