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Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 4
Conclusion ................................................................................................................................... 13
References .................................................................................................................................... 15
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Introduction
This document provides a detailed business plan for a hypothetical school discussed in
assignment 1. As it has been stated, the plan presented previously was increasingly successful
and two years have since been completed successfully. Now, the school needs to be turned into
an Independent Public School in order to provide greater benefits to the students and community.
For that purpose, the school would need to take more responsibility upon itself. This document
provides a business plan to ensure that the school’s goals for improvement are realized in order
to help it achieve the status of Independent Public School. This plan discusses the key areas on
which the school will focus upon and how it will improve in those said areas. Different types of
aims have been highlighted. The plan discusses the specific aims, the key strategies that will be
used to achieve them, timeframe needed to complete the aim, and the various milestones and
targets which will signal the aim’s progress and completion. The main purpose of plan is to
improve upon the growth made in the last year and make the improvements sustainable. Special
Literature Review
There is a need for schools to clearly outline their aims and how they plan to get there in
the form of a business plan. Business plans help an organization in outlining its short term goals
and highlights the ways to get there. It summarizes the plan for the upcoming time and forces the
leaders to think realistically about the challenges faced by the business and how to overcome
them. A business plan not only allows the leadership to get a clearer picture of the challenges and
strategies to combat them but also helps them get funds to facilitate their ventures. This is why it
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is important to have a strong business plan that can help you outline your goals in a realistic
manner and help you devise a strategy to achieve them (Ashe-Edmunds, 2018).
It is important for a school to get evaluated and held accountable for progress from time
to time. Studies have shown that accountability of schools result in improving their overall
performance and leads to improvement in the quality of education (Hanushek & Raymond, 2005,
p. 31). The schools that struggle to maintain high levels of attendance and grades for students can
do better through monitoring and accountability. This would push the school toward improving
their performance. The main elements of a school accountability system include students’
performance testing, public reporting, and sanctions and rewards. Other than that, it should be
ensured that the accountability takes a considerable time into account when judging a school
performance instead of drawing inferences on simply a year of performance (Kane & Staiger,
2002, p. 92-102). Research also shows that it is important to study the needs of different racial
and ethnic subgroups so the specific problems of each subgroup’s students can be studied (Kane
This section will provide the overview of the areas which will constitute the main focus
of the business plan. The primary aim of this business plan is to make the school more culturally
responsive and a number of aims will be outlined, along with the key strategies, targets, and
timeframe to achieve those aims. These aims and priorities of the school business plan will all
help the management in making the school more culturally responsive for the aboriginal
students. The following discussion provides an overview of aims and priorities through which
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the school will be made to be more culturally responsive for the aboriginal students. Aims have
been divided into two distinct categories: learning aims and teaching aims
Learning Aims
Strategic Direction
As mentioned in the assignment details, one of the biggest problems faced by the school
is that the attendance of students needs to be increased. Those children who do not attend school
regularly face a significant disruption in their education (Purdie & Buckley, 2010). The school’s
Timeframe
Key Strategies
1. The school will take measures to ensure that school addresses the root causes of low
attendance such as bullying, poor teaching, and lack of cultural sensitivity (Purdie &
Buckley, 2010, p. 3). These are further discussed in the coming sections.
Buckley (2010, p. 9). The program puts a great emphasis on sports based incentives and
M: improving attendance rates by at least 5 percent per year in the next three years.
T: attendance data up to par with the similar schools in the state in the next three years.
Strategic Direction
In order to ensure that the students are equipped with the basic knowledge required at
their levels in the country, it will be the aim of the school to improve the performance of the
Timeframe
Key Strategies
1. Introduce and implement Explicit Instruction Pedagogy in the school. Such has been
evident in improving NAPLAN scores of schools similar to ours in the past (Archer &
2. Train teachers to improve reading, writing, spelling, grammar, and numeracy from early
grades.
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3. Teach PRIME Mathematics program from Singapore and ACER Maths Mastery Series
from years 2 and higher. These have also proven to be effective in other schools (Fogarty
4. Special attention and resources should be provided to the students from aboriginal
M: Bring NAPLAN score close to Schools with similar students in at least three out of five core
M: Bring NAPLAN score close to schools with similar students in all five core competencies for
each grade.
T: Bring NAPLAN score above schools with similar students in at least 2 core competency for
each grade.
Teaching Aims
Strategic Direction
to engage in professional learning. Incentivize self-improvement and self-learning for better class
outcomes in staff.
Timeframe
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The time period for this aim is continual throughout the life of the school but
Key Strategies
Following key strategies would be employed to improve help the staff with self-improvement
and self-learning.
2. Identification of professional learning goals for teachers of both lower and upper grade
levels.
T: All staff members have participated in and fulfilled the requirements of the workshops related
T: Different grade level staff members have achieved the goals set by the management for their
Relationship Aims
Strategic Direction
It is important to ensure that the student belonging to ethnic minorities do not feel
excluded due to cultural barriers. It is a fact that many children belonging to aboriginal
communities face more problems when it comes to bullying and social exclusion (Coffin, Larson
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& Cross, 2010). This is a major reason for their low attendance rates (Purdie & Buckley, 2010, p.
3).
Timeframe
This will be an ongoing process but the key milestones and targets given should be
Key Strategies
maintained in order to better understand the cultural sensitive issues as they concern to
2. Educate the teachers and students about the protocols related to the aboriginal customs
and culture. The knowledge will help them understand the culture better and decrease
bullying.
3. Utilization of knowledge gained from protocols is done through brokerage where the
5. Develop and maintain positive behaviors through integration programs and in school
framework.
M: In order to judge the effectiveness of the strategies employed, a Benchmark of Quality must
T: A clear framework developed by the end of the year that measures and reports the
Leadership Aims
Strategic Direction
School management will focus on developing teachers who would help identify the needs
of aboriginal students and facilitate the steps to ensure that their learning is improved. This also
Timeframe
The school leadership may require up to one year to train a faculty member to be an
Key Strategies
1. Increased participation of parents and family of the aboriginal students into the
2. The school ethos and visions are developed in the presence of aboriginal community
3. Teachers are encouraged to teach aboriginal students in ways on which the aboriginal
4. A school wide system is developed to maintain and monitor the progress of aboriginal
students.
T: Teachers have understood and developed techniques to which the aboriginal students respond.
T: Teachers are proficient in the local historical and contemporary cultural contexts and are
responsive towards using these contexts to support better learning for the aboriginal students.
T: School-wide approaches to teach aboriginal students are conducted by the school leadership in
Resources Aims
Strategic Direction
One of the most important parts of enhancing cultural security for aboriginal students in
school is to utilize the resources available to the school leadership in the best way possible.
There are many resources that can contribute to the betterment of aboriginal education in the
Timeframe
Key Strategies
The following key strategies will be used in order to complete this unit.
1. The school staff should make use of expertise and knowledge of aboriginal staff.
4. Engage local aboriginal leaders to dedicate funds in right places to help aboriginal
students grow.
M: School leadership will value and acknowledge the expertise provided by aboriginal staff.
T: School leadership will allocate separate staff to research and learn about the specific needs of
T: School leaders will allocate funds for the individual needs of aboriginal students.
Conclusion
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In conclusion, there are a lot of gaps where the school can improve in delivery of quality
education to the aboriginal students. There are a number of steps that the school can take in order
to ensure that the school is sensitive towards the cultural security of the aboriginal students. One
of the biggest issues of the aboriginal students is that they show consistently poor attendance
rates. The issue is multifaceted and has many reasons behind it. This business plan depicts the
solutions to the problem of aboriginal education. The school will give special attention to the
issue of attendance through a series of reforms involving aboriginal community. Other than that,
the students’ results in standardized tests will also be improved by employing explicit
instructions pedagogy. Teachers will be geared with self-learning and development skills and the
cultural sensitivity will be enhanced through a school-wide reform effort. School teachers will
also be geared to improve aboriginal education with the help of keen understanding of
implications of aboriginal culture through interaction with the community. The school will also
utilize resources such as aboriginal staff and funding in right programs with the help of elders of
aboriginal community in the area. Thus, the school will be made more secure for cultural
heritage of aboriginal community in order to better facilitate learning for aboriginal students in
References
Archer, A., & Hughes, C. (2010). Explicit instruction. New York: Guilford Press.
Ashe-Edmunds, S. (2018). What Are the Benefits of a Business Plan?. Retrieved from
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Coffin, J., Larson, A., & Cross, D. (2010). Bullying in an Aboriginal Context. The Australian
Fogarty Edvance. (2016). A Case Study - Ellenbrook Primary School, Perth WA. Retrieved from
https://www.ellenbrookps.wa.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2017-Case-Study-
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Hanushek, E., & Raymond, M. (2005). Does school accountability lead to improved student
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Kane, T., & Staiger, D. (2002). The Promise and Pitfalls of Using Imprecise School
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Purdie, N., & Buckley, S. (2010). School attendance and retention of Indigenous Australian