ACTION PLAN TEMPLATE – Clarity and Cohesiveness and Thinking and Knowing aspects

Target: To establish Professional Learning Communities, for teachers to collaborate in a non-threatening way sharing /identifying beliefs and values, to
review school wide decisions and actions in and around teaching and learning practices.
Result Statement (s): Teachers will be encouraged to participate in Professional Learning Groups (PLG) which would focus on writing strategies as
well as classroom management techniques and teaching strategies.
End Goal: To have a consistent clearly articulated understanding of values and beliefs that underpin our school decisions and actions in regards to
teaching and learning.

Changes in Staff Changing Monitoring Progress Collaborating and Resources, School Evaluation of Success/
Learning Instruction: with Support: and Reporting to Families
Behaviour: What will What will teachers do Timelines and How will we use the Board: and
staf to change their Adjustments: information we get from What else can we do Community:
do to reach the learning behaviours How will we measure monitoring to
identified and attain the result? progress determine NEXT STEPS? Do we
result? How will we towards the changes in target attainment? How need to
know learning behaviour and far keep this target in next
whether staf are teaching that we want? along are we on this year's
How
Staf will take part in Teachers will use Progress toward goals: Teachers working Reporting to Families:
A "Writing Night"-parents
Professional Professional Learning Teachers will be involved toward the writing goal, Monthly newsletter
working with their children
Development sessions as Groups to discuss in documented developing a common and opportunities for snippet with ideas for
part of a PLG. concerns around Professional Learning moderation and discussion and feedback on supporting writing
writing, classroom Groups that deal with standard assessment ways to support their child’s (teachers to develop)
learning at home. (St Leonards
practice and writing strategies, across a group of cluster
Term 2)
Staf will engage in management. behaviours and schools which Evaluation of success in
readings and discussions Revisit teaching as processes. will provide much School provide support for relation to student
on practice (centred Inquiry model as part of needed teachers to allow for achievement and staf
around writing) with NZC. PLG meetings with support for children and common planning/ programmes will be
assessment moderating time
reflections on own reflective discussion of teachers teaching (tied determined by end of
and opportunities for
practice / beliefs and Set individual teaching change over time in into National Standards observations and reflective Term 3.
values (reflective goals as part of practice and student expectations) feedback.
journal) appraisal process linked achievement (in relation
to writing and PLG to changes in practice or PLG discussions on Evaluation of success of
discussions. skill progressions) and observations and in staf PD will be
with discussion linked to relation to goals. determined by staf
Take part in Professional National Standards. survey, appraisal books
Learning Group and reflective journal
observations and Goals and steps towards Shared readings on with a self assessment
feedback sessions. it logged and monitored Literacy teaching and and review.
(independently and as efective practice.
Keep reflective journal. part of Professional
learning Groups
observations). School development plan
and progressions of
Regular assessments of learning completed as
writing utilising common part of NZC.
moderated standards
with reflection on
practice and success of
teaching/learning
programmes identifying
changes in students
learning and
achievement.

Principal Action Plan

Target: To establish Professional Learning Communities, for teachers to collaborate in a non-threatening way sharing /identifying beliefs and values, to
review school wide decisions and actions in and around teaching and learning practices.
Result Statement (s): All staf have a deeper understanding of the decisions and actions that are made to support teaching and learning across the
school.
 Changes in Principal Changing Monitoring Progress Collaborating and Resources, School Evaluation of Success/
Learning Instruction: What with Support: and Reporting to Families
Behaviour: What will I will I do to support Timelines and How will we use the Board: and
do to reach the staf in changing their Adjustments: information we get from What else can we do Community:
identified learning behaviours How will we measure monitoring to
result? How will I know and attain progress determine NEXT STEPS? Do we
whether staf are towards the changes in target attainment? How need to
Staf will take part in Allocate time for learning
Progress behaviour and Regular assessment data
toward goals: keep this to
Reporting target in next
Families:
A "Writing Night"-parents
Professional teachers to meet in PLG. Teachers will be involved collected and analysed Monthly newsletter
working with their children
Development sessions as in to determine success of and opportunities for snippet with ideas for
part of a PLG. Revisit teaching as Professional Learning programme and changes discussion and feedback on supporting writing
Inquiry model as part of Groups that deal with in staf practice and ways to support their child’s (teachers to develop)
learning at home. (St Leonards
Provide initial readings NZC. writing students achievement.
Term 2)
for staf to engage in and strategies, behaviours Evaluation of success in
facilitate discussions on and processes. Staf discussions / Provide support for relation to student
practice (centred around Take part in Professional reflective journal with teachers to allow for achievement and staf
writing) with reflections learning Group feedback on progress. common planning/ programmes will be
assessment moderating time
on own practice / beliefs observations and and opportunities for
determined by end of
and values (reflective feedback sessions. PLG meetings with observations and reflective Term 3.
journal) reflective discussion of feedback.
Continue to support staf change over time in
Develop more efective professional practice and student Evaluation of success of
appraisal system to development programs achievement (in relation staf PD will be
enhance teaching that encourage staf to changes in practice or determined by staf
/learning learning and focus on skill progressions) and survey, appraisal books
leadership and clear with discussion linked to and reflective journal
Ensure that the communication. National Standards. with a self assessment
communication between and review.
myself and the staf is Develop, implement and
timely, reciprocal and evaluate school-level Monitor and analyse
purposeful. policies, activities and regular assessments of
practices that are writing utilising common
Engage all staf in the designed to facilitate the moderated standards
educational process and shared responsibility for with reflection on
ofer multiple ways to school development. practice and success of
have staf actively teaching/learning
involved in school Develop and implement programmes identifying
decision making and programs and activities changes in students
leadership. that encourage and learning and
increase staf achievement.
Lead National Standards responsibilities and
discussion and PD work leadership opportunities
with a focus on links to and that directly lead to
writing moderations and enhancing student
cross school common learning
standards of assessment
moderations. (link to
Professional learning
Group discussions and
sharing/recording of
school wide beliefs)
End Goal: To have a consistent clearly articulated understanding of values and beliefs that underpin our school decisions and actions in regards to
teaching and learning.(Initial focus is in writing)