Sunday, May 1, 2011

Staff Meeting Week One

Stoke School Staff Meeting Agenda
Tuesday 3rd of May
2011

Location: Room 4 (ICT Sharing)

Notes of Interest:

Agenda:

Admin Quick stuff:
• PB4L Survey- Kiri update
• Staff Meetings Term Outline
• Timetables-Sarah
• Cross Country training-Craig
• Board of Students
• Term Outline


Discussion:

• School Production
• Inquiry Skills

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Week 7

Stoke School Staff Meeting Agenda
Tuesday 15h of March
2011

Location: Room 10 (ICT Sharing)

Notes of Interest:

Agenda:

Admin Quick stuff:
• Next week Staff Meeting in Room 9 facilitated by Andrew around ICT troubleshooting the ipads, cameras etc

Discussion:
• SCHOOL TARGET:
SO, SO WHAT, SO WHAT NOW!
We have decided that writing is a development need across the school.
Why do we think it is a need?
Our OTJ judgments using the National Standards indicated:

As Percentages for Writing End of Year:
Yr 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Total Total at or Above
Above 14% 17% 6% 15% 3% 17% 11% 51%
At 21% 48% 50% 42% 38% 40% 40%
Below 55% 31% 32% 38% 49% 26% 40% Total Below and well Below
Well Below 10% 3% 12% 4% 10% 17% 9% 49%
Total

Summary:
Fifty one percent of our students are at or above the National Standard in Writing. Forty nine percent of our students are below and well below.

Concerns: 49% of all of our students are below or well below the National Standard in writing.

Drilling down across the school: The graphs below on the left demonstrate gender results and the graphs below on the right demonstrate ethnicity.











Analysis of the above graphs shows that 60% of all boys are below or well below the national standard in writing. 35% of girls are below or well below the national standard in writing.
In ethnicity 57% of Maori students are below or well below the national standard in writing. 43% of NZ Europeans are below or well below the national standard in writing.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
Some things we have already started, bring along ideas to add to an action plan to develop writing at Stoke School for everyone and in particular for boys and Maori students.

Actions to be put in place to support the development of writing:
• Continued staff development with Joy Allcock and Deb Grover around Switched on to Spelling.
• Purchase the next stage of resources to support the implementation of Switched on to spelling.
• Gain consistency across the school around the Writing Process.
• All students books will display “WALTS”, in their books.
• Share exemplars with the students and get the students to articulate what their next steps are.
• Ensure the students are at the parent teacher conference to hear what their next steps and goals are for the year.
• Share the school writing process with parents.
• Differentiate the writing process for different levels at appropriate stages to keep pace with the National Standards.
• Staff Development around the MOE resource “learning through talk”, building on from previous years work. Direct correlations are made between the ability to share ideas verbally and the ability to share ideas in writing.
• Staff will meet every term to moderate narrative samples and we will investigate the opportunities of moderating across our cluster.
• Celebrate success by sharing writing within the class, at Assembly, sending home as learning stories.
• Each term award the Liz Shaw Memorial Literacy Award for excellence in writing.



ACTION PLAN: STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT TARGETS 2011
Strategic Aim: All students are able to access The New Zealand Curriculum as evidenced by achievement in relation to the National Standards. Target Area
Literacy- Writing
Annual Aim: To raise the rate of progress for all students deemed at risk of not achieving at the level of the National Standard for Writing. Students Group

Gender Boys

Ethnicity Maori

Student Year 1-6




Annual Target: The identified Male, Maori students in every class will be working “At the National Standard” in Writing.
Baseline Data: Analysis of school-wide data in December 2010 identified concerns across the school in Writing. Analysis of the school-wide data shows 60% of all boys are below or well below the National Standard in writing. In contrast 35% of girls are below or well below the national standard in writing. In ethnicity 57% of Maori students are below or well below the national standard in writing. In contrast 43% of NZ Europeans are below or well below the national standard in writing.

ACTION PLAN
What will be done When by Who is responsible? Resources allocated
Use the data obtained from the Nat Stds testing in 2010 to identify 2 students achieving below the national standard from each class as Targets. Jan 2011 Sarah Davies
Use the data obtained from the Nat Stds testing in 2010 to identify 1 student achieving “At the Standard” from each class to monitor baseline progress. Jan 2011 Sarah Davies
The Targeted students will complete a writing sample to inform current teacher of next steps in line with the Literacy progressions. Term 1 Class Teachers
Sarah Davies
Staff Meeting time to familiarize with sample, interpreting data and identifying areas for support
Continued staff development with Joy Allcock and Deb Grover around Switched on to Spelling.
Term 2 Class Teachers
Sarah Davies
Deb Grover
Joy Allcock Staff meeting time, possibly Teacher release days for training. PD Budget
All identified students will have specific goals and action plans/objectives to develop teaching programmes. Term 1 Class Teachers
Sarah Davies
Deb Grover Term 1 Reporting to parents template.
Develop a School-wide Writing Process. Differentiated at different levels and appropriate stages to keep pace with the National Standards. Term 1 Sarah Davies
Craig Logan
All Staff
Staff Meeting time to share junior process. Develop whole school process.
Share the school writing process with parents. Discuss ways to help your child to support progress. Term 2 Sarah Davies
Class Teachers Parent Information Night
All classes will have ability based writing programmes. Term 1 Class Teachers Staff Meeting to look at set up.
All students’ books will display “WALTS”, in their books. All Year Class Teachers Syndicate Meeting time for set up and review
Ensure the students are at the parent teacher conference to own what their next steps and goals are for the year. Term 1 Class Teachers, parents Advertising in newsletter.
Share exemplars with the students and get the students to articulate what their next steps are. All Year Class Teachers MOE generated examplars
Staff will meet every month to discuss progress of target students and every term to moderate narrative samples. We will investigate the opportunities of moderating across our cluster.
All Year Syndicate Leaders
Class Teachers Meeting time, Cluster opportunities.
Brainstorm with boys, maori students and staff on meaningful contexts for writing topics. All Year Class Teachers Class time
All staff will complete professional development on the Literacy Learning Progressions and National Standards Term 2 Sarah Davies, Deb Grover Staff Meeting time
PD Budget
Staff Development around the MOE resource “learning through talk”, building on from previous years work. Direct correlations are made between the ability to share ideas verbally and the ability to share ideas in writing. Term 3 Sarah Davies
Karena Shannon Meeting time
Purchase the next stage of resources to support the implementation of Switched on to Spelling. Term 1 Sarah Davies Resource Budget $3000
Celebrate success by sharing writing within the class, at Assembly, sending home as learning stories. All Year Class Teachers Class time
Each term award the Liz Shaw Memorial Literacy Award for excellence in writing. Each Term Pete Mitchener
Syndicate Leaders Photo, Certificate
Complete formative assessments to measure progress and report to parents and BOT End of Term 2 Sarah Davies
Class Teachers Standardized measurement tools
Complete summative assessments to measure outcomes and report to parents and BOT to plan for the following year. Nov 2011 Sarah Davies
Class Teachers Standardized measurement tools
Continue meeting with the Maori parent group to develop annual goals. All year Pete Mitchener
Dean Goad
Steve Whiti Maori Budget
Continue to develop the goals from the consultation, i.e Kapa Haka for all, pronunciation lessons for staff. All year Pete Mitchener
Dean Goad Maori budget
Develop programmes around Ka Hikitia to ensure we are developing and celebrating the whole person. All year All staff Staffing for music tuition
Applications to funding agencies to pay for sport fees
Teachers to share ideas within our school and cluster on best practice for teaching our Male and Maori students.
Professional Reading. All year Pete Mitchener
Dean Goad Staff Meeting Time
Interim data
Final data
Recommendations







Outcomes:

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Week 5

Stoke School Staff Meeting Agenda
Tuesday 8th of March
2011

Location: Room 6 (ICT Sharing?)

Notes of Interest:

• Parent/Teacher/Student Interviews: Thank you for all the preparation, blood, sweat and tears that goes into these interviews, we will debrief at our meeting.
• National Standards Presentation, thank you for your attendance and thank you for the positive feedback, please remember we want this to work for us. For Stoke School it is all about ensuring transparency of reporting to ensure parents and students receive a realistic picture of where they are at. I know there is work to be done on moderation across our school, community and country but we are making great progress and we are doing great..
• Tony Ryan: Thank you to those who could make it to Tony Ryan, I hope you got something from it; often it is just the time to sit and reflect that is the most valuable.

Agenda:

Admin Quick stuff:
• Next week in Room 10, Targeted Students, Action plan, Debs results.

Discussion:
• Interviews- PMI, (I loved going around and seeing the conversations happening directed at the children, I think we need to move to 12 minute interviews with 15 minute slots).
• End of term Topic/Unit-
Proposal 1: From now until the end of term teach a unit that you love or a need you have identified or something of interest or topical. Teach it for 5 weeks and then have a school sharing in week 11, choose a way to present, it could be in a slideshow showing the process it could be students retelling, pieces of work??? (Remember both syndicates have been asked for pieces of work for the newsletter). Then in Term 2 we look at a Healthy type unit to tie in with Life education and we do that until Dinosaurs/Production that can start whenever.
Proposal 2: ??
• Appraisal Interviews: I have purposefully held of mentioning the appraisal cycle as we have been extremely busy. But on Tuesday the 15th of March Jac will release each teacher to have a 30 minute conference with myself to discuss the year’s appraisal process and to set development goals. If we are still swimming your swimming times would be ideal? I will hand out your job descriptions including management units for you to look over before the meeting
• Resource Room: What’s the plan Stan? I would like to propose we use parent power (Leanne Crighton is keen)to get resources over to the resource room and then early in Term 2 we have curriculum team meetings to look at resources (obviously we will have to stagger this as we can’t all fit in the shelves at once).
• Coding We’re Stoked:
Tony Ryan talked to Kimberley, Sarah and me about how to embed our vision into our school practice while at the same time establishing a culture of reflecting. He talked about coding, which is similar to developing a matrix but a little less intense.
If we take our words from We’re Stoked and develop a code from 1-4 for what each word would look/feel like in our class:
Whanau:
In our class we
1. Can at times show how to work cooperatively with the explicit direction of the teacher.
2. Can listen to others ideas, share our own ideas and care for group members with the direction of the teacher.
3. Work positively in groups, listening to others and sharing ideas without being interrupted and without the direction of the teacher.
4. Work together as a whole group, caring for one another and respecting everyone’s ideas to collaboratively produce successful outcomes for all participants without teacher direction.

Excellence:
In our class we:
1. Can share one example a day of when I tried my best.
2. Can share and can listen to others examples of trying their best and give a compliment as feedback.
3. Can identify excellence in our friends work and my own and can pass on praise.
4. Often share examples of excellence and we feel proud of ourselves and our friends when we share examples of excellence.

Respect:
In our class we:
1. Discuss what respect is and most people show respect for themselves, others and things.
2. Can share one example of respecting our property, people and/or myself everyday.
3. We look after ourselves, our classmates, our property and we care for everyone most of the time.
4. Look after ourselves, our classmates, our property and we care for everyone and everything.

Energy
In our class we:
1. Can name an exciting thing we have done this year.
2. Have one really exciting time each week.
3. Like being at school because we like learning in an exciting way.
4. Can’t wait to come to school because everyday is fun and creative.

Map your class out on this simple Target graph.
Axis 1: Whanau
Axis 2: Excellence
Axis 3: Respect
Axis 4: Energy


What does it tell us?
Could this be used in our classes?
These codes were written by me without a lot of time, as a syndicate would it be beneficial to brainstorm the whole lot?
What if your class came up with them?
What would your 4 codes be for Seeking?

• Production: We need to start identifying who we think could carry a main part, by that they have to retain a fair amount of lines, speak clearly and act (singing voice is a bonus as some have solos). Kelly has volunteered to look at dance choreography and Kirstin has volunteered to start a choir but they if any of us want to that please say so as don’t want anyone to feel left out.
• Rest of term staff meetings:
• Walkthrough review from Craig, Kimberley and Pete (Elective ideas)


Outcomes:

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

THANK YOU

Thank you for all attending the National Standard night. Even though it was a small turnout I think the quality of discussion was great.

Next Monday is "Interviews" and as mentioned keeping to the time frame is going to be really important and as the current class teacher you will need to be prepared with an action plan to develop goals.

Huge apologies for the MUSAC system but also a huge Thank You to Sarah, not every school has a Sarah to bail us out and I don't see how some schools on MUSAC survive.

There will not be a formal staff meeting the following day because you could well be shattered but we will have an admin type catch up with what's on.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Week 5

Morning everyone and what a big week we have. Today is all go with Tony Ryan at school and then National Standards at 7pm.

Late lunch, bell rings 12:40pm, down to hall, 2 minute silence at 12:51 on Tuesday. Finish lunch at 2:00pm

Swimming sports on Wed.

Thursday League starts for senior classes.

Walkthrough @ Nayland Craig, reliever Kirst , Kimberley reliever ? and Pete

Terry has patched outlets 65 & 70 (in the resource room) as requested and left network cables in the appropriate outlets for you to use the network while working on release.


Reports, teachers are to add key competencies of where they are at, if you are not sure yet use last years. Add any new reading age data etc and then print off your class set. To print, print entire filter, print with frames, see Sarah any trouble let us know. If you want Sarah to print off your class set then tell her before Thursday morning.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Monday, February 21, 2011

Junior Swimming Display

Junior School Swimming Display


Date 2/3/11
Start Time 1:35pm
Finish Time 2:50pm

Order of class presentation;
(5 minute gap between each class presentation for change over if required)

Room 6 1:35-1:50
Room 1 1:55-2:10
Room 5 2:15-2:30
Room 3 2:35-2:50

Each class will have a 15 minute slot to display what they have learnt and the wonderful progress they have made to their whanau.

This is a House event and points will be given to all students who participate. It is then up to teachers to be able to hand out up to 6 ‘lots’ of bonus House points valued at 5 points each to students in their class for showing fantastic sportsperson ship and respect to the other classes doing there display. Please collate and forward the names and points to me after the event so I can work out an overall winner across the school.

THINGS TO BE ARRANGED:
• Could one of the Junior Syndicate please arrange with Pete to have the portable sound system available? This will mean that ALL attending can hear. Thank you.
• Please let Craig know what swimming equipment you require for this
• Seating for parents; as the senior school are back in their classes you will need to arrange this from your own classes or the Hall.
• If you would like a couple of seniors to take pictures OR you would rather do it yourselves, again let me know.

If you have any questions please ask!

Craig