Tuesday 29 August 2017

The School Development Plan (SDP)

I've been on a trip to see my grandchildren who live on the east coast of Australia.  As you would understand this gave me no time for blogging.

It's useful at this point to check the introduction to the SDP in the preceding post.

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Tom created this Primary (Elementary) sample School Development Plan with some comments for Secondary (High) schools.  It was to cover development period from 2016-2018.

Some SDP elements have embedded within them School Effectiveness Criteria and the reader can see how this works in assessing the effectiveness of a school through the dynamics of the SDP.



SDP element #1
The Mission statement
Aligned SE criterion
NA
Current school documentation and situation
The Mission Statement is clearly documented and is serving the purpose as is.
Development objectives for 2016
NA 2016
Resources needed

·       people,
·       money
·       time
·       location
·       stationery
·       IT
NA 2016
Timeline to achieve the objective(s)
NA 2016
Process for achieving the objectives
NA 2016
Outcome(s) of the assessment of the attainment of the objective(s)
NA 2016




SDP element #2
The goals/aims of the school
Aligned SE criterion
NA
Current school documentation and situation
The goals/aims of the school will remain as is for 2016.
Development objectives for 2016
NA
Resources needed

·       people
·       money
·       time
·       location
·       stationery
·       IT
NA 2016
Timeline to achieve the objectives
NA 2016
Process for achieving the objectives
NA 2016
Outcome(s) of the assessment of the attainment of the objective(s)
NA 2016



SDP element #3
The school leadership organisation, inclusive of distributive leadership
Aligned SE criterion
Criterion #9:  My school gives me leadership opportunities.
Current school documentation and situation
The school policy document outlines the deployment and roles of the administrative hierarchy.  It also asserts the commitment to the application of distributive leadership.
Currently 55% of the teachers have experienced leadership opportunities.
Development objective(s) for 2016
·       Involve more teachers in positions of leadership for a refreshing of teaching and student learning techniques in reading.
·       Update the aligned school (SE) effectiveness criterion.
Resources needed

·       people
·       money
·       time
·       location
·       stationery
·       IT
·       Principal, deputy principals, teachers
·       $1,000
·       2 days in-service
·       Library
·       Computers to record the outcomes of each group
·       The reading syllabus

Timeline to achieve the objectives
By 30 September 2016
Process for achieving the objectives
·       The Principal and Deputy Principals to select by expertise and willingness 2 teachers to lead in the changes to reading strategies in the junior primary years.
·       Organise in-service groups and timetable sessions
·       Leaders to mentor group members in trialling the revised reading learning techniques prior to 30 September 2016

Outcomes of the assessment of the attainment of the objective(s)
·       Junior primary teachers to report to leaders the validity of the new teaching and learning in terms of ease of application and student results.
·       Leaders to report to the Principal and the Deputy Principals the value of the experiences they had as leaders.
·       The SE data base shows the updated conclusion on this SE criterion.


In the next post SDP element #4 will be revealed.


May the Force be with you!


GD








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