St Agnes' Primary Learning Collaborative - a Journey for ALL staff

We reviewed the last staff meeting that covered Learning Walks and Talks - looking for the 3rd teacher in each other's rooms. We started our meeting then with data - exploring the new analytics site and in particular the use of Hattie's effect size to determine how our school was scoring using NAPLAN Data. Interestingly, we were in the negative in each learning space - Numeracy, Language Conventions, Writing and Reading. Our Learning Intention was stated. We are learning to understand a leadership learning walk and talk so that we can continue to develop assessment-capable learners in our classrooms As a team presenting out success was based on whether participants could: - understand the purpose of a learning walk and talk - recognise the links to the assessment waterfall chart - identify what learning walks and talks are and what they are not There are two ways of authentically monitoring student progress and teacher collective capacity-building. 1. : Developing and maintain ...

       E very Friday we share 'Faces Friday' by email... Celebrating (student name) 5S (class) Instructional strategies: M and his teacher, G, have been working on improving his vocabulary use. He received explicit instruction on how to highlight words within his own writing and was then encouraged to think of another word to replace it that is more sophisticated (see work sample below). If needed, M can use a thesaurus to help him. M now independently uses this strategy to improve his work and ensures he is applying Tier-3 words. M's learning partners who sit beside him have also started to adopt this strategy. It's a great way of celebrating and sharing what's working. It also prompts teachers to go and watch each other. We value both growth and achievement of the student and the team of teachers that support them. 11/20/22 2 Photos - View album 