Literacy and Numeracy 6-18 Month Strategy
Assessment
and Analysis
Key messages
What does it mean?
Focus on Teaching and Learning
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The establishment of a school-wide assessment and analysis
schedule is essential for informing the teaching and learning
program.
Appropriate resources, including staff, are needed to implement
the assessments.
The school leadership team has a strong role in analysing key
whole-school data to inform learning and teaching.
Make links between student learning data and teaching programs
explicit.
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Literacy and Numeracy 6-18 Month Strategy
Assessment
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Key messages
Purposeful Teaching
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Learning and teaching plans are differentiated based on student
learning data.
Students achieving well-above or -below expected levels are
known by name and have appropriate assessments to determine
needs, including interventions.
The Key Characteristics for Effective Literacy and Numeracy
Teaching P-6 and 7-10 provide support for teachers in assessing,
planning and instruction.
Literacy and Numeracy 6-18 Month Strategy
Whole-school
Planning
Key messages
What does it mean?
Accountability
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School accountability measures require a literacy and numeracy
focus.
All accountability measures are completed in a timely manner in
order to support implementation of new literacy and numeracy
initiatives.
Accountability documents, such as the Annual Implementation
Plan, can be used to monitor progress and to define success.
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Literacy and Numeracy 6-18 Month Strategy
Whole-school
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Shared Vision and Goals
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A school-wide focus on literacy and numeracy improvement is
essential.
The Literacy and Numeracy Statement sets out Victoria’s shared
vision and goals.
All teachers are teachers of literacy and numeracy.
Literacy and Numeracy 6-18 Month Strategy
Whole-school
Planning
Key messages
What does it mean?
High Expectations of all learners
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All students requiring additional support are identified by name
and have individual plans for learning developed in partnership
with families.
Whole-school intervention plans are developed and reviewed
each year to reflect changing needs and expectations of
students.
The relationships between the differentiated classroom program
and student interventions are clear to all involved.
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Literacy and Numeracy 6-18 Month Strategy
Whole-school
Planning
Key messages
Professional Leadership
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Professional learning needs to be based on student learning
needs, as identified in student learning data, and the goals of the
Annual Implementation Plan.
Programs should be focused on building teacher knowledge of
and capacity in assessment, analysis, planning and pedagogy.
Opportunities for sharing of knowledge and building common
understanding should be evident in the school meeting cycle.
Literacy and Numeracy 6-18 Month Strategy
Whole-school
Planning
Key messages
What does it mean?
Learning Communities
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Partnerships with parents and families are essential in literacy
and numeracy education.
Provide time for teachers to meet with parents to discuss their
child’s literacy and numeracy strengths and needs.
A literacy and numeracy communication strategy will support the
sharing of regular and focused information to support literacy and
numeracy education.
Utilise DEECD resources to support transition into schools.
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Literacy and Numeracy 6-18 Month Strategy
Whole-school
Planning
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Stimulating and Secure Learning Environment
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Safe and engaging learning environments need to be planned for
and resourced.
The whole-school assessment and analysis schedule needs to be
planned for and resourced.
In primary schools, the two-hour literacy block and the one-hour
numeracy block are effective strategies to manage school
timetables.