School plan 2015 – 2017
Tibooburra Outback Public School 3211
Quality learning and high
expectations
Quality teaching and
professional learning
Building a strong
educational community
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School background 2015 - 2017
School vision statement
School context
School planning process
Tibooburra Outback Public School will provide an
educational community where every student will be able
to become an effective 21st century citizen. We value
every child’s learning journey and ensure we provide
them with a variety of learning experiences where they
can collaborate within our educational community.
Tibooburra Outback Public School is situated 345km
north of Broken Hill in the Corner Country. We are part
of the Far West Network of schools. Our Family
Occupation and Education Index (FOEI) for 2014 was
117 which is higher than the average of 100 and
reflects the school’s socio-economic status. We are a
small isolated rural school with 10 students
Kindergarten to Year 6. Our students have strong
partnerships with the local community and neighbouring
schools. We have an active Parents and Citizens
Association (P and C) and many other links to the
Tibooburra community. We also regularly work with
White Cliffs and Wanaaring Public Schools. As a result
of recent restructuring we no longer provide School of
the Air lessons however we have retained all the
infrastructure.
Parents and Community;
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families within the school as well as local families
participating in School of the Air and local
community members were invited fill out an online
survey through Survey Monkey in term 3 2014.
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The principal spoke individually to all community
representatives on the P and C who were unable
to attend this meeting to discuss with them the
strategic directions and improvement measures
and their feedback was also added to the boards.
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These results were added to boards to be
discussed at a planning meeting on Wednesday
15th October 2014.
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During the meeting the schools vision and
strategic directions were collaboratively written.
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At the planning meeting on Wednesday 1st April
2015 the strategic directions including the
purpose, people, processes and products were
viewed, modified and changed.
Staff;
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Added to the idea boards and were part of the
planning meeting.
The Principal also met and collaboratively planned
with the Principals from White Cliffs and
Wanaaring Public Schools
Students;
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Added to the idea boards.
As a result of this consultation the following plan was
developed.
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School strategic directions 2015 - 2017
STRATEGIC
DIRECTION 1
STRATEGIC
DIRECTION 2
Quality learning and
high expectations.
Quality teaching and
professional learning.
Purpose:
Will improve student learning through actively
engaging them in deep learning across the
curriculum, delivering effective 21st century
learners and citizens.
Purpose:
Will provide a high standard of education that
inspires every student and teacher to progress
along their own learning journey and achieve
their full potential.
STRATEGIC
DIRECTION 3
Building a strong
educational
community.
Purpose:
Will build a strong, educational community
through positive partnerships, built on a culture
of collaboration, engaged communication and
planning.
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Strategic Direction 1: Quality learning and high expectations.
Purpose
People
Processes
Products and Practices
Will improve student learning through
actively engaging them in deep learning
across the curriculum, delivering effective
21st century learners and citizens.
How do we develop the capabilities of
our people to bring about
transformation?
How do we do it and how will we
know?
What is achieved and how do we
measure?
Students: will develop a greater
understanding of the process of setting
and achieving their own learning goals.
Staff: will develop their understanding of
the need for individual programs and their
capacity to analyse data and use this to
implement Personalised Learning and
Support Plans.
Improvement Measures
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All students achieving their
negotiated learning goals.
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Students display a confidence
and understanding of the
literacy and numeracy
continuums to accurately
identify where they are
currently and demonstrate how
they can progress.
Students: will be involved in explicit
teaching of the continuums and use ‘I
Can’ language and rubrics to discuss
where they can move to next.
Will effectively interact with like peer
groups and demonstrate team work and
effective social skills while enhancing
other key learning skills.
Staff: Will explicitly teach students so
they are able to lead their personalised
learning and support plan meetings.
Parents: are actively engaged in their
child’s learning with a shared
understanding of the literacy and
numeracy continuums.
Professional Development: A clearly
defined professional learning program
will be implemented for all staff to
support their understanding of
consistent teacher judgement
Organisation and System
Innovation: Sentral will be effectively
implemented across the school,
ensuring that all student data is kept in
the one place and easily monitored.
Product – Students display a confidence
and understanding of the Literacy and
Numeracy continuums to accurately
identify where they are currently and
demonstrate how they can progress.
Product- Detailed record keeping across
all areas is maintained with consistent
teacher judgement being monitored.
What are our newly embedded practices
and how are they integrated and in sync
with our purpose?
Practice – A culture exists within the
school of assessment data and
personalised goal setting to drive learning
experiences.
Practice – School has active partnerships
to collaboratively maintain continuity of
learning for all students.
Evaluation Plan: The implementation
and success of the plan will be
monitored and evaluated through the
ongoing milestone process and
evaluating school based data and
programs.
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Strategic Direction 2: Quality teaching and professional development.
Purpose
People
Processes
Products and Practices
Will provide a high standard of education
that inspires every student and teacher to
progress along their own learning journey
and achieve their full potential.
How do we develop the capabilities of
our people to bring about
transformation?
How do we do it and how will we
know?
What is achieved and how do we
measure?
Staff: Staff learning is differentiated
and negotiated through their
Professional Development Framework.
Staff: capable of setting own learning
goals, demonstrating a sound
understanding of the Professional
Standards for Teachers and Principals.
The differentiated professional learning
will take place in;
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Students: capable of engaging and
setting their own learning goals.
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Improvement Measures
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Staff professional learning plans
reflect ongoing growth against
the Australian Professional
Standards for Teachers and
Principals
L3
Literacy and Numeracy
Continuums
Performance and
Development Framework
Australian Professional
Standards for Teachers and
Principals
Evaluation Plan: The implementation
and success of the plan will be
monitored and evaluated through the
ongoing milestone process and
evaluating staffs professional goals.
Staff will develop professional
learning goals by analysis of
student, staff and school
priorities
Product: Staff will develop professional
learning goals by analysis of student, staff
and school priorities.
What are our newly embedded practices
and how are they integrated and in sync
with our purpose?
Practice: Language, Learning and Literacy
(L3) practice is embedded in programming,
lesson delivery and assessment.
Practice: Staff professional learning plans
reflect ongoing growth against the
Australian Professional Standards for
Teachers and Principals.
Practice: all staff implement evidencebased research to improve their
performance and development.
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Strategic Direction 3: Building a strong educational community.
Purpose
People
Processes
Products and Practices
Will build a strong, educational
community through positive partnerships,
built on a culture of collaboration,
engaged communication and planning.
How do we develop the capabilities of
our people to bring about
transformation?
How do we do it and how will we
know?
What is achieved and how do we
measure?
Students: will develop their knowledge
and understanding of appropriate social
skills and how to effectively collaborate
with a variety of stakeholders through
planned, explicit social skill lessons.
Product: Every student develops
resilience, self- worth and confidence to
effectively transition into Year 7, evidenced
by student and family satisfaction surveys.
Students: will effectively engage in the
educational community by developing the
necessary skills to achieve in this
collaborative environment.
Staff: actively seek connections with the
wider educational community to enhance
the learning needs of the students. They
will support students to become active
participants in this collaboration.
Improvement Measures
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Every student successfully
transitions into Year 7, evidenced by
student and family satisfaction
surveys
Will participate in surveys to discuss
how they have transitioned into Year 7.
Staff: will develop strong partnerships
with feeder schools to maintain a
smooth transition for all students into
Year 7. They will create social stories
for students. This process will start in
Year 5.
Community: effective partnerships with
the school to increase learning
opportunities and support for all students.
What are our newly embedded practices
and how are they integrated and in sync
with our purpose?
Practice: High levels of student, staff and
community engagement collectively taking
responsibility for student learning and
success.
Parents and Caregivers: will
participate in surveys to discuss how
their child has transitioned into year 7.
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Small Schools Community: will
actively collaborating across schools to
develop shared learning opportunities
for students.
Evaluation Plan: The implementation
and success of the plan will be
monitored and evaluated through the
ongoing milestone process and
evaluating survey data.
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