Sunnybrae Normal School

Sunnybrae Normal Primary School

Professional Development Overview 2007

Our Strategic Plan goals for 2007 guide the decisions that we make about Professional Development. Some of these goals are on-going and continuous and they relate to our school targets.

Our main focus for PD will be our on-going involvement in the ICT PD contract:

 Ensuring effective curriculum integration with an emphasis on using ICT as a tool to enhance learning for students and teachers. This will be achieved through our participation in the ICT PD contract staff meetings, workshops, sessions with Fiona Grant, and attending the relevant conferences e.g. ULearn conference.

We will consolidate and build on our previous learning while focusing on: -

 Trialling the new draft curriculum and developing our own school based curriculum, including a school inquiry learning model.

 Developing a deeper understanding of our commitment to being an EnviroSschool and integrating this into our teaching and learning programmes.

 Further development of a shared understanding of good teaching and learning practice and the needs of a student learning at Sunnybrae.

 Utilising student achievement and self review data effectively to inform teaching and learning programmes; this will include following up on ERO’s recommendations.

 Utilising the Student Management System more effectively to record and collate data to analyse for individual, class, syndicate and school-wide reporting purposes.

 Embedding assessment for learning practices – on-going work on the effective use of formative assessment, extending the use of learning intentions and success criteria further. Use of exemplars and other recommended assessment tools.

 Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) – further developing teacher’s understanding of how to cater for gifted and talented students successfully in the regular classroom programme – refer to GATE Statement of Intent.

 Consolidation of the numeracy project work, ensuring that our Maths programmes are based on this model and linking the other strands effectively.

 Building our knowledge and using successful ESOL strategies and assessments in regular class programmes.

 Building on our understanding and utilisation of the Cool Schools peer mediation programme.

 On-going commitment to and involvement in the Well-Being in Schools Contract, including the Road Sense contract. Sunnybrae Normal Primary School

What will our Ministry of Education targets be?

Literacy and Numeracy targets will be selected in consultation with teaching staff at the beginning of the year.

Staff and syndicate meetings to be scheduled during 2007 as identified by Senior Management and Curriculum Leaders at the end of 2006: -

 ICT PD contract – regular staff/syndicate meetings; cluster share sessions at each school involved; ULearn Conference in September.

 Evidence-based practice – use of SMS, teacher only day session; syndicate focus to be led by team leaders.

 New Curriculum – development of a school-based curriculum, including an inquiry learning model. (Teacher only day session and follow-up staff, syndicate and curriculum team meetings).

 Enviroschools – create a vision map. Teacher only day session with Kate, staff meetings.

 GATE – work with Elaine Le Sueur – 2 sessions each term.

 ESOL – teaching strategies and assessment – on-going maintenance at syndicate level.

 Numeracy – one staff meeting - use of the other strands, implications of new curriculum.

 Health – Road Sense contract; Well-Being in Schools Contract – silver award.

 Phys-Ed – staff meetings/workshops related to gymnastics, tennis, netball, miniball and toolkit ideas that promote regular physical activity.

 Visual Art – staff meeting related to the use of clay.

 Follow-up re 2006 review recommendations and ERO’s areas for improvement – staff, senior management, curriculum team and syndicate meetings as appropriate.

Sunnybrae Normal Primary School

 Programme for our Teacher Only Days – February 2007

Induction day for new staff to be held on Wed 31 Jan: - Glenda Pretorius to work with Cathy O’Hanlon and Margaret Sneddon.

Day 1 - Thursday 1 February – to start at 9.00am in the staffroom.

 Learning at Sunnybrae … facilitated by Jennie

Development of a school-based Inquiry Learning Model and a visual representation of the Sunnybrae learner.

10:30am Morning tea (provided)

 Group fun activity … Cathy, Margaret, Stephen and Anne

Based around the Wonders theme and use of ICT resources - lunch will be provided during this session which will conclude at 3.30pm.

Day 2 - Friday 2 February – to start at 8.30 am in the staffroom – please bring your Curriculum Delivery folder, Organisation folder and your laptop.

Our goal for the day is for each teacher to fully understand their role in delivering the curriculum and be committed to our key goals for the year.

 Welcome back – special welcome to our new staff member – Glenda Pretorius.

 Annual Plan 2007 … Jennie

1. How we will deliver the curriculum document – key goals 2. General Organisation Memo 3. Health and Safety booklet

 Student Management System (SMS) … Cathy A practical session to look at how will we utilise this system to record and collate assessment data and write reports in 2007.

10:30am Morning tea (provided)

11:00am Enviroschools goals … Kate

12:00pm Website update … Stephen

12:45pm Lunch break

1:30pm Syndicate meeting/planning time – our goal here is for teachers to participate collaboratively in planning the syndicate’s term/year’s work, clearly understanding their role as a syndicate team member.

Team leaders will ensure that Curriculum Responsibilities have been allocated for the year to ensure representation across all areas from their teams; Timetabling and Sunnybrae Normal Primary School rosters for duty etc. are finalised; check that all teachers are aware of Resource box contents.