8 Cycles of School Practice

The School Professional Learning cycle enables leaders and the teaching team to embed planning routines, complete professional learning and implement what they learn into their practice. It ensures the entire team is actively engaged in professional learning and continually develops their professional practice.

The Individual Professional Learning Plan is a custom professional learning plans for Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Instruction Coaches, and Principal/Members in Leadership roles.

The Classroom Coaching cycle enables team members to embed routines for continuous improvement in their effective teaching techniques through coaching. It ensures the leaders observe the teaching and continually demonstrate, model and provide feedback on effective teaching.

The Techniques Observation Form is used by Instruction Coaches to assesses fidelity and mastery of instruction during the observations of the Teachers/Teaching assistants.

The Student Engagement Observation Form enables Principals and/or the Site Administrators to use to assess if the Teachers and Teaching Assistants have the required student engagement during a five-minute observation.

The Student Support Plan is a template for student reports, determining performance and readiness, and identifying documents and additional support to be provided. Prepared by Community/Instruction Coaches.

The Classroom Observation Self-Assessment is a form for Teachers and Instruction Coaches, to be filled over ten consecutive school days.

The Classroom Ecology Checklist contains a set of questions to help ascertain the ecological factors of a classroom and to plan for improvement.

The Compiling School and Classroom Data Checklist is a checklist for Teachers and Teaching Assistants to record their usage of weekly school and classroom data documents.

The Weekly Data Review Report is a weekly data review tool to be used by different school team members at the stages of Implement, Transition, and Sustain respectively.

The Data Conversation Form is a form for Teachers and Instruction Coaches to assess and address student group concerns.

The SPT Operating Manual outlines how to use the Student Progress Tool effectively.

The School-wide Expectations Poster describes the behaviour and skills expected across school settings. The poster defines behaviours so that they are observable, measurable, positively stated, understandable and always applicable

The Data Conversation Form is a form for Teachers and Instruction Coaches to assess and address student group concerns.

The Weekly Student Performance Data Checklist is a checklist for Teachers and Teaching Assistants to record their usage of weekly student performance data documents.

The Guide to Creating a Classroom Data Wall provides guidelines on how to create a classroom data wall, and what data to include.

The Placement Testing Kit is designed for School Leaders and Teachers to deliver placement tests to students in all literacy and numeracy programs from Years F–5.

Grouping Students After Placement Tests is a lesson for Teachers on how to group students for instruction, based on placement test results, guiding principles, and number of available teachers.

The Self-Assessment Form enables Teachers and Instruction Coaches, to conduct self-assessments based on professional conversations over ten consecutive school days.

Download the Community School Improvement Partnership Code of Conduct form.

The School Improvement Implementation Guide details how a school improvement partnership helps schools achieve school improvement by embedding sustainable school-wide effective teaching practices that lift teaching and increase student learning.

The School Improvement Plan Template enables school teams to record holistic school improvement with fidelity.

The School Improvement Presentation details the implementation of school improvement practices, positive high expectation culture, and program delivery and outcomes.

The Weekly School Improvement Review Report is used by the School Leadership to assess the impact their leadership is having on the team’s school improvement journey, and to set further improvement actions.

The School Transformation Implementation Guide is a comprehensive guide on School Transformation Implementation, with a breakdown of the three stages of implementation support provided by Good to Great Schools Australia.

The Community Implementation  Guide assists schools to implement the High 5 program which is a crucial tool in supporting schools towards effective practices while working with parents and communities to support students.

The School and Family Compact Template is a table of model values and behaviours for students, families, and the school team.

The Having Influencing Conversations with Parents Guide assists the school team to successfully engage with parents, outlining how the leadership and teaching team works with parents to improve the support they provide to their child, so they succeed in their education.

The Primary School Readiness Checklist is to be completed at the beginning of Term 4 each year for students enrolling in primary school to give an overview of their readiness for school and identify areas they need additional practice or support in