School Plan to Strengthen Learning
•Collect Information •Analyse Information •Set goals and plan for learning •Implement plans •Review Progress
2008-9 Learning Goal
Students will communicate their awareness of themselves and their place in the world through the fine arts.
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What will our students learn to do?
1: Students will demonstrate their learning through visual art, dance, drama or music as well as through conventional academic assignments.
2: Students will set criteria and assess their own work using assessment for learning strategies.
3: Students will develop oral language skills by using A-B partner discussions to retell,
question and synthesize information.
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Assessment tools and processes:
1: Student journals
2: Student led conferences
3: Teacher observation of student progress in relation to oral language learning outcomes.
4: Report Cards
The Challenge :
Will integrating fine arts activities into daily classroom routines and using assessment for learning strategies improve students ability to describe their own learning and use oral language to re-tell, interpret,
analyse and share information?
Implementation Plan:
All students will participate fine arts activities integrated into the academic subject areas.
Teachers will use assessment for learning strategies to clarify learning intentions, set criteria, and allow students to assess their own work.
Each student will complete a Reflection Journal that will demonstrate understanding of learning outcomes and criteria, as well as a realistic self assessment of their own progress toward meeting the learning outcomes.
Plans for staff development and collaborative work - changing the way we teach :
Teachers will have scheduled planning sessions to discuss the rsearch,
select strategies to try in their classrooms, review their progress and set goals for further work.
Teacher professional learning will be guided by work by Ruth Sutton.
Plans for Community Involvement and Information sharing:
- Student journals sent home for parent comments
- School newsletters & notes in student agenda books
- Sharing of student work in community newsletters and at community events
- Inviting local artists to present their work to students
-Christmas concerts
- Student participation at community tea
- Invite community members to visit wild plant habitat
Monitoring Dates:
-September plans and first review with SPC/PAC
- Weekly student journal reviews
- November/March student led conferences
- November/January/March staff planning meetings
- March student let conferences
- November/March/June report cards
- May planning day