Deputy Principal (Andrew Healey)

Year 12 Results

General courses have finished so all data should be entered and grades finalised. Final grades have to be entered by Friday 13 October; this includes Year 12 ATAR courses. For ATAR courses there is the need to complete SGM collaboration prior to finalising the grades.

Visible Learning

Over the next few weeks, we will be looking back at Visible Learning. At any point teachers can easily Google Visible Learning and a multitude of websites are there to gain information from. Whatever resource is accessed, Hatties research indicates that Visible Learning has the biggest impact on student achievement. Linking this to the Teaching for Impact we can see the importance of this is everyday lessons.

Cathy and Michelle, having taught ATAR Psychology, are very familiar with a guy called Bandura. Bandura explored ‘efficacy’ and expanded his studies into ‘collective efficacy’: “a group’s shared belief in the conjoint capabilities to organise and execute the courses of action required to produce given levels of attainment.” Simply put, the more teachers in a learning area act as a team with a sound approach to improve student outcomes will see that happen in their classes. Linking this to classroom (peer) observations the better this approach becomes.

To improve teaching practice within a school, there needs to be a shared understanding of what constitutes highly effective practice.