Deputy Principal - Academic Performance (Andrew Healey)

REPORTING

The school year rolls in cycles with periods of increased focus and others of just being busy. The examination period is one such period of increased focus what with checking examination papers, developing a timetable and of course, the marking. This year we had invigilators looking after the examinations and I felt that this was a positive decision. There was a consistency in the operation of the examinations, which had the desired effect of making this period better for the students as they knew from their first examination what was expected from them, and what they expected from us.

With Year 11 and Year 12 data to be entered into RTP by Friday 18 June, I thought it may be prudent to highlight a few expectations as we move into another wave of increased focus – reporting. The assessment outlines in RTP need to be checked by everyone (class teacher and PC) this week. Click here to access a guideline to assist in checking that the assessment outline in RTP is clean, with a distinct focus on the column Semester. If this final bit of quality control takes place it removes errors on the student reports, particularly the senior reports. The other document is the overview of the reporting timeline and process. It includes asking your PC for clarification around students that may need a different comment entered.

I also wish to thank Adam, Sharna, Tim, Gary and Danelle for their time doing the Year 10 counselling. Plus a thank you to the Career Ed teachers for prepping well the Year 10 students, and the PCs for putting their hand up if we got swamped.

Please see below information for our staff on reporting to parents.