From the Principal
Bonjour à tous.
You will have no doubt noticed the new bus embayment. There is still some work to go with line marking and landscaping. However, the quest to have the best environment for students continues. Later this week Perkins will begin preparing to start the refurb/building program.
Our quest to keep improving not only the physical environment but the learning environment goes on. Our Public School Review (PSR) report held many commendations but it also held some recommendations. Over the coming weeks, the leadership team will be unpacking those both as a team and then with the whole staff. This fits nicely in our self-assessment cycle. Term 4 is the time to review and plan for the future.
Staffing
Education has not been immune to the staffing shortages affecting WA and Australia. There are all kinds of staffing processes going on as we prepare nice and early for staffing the 2022 timetable. This includes the new initiatives, like the Career Practitioner and the Follow The Dream Coordinator as well as our response to the recommendations in the PSR report and filling the positions of staff movements. There are a number of EOI’s we would like to announce for 2022. A JDF of each position will become available as we run each EOI.
- Learning Support Coordinator (0.4 FTE)
- Prefect Coordinator (SRA)
- Teacher of Senior School Endorsed course – Research Project (0.2FTE)
Overview - Research Project - South Australian Certificate of Education (sace.sa.edu.au)
- GAT/Independent Learning Coordinator (0.4FTE)
- HOY Year 8 and 10
- Prefect Coordinator
If you would like more information about the positions now please see one of the Deputy Principals.
Nuts and Bolts
Just a reminder that if you are planning LSL or Short leave, this leave needs to be approved by the Principal before it is submitted.
Last week’s Edemail regarding the Squid Game is a good reminder for us to check our conversations with students and make sure that we maintain an educative presentation towards the students during all our conversations with them.
Squid Game - Ikon - The Department of Education
Farewell and good luck to Brooke Cleggett who has taken up a permanent position at Collie SHS. I know that the Principal is very excited to pick up Brooke. She will be a great asset to the school.
Instructional Leadership
I know that being observed is an act of faith – trust is paramount. Therefore, building a shared understanding of the smart goal is critical for success.
Select a skill
Using our BEST Teacher poster select a skill or practice to advance your teaching. It may be something that is already working for you that you want to be even better, or it might be a skill that you haven’t tried or don’t like.
Talk it through
Explain the skill that you want to develop to your peer observer. Let them know why you have chosen it and what you hope to accomplish by it.
Frame the Observation
Make sure that you have created a real clear plan to get better at the strategy. Your SMART goals will have a real clear framework that lets you know that you are making progress and being successful.
Review the observation
With the observation complete, use your Peer’s observation and your SMART goal as a point of reference. You may even use a video to enhance this point of reference to maintain a purely objective perspective.
Plan the next move
After the review use your peer and the observation information to design adaptations to keep working on improving the technique. This will help create the SMART goals for the next observation. Repeat and repeat.