Deputy Principal (Andrew Healey)
Instructional Skills
Responding to students: in simplistic terms, it is active teaching aimed at increasing active student engagement in learning and reducing poor behaviour. An element of this is through appropriate feedback. When feedback is perceived by the student to be directed at them, performance and behaviour decrease. But when a teacher focuses feedback on the task at hand performance and behaviour improves. As Hattie states: there is no doubt that many factors can help or hinder students success at school. While some of these factors are outside your control, focus on those ones you can influence.
Excursions
Excursions may still continue if they adhere to the DoE guidelines. Any staff member that has an excursion planned for Term 1; please speak to me for clarity about what is required.