ANNUAL GOALS
GOAL
Whole School and Community Māoritanga :
Supported by Successful Engagement with our whole community.
ACTION
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Develop a culturally responsive pedagogy across all learning opportunities and learning areas
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Celebrate Maori success as Maori
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Celebrate Maori success by Maori
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Develop a sense of Turangawaewae for the school
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Using community experts
TARGET
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Mentoring
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Community involvement in school activity and ownership / Whanau meetings
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Extending Māori Tikanga and Language skills
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TAM and RRR
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COL support Māori Achievement
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Efficient communications systems in school and the whole community
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Easily manageable – Specific communication channels best suited for our school
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Web-site connections / Use of the school app
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Work within the Community of Schools to achieve the common goals of the COL
GOAL
Professional Learning : Supported by
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Growing our pedagogy through inquiry
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IT technology up-skilling
Reflective Practice
ACTION
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IT – digital tech skills and capability – setting a common standard for all teachers at Trident
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Subject knowledge – on-going development and extension in all areas
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Te Ao Māori – growing our understanding of the culture in which Whakatane exists.
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Sharing knowledge and skill – breaking the silos of learning
GOAL
Academic Achievement: Supported by a Curriculum that reflects the learning community and maintains and raises current NCEA achievement levels
ACTION
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Cross curriculum – across departments – shared curriculum, standards, data and expertise
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Resources – identifying the essentials and planning for further developments
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Develop specific tracking programmes of students by all teachers to ensure detailed planning and support.
TARGET
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Flexible time table to inspire innovation and sharing of curriculum
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Courses that accommodate the needs of students at risk.
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Courses that meet the overlapping needs all students – Scholarship, Mid band and Support classes.
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Tracking/Monitoring progress across cohorts to ensure improvement in NCEA levels
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Developing an Holistic progress and achievement mechanism
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In-school COL support for extending Literacy and Numeracy across the curriculum
GOAL
Pastoral Care and Core Values:
Supported by Restorative Practice
ACTION
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Restorative Practice
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Relationships that reflect the Core values of the school
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Manaakitanga / Whanaungatanga support our values in the school
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Core values are further embedded through our current values
TARGET
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House System (Examine and evaluate current structure / explore alternatives / research different structures ie vertical forms/ small learning groups/ tutor groupings for mentoring/
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Current systems – Kamar / PB4L / Research other approaches
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Student Leadership / Tuakana Teina