Blueprint for Government Schools

Flagship 1: Student Learning	Flaship 2: Resource Model	Flagship 3: Building Leadership
Flagship 4: Performance & Development Culture	Flagship 5: Professional Development	Flagship 6: School Improvement
Flagship 7: School Improvement

The critical objective of the Blueprint for Government Schools is -

'That all students, irrespective of the school they attend, where they live or their social and economic status, have an entitlement to a high quality school education and a genuine opportunity to succeed'.

Through a series of major research activities, analysis of data and wide consultation within the school education community three key feature where identified -

1. The concentration of poor outcomes in some schools and some regions.
2. High variations in outcomes between classes within schools, which highlights the importance of the teaching-learning relationship.
3. Variations in outcomes between schools with similar student populations

The consultation and research process has demonstrated that many of the reforms needed are already established practice in some schools. The task is to ensure that best practice spreads across the system.

Priority areas for Reform

1. Recognising and Responding to Diverse Student Needs - Flagship Strategy 1 - Student Learning (link to Student Learning - Blueprint - Teaching)
2. Building the Skills of the Education Workforce to Enhance the Teaching - learning Relationship - Flaship Strategy 5 - Professional Development (link to Professional Development - Blueprint - Teaching)
3. Continuously Improving Schools

Flagship Strategy 1 - Student Learning

Please start page with heading Blueprints for Government schools followed by table of Flagship links and then heading 'Flagship Strategy 1 - Student Learning.???

Aim: Long term sustainable change - Effective Schools.

Objectives: Improved student outcomes, achievement and equity.

Outcomes:

1. Consistency between and within school in planning curriculum
2. A curriculum guarantee

Schools must be able to guarantee their students and their communities the delivery of high quality curriculum that:

• Reflects community values
  
• Supports every student to acquire understandings and ways of knowing.
  
• Has defined standards
  
• Utilises practices that support powerful learning
  
• Employs authentic assessment and reporting processes
  
• Enables genuine decision making about curriculum

Student Learning Initiatives:

• Curriculum Planning Guidelines
  
• Victorian Essential Learning Standards
  
• Principles of Learning & Teaching
  
• Assessment & Reporting
  
• Knowledge Bank
  

 

 

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