School plan 2015 – 2017
Port Hacking High School
STRATEGIC
DIRECTION 1
Raising expectations
and improving student
learning
8230
STRATEGIC
DIRECTION 2
Student engagement
and welfare
STRATEGIC
DIRECTION 3
Teacher professional
learning and
leadership
Planning template – V2.0
School background 2015 - 2017
School vision statement
School context
School planning process
We believe that all members of the school
community
• have a responsibility to work together
to achieve quality outcomes
• should be treated with respect and
courtesy
• have a responsibility to work together
to enhance the school’s reputation and
ethos.
Port Hacking High School has a stable
population of around 1140 students, 60% of
whom are from the local primary schools and
40% from out of area. The school has a long
established reputation in the performing arts
and strong connections with its community.
We emphasise a balanced education for our
students, with the focus on academic
achievement but as many opportunities as
possible in sport, and creative and
performing arts. We aim to produce wellrounded young men and women who have
the knowledge, the intellect and the ethics
needed to shape their lives.
Port Hacking High School 8230
Page 2
Planning template – V2.0
School strategic directions 2015 - 2017
STRATEGIC
DIRECTION 1
Raising expectations
and improving
student learning
Purpose:
• Providing a diverse and challenging
curriculum which meets the learning
needs of all students
• Focussing on literacy, numeracy and ICT
skills as essential to 21st century learners
STRATEGIC
DIRECTION 3
STRATEGIC
DIRECTION 2
Teacher professional
learning and
leadership
Student engagement
and welfare
Purpose:
Purpose:
• Fostering students’ confidence, ethics and
resilience
• Providing all students opportunities for
success
• Building relationships based on mutual
respect, pride in self and pride in the school
community.
• Continually improving the quality of
teaching through professional learning
and accreditation
• Building teacher leadership and career
paths at faculty and school level.
Port Hacking High School 8230
Page 3
Planning template – V2.0
Strategic Direction 1: Raising expectations and improving student learning
Purpose
• Providing a diverse and
challenging curriculum which
meets the learning needs of all
students
• Focussing on literacy, numeracy
and ICT skills as essential to 21st
century learners
Improvement Measures
• Results above state average for
similar schools in Naplan
• Increase in results for Naplan
writing task
• HSC results averages above
those of similar schools.
• Engagement survey shows high
levels of personal organisation
amongst students.
Processes and People
Products and Practices
Coordinate targeted learning support for students
especially;
7T, 8Peer Reading, 9-12 students at risk of failure,
support students with disabilities. Welfare Team
Targeted and flexible support ensures individuals and
groups of students have support for literacy, numeracy
and organisation.
Formative Assessment
A reflection and feedback tool is developed
students to reflect on their learning and to provide
feedback to teachers on the effectiveness of
teaching/learning strategies. DPs / HT T&L
Teachers use the tool at the end of units of work to
assist them in planning and programming.
Extended Response Writing
Plan TPL, collect before and after work samples to
show student improvement. DP – J Collis
Extended response writing included in assessment Year
7 – 10. Focus on Year 9 in Term 1.
Student Organisation
Explicit teaching and support for students in how
to organise school diary and plan and complete
homework and assessment. Welfare Team
Student completion of homework and assessments
improves as demonstrated by a reduction in letters of
concern.
BYOD
All year 7 on school wifi network.
Expand student and staff use of OneNote, Office
365, Moodle and Edmodo. L van Dulst
ICT continues to be integrated into classroom activities
and lessons
Port Hacking High School 8230
Page 4
Planning template – V2.0
Strategic Direction 2: Student engagement and welfare
Purpose
• Fostering students’ confidence,
ethics and resilience
• Providing all students
opportunities for success.
• Building relationships based on
mutual respect, pride in self and
pride in the school community.
Processes and People
Products and Practices
School captains, prefects and SRC embody the
school culture through fundraising, communication
and activities to unite the school behind ethical
causes.
Monitor attendance and target absentees for
intervention. Welfare Team
Individual students receive flexible support to engage
them in school.
Welfare team designs and develops positive
psychology, welfare and goal setting programs.
Welfare Team
Year 12 Mentoring
Rock and Water /Anti-bullying
Exercise the Mood /Peer Support
Goal setting and mentoring Year 9 & 10
Primary / Secondary Transition
C Hadfield/ L van Dulst
- year 5 day and year 6 transition program in term 4.
Improvement Measures
• Feedback from students in years
9&10 goal setting
• Feedback from students in
learning support and
engagement programs
• Attendance levels significantly
above state average
• Student surveys Yrs 7 & 12 show
high levels of satisfaction with
school
SRC theme days promote respect for diversity.
Individual learning plans for Aboriginal students
and students with disabilities.
Support underperforming students in all years.
Student engagement and wellbeing
Use Tell Them From Me to gain data on student
wellbeing and engagement to evaluate school
programs and identify areas to inform the
Exceptional School Project. Principal/DPs/ D
Alleyn
Provide appropriate and flexible support to individual
students.
Use N warning letters
Letters of Concern
Attendance data to identify students.
Tell Them From Me data is used as evidence to inform
Whole School Planning
Port Hacking High School 8230
Page 5
Planning template – V2.0
Strategic Direction 3: Teacher professional learning and leadership
Purpose
• Continually improving the
quality of teaching through
professional learning and
accreditation
• Building teacher leadership and
career paths at faculty and
school level.
Improvement Measures
• Numbers of teachers seeking
accreditation at higher levels
• Numbers engaging in targeted
TPL
• Quality of goal setting by and
feedback to teachers for PDP’s
Processes and People
Products and Practices
Executive use performance and development
framework to develop individual professional
learning plans based on professional teaching
standards with staff.
Teachers continue to embed collegial work
practices in classrooms.
Teaching standards are used to identify areas for
personal, professional development and develop and
review individual PDPs.
QT Rounds.
Quality Teaching Rounds expanded into faculties
and as basis for supporting Early Career Teachers.
Focus on feedback to students via lesson
observation protocols
J Collis/ HT T&L/
Development of skills in lesson observation and data
analysis. Embedded goals become more challenging
and constructive feedback provided. Lesson
observation practices become more explicit and
include QT coding by colleagues.
Supporting Early Career Teachers
Teacher mentors coach ECTs to achieve
accreditation at Proficient.
Develop Teacher Leadership
Senior Exec support teachers working towards
accreditation as HATs.
Aspiring HTs and DPs are targeted and provided
with professional learning.
2 Extended Executive Development Afternoons
2 Aspiring Executive Development Afternoons
Use DoE Learning Pathways modules and research
articles from Centre for Statistics
Port Hacking High School 8230
Page 6
Planning template – V2.0