Preliminary+Stages+of+Collaboration

=Preliminary stages of Collaboration= Early stages of collaboration were focused around our principal and assistant principals. They are particularly interested in how we can use data currently available through the MIPs Mapping tool. This tool can be used to identify an individual student’s data such as attendance, VELs levels, suspensions, family background and many other issues, so that they can be matched to programs available in the school. Our regional office is expecting our school to make use of this tool to help us cater for our student needs.

In discussing this with our principals I am also mindful of the data I am gathering through careers programs and interviews conducted with students and I believe there is an opportunity for staff to be able to have access to such information in order to better cater for students in their classrooms. I have had this discussion with both our well being (welfare) coordinator and our teaching and learning coordinator and both were very interested in how we can utilise pathways and other student information for more effective classroom practice and how we can make it easily accessible for staff.

As the project continues it will be essential to gain the support of key groups of people such as Key Learning Area managers and staff through Professional Learning Teams. I envisage that most staff will end up playing a role in this project as it evolves, but initially I will probably seek volunteers to take part and focus on a particular year level for feedback and data collection on any impact the project will have. This will probably involve getting access to students to collect data and feedback.