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Consistency of Teacher
Judgement: continuing in 2003
This Initiative has been designed to provide primary schools with a set of
principles and strategies that help teachers make consistent
judgements of achievement of stage outcomes by students. Currently, Broken
Hill Public School and Cobar Public School are implementing
strategies that support professional dialogue and team planning around
developing common understandings of outcomes and assessments. Future plans
include inviting Chris Brooker of William Dean Public School to
Broken Hill in Term 2 to share her school's journey.
High schools have received a support document: Consistency in
assessment and reporting - a secondary context and were able to attend
a workshop on consistency in the high school context late 2002.
Improving
Literacy Outcomes in 2003
Sunraysia schools that are continuing to participate in
the CAP Initiative that supports Student Learning Outcomes
in literacy are:
Buronga PS, Dareton PS, Gol Gol PS, Menindee CS, and Wentworth
P.
The Initiative draws on
methodology from Brian Grey's Scaffolding for Literacy Project, and,
in 2003 participating teachers will continue to attend Network Meetings
and Workshop Days as well as produce more scripts for quality
narratives. Observers are welcome to visit some classrooms. (Please
contact Jim Wilton at Wentworth or Geoff Broadfoot at Dareton).
An Awareness Raising Session workshop was recently held in
Broken Hill for STLD and Early Stage 1 teachers.
Visiting Authors
In Term 2 we are planning to bring four authors to the Broken Hill
District (John Larkin, Moya Simons, Stephen Measley and Jane Caroll)
to workshop with both students and teachers.
Further Support in
Literacy available to schools
