2011 Annual School Report - Gordon West Public School

School Development
2012-2014
Gordon West Public School continues to have a long term
strategic management plan with a 3 year horizon in addition
to shorter term strategic goals of a 1 year horizon.
The purpose of the Gordon West School Management
Plan is to:
Professional Learning
To ensure continual professional growth, all teachers participated
in training and development based on their individual
needs, as well as school and systemic priorities.
Individual plans for training and development were negotiated
with supervisors.
In 2011 a school priority was to further improve individual
Professional Learning Plans encompassing the key focus
areas of Quality Teaching, Gifted and Talented Education,
Connected Learning, The Australian Curriculum and Leadership
to enhance teacher quality and student learning outcomes
in our school. The success of this project has led to
the continued development of the individual Professional
Learning Plans with all staff in 2012.
The budget for teacher professional learning in 2011 was
$14,298.80
• develop efficient and effective administrative and organisation
policies;
• develop educative policies to support relevant and challenging
learning programs;
• monitor and upgrade resources to support teaching/
learning programs;
• promote professional growth and development of all
teaching staff K-6;
• monitor and reflect on changing trends in education and
adjust planning accordingly; and
• provide for longer term school strategic direction. (3 year
horizon 2012- 2014)
Longer term school strategic directions are closely aligned
with school targets through identified needs based on
analysis of student performance and evaluations in consultation
with the School Self Evaluation Committee.
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