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GOAL 3 Literacy and mathematics: Kowhai teachers develop their ‘teaching as inquiry’ skills with a view to employing the best strategies for high studentachievement (NAG 1).RationaleSuccess in literacy and numeracy are national and school priorities. In professional discussions with ERO we agreed that school-wide professional development in ‘teaching as inquiry’ wouldfurther enhance our abilities to target the most relevant teaching strategies to the precise needs of students. We have Ministry provided support through the Learning and Change network toimprove intermediate school writing.Actions 2013 2014 2015Define ‘teaching as inquiry’ to ensure that we all have a common understanding of the concept.Establish a mathematics team that can guide the delivery of the maths curriculum in the absence of the maths lead teacher in 2013.Develop teacher familiarity with e-asttle assessment tool for literacy and maths.Programme of whanau and staff meetings throughout the year to discuss and problem-solve student learning/achievement issues. Y Y YExtend use of whanau achievement targets through the appraisal process. Y YFurther refine the process for developing accurate, consistent Overall Teacher Judgements in literacy and maths. Y YActivate the Learning and Change (Writing) action plan developed with sister intermediate schools. Y YEngage with contributing primary schools to moderate OTJs for writing. Y YSpecial needs students have clear individualised goals for written language, using the key competencies as markers. Y Y YYYYINDICATORS OF SUCCESSTeachers justify the success of literacy & maths programmes by the achievement data of theirstudents.Kowhai students reach National Standards at a rate comparable to the national rate.Learners with special education needs are making progress in the use of appropriate expressive anddescriptive language in range of forms.Targets are set which sample the success of this goal.Y = expected period for actions16