Educational and Financial Report - Masada College
Educational and Financial Report - Masada College
Educational and Financial Report - Masada College
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<strong>Report</strong>ing Area 11b: School Determined Improvement Targets 2012 K—12Area Priorities ExpectationsTeaching &Learning♦Focus on IT integration into theCurriculum♦♦Staff become more competent <strong>and</strong> aware of IT uses <strong>and</strong> it becomes part of allprogramming.Increase staff confidence <strong>and</strong> competence in the use of SMART Boards particularlyin the Senior School.♦Continue to exp<strong>and</strong> our Culture ofThinking, profile <strong>and</strong> practice with afocus on questioning♦♦Conduct a our 2nd Culture of Thinking Conference.Staff will incorporate a range of questioning techniques in their classrooms.♦Look at success criteria <strong>and</strong> developclearer <strong>and</strong> more distinctiveassessing criteria♦Students will have a more positive experience in the feedback to their work <strong>and</strong> willhave a clearer underst<strong>and</strong>ing of the assessment criteria.♦Create learning spaces conducive toindependent learning♦There will be less focus on the teacher as the ‘sage on the stage’ <strong>and</strong> morerecognition of them as the ‘guide on the side’.♦Start to develop a staff self reflection<strong>and</strong> assessment program which includes360 degree feedback♦Staff will be encouraged by others who volunteer for the program <strong>and</strong> will then havethe benefit of feedback from peers <strong>and</strong> students.♦Make the Leader In Me have a visiblepresence♦More visuals around the school reflecting our approach.♦Work towards a leadership day &Covey Lighthouse status♦We will be able to share our Leader in Me journey with others <strong>and</strong> our owncommunity while simultaneously creating an added sense of pride in our positioning.♦ Explore possibilities re on-linelearning in terms of using existingprograms <strong>and</strong> developing our own♦Have students study a course on line. Designate staff to work on developing our owncourses.♦Developing lessons based on the Flip♦Staff members exploring this pedagogy <strong>and</strong> analyzing the benefits of doing so.♦♦♦Introduce the Ulpan Or programExp<strong>and</strong> on electives offering, Textiles<strong>and</strong> Design <strong>and</strong> Leadership in Year 9& 10Offer Year 10 students an Israelprogram♦♦♦Making Hebrew more accessible to a greater number of students. Encourageparents to support Hebrew by offering them (<strong>and</strong> staff) an mini Ulpan Or course.Cater for a greater diversity of interests in the co-hort <strong>and</strong> abilities. Link thecurriculum to the Leader in Me program.Increase students’ knowledge of Israel, its history <strong>and</strong> language <strong>and</strong> strengthen theiridentity.28
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