Dpatmt of ducatio ad taiig School Accoutability ad Pfomac Impovmt Famwok 1
SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY ad PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK Backgoud Th Noth Titoy Dpatmt of Educatio ad Taiig (DET) is a ogaisatio with a stog pfomac agda which xpcts th achivmt of high stadads by all mploys. Th pfomac agda is achod i th udstadig that th is a cipocal latioship btw school ladship, quality tachig ad studt laig. Th dvlopmt of ou popl is cucial i sustaiig a ogaisatio which is agil ad sposiv. Giv th ight suppot ad dvlopmt, mploys will joy icasig succsss ad job satisfactio. Th pfomac agda focuss o thos aspcts of th ogaisatio that matt most: quality ducatioal xpics fo all studts; sposivss to ou clits studts, pats ad th commuity; ad stog school ladship ad visio. Th Dpatmt of Educatio ad Taiig is chaactisd by: stog ad ffctiv lads whos pimay focus is to stablish a cultu of laig; laig big pivotal to achivmt; mploys havig a cotmpoay kowldg of thi wok; a outstadig cultu wh vyo has a ss of blogig ad pid i thi wok; w ll dvlopd systms to valuat ad moito pfomac suig slf valuatio ad slf flctio; th us of data to ifom dcisio makig fom th classoom out; ad high lvls of staff ad commuity itactios to viw pfomac ad achivmt. Though quality statgis, pogams, popl, patships ad systms, th Dpatmt of Educatio ad Taiig will gow ducatd, skilld ad smat Titoias. Accoutability ad Pfomac Impovmt i Schools itoductio Th Accoutability ad Pfomac Impovmt Famwok (APIF) 2006 is a systm of accoutability that sts cla xpctatios of stadads fo pfomac ad pomots a cultu of vidc-basd dcisio makig ad cotiuous impovmt fo DET ad schools. This ifomatio povids spcific guidlis to schools fo implmtatio of policy, pogams ad pactic to mt local ad systm pfomac goals ad tagts, icludig thos st by th NT ad Austalia Govmts. School impovmt quis a pofssioal commitmt to poblm solvig, iovatio, citical flctio ad cotiuous pofssioal laig. School impovmt is liat o school ladship that gags popl at all lvls of th ogaisatio i th laig pocss by catig a cultu of iquiy which dvlops w capabilitis ad volutioiss tachig ad laig. Statgis must wok fom th classoom out ad hav a bottom li of hacig studt pogss, achivmt ad dvlopmt. 2
Dpatmt of ducatio ad taiig School Accoutability Th APIF cogiss that to achiv high lvls of ducatioal outcoms, accoutability latd to studt laig is th sposibility of idividual tachs. Tachs d to b suppotd by stog school ladship ad stog patships with pats ad commuity mmbs. Th Statgic Impovmt Pla ad th Aual Opatioal Pla must focus o: cuiculum, tachig, laig ad assssmt; staff dvlopmt; ad souc us. Th school commuity, icludig th school coucil, has a ol to play i school impovmt by povidig fdback ad ifomatio which cotibuts to ad doss th school s statgic plaig ad viw pocsss. Cotiuous Impovmt Cycl (s Diagam 1 ad Figu 1) High pfomig schools gulaly moito ad viw thi pfomac to guid thi actios. Schools a quid to slf viw th ffctivss of pogams ad pactics to big about impovmt. Slf viw abls a aalysis of cut pfomac ad th ffctivss of statgis implmtd to suppot pfomac impovmt. It povids th basis fo pfomac potig ad futu plaig. Fomal viw pocsss, icludig a aalysis of school pfomac, a to b coductd. Th spcific appoach is dtmid ad guidd by th Dicto School Pfomac (DSP). Th Statgic Impovmt Pla is th o authoitativ documt which cotais th spcific xpctatios ad commitmts that will b addssd. It is dvlopd vy fou yas but is cotiually viwd ad amdd aually though th Aual Opatioal Pla. Pogss towads achivmt is potd i th School Aual Pfomac Rpot. 3
SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY ad PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK Diagam 1 Dpatmt of Educatio ad Taiig Statgic Pla A Smat Titoy Dvlopd ad implmtd at th school lvl S tatgic Impovmt Pla (Dvlopd vy 4 yas but a livig documt which is viwd ad amdd as quid. Idtifis ky pioitis, statgis ad tagts). ual Opatioal A Pla & Budgt (Rflctig th implmtatio of ky statgis ad pioitis). School Aual Rpot (Evidc basd pot documtig pogss, achivmt ad dvlopmt). Pocss of Slf Rflctio/ Evaluatio Staff a ivolvd with pats, studts ad commuity shaig ifomatio ad skig fdback. Extal Rviw/ Evaluatio oductd C by DSP Tams itact ad viw pfomac ad achivmt of tagts Staff, pats, studts ad commuity dvlop ad implmt chag iitiativs Pupos of Slf Rflctio/ Evaluatio Udstad xpctatios ad claify stadads Establish ffctiv latioships basd o outcoms Ivolv popl i wokig out btt ways to dvlop solutios ad mt challgs Eabld though Picipal Pfomac Picipals dvlop Rviw 1 & 2 Rviw 3 (18 moths) a pfomac (6 moths/12 moths) A fomal pocss which pla to flct thi Though a coachig covsatio aligs with picipal appaisal commitmt to actio ad basd o vidc th Picipal ad cotact wal i addssig school ad Dicto School Pfomac pocsss. A pot which pioitis ad tagts. idtify aspcts of ladship that a ats picipal pfomac wokig wll ad thos that mai a icludig commdatios ad challg. Th pfomac pla is commdatios is dvlopd amdd as quid. ad bcoms a pat of futu ca plaig discussios. 4
Dpatmt of ducatio ad taiig Figu 1: Evidc-Basd Impovmt Cycl Ac tio liv, ctio Rfl w& vi p lo dv P AO w Actio ig cum do t Rflct & dvlop PPP c. Actio Y AO P A, budg t & ual fia Rpo lis t d va lua slf a Y d Schoo l 4th al S Ex t tio DS Pf o co viw ma l t ac & t im AOP, A budgt u R & a l fiali po t sd io Act A P tatio AO m, ctio Rfl w & i v lop dv P AO w o i P at AO t m l p pl o cti im 3 D f/ SP c bac o v ach k, iw, O g oi g & fi fs g & m to m fi g DSP, f/back, coach viw Ogo i mo ito i g of t t Rflct & fsh PPP T4 Ac t io DS P f c v om o t iw al ac & t c AO P, b & A udgt ua l R p fiali o t sd T2 T3 T2 m cu do DSP f/back, coach, viw T1 Cotiuous Impovmt 2 d t docum ig Rflct & dvlop w AOP T4 T1 T1 T3 Evidc-Basd T4 liv a fs IP tio T2 1s t a Y g livi f/ DS c ba P oac ck, vi h, w Ac T3 T2 m t o P atio AO t m pl T1 T4 fi im im io & a Act AOP, bu & A dgt u Rp al o fiali t sd & Rflct p dvlo P w AO P atio AO t m pl ito ig as tio T3 a as SIP Rflc t& dvlo p PPP Actio Ac g mo a as w vi Ogoi a Y ch l oo t Pla ovm IP Imp gic at St m o it o i KEY Aual Cycl Picipal Pfomac Cycl (2y) Statgic Impovmt Cycl (4y) Not: whil th aual cycl is fixd, th statgic impovmt ad picipal pfomac cycl is dyamic ad ca b commcd at a tim that is appopiat to sigificat chags withi th school ad gotiatd with th Dicto School Pfomac. Evy fou yas, schools stablish a Statgic Impovmt Pla. Th Impovmt Pla is a bif statmt of statgic itt ad is to b widly visibl thoughout th school. Thy alig with th DET Statgic Pla. Th Impovmt Pla icluds: impovmt goals i Ky Rsults Aas; (S Tabl 1) locally st pfomac tagts, likd to DET ad atioal tagts, to masu school pogss ov tim; boad statgis to addss impovmt goals ad pfomac tagts; xplicit compots as quid by th atioal o NT fudig agmts.g. Smat Schools Natioal Patships, Aboigial ad Tos Stait Islad Educatio Actio Pla, Digital Educatio Rvolutio Natioal Patship; School Commuity Patship Agmts fo focus schools as quid by th Aboigial ad Tos Stait Islad Educatio Actio Pla 2010-2014; ad a publishd attdac statgy. 5
SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY ad PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK Th Statgic Impovmt Pla is viwd ad amdd as dd i cosultatio with th DSP ad th school commuity as pat of th cotiuous impovmt cycl. Th school coucil ad th DSP dos th Statgic Impovmt Pla. This ds to b a cocis documt addssig ky school pioitis ad ot mo tha th to fou pags i lgth. Ky Rsult Aas Th fiv it-latd Ky Rsult Aas (KRAs) povid th famwok fo moitoig ad masuig school pfomac. Rlvat outputs ad outcoms should b locally dtmid i cojuctio with th DSP, th commuity ad i th cotxt of gioal, NT ad atioal pioitis. Tabl 1: Pottial soucs of vidc of pfomac Ky Rsult Aas Outputs ad Milstos Outcoms ad tagts 1. Tachig ad Laig Cuiculum plaig icludig: statgis fo Litacy ad Numacy ad Ifomatio Commuicatio Tchology fo Laig Aboigial ad Tos Stait Islad Educatio Idividual Laig Statgis Educatioal Adjustmt Plas NTCET Assssmt Plas Natioal Assssmt Pogam Litacy ad Numacy (NAPLAN) fo Yas 3, 5, 7 ad 9 Noth Titoy Cuiculum Famwok (NTCF) achivmt T-9 t Vocatioal Educatioal ad Taiig i Schools (VETiS) qualificatios by lvl Noth Titoy Ctificat of Educatio ad Taiig (NTCET) achivmt Diagostic ad oth school-basd assssmt 2. Wllbig Pioitis idtifid i studt ad staff pcptio suvys Rlvat wll-big policis ad/o pogams Clbatios of succss ad pogss 3. 3DUWLFLSDWLRQ Tasitios ad Pathways Rag of optios ad flxibl laig pogams fo idividuals ad goups of studts icludig studts with spcial ds. Studt dstiatio suvy Attdac statgy Austalia Ealy Dvlopmt Idx data (AEDI) Assssmt of Studt Comptcis (ASC) data Studt attdac data Ral ad appat studt ttio data VETiS compltios NTCET compltios Austalia Ttiay Assssmt Rak 4. Patships Aboigial ad Tos Stait Islad School Commuity Patship Agmt Mmoadums of Udstadig Svic Lvl Agmts Commuity ad/o idusty gagmt vts Effctiv patships Pioitis idtifid i pat ad commuity pcptio suvys Pat pcptio data Commuity pcptio data 6 Studt pcptio data Staff pcptio data Studt suspsio data Studt mobility data Staff Abscs data Staff tuov ad ttio data
Dpatmt of ducatio ad taiig Ky Rsult Aas Outputs ad Milstos Outcoms ad tagts 5. Ladship Occupatioal halth ad safty data Picipal ad ladship tuov (systm lvl moitoig) School missio/visio ad valus statmts 360o fdback Itpsoal latioships School viw Pfomac Maagmt pocsss Pofssioal Dvlopmt data Ladship ad PD compots of School Litacy ad Numacy ad ICT slf-assssmts Aligmt of xpditu with statgic dictios Expditu of supplmtay fudig withi piod of agmt Aual Opatioal Pla Th Aual Opatioal Pla is a pactical guid to map th pocsss dd to achiv th goals ad tagts idtifid i th Statgic Impovmt Pla. Th Aual Opatioal Pla idtifis: shot-tm ky pioitis aligd to th tagts st i th Statgic Impovmt Pla; spcific actios quid to implmt impovmt statgis; staff who a to pfom th actios, ad thi accoutabilitis; soucs ad pofssioal dvlopmt dd to assist implmtatio; ad pfomac masus usd to moito aual pogss towad log tm tagts. Dicto School Pfomac ad th school coucil dos th Aual Opatioal Pla. Effctiv Fiacial Maagmt Pactics Fiacial plaig, moitoig ad potig a ky aspcts of th Aual Opatioal Plaig pocss ad as such d to b fully itgatd. Schools civ fuds fom th followig soucs: PCEB (p capita quity bas) icluds claig, goud maitac, sstial svics, school supplis tc. SSD Studt Svics Divisio fo Iclusio Suppot Assistats (ISA) o spcific child/activitis UMR ad o UMR Ugt Mio ad No Ugt Mio Rpais School commuitis must us soucs ffctivly. Cash svs should flct ad alig to idtifid futu soucig pioitis. Pogams ad activitis fudd by schools must b sustaiabl ad du cosidatio ds to b giv to ogoig maitac costs ad futu asst placmt. Th Aual Opatioal Pla should b udpid by a suppotig budgt which aligs with school pioitis ad statgis. Effctiv fiacial maagmt pactics iclud th followig: budgtig th pocss of allocatig soucs to plad outcoms flctd i th opatioal pla, with soud cash flow maagmt; moitoig th gula viw of actual pfomac agaist th budgt; viwig makig cssay adjustmts to budgts wh chags occu to plad outcoms o th lvls of vu civd; ad potig at th d of ach moth pots to staff ad school coucil at th d of th ya, th ovviw of actual pfomac agaist th pla ad shaig this pot with th school commuity. Each stag of th cycl quis liaiso, iput ad fdback fom th staff ad school coucil. 7
SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY ad PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK Moitoig ad Masuig Pfomac Pfomac ca b moitod ad masud though achivmt of milstos (outputs) ad pogss towads tagts (outcoms). Milstos ad tagts must focus o local pioitis ad show cla coctio to systmic ad atioal outputs ad outcoms. It is citical that ifomatio potd by schools is accuat ad timly. Schools moito ad masu pfomac by compaig thi sults, appopiat to thi cotxt, with: achivmt stadads withi th NT Cuiculum Famwok (NTCF), NT Ctificat of Educatio ad Taiig (NTCET) ad th Austalia Cuiculum; atioal stadads withi both atioal ad itatioal assssmt pogams (such as NAPLAN, NAP sampl assssmts, Pogam fo Itatioal Studt Assssmt (PISA) ad Tds i Mathmatics & Scic Study (TIMSS) icludig lik schools, NT ad atioal avags wh availabl; litacy ad umacy xpctatios i th T-9 Diagostic Nt; agd atioal, NT ad gioal pfomac tagts; ad school impovmt tagts. Pfomac ca b moitod ad compad both at a poit i tim ad also ov tim. Masuig pfomac ov tim ca povid vidc of: impact of statgis ad focusd ffot; ats of impovmt, paticulaly i compaiso to pvious pfomac; ad pogss towads local, gioal, NT ad atioal tagts. Thos schools which a high pfomig tack studt pogss o a gula basis ad ca dmostat though vidc basd pactic that thy a addig valu to ach ad vy studt. School Aual Pfomac Rpot Schools povid a Aual Pfomac Rpot to thi commuitis agaist th fiv KRAs, th school s pfomac tagts ad th pfomac stadads basd o lik school, NT ad atioal avags. Th pot is limitd to a maximum of 10 pags. Th DSP ad school coucil dos th ifomatio cotaid i th school s Aual Pfomac Rpot. Th School Aual Pfomac Rpot must spaatly idtify supplmtay fuds allocatd to mt th ds of th school s tagt studt cohot, ad th lativ achivmt lvls of tagt studts. This quimt is waivd if low studt umbs cat a isk of idividual studts big idtifid. Th pot is to b submittd aually to th Dicto School Pfomac by th d of Tm 1. Pfomac Rviw All staff a quid to hav a Pfomac Pla idtifyig actios, stadads ad tagts aligd with th Statgic Impovmt Pla. Picipals ad dlgatd staff maag Pfomac Rviw ad us th pocss to build staff capability. Th viw should iclud xplicit ladship dvlopmt, whil positivly focusig staff pfomac o studt laig to alig soucs ad pofssioal laig. Th pocss foms th foudatio fo th catio of a cultu of iquiy which dvlops w capabilitis ad volutioiss tachig ad laig. Th co challg is to stablish classoom outis ad pactics that pst psoalisd, vidc basd, focusd tachig ad laig. 8
Dpatmt of ducatio ad taiig Aual pfomac viw, picipal appaisal ad cotact wal A picipal s aual pfomac viw is basd o school pfomac ifomatio ad vidc that th compliac quimts of NT ad Austalia Govmt lgislatio, gulatios, stadads ad impovmt tagts hav b satisfid. NT DET cutly mploys th majoity of picipals o a cotact basis fo two ya piods with th optio of a two ya xtsio. Six moths pio to wig o xtdig cotacts, th DSP will viw a picipal s pfomac. This appaisal will ivolv a viw of th vidc o school ad idividual pfomac. A pot that ats th picipal s pfomac will ifom dcisios gadig futu mploymt optios icludig cotact wal. Howv, pfomac viws a cotiuous ad ogoig thoughout th cycl ad a dsigd to gag picipals i a agda of impovmt. Diagam 2: Aligig th Pocss fo Accoutability, School & Picipal Pfomac Ky Rsults Aas School Rviw Picipal Pfomac 1. Tachig ad Laig 1. Studt outcoms data 1. B out ad about (clos to ou popl ad busiss) 2. Cla statgic dictio 2. Kow what is goig o (spd gula tim commuicatig ad listig) Ladig cuiculum, assssmt, tachig ad laig that sults i quality laig outcoms fo all las 2. Wll-Big Impovig th school s ability to mt th ds of all las ad staff though itactios that a mutually suppotiv ad focusd o th laig ad wll big of all. 3. Paticipatio, Tasitios ad Pathways Psoalisig laig i all phass of schoolig to maximis attdac ad paticipatio, sultig i futh taiig, laig ad mploymt pathways fo all. 4. Patships Wokig togth i poductiv ad mutually suppotiv ways to dvlop a stog ss of blogig, achivmt ad pid i th school. 5. Ladship Establishig ad divig a xplicit ad localisd school impovmt agda. 3. Aalysig data fo impovmt 4. Positiv, collaboativ school cultu 5. Us of school soucs to impov laig 6. Buildig a pofssioal tam 7. Cuiculum Ladship 8. Effctiv Tachig 3. Act ffctivly ad fficitly (to solv poblms discovd by big out ad about ad kowig what is goig o) 4. Ivolv ou popl (with pats, commuity ad oths though gula pogams) 5. Cat itactio (acoss aas of th school commuity to impov liks) 6. Fid btt ways (ivolv popl i wokig out btt ways to do thigs) 7. Laig ad Dvlopmt (mak su popl hav appopiat coachig ad taiig to implmt co busiss) 8. Giv ad sk gula fdback (ad cogitio of pfomac) 9. Moito/maag wok coditios (pay atttio to physical ad motioal wok coditios) 10. Lad by xampl (with cosistt high stadads of bhaviou, thics ad had wok). 9
SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY ad PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK Compliac Compliac is a citical aspct of ffctiv school maagmt ad accoutability. Th school picipal sus that appopiat pogams a i plac ad that soucs a tagtd at ad ach idtifid aas ad studts, to facilitat thi achivmt of outcoms. Th School Compliac Chcklist is pat of a wb-basd tool dsigd to assist schools to comply with ky lgislativ, gulatoy ad policy quimts i th boad aas of facilitis maagmt, fiacial maagmt, govac, huma souc maagmt, occupatioal halth ad safty ad isk maagmt. School s Toolkit Guids, Tmplats ad Tools Th followig guids, tmplats ad tools hav b dvlopd to assist schools to implmt th APIF s cycl of pfomac aalysis, slf viw, plaig ad implmtatio, moitoig ad potig. Pfomac Aalysis ad Slf Rviw School Slf Rviw guid ad tmplat School Rflctio tool Tach Rflctio tool Pfomac Rviw guids, tmplats ad tools Data Aalysis ad Rpotig tool Plaig, Implmtig, Moitoig ad Rpotig Statgic Impovmt Pla guid ad tmplat Aual Opatioal Pla guid ad tmplat Aual Pfomac Rpot guid ad tmplat. Th guids, tmplats ad tools listd abov, alog with oth usful soucs fo schools, ca b foud o th DET staff sit. 10
Dpatmt of ducatio ad taiig Rols ad Rsposibilitis what a Dictos School Pfomac accountabl fo? Th wok of Dictos School Pfomac must challg picipals to cofot ality as to chag bhavious, pioitis ad pactics. Thy will wok with picipals so that thy lad chag which ptats dply ito th classoom bigig about systmatic impovmts i tachig ad laig. Most sigificatly, th wok of th Dictos School Pfomac must div th school pfomac agda so that picipals mbd pactics of ital accoutability. Though a coachig modl, Dictos School Pfomac will gai th commitmt of picipals whil also dvlopig thi skill to dliv o th pioitis, statgis ad tagts of DET. What a school picipals accoutabl fo? Th wok of th Picipal is to maitai a focus o istuctioal ladship to hac studt pogss, achivmt ad dvlopmt. Picipals cat high pfomig schools by: focusig o studts ad thi laig; focusig o tachs ad thi tachig; buildig capacity ad popl pow to tak chag of chag; dfiig ad aticulatig dictio; ladig a cultu of iquiy ad laig; committig to statgis to achiv spcific tagts; maitaiig momtum ad ugcy; ad cotiually moitoig ad valuatig pocsss, achivmt ad dvlopmt. What a tachs accoutabl fo? Quality tachig is pivotal to studt laig ad is th dcisiv lmt i impovig studt outcoms. Tachs hav a sposibility ad accoutability to: mt high stadads of tachig; gt studts to mt high stadads of ducatio; ad add valu ach ad vy day to studt laig. As istuctioal lads, tachs will tak sposibility fo thi pofssioal laig so that classooms a chaactisd by: pcis focusd tachig; gagd laig; high xpctatios; ad ittioally ivitig itactios. 11
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