Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic College, Alice Springs and Salisbury High School, Adelaide

20 Pages·2016·1.55 MB·English

by  Lauren Maksimovic

Snapshot – a collaborative
approach in improving
academic achievement.
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic College,
Alice Springs
and
Salisbury High School, South Australia
Presenter – Mrs Lauren Brooks
Special Acknowledgement - Ms Sylvia Groves.
Who are we?
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Salisbury High School, South
College (OLSH), Alice Springs Australia
• Established 1938 • Established in 1959
• Catholic school in Central Australia • Government school in South
• Transition to Year 12 Australia
• A Marist school • Year 8 to Year 12
• Started Snapshot program in 2015 with • Started Snapshot program in 2010
Year 12 students with Year 12 students and since this
time have expanded to whole school
How did we get here?
• Through collaboration, camaraderie and the concept of ‘Pay it forward’..
What is Snapshot?
• A method of tracking and monitoring students academic progress.
• Every 5 weeks through a checkpoint.
• This information is disaggregated to Homerooms/Care Teachers, Subject Areas,
Leadership – and of course – students, teachers & parents.
• From this data, specific support frameworks can be implemented for students
around recovery and enhancement.
• Powerful conversations are happening around the data post-snapshot every 5 weeks.
• Consistently pausing to evaluate our progress, impact and seeking to improve.
Why Snapshot - Salisbury
Why Snapshot - OLSH
• Students slipping through gaps
• Unwelcomed surprises at parent/teacher nights & on report cards.
• Lack of transparency between student-teacher-parent.
• Teachers isolated in Alice Springs working on their own in a subject area – no data to
see which teachers may need support.
Creating change.
• Raising the Bar - Students & Staff
• Reflecting on performance every 5 weeks encourages consistent conversation around giving 100% and
improvement.
• Opportunity to set regular and explicit short term goals.
• Students are given time and support to create a Review & Action Plan to unpack ‘where to next’ which also
goes home to parents.
• Heads of Department receive data on overall faculty performance and can identify critical areas.
• Leadership, Curriculum, VET/Careers coordinators & Counsellors receive data and ensure students are on the
best pathway to achieve their potential and also focus on students who may need support academically &
pastorally.
Snapshot data – per subject
Supporting data – Individual Student
Data - Salisbury
• EALD – English as an
Additional Language
• NEP – Negotiated
Education Plan
• ATISI – Aboriginal
and Torres Strait
Islanders
A
B
C
D
E
N
W