1. Western Metropolitan Region School Coaches Collegiate Learning Meeting Hosted at Melton Specialist School Friday 28 th August, 2009

2. Sue Wilkinson Ascot Vale Special School’s Behaviour Coach Enhancing Positive Behaviours Within Your School

3. e5 Instructional Model

4. Fundamentally Is a shared view of Highly Effective Practice and what makes a Highly Effective Teacher Focuses on what the Teacher is doing with the Student.. not to the student Has Multiple Entry Points and Each School Culture Will Determine Which Entry Points are Best Makes Connections with Teachers Current Practice Informs current DEECD models Is Not an Add On but rather Embedding Current Teaching Strategies Calls for Teachers to go in and out of the e 5 phases throughout a lesson e5 Instructional Model

5. Keys To Success & Sustainability Leadership Learning Walks that promote dialogue about Teaching and Learning When presenting the e5 Model to staff you need to show the purpose to Teachers - What’s in it for me to be an e5 Teacher? Teachers need to have a deep understanding of each domain.. What teacher behaviours in each phase look like in a classroom before they can place themselves in a profile statement level e5 Instructional Model

6. How Will e5 Impact On Our Coaching?

7. Literacy Online Interview A new assessment tool for primary teachers Mandated assessment for statewide implementation for all Prep to Year 2 students in all government schools, including Special and SDS From October 2009, the English Interview will replace the currently mandated Assessment of Reading P-2

8. Literacy Online Interview Students will be assessed during a two-week period The first assessment period for all Prep, Year 1 and 2 students in government schools will be 12-23 rd October From 2010, Prep students will be assessed during February/March and Prep, Year 1 and 2 students will be assessed in October

9. Literacy Online Interview Professional Learning programs will be conducted in Term 3 this year by regions An online training environment will be launched in September 2009 to provide the opportunity for all teachers to practice using the English Online Interview

10. Literacy Online Interview … will benefit teachers, schools, regions and the government school system by providing: Diagnostic data about student achievement in English Prep to Year 2 Measurement aligned with VELS levels and progression points Student growth tracked over time Evidence to support teacher judgment for report writing Online data for school annual reports, annual implementation plans, regional and statewide analysis

11. PD Tracker

12. Coaching Survey Feedback

13. Decrease the amount of agenda items Stick strictly to the agenda items to ensure we get through all items & don’t go off on tangents Coaches wavering off agenda and making our time together less productive Increase the length of meeting time by starting earlier – share lunch together and provide a social component Meet for a full day once a term How Can We Get More Out Of Our Collegiate Learning Meetings? You Say ….

14. Look at ‘coaching skills’ required in order to be a successful school coach Have every second meeting whereby Literacy and Numeracy coaches are split Alternate each meeting with a Literacy and Numeracy content focus Providing for pre VELS students Increased discussion on specific WMR professional learning strategies – how can SDS and Special Schools implement these teaching strategies? Eg: Top level structures, algerbra, etc..

15. WMR School Coaches Literacy & Numeracy PL Survey

16. Coaching Conversations Pre Brief Lesson Demonstration/Observation Post Brief

17. Share Time Coaching successes to celebrate or frustrations to be aired??? Issues to address or problems to be solved ??? Resources, Photos or Ideas to Inspire Us ???

18. Book, Article & DVD Recommendations

19. Final Questions, Suggestions Comments Agenda for our next CLM at Jackson School – Monday 19 th October