School Improvement Plan

School Improvement Plan

School Improvement Plan
2016-2017


For whole school Community                                              Plan issue date September 2016                                          Evaluation date September 2017

Summary School Improvement Plan
 
Introduction
 
As part of our ongoing work in the school, we conducted a school self-evaluation of teaching and learning. For more information on how the evaluation took place, please see our School Self-Evaluation Report which is available from the school.
Over the past three years our focus has been on the following areas

• The formulation of new homework and attendance policies.
• Developing a literacy programme
• Developing a programme for numeracy
  
  

 
Summary of school self-evaluation findings
 
Our school has strengths in the following areas

• There is familiarity among students across all year groups.
  
  
• Most students feel free to approach staff in relation to issues that arise in the classroom or outside as needs arise.
  
  
• The provision of teacher-based classrooms allows for individual personalisation of rooms. Teachers can provide a variety of stimuli to encourage learning.
  
  
• Staff members work as a team to promote a positive learning experience for all students.
  
  
• Staff members endeavour to be inclusive of the individual learning needs of all pupils.
  
  
• Homework and attendance policies have been completed (SIP 2013-2014).

 

• There has been increased promoting of Literacy in the classroom (SIP 2014-2015).

 

• There has been increased promoting of Numeracy in the classroom (SIP 2015-2016).
   
  We know this because we consulted with students, parents and staff.

 
Our school will prioritise the following areas for consolidation & development this year (2016-2017)

• Homework and attendance policy promotion
• Continued consolidation & development of our literacy programme
• Continued consolidation & development of our numeracy programme
  

Our school has set the following targets for consolidation & development
We have identified the following actions which will help in achieving our targets
 
Target
Action

Homework
 

• Policy to be re posted on the school website.

• Homework notice to be posted on student noticeboard in main hall.

• Homework to be recorded on the white Board.

• Time to be given to students to write down homework at the end of class.

• Teacher to check (when possible) that homework is written down.

• Homework may not be done in class. ‘Book in the Bag’ plan to be used.

• Parents to be reminded of the importance of monitoring and signing the student journal.

 

Literacy
 

• Use of the DEAR programme. Calendar for the school year to be prepared.

• Use of the ‘Book in the Bag’ programme.

• Suitable reading for Junior Cycle and Senior Cycle students selected and stored in the Parents’ room.

 

Numeracy
 

• Suitable maths worksheets for Junior Cycle and Senior Cycle students selected and stored in the Parents’ room.

• Maths week 17th -21st October 2016

• Clocks for every classroom.

 

Statistics

• Evidence to be gathered to measure developments / improvements in the areas of Literacy and Numeracy.