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Assistant Principal Plans
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The Year Ahead
What do I want to have achieved by the end of the first year?
Aims
- Parents are knowledgeable about the curriculum in school.
- Teaching & Learning Policy developed.
- A three year strategy for teaching & learning.
- Developed working relationships with other primary schools.
- Confident middle leaders who are (almost) ready to be in a room with an external professional.
- Teachers who are knowledgeable about evidence-based research and professional development.
Firm Foundations
Where are we now?
- Teaching & Learning is generally good
- Curriculum road maps in development
- Teachers thinking about the 'what' and the 'when'
- CPD is collaborative and purposeful
- Teachers beginning to use new technologies in their practice and for their own development
- Middle Leader programme in place
- Senior Leader Training has begun
- Strategic direction is set
- Focus for the next few years is clear
Immerse
Immersion in all aspects of Teaching & Learning over both the Primary and Secondary phases.
- Visiting lessons all over the school
- Team teach in every subject in secondary
- Explore schemes of work
- Review curriculum road maps
- Conference pupils
- Survey parents and teachers
- Conduct book looks
- Meet with all teachers
- Explore and review data
- Learn from colleagues
- READ!
Why?
- Build credibility
- Build knowledge
- Build relationships
Review
Review
Capture and celebrate good and developing practice.
Challenge under performance
Support via a coaching model with a programme of support where required
Introduce a professional work for all teachers to review and reflect upon which will generate professional dialogue
Review teaching and learning alongside other middle and senior leaders
Develop
- Further develop middle leaders
- Further develop the curriculum and the road maps
- Develop working relationships with other schools
- Develop a professional dialogue using new technologies
- Develop a strategic plan alongside middle and senior leaders for teaching & learning
- Develop communication with parents and carers about the curriculum & how children are learning
- Developing teaching & learning across the school
How?
Involve middle leaders in the monitoring of their subjects
Attend West Sussex events and host cluster moderation / training sessions
Time for teachers to read and reflect on evidence-based research and record their thoughts using Google Classroom
Welcome external speakers or host a TeachMeet
Develop a targeted programme of support for under-performing teachers with clear expectations