My Reflections fron our first CoL PLG - Where I am heading too in 2023

Achievement Challenge 3: To lift achievement in Reading for all students, with a particular focus on boys and Maori (both genders)

I'm going into this Achievement Challenge by enhancing whānau engagement I will measure this in two ways:
  • Teacher capability to engage with our whānau.
  • Measure the level of engagement of whānau with their child's learning and progress in Reading.

The areas to investigate are ...
  • What are the capability levels of our teachers, and how I can have an impact on supporting teachers to build their capability.
  • Measure the level of engagement of our whānau through the Kotahi Whānau Tool and other ways to record this data.

Across our Cluster, our data is showing that the rate of progress is slower as learners move up the color bands of where their expected reading levels should be.

School Data...

Another view is from School Talk over all levels for reading levels

Beginning of Term 1 Hub 2 Y1/2 Learners' overall reading levels. 



How can I engage with Whanau and support my colleagues to raise student Achievement in Reading? The graph below shows the Data from Beginning Term 1 2023 Hub 2 at Stonfields School Y1/2 Learners. Engaging whānau with what this data means for their child and how we can support them to help their child with continuing to make a steady rate of progress is the key element to change. This is the impact I would like to have this year.



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