Education Support South Network
School Leaders Group
MINUTES
Friday13 May, 2016
Canning River Eco Education Centre
Start time: 1pm- lunch provided
Chair- Andrew WilsonScribe- Melissa Sarich
Attendance: Merrilee Wright, Jodie Norwell, Claire Gardner, Sarah Thomas, Juliet Stratton, Malliga Nallu, Joanne Markovic, Jarna Wright, , Brendon Bleakley, Julie Dawson, John Exeter, , Ros Hamling, Steve Hordacre, Margaret Keen, , Noelene Mason, Sheena Paterson, Melissa Sarich, Mark Watson, Andrew Wilson, Marion Wright,Sandra Boyd, Di Harper
Apologies:Jessica Bates, Kerryn Coles, Pauline Winrow,Kaye Blackburn, Evelyn Riley,Glenda Manning,Judy Gardner,Jennifer Grant, Keran Davies,Jacquie Gellel, Linda Lane
Acknowledgements:
Brendon, Marion, Noelene- EOI panel SEPP
Andrew has completed his Asbestos awareness training.
Samantha Brassington going North for TDS PL
Stephen Cannell has left the Department of Education to pursue Disability interests elsewhere
Carson St has hosted Cocos and Christmas Island looking at communication TDS
Marg delivered PL on Positive Partnerships and Autism up North, later will be doing Joondalup and south.
Malibu and Kalamunda TDS PL acknowledged
Bletchley Park PS has done a Carnival with CVPS ESC
Chris Salingari for the basketball carnival which is running on Tuesday 17 May
Skype for business is available for the DoE staff and in last terms newsletter there was an explanation of this.
Minutes from previous meeting:
Accepted: Joanne Markovic
Seconded: Malliga Nallu
Business arising from previous meeting:
1. The new school psychology survey done- see link
2. Enquiry from Shae Morrison (from ESNN) permitted to be on the Connect Community, so she can learn more to set one up for the North network.
3. Connect Community invitation to South Network Principals too. ESSN is leading the way.
4. Job freeze over
5. Keep collecting information on appeals process
6. Workforce planning – do we still want to look at data across our sector? We would like to look at workers comp info too. How does this link to online critical incident reports? Andrew will create a draft and send to Ros and Steve.
Guest Speakers
Gary Anderson (A/RED) and Danuta
Admits that ES is least knowledgeable area and he is on a steep learning curve. Strength with working with data, looking for cause and effect, aggregating data, looking for trends. Recognises there are individual differences in school’s ability to plan and monitor at a school level. “Don’t know what they don’t know”.
Enrolment policy and processes – CROs working hard, public dissatisfaction leading to appeals.
Suspensions and managing student behaviours, parent dissatisfaction around this.
Need to know where our students are at any point in time.
1500 students ‘ghosted’.
Online incident notifications – are to notify centre of the problems that we face everyday but the long narrative should be located in the SIS behaviour module and not in the OIN system. There has been a lot of SI and successful suicides this year, double any other year. Focus on wellbeing tested because of this data. DO is responsive to this. Body of work will be distributed shortly.
Freeze is over, 18 advertisements for principals going up in South metro (70 across the state). When doing pools of any sort be prepared to get your second through 5th choice as the competition will be fierce.
Online Incident Reports inform the system of the need. This is critical data so that staff are supported.
What support do we want? – phone call to check if you (Principal/Leader) are travelling well and if any further support is needed. Every critical incident is seen by Gary personally. Entering the data should take no longer than 5 minutes. OIN must be done at the time, as close as possible to the incident itself -don’t save them up and enter in bulk.
Specific questions about student funding can be sent to Gary. Forensic detail. Financial planning.
Use your Senior Financial consultant if you are having a situation where you have a surplus to cover for salaries for students leaving and the money leaving with them. Money is not for infrastructure.
Classification of schools and principals, Shelby consulting is looking into this.
Contact Di Carly to apply for HDA/ through a movement notice.
Standing Items
Promotions: John Exeter
1. Welcome to Juliet Stratton
2. Facebook link on the website – permissions to post on Facebook for Leaders of Strategic groups initially.
3. Art awards ANZAC, previous art up on the website.
4. Newsletter – Armadale, etc.as per Connect – please do not format the newsletter, just send jpg in an email and the Word doc separately. (6 for this time)
5. SEPP Coordinator – can possibly coordinate the video for the ESSN
Strategic Leadership: Merrilee Wright
1. Reviewing school priorities, meeting date to be confirmed
Collaborations: Pauline Winrow
Will be discussed next meeting
Professional Learning: Marion Wright
1. Conference is all on track.
2. Schools to set down where their staff are going for the concurrent sessions- principals need to be present on the days.
3. Marion to email me the details please
New Business:
1. School Self -Assessment strategy for Non IPS schools – Jarna
Sue Cuneo asked Jarna to do this. Trialling the School Self assessment for non IPS. Jarna will be on LSL, so will not be participating now. They are looking for another person to fill this role. System level information may be light on for ES. 2 people (one with ES background) will visit school to verify your judgements of your school. To be rolled out in second semester. Let Sue know if you want to be in the trial. No discussion on collegial school review as part of this trial. Report must go on your school’s website (not on schools online)
2. Request for support to develop a developmental monitoring tool for early years students- Ros
Have keen early year’s teachers 0 – 4, and then up to yr. 6. Used elaborated curriculum, early years and B-squared. Would schools like to be involved so that a person could be taken off line to develop a suitable curriculum for these early developmental levels for students? There is interest from the Primary sector. Staff to attend the next strategic leadership group meeting.
3. Special Education Pedagogy project- Brendon
Readvertised – 5 applicants. Rachel Jones (Cannington Community ESC) has won the position.
4. Network Principals meeting- Andrew
24th May – at Atwell. Guest speaker is SCSA
5. Global Challenge- ESSN support- Andrew
Health and Wellbeing initiative from the DoE.- we will run competitions to maintain the push .
6. SSTUWA education support needs survey – Andrew
Highlighting PL for ES
Presenting and sponsoring conferences
Appetite for ES committee
ES specific issues log of claims
Issues specific to leaders in ES
Mario Schmidt visiting Andrew to discuss these.
8. Building programs- Andrew
Minor works projects, money put aside for infrastructure in schools. Gary has said that they are looking at the money, we may be investigated. Ed support capital works (Milan) has money.
9. ESSN Cricket Cup - Merrilee
Open for Primary schools – 21 June
Full day at Canning Vale, courtside multisports
Henry Johnston (teacher at GPESC)
10. Finance - $170 000 (4th May)
Meeting Closed–3.05pm
Next Meeting-17 June, Canning River Eco Education Centre. Start time: 1pm