Planning Diary
The following are some activities you may engage staff with, during term 3.
Date / Activity / Who? / When? / NotesJanuary 2012 / Attended IPPN workshop on SSE / Principal / 27th January / Download the draft guidelines from DES website.
February/March 2012 / Attended SSE workshop in Education centre
Disseminated information on SSE with reference to the DES draft guidelines, using PDST summary ppt.
Maths post holder led a SCOT analysis on numeracy at Croke Park hour. / Principal and Deputy Principal
Teachers
Principal and teachers / 2nd February
16th February Staff Meeting
23rd March Croke Park session / Carry out review of strengths and concerns in literacy or numeracy as per seminar notes.
Teachers looked for summary of key points of L & N Strategy. Mary agreed to collate this information.
Teachers requested further input on SSE.
Problem-solving identified from SCOT analysis as area of concern. Need to get support on where to go from here. 3 members of staff to attend SSE workshop 2.
April 2012 / 3 members of staff attended SSE workshop 2.
We decided to use appendix 1.4 on pg 58 of DES draft guidelines and adapt it for whole staff discussion
Discussion with staff whether to carry out a questionnaire for problem solving with pupils / Maths post-holder, principal and 3rd class teacher.
Whole staff, led by John
3rd to 6th class, carried out by the class teachers
Collated by numeracy team / 21st April
29th April
First two weeks of April / Need to consider other evidence: our teaching approaches, and pupils’ learning experiences.
From the staff discussion, summarise the strengths and concerns.
Collated class summaries to be carried out by numeracy team
May 2012 / Whole staff discussion on the collated results and identify areas of consolidation and challenges ( staff discussion and pupil questionnaire) / Led by John / Staff meeting on 17th May / Collate voices of children and teachers
Term 1 2012 - 2013 / Further CPD to support the evaluation of numeracy to-date
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