Staff Meeting reading- Raising Student achievement

Raising student achievement through targeted actions

Main ideas from the reading were:
Reading was about setting targets and taking actions that raise student achievement. Conditions and practices in successful schools show:
- an explicit commitment to equity and excellence
- the effective targeting of progression
- leadership at multiple levels
- capability building for school improvement.
Teachers shared targets with students, whanau and parents.
They were correctly advised against having targets that mixed these students with those who were already successful meaning not to mix students together and have the same outcomes for students at different levels. Goals and targets set an optimum level of challenge for teachers and students, by being low enough to seem achievable but high enough to make a real difference.
Overall the reading was interesting and shared different aspects about target groups and what areas teachers can focus on to become more successful.