Our initiatives and local criteria 2018



During 2017 ACCOS Principals, leaders and school members reviewed the progress of ACCOS and our next steps.  During the process we established a new direction that was more collaborative and met specific needs at a local school level.
Six initiatives were established (see below) with the Across School Leaders, taking overall responsibility to facilitate their development.  They are supported by a Principal or DP who acts as a champion.  These six initiatives have now become our local criteria.  The overarching goals for each of them are included for your reference as they drive the work of ACCOS.

Writing – Goals:
  • Shifting teacher practice
  • Professional learning groups (support with planning and building leadership capacity of ISL)
  • Professional development (research and good practice)
  • Networking (teachers and students)
  • Data collection
  • Observations, feedback and critical discussions
Writing Initiative
Working with the Learner (Epsom Girls Grammar School only) - Goals:


  •      Promote data
  •     Enable student-centred learning
  •      Improve student learning and achievement and to support Learning at EGGS (based on the  Principles, Vision and Values of the NZC)
  •      Provide future focused learning – as EGGs enters its second century we aim to be current with students’ needs including project inquiry based learning, and to be responsive to change pedagogy
  •     Support transition – into, through and beyond secondary level
  •     Develop knowledge and practice around learner agency – each PLG has been considering agency as integral to their inquiries
Working with the Learner


Mathematics – Goals:

  •       Active learning – teachers working together across schools
  •      ISL-led initiatives – teaching strategies that have the greatest effect
  •       Student-led initiatives – leading to improved outcomes
  •       Focus on teaching practice that support Māori students in mathematics
  •       Focus on ELL students languages and cultures
  •       Greater awareness about Achievement Challenge 5 Parent Engagement & Participation
Mathematics
Mathematics 2 2019

Teacher Agency – Goals:

  •       Promote profile of Teacher Agency
  •       Promote collaboration
  •       Promote reflective practice
  •       Promote professional learning
  •       Promote wellbeing and resilience
  •       Promote data
Teacher Agency

Learner Agency – Goals:

  •       Develop a shared understanding of learner agency
  •       Create connections across the initiative schools
  •       Facilitate change to teachers’ practice within initiative in order to increase learner agency
  •       Increased learner agency will result in raised student achievement
Learner Agency

Oral Language – Goals:

  •       Build oral language competence through:
  •       modelling and explicit teaching of speaking and listening skills
  •       explicit vocabulary teaching
  •       integration with reading activities
  •       integration with writing activities
  •       integration with activities across the curriculum
  •       the use of technology/ digital devices
Oral language

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