In this newsletter:
- Year in review
- Pathways and transitions
- Reminder re data
- L5 Indigenous focus booklet updated
- Excellence awards
- Action around Australia
2007 - Another great year for Dare to Lead |
Thanks to the commitment, professionalism and skill of school leaders across the country, 2007 has been another year of strong advancement for Dare to Lead.
Coalition membership is close to 5000 schools, representing more than half of all schools in Australia.
Between January and September 2007 there were 249 Dare to Lead events attended by 8851 principals and other school leaders in every part of the nation.
Most importantly, 2007 will be remembered as the year in which the first really meaningful data relating to the project's goals was obtained - and it was highly positive. To recap: approximately 2,500 of Coalition member schools have been active as Dare to Lead members for at least three years. 1500 of this group have been active members for four years. Significant positive change is evident from the aggregated data for both cohorts.
There has been an average improvement of 4.77 per cent in Year 5 literacy (reading) and 8.76 per cent in Year 5 literacy (writing) across all schools, nationally aggregated. There has also been an 8.59 per cent improvement in Year 12 completion.
The greatest thanks (and congratulations) must go to Dare to Lead's 135 Action Area contacts. These are the principals who are working tirelessly on the ground to not just achieve positive change in their own schools, but to encourage leadership towards better outcomes in their colleagues' schools also.
2008 will provide more exciting challenges for the project. We highly recommend you check out the easy-to-use resource, "What does being a Dare to Lead Coalition member mean for 2008?" available here.
The next booklet in the 'Dare to Lead Schools Making A Difference' series is on Pathways and Transitions. This booklet will be available at the start of the 2008 school year. To provide a taster of the snapshots the book will contain, here are three examples of excellence in secondary and post-secondary settings:
All Dare to Lead primary schools will have received a Student Data Request.
It is essential that this simple form is completed and returned to the Dare to Lead office by 23 November.
Secondary schools are reminded that they will be receiving a similar request in the not-too-distant future. School Leadership Frame: an Indigenous focus booklet |
The well-received L5: School leadership frame: an Indigenous focus resource has recently been updated. It is a powerful tool for use in a range of contexts, and is available in PDF format here The Dare to Lead Excellence in Leadership in Indigenous Education Awards are designed to acknowledge schools and school leaders who are working in a focussed and strategic way to achieve excellence in improving Indigenous student outcomes.
The 2007 Awards will be judged in December, and the winners will be announced in early 2008. This is the fourth year in which the Awards have taken place.
For a copy of the awards application form and information sheet for schools refer to the Dare to Lead website.
Applications for the awards close Monday 26th November Winton State School, QLD - Embedding perspectives in the curriculum
Minimbah Aboriginal Pre and Primary School, NSW - School readiness; Aboriginal approaches to Early Childhood learning
Kalgoorlie, WA - Cultural tour What Works Core Issues 5: Engagement: Attendance, Participation and Belonging.
What Works Core Issues 6: Boarding
What Works Core Issues 7: Indigenous Education: International Perspectives
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