Professional Learning

"We are challenged to value more than just results; to value the narrative of our students, their context, their world and their families in order to see them flourish."
(Horizons of Hope, Vision and Context, 2016)

At Saint Ignatius College we hope that for every year of schooling, every student is able to gain at least a year's worth of learning for a year's input. If teaching is targeted at what students are ready to learn, powerful progress can be made. The collection and analysis of data is required for targeted teaching.

During Term 1, Joe Pannuzzo, Lesley Falconer and myself have been involved professional learning days with other schools and Catholic Education Melbourne, aiming to use data more effectively. We have been provided an opportunity to explore the approach of ‘putting faces on the data’ and have created a data wall for a Year 8 class that is humanized by putting faces on it. This data wall, with NAPLAN, General Achievement test and On-demand results displayed has provided an opportunity for collaborative teacher dialogue. In the next phase, teachers will consider the implications of their data and engage in improvement sprints, to work towards targeting the teaching to the student data, for the growth and progress of all students.

Mrs. Karen Perkins
Director of Teacher Development