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HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL
2012 - 2014 CHARTER
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LEARNING OUTCOME PRIORITIES
- Satisfy all individual learning needs
- Literacy and Numeracy
- Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
- Student leadership
- Respectful behaviour
POSITIVE LEARNING COMMUNITY PRIORITIES
- Work environment where all staff valued, challenged and respected
- Professional development, new curriculum
- Ongoing Professional Development
- Effective appraisal at all levels
- ICT pedagogy
- Effective behaviour management
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Mission Statement
Hillcrest High School’s mission is to value all students, enhancing their self esteem, academic potential, abilities and sense of responsibility by helping them to develop the knowledge, ideas and skills to become active, independent, caring New Zealanders.
Ko te mahi a Te Kura Tuarua o Tihipuke he whakanui i te akonga ma te whakapakari i o ratou kiritau, o ratou whai i te matauranga, o ratou kawenga hoki, ma te awhina i te akonga ki te waihanga i ona mohiotanga, ona pukenga hoki kia tu hei rangatira mo tona iwi.
Vision
An innovative educational community that enables students to be lifelong learners who adapt and positively contribute to an ever changing world.
Values
At Hillcrest High School we value: Personal Excellence, Respect, Integrity, Diversity, Effort and Participation
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MAORI CULTURE, ACHIEVEMENT PRIORITIES
- Respect Treaty of Waitangi obligation
- Kapa Haka and Te Reo
- Effective community partnership
- Regular consultation
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PASIFIKA EDUCATION
- Implement the principles of the Pasifika Education Plan
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ADMIN AND PROPERTY PRIORITIES
- Effective financial and property management
- Comply with all legislative requirement
- Effective policy reviews
- Align resources use with educational priorities
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STRATEGIC PLAN 2012 - 2014
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IMPROVING LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR ALL STUDENTS
- To engage year 9 and 10 students in learning that enables each student to experience a curriculum that engages , challenges and allows them to achieve personal excellence in a mixed context regardless of individual circumstances
- Develop and implement new curriculum
- Provide high quality effective teaching programmes that ensure improved student outcomes
- Students to develop the skill of independent, self-directed learning
- Raise the educational outcomes of Maori and Pasifika students
- Provide effective career advice
PROVIDING A POSITIVE LEARNING COMMUNITY
- Provide continuing professional learning to ensure the HHS tradition of having a highly committed and skilled team of teaching professionals
- Provide professional development re new curriculum
- Ensure effective teaching programmes including differentiated learning programmes
- Integrate ICT pedagogy across the curriculum
- Achieve and maintain a suitable and consistent level of respectful behaviour
- Effective appraisal at all levels
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MAORI CULTURE AND ACHIEVEMENT
- To ensure that Maori National
Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) levels are equivalent to those of the national Maori achievement levels
- To provide effective Tikanga Te Reo programmes
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PASIFIKA EDUCATION
- To implement the principles of the Pasifika Education Plan
- Strengthen our relationships with Pasifika families
- Raise Pasifika achievement
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FINANCE AND PROPERTY
- Effectively administer and monitor seven year property plan
- Ensure the effective monitoring and accountability of appropriate financial systems
- Investigate new avenues for improving the financial state of the school
- Enhance the aesthetics of the learning environment
- Maintain an ongoing programme of self- review re: policies, plans and programmes
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ANNUAL PLAN 2012
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IMPROVING LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Junior reports to parents include progress in relation to national expected levels
- Implement asTTle (Assessment Tools for Teaching and Learning) testing in the junior school
- To move students up at least two curriculum sublevels over a 12 month period of 4B to 4A
- Increase level of achievement (NCEA)
- Development of a junior school graduation process
POSITIVE LEARNING COMMUNITY
- Review current behaviour management systems
- Staff Professional Development (PD) will include:
♦ He Kakano (Culturally responsive leadership)
♦ Junior report writing
♦ asTTle training
♦ Moodle training/use
♦ Pedagogical leadership at all levels of school leadership
STRATEGIC PLANNING
- Review as per Self Review Plan
- All budget requests for 2013 in by October, 2012
- Identify priorities for 2013
- Draft 2013 Annual Plan by November, 2012
- Board to ratify 2013 Annual Plan at the November 2012 meeting
- Annual Plan to be submitted to Ministry by required date
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MAORI CULTURE, ACHIEVEMENT
- Improve the engagement in learning of Maori students at Year 9 and 10
- Continue to raise the Maori achievement to those of the National Maori Achievement levels NCEA Levels 1 - 3
- Improve the representation of the Maori dimension at Hillcrest High School
- Continue to strengthen our relationship with Tauwhare Marae
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PASIFIKA EDUCATION
- Implement the principles of the Pasifika Education Plan
- Strengthen our relationships with Pasifika families
- Identify Pasifika students at risk of not achieving in Year 9 and 10
- Raise Pasifika achievement to ensure Pasifika students leave school (Year 12 or 13) with a minimum of Level 2 NCEA, including literacy and numeracy.
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ADMIN, PROPERTY AND FINANCIAL
- Continue to implement 7 Year Property Plan
- Increase Hillcrest High profile in the school community
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