Methods (Key Actions)
- Literacy and Numeracy
- CPD / Training / membership to subject associations
- IT Support
- Targets / Tracking / Mentoring
- Increased collaboration / sharing resources / planning / knowledge
- Develop staff wellbeing / support structure
- Raise College / Career awareness
- Planning Senior Cycle
Obstacles
1 Literacy and Numeracy
- Appointment of Co-ordinator / Team
- Time allocation - When to meet
- Set a l+n calendar
- Set targets based on evidence
- Student ability
- Staff implementation / Integration
- Implementing ongoing tracking
- Cost of various resources
2 CPD / Training / membership to subject associations
- Cover
- Costs
- Time
- Tailoring CPD to school needs
- Availability
- Subject departments underpopulated
- Initiative overload / Staff buy in
- Subject association costs
- Teacher organisation
3 IT Support
- Securing training / CPD
- Chargers
- Students not having devices
- Lack of procedures
4 Targets / Tracking / Mentoring
- No tracking structure
- Organisation of mentors
- Consistent approach to target setting and checking
5 / 6 Collaboration and Wellbeing
- Lack of digital skills / confidence
- Feeling of being overburdened
- Fear of failing
- Wellbeing becoming a box-ticking exercise
7 Raising College Awareness
- Family education / background
- Vetting / Insurance
- Curricular links to subjects
- Pathway obstacles – no LCA
- Access – socioeconomic, disability, expectations
8 Planning Senior Cycle
- Student transition out of TY
- Specialisms – subjects/staff
- Built environment
- Timetable
- Student numbers
- LCA/LCVP
- Resources
Measures
1 Literacy and Numeracy
- Competency tests
- Google forums
- Spelling Bee
- Shared Reading
- Reading age start to end
- Attendance book for clubs
- TY ownership
- Comparison of skills
- Improved grammar, punctuation
2 CPD / Training / membership to subject associations
- Record of CPD in each dept. plan and office
- Individual meetings start and end
- Feedback
- Collaboration with other schools (ET, others?)
- Individual V2MOM
3 IT Support
- Training organised
- OneNote Avengers / DigiNinjas
- Charging Docks
- Spare Devices
- Increased sharing of resources
- More cross-curricular planning
- FAQ section for students
4 Targets / Tracking / Mentoring
- Study Weeks – every student in every lesson
- Targets set
- Mentoring programme
- Staff support groups meeting up regularly
- Consistent approach to discipline with measures in place
5 / 6 Collaboration and Wellbeing
- Timetabled CPD
- Linking teachers with each other
- Schedule of Wellbeing events
- Feedback / surveys on Wellbeing events
- Noticeboard
7 Raising College Awareness
- Getting students into work experience
- Schools of Distinction
- Information provided on pathways
- Access officers visits
- College Awareness Week
8 Planning Senior Cycle
- Teaching of Curricular content
- Staff recruitment
- New School building
- Looking at other ET school timetables
- Attracting healthy student numbers
- Visiting schools with LCA
Resources provided for implementation of SC curriculum