Invercargill+draft+Action+Plan


 * **Invercargill Regional Strategy Group ****2011 action plan **  **Date: 29 March 2011 **   **Updated: **  ||

· Develop strategies specific to their region to improve education for gifted and talented students: · Become familiar with the GATE website and associated smart tools, and online community · Align approaches to GATE in schools with Ka Hikitia, the Pasifika Education Plan, NCEA, National Standards and areas of government priority · Grow coherence and coordination of approaches between schools and: o Professional Learning and Development providers, Ministry regional education and performance groups (EPGs), GAT stakeholder providers , Local industry and businesses · Explore ways of disseminating and sustaining best practice within the region, including regional symposia and online communities · Identify and support potential schools which may take a regional cluster leadership role · Contribute to and attend the National GATE hui ||
 * ==== ** Purpose of the RSG ** ====

** A. **** To raise awareness of the need for GATE within Southland ** ** i. **** To encourage teachers to better support gifted students through ongoing home-school partnerships ** **ii. to develop a local database of opportunities and resources to support GAT students** || * Cognition -commision content for strategies to foster parent - school relationship - to be uploaded to the website
 * ** Government Priorities ** || ** Regional strategic plan and associated activities ** || ** Actions ** || ** Timeframe ** || ** Success indicators ** || ** Review of outcomes ** ||
 * Raising the achievement of gifted and talented students; particularly Maori and Pasifika students in rural and/or low socio-economic areas || ** Goal **

** B. **** To develop a professional learning community for Southlanders - face to face and virtually ** ** i. to create professional development opportunities for teachers ** ** to raise school and teacher capacity and capability around differentiation ** || access Webinars on GAT TKI website - as the basis for staff PD.
 * Cognition to provide template for the database
 * explore the possibility of a mailing list for parents on TKI ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Building whole school capability in a sustainable way that allows schools to self-manage their requirements under National Administrations Guideline 1 (iii) c || ** Goal **

ILT conference - biennial TRCC University providers MoE contestible funding Southland PPA Southland Secondary PA ||  ||   ||   || · The NZ curriculum (2007) and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa · Ka Hikitia 2008- 2012 · Pasifika Education Plan 2008-2012 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Support the implementation of National Standards and gathering of baseline data that allows for the longitudinal tracking of students’ achievement ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Support the implementation of
 * Collaborative service delivery across numerous providers that provides a continuum of support (driving whole school capability) || ||  ||   ||   ||   ||