MARIAN COLLEGE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN DEIS PLAN School

MARIAN COLLEGE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN (DEIS PLAN)

School aims • The school operates through reflective practice • The school operates through a solution based approach • The school strives for best practice in all aspects of school life • The school strives to include all school partners

Core Values Our core Marist values are Presence, Simplicity, Family Spirit, Love of Work, In the Way of Mary. These characteristics are expanded as • • • present to young people in ways that show that we care for them personally establish relationships with them in their own space and in their own culture we seek to be neither obsessively vigilant nor negligently laissez-faire contacts are genuine and straightforward an atmosphere of humility and modesty our way of educating is rooted in real life. live as members of a loving family intuitively do build community each person should feel at home amongst us respect the dignity and need of each young person

Core Values continued our leaders develop an organisational approach which reflects our values by encouraging a spirit of partnership and shared responsibility, while, at the same time, allowing for the responsible autonomy of each person involved in the educative process. hard-working educators who are generous of heart work is seen as self-fulfilment foster teamwork, helping the students to acquire a co-operative and socially sensitive approach to serving others in need journey of faith

Purpose HOW TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR THE WHOLE SCHOOL

What are your steps? 4 • WHOLE SCHOOL 3 • HSCL 2 • GUIDANCE/PASTORAL CARE TEAM/SEN • SCP 1

Whole school involves 4 • BOM 3 • STAFF 2 • PARENT PARTNERS • STUDENT Voice- (Marist leaders and student council 1

School improvement 5 key pillars STUDENTS SCHOOL STAFF COMMUNITY BOM PARENTS /GUARDIANS/ FAMILY [Add a graphic that provides evidence of what you learned]

What are the key areas (DEIS)? • • • NUMERACY LITERACY ATTAINMENT RETENTION PROGRESSION ATTENDANCE PARENTS AND PARTNERSHIP HSCL SCP [Add a graphic that provides evidence of what you learned]

RESOURCES • Whole school approach; year heads, co-ordinators, post holders, teaching staff, extra curricular programme organisers, external agents • SEN • Guidance councillor • HSCL • SCP • Parents and partnerships • State agencies • SCHOOL RESOURCES • HSCL resources • Book grant • DEIS SUPPORTS • Fundraising / sponsorship • PPU • Outside agencies

School systems • In school management Posts of responsibility Coordinators Weekly SLT meeting SSE Data protection Student support team weekly meeting • Croke park meetings • SEN new allocation model • • Junior cycle • Staff CPD • Wellbeing • CBA • DEIS planning • Looking at our school framework

LOOKING AT OUR SCHOOLS FRAMEWORK 2016 TEACHING AND LEARNING • Learner experiences- engage in meaningful activities, challenging yet supportive, reflect on their own learning, opportunities to develop skills and attitudes • Teachers individual practicesubject methodology and classroom skills, planning and assessment, differentiation, teaching approaches to meet the students’ needs • Teachers collaborative practice. CPD, working together to devise learning opportunities across and beyond curriculum, formative and summative assessment, share expertise • Learner outcomes- enjoy and achieve, knowledge and skills develop and demonstrate, attain stated outcomes

LOOKING AT OUR SCHOOLS FRAMEWORK 2016 LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT • Leading learning and teachingpromote a culture of improvement, plan and implement the curriculum, foster CPD • Managing the organisationmanage a safe and healthy environment- promote good communication, manage physical and human resources, manage challenging and complex situations, promote professional responsibility • Leading school developmentcommunicate the guiding vision of the school, SSE, build relationships with parents and the local community, develop the distributed leadership model • Developing leadership capacityreview their own leadership practice, empower staff, promote the student voice/ council, build professional networks

Numeracy • PDST Learning Lesson • Additional Math/ SEN classes • Additional Math support- team teaching • Peer to peer work • Numeracy emphasis across subjects Literacy • Paired reading • Voluntary tuition programme • Book rental • Book grant • Reading books • EAL classes • Literacy emphasis across subjects Attainment • Review of grades • CFES (part of SSE) • Whole staff involvement in identifying needs • After school study- 3 rd 5 th and 6 th subsidy available • Homework club • 1 hr classes • Awards for 1 st and 2 nd year • TY graduation

Retention • Curriculum (review to 2020) • Award winning TY programme • Varied extra curricular programme- including Art, Music, Coding and Sport. • Financial supports • Guidance programme • Mentoring programmes • CFES • Weekly pastoral care meeting • Expanded Wellbeing prog Attendance • VS ware • Active monitoring by year heads • Text parents • SCP weekly meetings with most “at risk” students • TUSLA and EWO • Child protection at monthly BOM meeting • HSCL

PROGRESSION WELLBEING, COMPUTERS AND CAREER CLASSES IN 1 ST AND 2 ND YEAR “COLLEGE FOR EVERY STUDENT PROGRAMME” FROM 2 ND YEAR THROUGH TO 6 TH YEAR TY- AN EXTENSIVE EXPLORATION OF CAREER INTERESTS TAKES PLACE-WORK EXPERIENCE, CV PREPARATION, WORKSHOPS, GUEST SPEAKERS AND VISITS 5 TH YEAR CAREER GUIDANCE MODULE- TRANSITIONING FROM JUNIOR PROGRAMME TO SENIOR PROGRAMME 5 TH AND 6 TH YEARS CAN AVAIL OF 1: 1 CAREER GUIDANCE APPOINTMENTS COLLEGE AWARENESS WEEK SEMINARS ON CAO APPLICATION, ACCESS ROUTES, STUDENT FINANCE, GRANTS, HEAR, DARE, TAP, APPRENTICESHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

HSCL- 3 key areas Partnership with parents • Home visits • 1: 1 meetings with parents • Workshops • PTA • Cluster events • Coffee mornings • Parent teacher meetings Transition Attendance • Liaison with EWO and SCP • LEC • Attendance strategy • Working with year heads • In school clubsbreakfast club, games, lunch scheme Links to primary schools Passports Visits to 4 th 5 th and 6 th class Open day Parent transfer programme Meetings with incoming 1 st years • Familiarization programme with primary schools, basketball, musical etc. • Working with SCP • • •

SCP TARGETS SET TO THE SCHOOL’S “AT RISK” INDEX TRANSITION PROGRAMME FROM PRIMARY 1/1 SUPPORTS ON “COMING TO SCHOOL” ATTENDS WEEKLY PASTORAL CARE MEETING TEAMBUILDING PROGRAMME WITH 1 ST YEARS PROJECT WORKER AS NEEDED FOR ORGANISATIONAL AND SOCIALISATION SUPPORT LUNCH GAMES CLUB STUDY SUPPORTS WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH ATTENDANCE GROUP AT JUNIOR AND SENIOR LEVEL

What did you learn? DEIS inspection 2017 ACTIONS • DEIS inspection April 2017 findings • More strategic and better communicated DEIS planning is necessary- whole school approach • More effective use of data • More actions on attendance • Retention and curriculum review • More emphasis on formative and summative assessment • Improved use of electronic database for recording attendance • Increase Maths and English provision • Remove 40/45 minute split classes • School compliant with Child protection procedures Switch to vs ware Move to 1 hour classes Weekly attendance meeting with “at risk” students at junior and senior level Curriculum review – ongoing, expansion of Wellbeing and Computers into second year Increase provision in English and Math SEN at pastoral care meetings Suggested reading from inspectorate; Developing the statement of strategy for school attendance DES 2015 LAOS 2016 -2020 Student Supports Teams in Post Primary schools DES