Dakabin State High School

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Explicit Improvement Agenda

From 2012 to 2015, Dakabin State High School is committed to improving the educational outcomes of our students through three main focus areas:

1.Improving Student Outcomes
2.Raising the expectations of students for work ethic and behaviour
3.Improving School Facilities
These three areas will be supported through a continued emphasis on our high expectations for students’ and teachers’ work ethic and behaviours.
United in our Pursuit of Excellence
In 2013, our strategic sub-programs will focus relentlessly on:
1.Raising of our Literacy and Numeracy levels in standardised testing
2.Implementation of our new Pedagogical Framework (A.S.O.T.)
3.Implementation of our Junior Secondary Model in years 8 and 9
along with;
1.Digital Learning
2.Learning Culture
3.Senior Phase of Learning
4.Academic Achievers Program

Our Explicit Improvement Agenda complements the 5 strategic priorities for Education Queensland outlined in ‘The roadmap for curriculum, teaching, assessment and reporting in Years 1 to 9’.

They are:

Strong leadership with an unrelenting focus on improvement by:

1.Setting targets to focus attention and effort
2.Helping teachers make a difference
3.Performance management for school staff

A shared commitment to core priorities by:

1.Implementing the required curriculum
2.Giving priority to English, Mathematics and Science
3.Embedding literacy and numeracy across all KLAs
4.Embedding higher order thinking in all KLAs

Quality curriculum and planning to improve learning by:

1.A whole-school Curriculum Plan
2.Planning the learning sequence across the year levels
3.Planning each year, term and unit

Teaching focused on the achievement of every student by:

1.Effective teaching
2.Teaching for excellence and equity
3.Teaching English, Mathematics and Science


Monitoring student progress and responding to learning needs by:

1.Implementing quality assessment
2.Providing useful feedback
3.Using standards consistently

John Schuh
Principal