home

OverviewThe AiZ is the key school improvement initiative within the NMRs Powerful Learning School Improvment Strategy which aims to improve the literacy and numeracy achievement levels across all schools in the NMR.

Introduced by the Northern Metropolitan Region in 2008, AiZ is working to achieve this aim by raising standards and building professional capacity within project schools. It focuses on: Each area is led by an educational expert. The AiZ school improvement strategy encompasses both classroom practice, particularly the expansion of teacher's teaching repertoire, and the building of capacity at the school level, especially the redesign of staff development. Policies to support Learning and teaching should: The key programs delivered to the Learning Leaders are:
 * school improvement
 * data interpretation
 * student management
 * literacy
 * numeracy
 * Set high expectations and show commitment to learner's success by raising their aspirations and, where appropriate, gain the support of parent or carers.
 * Establish what learners already know and build on it by setting clear and appropriate learning goals, explaining them and creating secure foundations for subsequent learning.
 * Structure and pace the learning experience to make it challenging and enjoyable by using a variety of teaching methods and creating learning opportunities within and beyond the classroom.
 * Inspire learning through passion for the subject by making it relevant to wider contexts and other subjects and to the learners' wider goals and concerns.
 * Make individuals active partners in their learning by building respectful teacher / learner relationships and using assessment for learning - student self assessment and metacognition and these to inform subsequent planning and practice.
 * Develop learning skills and personal qualities and particularly the ability to think systematically, manage information, learn from others and help others learn together with confidence and self discipline.
 * Development Management
 * Literacy
 * Numeracy