This is a Busy time of the school year when teachers are assessing students progress and writing reports, planning is taking place for 2021 and we look closely at what our goals and Annual Improvement plan will be for the upcoming year.

At the recent Catholic leaders day that I attended the focus was the Catalyst program - its vision, purpose, and the opportunities and potential it presents for all of our schools across the Archdiocese.

Catalyst is a professional learning program for school improvement, to help realise our bold goals of;

1.           Every student is a competent reader
2.           High Impact Teaching Practice is visible in every classroom

 Director of Catholic Educator Ross Fox spoke about Catalyst providing the opportunity to renew and refine our understanding of the leadership of learning and teaching in our education system. He believes we need to continue to strive to empower all educational leaders in the Archdiocese to be true to their vocation in Catholic education – being the Catalyst that changes lives by transforming students’ lives through learning.

Over the next three years catalyst will have four key initiatives:

• High Impact Teaching
• K-2 Literacy
• Curriculum
• Instructional leadership

Staff this week are undergoing intensive training in Literacy instruction which will be implemented in 2021 at St Joseph’s.

These are exciting times, and staff are looking forward to being a part of this new initiative for all Catholic Education schools in the archdiocese.

Have a great week.