School Development Planning (SDP) element #25

In Australia all schools private and government are required to submit details to the Myschool website.  This site enables parents to peruse the details of their school about student performance and other matters.  There is a view in respect of this site that it enables parents to select the school to which they want to send their children. This has restrictions if a government school is chosen as students from within the zone for that school are generally expected to attend that school.  There are exceptions that I have gone into in another place.

In my view the Myschool website is a manifestation of a Federal Government that is too focused on academic results and not the whole child.  Government schooling is constitutionally a matter for each Australian state but the Federal Government wields the power of fiscal grants to maintain some control.  I suggest you Google 'Gonski andAustralian schooling".

SDP element #25	The Myschool website requirements.
Aligned SE criterion	In a general sense the parents can access the site for their school as an extra line of communication.
Current school documentation and situation	The school has detailed documentation about the Federal Government obligations in respect of reporting data for the Myschool website.
Development objectives for 2016	Meet the obligations for the Myschool website
Resources needed ·       people, ·       money ·       time ·       location ·       stationery ·       IT	·       Administrative staff ·       Clerical time ·       The school site ·       Relevant IT data bases
Timeline to achieve the objective(s)	Guided by the formal timeline for information.
Process for achieving the objectives	Gather and deliver the required data.
Outcome(s) of the assessment of the attainment of the objective(s)	The required data has been delivered on time.

One SDP element to go!

This site has considerable interest from US followers.  I'd love a comment or two about why this is so.


May the Force be with you!



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