SchoolMate.NET Philosophy: Reviewing, Reflecting and Recording

Philosophy
	teaching and learning
	reviewing, reflecting and recording
	assessment
	reporting
	school effectiveness and improvement
	school standards and accountability
	knowledge management
	learning community

Reviewing, Reflecting and Recording

The primary purposes for recording data and information is to enable review and reflection, and to actualise solutions and create knowledge to improve student outcomes. The knowledge can then be used at classroom, school and system levels for reporting to students, parents and the public, and for providing directions for future curriculum initiatives.

The use of SchoolMate.NET enables staff to continually and consistently review and reflect upon student leaning and social outcome data to refine future teaching moments, and where necessary to modify or change existing learning and social materials and programs.

As SchoolMate.NET teachers work in the classroom they are able to reflect on particular learning moments and record their reflection in their learning journal. This is available in SchoolMate.NET. These personal reflections build an understanding of classroom practice overtime and enable accurate judgements about teaching delivery.

As SchoolMate.NET teachers begin to teach a particular class for the first time or a particular outcome, they are able to review and then reflect on a number of pieces of information about past and current performance. With such information SchoolMate.NET teachers are able to teach the right things to the right students for the right reasons.

The review and reflection of assessment results helps to determine how well teachers are meeting learning targets and how best to modify teaching/learning processes so that outcomes can be better met. But unless the content of assessment (what schools assess) and the format of assessment (how schools assess) match what is taught and how it is taught, the results are meaningless, if not potentially harmful. The same is true if assessment tools are not of high quality. The following reflection sheet may assist SchoolMate.NET staffs to review current school practices.

What is the purpose of Data Set Collections?
Curriculum improvement Welfare improvement Professional Development improvement Organisational improvement Social Justice improvement Technology improvement	Who collects the data? What happens to the data? What are the outcomes? Who is responsible for the outcomes? Who values the change process?	Reflections Changes of Practices

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