Our Journey

The thread running through our 2024 – 2026 Business Plan is our strong culture of collaboration and our consistently high expectation of standards for staff and students. Continuing the journey of school excellence using the Dempster’s School Improvement Framework, Hampton steps forward from the Fogarty EDvance Program and embraces the Department’s Quality Teaching Strategy. This strategy supports the development of teaching excellence through evidence-based practice in quality teaching and improvements in teaching practice.

 

The Business Plan is proudly centred on our collaborative and evidence-based leadership and pedagogical model – The Hampton Blueprint. The Blueprint was developed via many feedback sources from staff, students and families, including the School Culture Survey, National School Opinion Surveys, whole school professional learning days, feedback from the Board and P&C and various school-based forums. Our Plan is centred on the Teach for Impact model, providing us with a shared position and understanding about what effective schools Believe, Know and Do. It leads our quality teaching and learning, using data to determine what we plan, teach and assess to maximise  outcomes for our diverse student population.

 

The 2023 implementation of the highly effective Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) program to our school improvement planning has resulted in a significant change in positive school culture and behaviour. Our whole school developed values of CORRE – Caring, Organised, Resilient, Respectful, Engaged – have provided staff and students with a common language, and behaviours that are explicitly taught. The goal of  “5 positives to 1 negative” in teacher response achieved 3.85 positive:1 negative in 2023. We are very proud that this tremendous change has enabled our classrooms to showcase teaching and learning as our number one focus.

 

Effective Classroom Practice	Consistent practices for curriculum, programs, assessment and reporting Learning interventions, Positive Behaviour Support, High Impact Teaching Strategies
Supporting Professional Practice	Performance development, Graduate development, Leader development, Professional learning
Strategic Leadership	Resource management, Whole school planning, Operational management
Community Engagement	Partnerships with families, Community connection, Informed community perception, Student voice

Kind regards,

Tracy Griffiths

Principal