About the Improving Literacy and Numeracy National Partnership

About the Improving Literacy and Numeracy National Partnership


The Improving Literacy and Numeracy National Partnership builds on successful strategies of the previous Literacy and Numeracy National Partnership, one of the three former Smarter Schools National Partnerships . Activities under the new Improving Literacy and Numeracy National Partnership will occur in the second half of 2013.

The objective of the Improving Literacy and Numeracy National Partnership is to improve the performance of students who are falling behind in literacy and/or numeracy, including targeted groups such as students from disadvantaged backgrounds and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in participating schools. The Improving Literacy and Numeracy National Partnership will contribute to the effective use of evidence-based approaches in participating schools to lift the performance of these students.

The Improving Literacy and Numeracy National Partnership is underpinned by a whole-school approach to improve student outcomes in literacy and numeracy. This whole-school approach recognises the critical role of quality teaching and leadership in improving student learning outcomes, and the importance of focusing on the underlying school culture of continuous improvement to optimise student achievement and to ensure sustainability.

The whole-school approach will achieve greater evidence-based teaching and an enhanced focus on the needs of the individual through:
•    Principals and school leaders modelling good practice in the delivery of literacy and numeracy teaching
•    Best practice professional learning of principals and teachers leading to observable changes in the classroom
•    School leaders and teachers working together to identify school-wide and individual student learning needs through a situational analysis
•    Effective data analysis to drive learning effort through the monitoring of student progress and the identification of learning needs
•    Explicit teaching methods promoting greater student engagement.


Reference


NSW Improving Literacy and Numeracy National Partnership website http://www.ilnnp.nsw.edu.au/