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Strategic Plan

Overview

Catholic Schools Going Forward Together 2007-2010

Catholic Schools Going Forward Together 2007-2010 brings together a collaborative consultation process that has involved pastors, school staff and many in other diocesan ministries. The process identifies five priority areas where our energy needs to be directed in the next four years. 

This plan is carefully aligned with the Diocesan Pastoral Plan Pastoral Care for Evangelisation 2006-2010. School staff will continue to play an important role to integrate the diocesan vision with the lived experience of the students.

The focus of Going Forward Together 2007-2010 is on students.  Parents can be confident that their Catholic schools are continuing to provide quality Catholic education in a safe and nurturing environment, equipping students to make a difference in the world as disciples of Jesus. In striving to achieve this goal schools will work in partnership with parents and parishes.

This plan will energise our school communities to find new and better ways to nurture, catechise and inspire the students entrusted to our schools.

OVERVIEW: PRIORITY AREAS AND STRATEGIC FOCUSES

Priority 1: Catholic Life, Evangelisation and Pastoral Care

• Religious literacy and faith formation of all staff
• Relationships between clergy, parishes, youth ministry co-ordinators and secondary schools
• School based evangelisation projects
• Involving young people in the local church following World Youth Day 2008
• Further strengthening religious education teaching
• Catholic worldview and values

Priority 2: Learning and Teaching

• Coherent teaching and learning framework
• Cohesive approaches for improved student outcomes
• Support for learning needs of all students
• Further improvement of numeracy and literacy standards
• Emerging technologies for student learning
• Professional learning for improved student outcomes
• Enhancing the status of the teaching profession

Priority 3: Leadership

• Framework for sustainable leadership
• Building leadership capacity of schools
• New models of leadership
• Including parents in decision making
• Relationships with congregational schools
• Governance in schools
• Wellbeing of leaders
• Networking of leaders
• Leaders transforming leadership and learning

Priority 4: Strategic Accountablility

• Responding to research into Catholicity in schools
• Accountabilities and management of risks
• Equitable distribution of resources
• Using school annual reports and school review reports for systemic improvement
• Responding to the issues raised by school boards and Diocesan Parent Council
• Promotion of schools
• Evidence based evaluation and improvement
• Representation to Government of our needs

Priority 5: CSO Service Delivery

• Review of CSO service delivery
• Responding to educational policy issues
• ICLT governance and operational processes
• Workforce planning
• Development of new schools
• School planning for ongoing repairs and maintenance

In 2006 we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Diocese of Broken Bay. Over these 20 years the Diocesan Schools System has grown in strength and numbers, both in schools and in enrolments. In 2007, 43 Catholic schools provide quality Catholic Education for 16,124 students from Northbridge to Warnervale.

For further information, please download a copy of our Strategic Plan in PDF format