Strategic Plan

• Board members and Principal to attend at least 4 professional development seminars per annum.
• Recruitment of key executive positions required for a growing College.
• Maintenance of a Board that meets all requirements of the College’s skills matrix.

Provide a safe, caring, empowering and supportive environment for all students, staff and members of our community, in order to ensure that every student achieves continuous learning growth and reaches their full potential through a holistic approach to learning based on Islamic values.

• Provide supportive, caring, respectful, and empowering learning environments and programs guided by our Islamic Ethos.
• Strengthen student voice by ensuring they are heard, understood and empowered.
• Ensure all members of the school community understand the school philosophy and enact its values in every aspect of school life.
• Establish a growth-focused culture where high expectations, accountability and continuous improvement become the norm.
• Support learning with a range of resources including digital platforms.
• Cater for students needs through differentiation and individualized planning.
• Regular data collection, analysis and evaluation of student learning to plan for growth.
• Forster and encourage creativity to find solutions for real life problems.
• Instil in students that creativity leads to innovation and innovation leads to growth.
• Enable the physical, mental, spiritual and social development of our young Muslims.
• Provide a variety of co-curricular options in school and in the wider community.
• Integrate Islamic values and principles in student learning.
• Encourage cultural awareness and celebrate the diversity of our students’ backgrounds.
• Establish strategies to identify and strengthen students’ own strengths and interests.

• Continuous increase in the percentages of positive responses in the following:
  – Student Satisfaction Survey
  – Staff Satisfaction Survey
  – Parent Opinion Survey
• Staff and students can explain the school philosophy and give examples of how they have enacted it.
• Summative assessments show improvement for every student.
• Every student on an individualised plan achieves their SMART goals.
• Continuous increase in the percentage mean of students achieving at or above expected growth in all key learning areas every semester.
• Increase in the percentage of students achieving above NAPLAN benchmark growth.
• Create an environment where students are encouraged to use their creativity to find solutions.
• Students show growth in using technology to find solutions for problems in the real world.
• Students take responsibility for their own holistic learning experience.
• Students participate in co-curricular activities at school and in the community.

Empower students and staff for the future and establish a culture of leadership development.

• Empower student learning through student voice, agency and leadership.
• Involve leaders at all levels of the school.
• Provide staff and students with opportunities to take the lead on projects and initiatives.
• Make sure that leaders also partake in coaching and mentoring to improve and enhance their impact on the school culture.
• Instil in students’ pride when they are genuine, supportive and do the right thing.
• Give students opportunities to develop their leadership skills.
• Enabling students to actively participate in creating a culture that is safe for them and their peers.
• Teach students how to monitor and evaluate their own progress and achievement.

• Increase in student leadership roles.
• Increase in staff leadership roles.
• Students take leadership roles and present initiatives empowered by Islamic values.
• Students exercise community leadership as confident Australian Muslims.
• Students take ownership of their learning and monitor their own assessment.
• Student and staff participation is valued and promoted.
• Students and staff know their rights and responsibilities.
• Students understand the importance of friendships and peer support.
• Students have a strong sense of agency and a strengthened focus on learning.

Ensure that the College engages proactively with the College community in order to best meet community needs.

• In coordination with The Newport Islamic Society Inc (also known as Australian Islamic Centre (AIC)), host events which promote the College’s philosophy to the wider Hobsons Bay Islamic community.
• Maintain a close connection with AIC and encourage community members to access its support services as required.
• Forge personal connections with each family enrolled in the College.
• Host sessions with the College community regarding child development and parenting in an Islamic context.
• Build collaborative connections with other Islamic schools and community organisations in Victoria.
• Provide a variety of co-curricular options in the College and in the wider community.
• Encourage parents and carers to participate in all aspects of College life.
• In partnership with parents and AIC, the College will contribute to build a strong inner foundation for students aligned with our Islamic ethos and grounded in the teaching of our beloved prophet Mohammed (peace and blessings be upon him).

• Regular holding of events in concert with AIC to promote the College.
• All members of the College community are assist in accessing any services they may require to thrive.
• Strong community engagement in the operations, events and, ultimately, successes of the College.