06.Engagement&Retention

The following resources have been prepared for schools in the development of strategies for Engagement and Retention. See Resources below.


 * Supporting successful student engagement and retention in the senior secondary years **

1. It is really important that you tailor this presentation to suit the needs of your school 2. Pick which one, two or three workshop activities you might try to cover in the time available, and delete the rest from your presentation to avoid confusion 3. Having developed your final presentation, it is important to actually run through the presentation as it would appear on the screen. This is because each of the workshop activities has been ‘custom animated’ so that each individual sub-task in each activity is revealed in sequence 4. Consider how your school executive or school planning team might implement the decisions made during the workshop 5. Anticipate responses and issues that might be raised by some staff 6. Be aware that there is a danger for groups to bog down in a discussion of the relevance and accuracy of the actual retention data available, rather than getting on with evaluating the ideas in the booklet and planning for action at the school level
 * Some advice before you start your within-school workshop:**

§   One booklet per participant §   A copy of the PowerPoint presentation as a handout (we suggest you print these handouts as three slides per page, ‘pure black and white’) §   Individual school retention data for Activity 1 §   The printed workshop sheets for Activities 1-7 (one copy per person).
 * You will need the following items for your workshop presentation:**

For any assistance with your presentation please contact: Brian Ralph Principal Liaison Officer, Strategic Initiatives Directorate Ph. 9244 5568 Mob. 0408 977 607 Email brian.ralph@det.nsw.edu.au