2026 Free New Look Leadership Forum
Hosted by Raising Achievement + Guest presenter specialists.
We haven’t offered the leadership forums for some time because several other leadership forums were taking place in different spaces.
Recently, I have been working with SENCO/ LSC and RTLB and leaders in schools. There has been much discussion about the isolation in schools that often occurs for people in these roles, and the lack of places to share collegial information, discuss issues of concern, and be heard.
There is now!
I have repurposed our original leadership forum to support leaders making a difference for at-risk learner groups in schools.
We now hold a free workshop, plus a facilitated connection session each term where we discuss topics, look at case studies, and answer your questions.
Term 3
Tuesday 18 August, at 3.30 pm, will be on:
Assessment Policy and Practice- Robust Pre- and Post-Assessment
Outline
1/ Quick Review on learner waves
2/ Quick review on underpinning weaknesses
3/ Priorities
Identifying at-risk learners - Quality screening tool
Calculating the percentage of at -risk learners in the school/ class
4/ Deciding on the data for the class or school at-risk register.
Literacy data
Letter sound knowledge
Phonics assessment
Oral Language rating
Reading fluency – DIBELS
Comprehension - Maze/other
Writing Fluency
10-minute writing sample – Phase working at.
Numeracy data
Other information:
Underpinning weaknesses/ barriers to learning/ diagnosis/
Tier identification – tier two and three/ other supports
5/ Assessment plan and policy – who, when, and how – pre-test and post-test - All data in one place.
6/ Analysis and monitoring of data.
Attending live will give you the best outcome, but please register even if you are unable to attend so I can get the resources out to you.
The Leadership Forum facilitated connection session for this term will take place on Tuesday, 8 September at 3.30 pm.
Our children need us for their future in education
Take your seat at the Leadership table:
The purpose of the forum is to share excellence in teaching for at-risk student groups and further develop evidenced best practices for these learners.
Through this initiative, we anticipate schools will increase awareness and confidence to develop policy and practice and facilitate real change in schools nationwide.
Our Term Two workshop was on:
"Writing a Learning Difficulties Policy to Set You and Your School Up for Success and Outcomes."
You can access this by emailing Support: maddy@raisingachievement.co.nz