Recommendations
Through the Flying Start resource the
following had been recommended. Extra staffing resources for primary schools,
particularly from Prep to Year 2;
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A smaller pupil-teacher ratio for a critical
teaching and learning time each day, from Prep to Year 2;
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Increased opportunities for teachers to work in
partnership through a team approach;
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Increased opportunities for teachers and
parents to work in partnership;
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Assistance for classroom teachers with the key
strategies of assessment, planning, explicit teaching, monitoring, recording and
reporting;
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Additional professional development
opportunities for classroom teachers, kindergarten to Year 2;
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Programs for parents as children’s first and
continuing educators; and
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Advice and guidance to school communities to
establish quality programs which provide continuity across child care and
schooling.
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