PLP

'  Who was it who said, ‘That’s One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Mankind’? 2008 has seen important preparations for the start of the //future//SACE. From 2009 onwards, all students will undertake a new course – the **Personal Learning Plan**. In 2008, the //future//SACE Office selected a small number of schools to create, deliver and evaluate new teaching materials. Woodcroft College has been one such ‘Pilot’ school. Examples of our work have been shared with other schools and the //future//SACE office. Year 10 Woodcroft College students used their Personal Learning Plan to consider their abilities, interests and aspirations. They then developed their target-setting skills by identifying something in or out of school that they would like to master and worked towards it. The phrase ‘That’s One Small Step…. One Giant Leap’ epitomises this notion that careful planning and hard work now can ensure success with more distant ambitions. The following quotes from Year 10 students reveal the benefits of their participation in the PLP Pilot:   ‘//It’s your life. Go design it’//  //‘The PLP has given me chance to discover things I didn’t know about myself’// // ‘It has told me things I didn’t know about my friends, and what they think of me’! // // ‘I now have a clearer idea of my career pathway’ // // ‘I have taken some important first steps this year’ // // ‘The PLP gave me something to work towards and helped me discover the best ways of achieving it’. // // ‘I now know there are plenty of places I can go to for help’ // // ‘I enjoyed the chance to look back at my experiences and see how much I have developed’. //   <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Collaboration between schools is anticipated to increase with the introduction of the new SACE. Woodcroft College has also been involved in an additional ‘spin off’ trial of so called ‘eModeration’. In this, the use of digital technology as a means of capturing, assessing and exchanging students’ work over considerable distances has been explored. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Woodcroft College is now well positioned to deliver the Personal Learning Plan in 2009 and to capitalize on any forthcoming technological innovations. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all staff and students for their hard work in this year’s endeavours. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Peter Westhead <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PLP Coordinator'
 * A copy of the final Woodcroft College Newsletter atricle re: The PLP Pilot 2 :**
 * <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">‘That’s One Small Step… One Giant Leap’ **
 * //<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">The Personal Learning Plan Pilot at Woodcroft College //**