SCHOOL

DEVELOPMENT PLAN
2020-2021
A. Vision and Mission ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

B. Aim and Objectives ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 2

C. Our Goals ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

D. School development Plan 2020-21 …. 10

• Teaching and Learning

• Assessment
• Curriculum
• Development plans for student of Determination
• Interventions in KG
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A. VISION AND MISSION

OUR VISION

To create an open, collaborative, school community that fosters the growth of responsible, confident, productive and critical thinkers who are interested
in local and global issues and are able to respond to different challenges.

OUR MISSION

• Provide a curriculum that is international in scope and structure, but is rooted in tradition and values.
• Raise a generation of students possessed with happy minds, positive attitudes and compassionate hearts.
• Enable the acquisition of entrepreneurial and /or workforce skills through the integration of ICT and real world experience in the curriculum.
• Prepare students for leadership in a world so they accept responsibility for the care and protection of man and environment.
• Articulate a truly cosmopolitan campus environment where students learn to accept and respect other cultures in order to promote a tolerant,
harmonious world.
• Recognise that each child is a gifted, accomplished individual who is capable of pursuing excellence and achieving success in his own way and
time.
• Empower students with decision-making abilities and opportunities so they may use their education for the advancement of mankind.
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B.
AIM AND OBJECTIVE:
The main objective of our school development plan 2020-21 is to develop the quality of teaching and learning in school community. We look forward to
improve learning experience, learning outcomes and thereby support our students with the best learning profile.

GOALS :

• Enhance the learning experience

1. and success of learners

• Innovation in Education
2.

• Induction programs for teachers

3.
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1.TEACHING AND LEARNING

Priority 1: Improve the quality of teaching - Collaborative, Interactive and Innovative approach to Teaching and Learning
Monitoring Method
Success indicator How will we know what
Objective Lead Person Impact
(What strategies need to be Time Evidence
(Where do we want to go?) (Who) (What do we expect to see? ) we planned is
introduced? ) scale
happening?
Improve Classroom teaching, Leaders establish where the Motivated and focused April Rigorous monitoring Lesson
better monitoring and best teaching is taking place. students equipped with 2020- and evaluation by observations,
assessment of learning HOD/HOC/ strategies to organize 21
Teachers need to plan and HOD and SLT marking/work
meet the learning needs of HTr. information for Ongoin scrutiny and
different groups of pupils so understanding, remembering, g student outcomes
that outcomes improve. applying, creating and used to identify
.
innovating. best teaching.
Good teaching practices are
Teachers check carefully on .
shared
the pupils progress and clear
across and consistently
the misconceptions and Online survey,
reviewed for improvement.
Misunderstandings of the Whole school
Report sheets, appraisal
pupil . All teachers have high assessment
expectations for all pupils information
and only accept work that is shared
presented to a high standard and used in order
ensuring learning is having to drive individual
high priority. outcomes
Improve the standard use of Continuous Professional All teachers engage Reports and related
internet access by students. development aiming at SLT/ ICT
Implement pragmatic, regular Team students with technology documents
upscaling good teaching
teacher training on e-safety across school related to
ESAFETY
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Priority 1: Improve the quality of teaching – Collaborative, Interactive and Innovative approach to Teaching and Learning
Monitoring Method
Success indicator How will we know what
Objective Lead Person Impact
(What strategies need to be Time Evidence
(Where do we want to go?) (Who) (What do we expect to see? ) we planned is
introduced? ) scale
happening?

Implementation of All teachers engage April Rigorous monitoring Assessment

students with technology to 2020- and evaluation by analysis, CPD
E- Learning ICT improve learning – Ongoi training sessions
Learning Modules were HOD and SLT
Support/ QUIZZIZ,KAHOOT, ng records, Lesson
Improve technology uploaded in Orison
SLT NEARPOD etc Evidence of impact of observations,
integration and support Online platform as an
ICT integration in
innovative practices at all initial academic . lessons from
phases beginning. observation records
Zoom was implemented show a positive
Build ICT sessions into
from KG- Grade 4 in the impact on students’
induction / orientation
program. Provide teachers Beginning of academic learning. Teachers
with ongoing ICT training session but later make better use of
and support. switched on to MS ICT training to make
Teams their lessons
Review the model of ICT interactive and
teaching to improve Microsoft teams For challenging for all
integration, classroom based levels of students.
Grade 5-12, Creative and
approach to ensure
effective use of ICT apps
technology supports
and Virtual Learning
learning in all areas .
platforms (TEAMS,
ZOOM)

Review, consolidate and Acceptable use

augment resources to Implement Online safety All the stakeholders are agreement
Online
support online safety. policy in all walks of VLE safety Group aware of ONLINE collected from
SAFETY inside and Staff and
outside the school students
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Ensure that all the stake
holders are aware of Econduct
1.AUP guideline
2.ONLINE SAFETY provided for
POLICY teachers.

Celebrated Cyber-security
Integration in lessons
Equip teachers to embed Awareness sessions Online week to promote online Photos,posters,lo
digital awareness and digital conducting for staff and safety Group safety measures to make gos
citizenship in their practice students aware of the risks.

Age appropriate concepts Model lesson by ICT Dept HOD/SLT All staff .
and activities related to Lesson plans,
online safety incorporated Lesson
into the CBSE curriculum observation
check list
Activity sheet
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2.ASSESSMENT

Priority 2: Ensure progress tracking is done in all lessons to enable teachers to have a more robust knowledge of ongoing
student’s achievement and their next steps in learning.
Monitoring Method
Success indicator Lead Person How will we know what
Objective Impact
(What strategies need to be Time Evidence
(Where do we want to go?) (What do we expect to see? ) we planned is
introduced? ) (Who) scale
happening?

To provide more Assessment procedures Frequent evaluations Mont Monitoring of Progress report
opportunities for students are effective in Subject help pinpoint the areas hly progress through
to develop and use identifying any Teachers/ in which students need from Periodic
critical thinking and curriculum HoD/ more help or additional April Assessments and
independent learning shortcomings HoC/SLT/ instruction to achieve 2020- Term Assessments
skills across all subjects DOE success. Marc
h
and phases.
2021

Work in students’ books Progress in learning Observations, Students

and the school’s Each student’s progress, against clear targets / Departmental Anecdotal
assessment strengths and needs to learning objectives. Meetings report
records across all the be regularly discussed
year(Previous year) Notebook scrutiny
3. CURRICULUM

Priority 3: Work towards the development of 5C’s (CREATIVITY, COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION, CRITICAL THINKING
AND CITIZENSHIP) in students
Monitoring Method
Success indicator Lead Person How will we know what
Objective Impact
(What strategies need to be Time Evidence
(Where do we want to go?) (What do we expect to see? ) we planned is
introduced? ) (Who) scale
happening?
Provides a curriculum A well planned ,coherent
which enables all and ambitious All the stakeholders Marc Preparation and CBSE Curriculum
Principal/ know and understands h submission of Annual Plan,
students to thrive at curriculum is
SLT/All the curriculum plans for 2020 Academic plans Term Plans, DLP
school and beyond implemented by
Teachers all subjects and phases
including all the
subjects

Incorporate the teaching of

Subject Students will receive
Provide teachers with a Teachers/ proper guidance in all April Student centered Greater use of
5Cs (Creativity, wider repertoire of HoD/ lessons 2020- approach to online platform
Communication, teaching strategies. HoC/SLT/ Marc teaching and such as M.S
collaboration, critical Provide teachers with DOE h learning can be TEAMS which
opportunities for 2021 visualised enhance
thinking and citizenship)
teacher-student
into the curriculum international exposure
connection and
through teacher exchange
foster student
programme with schools
collaboration.
overseas so that they can
bring back innovative
teaching ideas to share
with other teaching staff Awareness on esafety
Septe E survey conducted Online safety
Inclusion of online safety NOS training and policy
mber
education for whole school accreditation All staff 2020
and community
Priority 3.1: Curriculum linking to UAE Culture – Arabic
Monitoring Method
Success indicator Lead Person How will we know what
Objective Impact
(What strategies need to be Time Evidence
(Where do we want to go?) (What do we expect to see? ) we planned is
introduced? ) (Who) scale
happening?

The students judge and Marc Checklist

Adopting a suitable and HOD Modifying and Principal/ h Challenges
know their real level in
rich curriculum adopting a curriculum SLT 2020 Entry Level Test whether the
Arabic,
that is suitable with the students abilities,
students’ ability: Evaluate their Data analysis of the
critical thinking
Improve the four skills, improvement and know students’
Online assessments will the next step. are suitable with
listening, speaking, performance
be conducted to the requirements
reading and writing. Subject Teachers conduct of the 21th
determine
Teachers/ assessments and collect Ongoi Worksheets century.
the level of children and
HoD/ the ng Improvement in
to set target HoC/SLT/ Students’ notebooks
High quality teaching and student’s attainment and the four skills of
learning DOE
progress. the Students.
 Beginners will be given Concentration on the Yearly and monthly Fast progress for
for newly joined students beginners and increasing plan beginners with
. their attainment. increased
Question papers vocabulary &
Use of new text and Students will be able to
reading ability.
exercises books which speak about themselves
Well trained
contains topics that and frame sentences to
students to
improve the four skills of describe
understand, solve
the students. different types of
Arabic questions,

Priority 3.2: Curriculum linking to UAE Culture –Islamic

Monitoring Method
Success indicator Lead Person How will we know what
Objective Impact
(What strategies need to be Time Evidence
(Where do we want to go?) (What do we expect to see? ) we planned is
introduced? ) (Who) scale
happening?
 Improved application Teachers will engage
of critical thinking skills students in active increased level of Marc Classroom
inside classroom Principal/ student’s h Students’
experiential learning.
SLT involvement in class. 2020 Observations notebooks
evidently seen.
Teachers will be given
Students will be able to Lessons will be providing Ongoing assessment Yearly and
opportunity to observe
establish connection with monthly plan
good lessons in other learning beyond text. Differentiated
real life. core subjects. reading Question papers
Subject Marking and feedback to
Students will be able recite Opportunities to be Teachers/ students given at Ongoi assignments. Parents feed back
Qur’an provided to students in HoD/ every point of the lesson. ng
effectively and as per various activities like HoC/SLT Written feedback on Classroom
the rule of Tajweed, interdisciplinary projects ways to improve. discussions
involving higher order Worksheets
Students will participate in
Qirat competition thinking, group
discussion, peer work etc.
Special training for the
recitation of Quran.
Developing listening
skills by listening to the
recitation of Quran by
different reciters.
Certificates to be
awarded to encourage
students to participate
Priority 3.3: Curriculum linking to UAE Culture –Moral Education
Monitoring Method
Success indicator Lead Person How will we know what
Objective Impact
(What strategies need to be Time Evidence
(Where do we want to go?) (What do we expect to see? ) we planned is
introduced? ) (Who) scale
happening?
To blend academic content Teaching students with
with an exploration of moral values to develop increased level of Marc Classroom
Projects and
character and ethics character Principal/ student’s h
SLT involvement in class. 2020 Observations activities done by
To inculcate the core . students
Lessons will be providing Assignments.
principles and values at
the foundation of the learning beyond text.
curriculum and formulate
with students of all
Subject
Teachers/ Ongoi
nationalities, ethnicities
HoD/ ng
and backgrounds in mind.
HoC/SLT
PHSE Curriculum

Moral values give

awareness to students
Priority 3.4: Curriculum linking to UAE Culture –UAE SST
Monitoring Method
Success indicator Lead Person How will we know what
Objective Impact
(What strategies need to be Time Evidence
(Where do we want to go?) (What do we expect to see? ) we planned is
introduced? ) (Who) scale
happening?
To learn about historical HOD have overall Formative
stories, personalities, and responsibility for social respect to the host Marc assessment
places (the Union's story in studies across the school Principal/ country culture and h (questioning, quizzes
SLT traditions 2020
a simplified form). etc)
Ensure that the UAE
social studies outcomes Engage in the local Student self-
are mapped across the history, geography and assessment
school curriculum. culture of the UAE and
Subject Peer assessments
feel proud of their
Teachers/ Ongoi
HoD/ contributions to the ng Verbal and written
HoC/SLT community feedback to students
• Participate in all from teachers
activities related to • Summative (end of
promoting the UAE unit projects and
history, culture and presentation)
heritage.
• UAE National day
exhibition, displays
and assemblies
Priority 3.5: Curriculum linking to further outcomes in the core areas of reading and writing.
Monitoring Method
Success indicator Lead Person How will we know what
Objective Impact
(What strategies need to be Time Evidence
(Where do we want to go?) (What do we expect to see? ) we planned is
introduced? ) (Who) scale
happening?
Students in kindergarten actively Online E reading program in KG head Report of students
participate in independent classes through Teacher/ HOC
A strengthened culture of From Evidences of cross
reading and online phonic program
reading in classrooms and April curricular learning
writing skills
Opportunities for reading and Meeting records with the seen in the
independent reading is seen
writing to be provided which teachers environment
across KG
will be seen
Differential Work samples of
seen in displays and children’s Effective feedback to students
lesson plans students
work.Weekly phase meetings on reading and lesson show
with staff identify key pupils greater Teaching & learning
for targeting in planning and emphasis on reading and observation records
teaching and introduce writing across curriculum
sustained shared thinking to
Majority of children are able to
support children
read new words through the
Work is appropriately phonic program
differentiated so that pupils
Vocabulary is enhanced
who are working below
through critical thinking and
expectation develop
imaginative writing in class
independence and are
engaged in their learning
Priority 3.5: Recommendations: Ensure that all the teachers take consistent account of the needs of students of
determination while planning and delivering lessons.
Monitoring Method
Success indicator Lead Person How will we know what
Objective Impact
(What strategies need to be Time Evidence
(Where do we want to go?) (What do we expect to see? ) we planned is
introduced? ) (Who) scale
happening?
Most students make good All teachers take consistent Ecounsellor/ E-Counsellor will conduct April Monitoring through
progress towards their account of SLT personal meetings 2020 assessment
personal goals. the needs of students with parents to equip them Work samples of
of determination when with information, advice, students
In a few lessons, progress is planning and delivering support and guidance, about
slower when the teacher lessons. the needs of students of
does not modify the curriculum
determination.
enough
to meet the needs of students of guide the teachers and monitor
determination the lesson plans and

classroom teaching & learning

to ensure that students of
determination are receiving
need-based quality support in
the classroom.

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 CONSOLIDATED ELEARNING STRATEGY
Sl Time line Strategy Description Incharge Remarks
No
1 April 2020 Implementation of ELearning Learning Modules were SLT/ICT Due to online safety issue
uploaded in Orison the platform for ZOOM
Online platform for learning was discontinued
teaching Zoom was and were Accredited to
implemented from KG- Ms Teams
Grade 4
Microsoft teams For Grade
5-12
2 May 2020 Implementation of Safety Teachers and students SLT/ICT To ensure safety
programmes training sessionS environment among the
Parent Forum meeting school and community
3 June 2020 Contract with the Microsoft team Updation of firefox BOG To enhance and make the
And getting License for ELearning more effective
teams / Webinars with added software’s
4 September Implementation for Online Getting tie up with On BOG/ICT Supporting school staff
safety Education for whole Line National safety/ and parents to keep
school and community Webinars children safe on internet
5 October certification for E safety school The school got the BOG/ICT Teachers and parents did
certificate for Esafety the certified course for
School understanding the role of
online safety teaching and
learning
6 November/December Professional learning based Teaching strategies to help SLT/ICT Webinars on safety to be
training for teachers teachers to integrate on given by Esafety experts
line safety to their
programmes and planning
7 January Safety tools During Assessments Training to improve the All Staff Workshop for attaining
strategies of education better results for the
through various academic year
 educational tools and
methods.
8 February/March Safety tools During Assessments Training to improve the All Staff Webinar/Workshop for
strategies of education attaining better results for
through various the academic year
educational tools and
methods.
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