Parramatta East Public School

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2018 resource allocation model funding

In October 2017, all NSW public schools will receive a 2018 planned school budget allocation report. The report will assist with the management of the total budget delivered to schools through the resource allocation model (RAM). 

RAM methodology distributes funding based on the individual needs of students and schools. This gives schools greater flexibility to make local decisions. 

Learn more about the 2018 funding by visiting the department's website or watch the video below to find out more.  Talk to your principal to find out how the school is planning to use its 2018 funding to support students to improve educational outcomes.

Transcript 

00:00 - local schools local decisions has

00:02 - increased staffing flexibility focused

00:05 - on local decision-making and delivered a

00:07 - streamlined budget that provides

00:09 - additional resources recognizing

00:11 - different school and student needs in

00:15 - 2018 all New South Wales public schools

00:18 - will start implementing their 2018 2020

00:21 - school plans informed by the updated

00:24 - school excellence policy and school

00:26 - excellence framework with input from

00:31 - their communities schools will make

00:33 - decisions about how to use their total

00:35 - school budget to generate the greatest

00:37 - impact on student learning outcomes the

00:40 - school plan identifies the staffing and

00:42 - operational resources needed to achieve

00:44 - their improvement measures schools are

00:47 - already managing their budget

00:48 - allocations and using evidence to inform

00:50 - their teaching to best meet the needs of

00:53 - their students a coastal high school

00:55 - employed two additional staff to mentor

00:58 - support and track their HSC students

01:01 - with a focus on improving student

01:03 - outcomes and as a result similar

01:05 - strategies are being used for stages

01:07 - four and five a Metropolitan public

01:11 - school developed an effective way to

01:13 - improve community engagement in school

01:15 - decision making it focused on finding

01:17 - better ways to communicate with families

01:19 - help them develop skills to assist in

01:22 - the classroom and enable them to play a

01:24 - more active role in the decision-making

01:26 - of the school

01:27 - [Music]

01:33 - and a rural public school has used its

01:38 - resources strategically to combine roles

01:40 - establishing a teacher mentor position

01:43 - to improve the skills of classroom

01:44 - teachers the greatest impact has been

01:47 - for students in the lowest reading

01:48 - levels in 2018

01:52 - schools have increased support options

01:54 - and will have the capacity to employ a

01:57 - business manager and/or additional

01:59 - administrative support staff to enable a

02:02 - core focus on teaching and learning and

02:04 - with one plan one budget and one report

02:08 -principals in New South Wales public

02:10 - schools are able to strategically manage

02:12 - their total school budget to deliver

02:14 - improve learning outcomes for all their