Fort Street High School's Effectiveness and Improvement - Case Study Example

The paper focused on extensive secondary research using peer-reviewed articles, books, and other sources detailing factors that affect school effectiveness and strategies of improving the level of effectiveness and hence boost performance. Online information regarding Fort Street’s current performance and level of effectiveness was assessed and analyzed.Results and Discussion:It was discovered that Fort street's level of effectiveness is low due to various reasons namely: lack of clear articulation of institutional goals, poor involvement of teachers in the decision-making process, lack of harmony among various departments, poor management of students, and lack of a conducive learning environment.

In order to improve its effectiveness, the paper recommends various strategies namely: restructuring the school curriculum, the involvement of teachers in the decision-making process, recruiting and selecting qualified teachers and support staff, modifying the school environment to make it more conducive for learning purposes, supervising the teachers to enhance their job performance and positive motivation both for the teachers and the students.Conclusion and further recommendationsThe report concludes that the current performance of Fort Street High School is poor due to a lack of effective strategies that boost performance.

The paper, therefore, recommends that the school’s management team should apart from implementing the already mentioned recommendations; focus solely on boosting its level of effectiveness if it aims to record good performance in the near future.School’s Historical BackgroundFort Street High School is one of the oldest public high schools in Australia. Citing its historical background and being credited with producing some of the most versatile scholars and professionals, its current academic trend is not very up to standards as one would expect of such a giant school.

Most of the latest upcoming schools are doing very well both academically and in co-curricular activities, and this creates the basis upon which the compilation of this report was necessitated.