Self-Evaluation

Self-Evaluation http://www.teachingexpertise.com/topic/self-evaluation The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en Rewards: What really works? http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/rewards-what-really-works-12244 <p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves /> <w:TrackFormatting /> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF /> <w:L<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/evaluate-your-behaviour-management-systems-10387">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/evaluate-your-behaviour-management-systems-10387#comments Behaviour Management Behaviour Matters Classroom Teacher Head of Year Self-Evaluation Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:14:01 +0000 scameron 10387 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Making evaluation more manageable http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/making-evaluation-more-manageable-9305 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-content"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><p>One of the keys to writing a strong self-evaluation form is to have data or evidence to justify your judgements. For many sections of the SEF a school leader will draw upon a range of externally validated data, yet at the heart of any school is the quality of teaching, which falls within the section judging the effectiveness of provision.<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/making-evaluation-more-manageable-9305">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/making-evaluation-more-manageable-9305#comments Assistant Head CPD for leadership Deputy Head Headteacher Leadership and Management Leadership Challenges Self-Evaluation Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:12:09 +0100 scameron 9305 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com How to evaluate the impact of CPD http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/how-evaluate-impact-cpd-7950 <p>Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.<br /><em>CS Lewis</em></p><p><strong>Impact evaluation – starting points<br /></strong></p><p>Great CPD is an all-important element of a successful career in education, but access to learning opportunities shouldn’t be left to chance. With effective impact evaluation of CPD, you can help to encourage more of what is shown to work so that time and energy isn’t wasted on trivial pursuits.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/how-evaluate-impact-cpd-7950">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/how-evaluate-impact-cpd-7950#comments Continuing Professional Development CPD leader CPD practice CPD Week Self-Evaluation Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:32 +0000 scameron 7950 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com End of term review and reflection http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/end-term-review-and-reflection-7707 <p>You’re probably well into the ‘Christmas experience’ now with nativity plays, parties, visits from Santa, carol concerts and discos being dominant features of the last two weeks of term. In some schools, this time of year is more hectic than normal but sometimes, there are opportunities to steal away from the various festive activities and take time to reflect on the autumn term and prepare for the spring. </p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/end-term-review-and-reflection-7707">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/end-term-review-and-reflection-7707#comments Self-Evaluation SENCO SENCO Week Special Educational Needs Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:02:58 +0000 scameron 7707 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Self-review your behaviour strategies to improve your self-esteem http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/self-review-your-behaviour-strategies-improve-your-self-esteem-6746 <p>Over the past months in this ezine we have put a lot of emphasis on the need to create an emotionally literate teaching and learning environment; to have a wide range of effective strategies and styles of approach; and to work hard on forming relationships with all pupils in your care. At some point, however, consideration must also be given to your own wellbeing. Just as the behaviour of the pupils is driven by thoughts and emotions, the environment and relationships, so these factors also affect your own behaviour.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/self-review-your-behaviour-strategies-improve-your-self-esteem-6746">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/self-review-your-behaviour-strategies-improve-your-self-esteem-6746#comments Behaviour Management Behaviour Matters Classroom management Classroom Teacher Self-Evaluation Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:16:39 +0100 scameron 6746 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Evaluating the impact of CPD http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/evaluating-impact-cpd-5281 <p>Evaluating the impact of CPD has to be the one task that gives CPD leaders most anxiety. We know it is important to recognise the complex nature of impact evaluation and we also appreciate few have really cracked it. Most of us are still struggling to measure impact effectively, let alone work out how to use this information once we’ve got it, to feed back into the process of whole-school and individual planning for CPD.<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/evaluating-impact-cpd-5281">read more</a></p> Continuing Professional Development CPD leader CPD policy Self-Evaluation Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:08:44 +0000 scameron 5281 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Completing the early years SEF http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/completing-early-years-sef-5175 <table width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="" summary="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);"> <tbody> <tr> <td><p><strong>The Ofsted Security Token – your password<br /> </strong></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/completing-early-years-sef-5175">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/completing-early-years-sef-5175#comments Early Years Early Years Professional Leadership and Management Self-Evaluation Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:29:37 +0000 scameron 5175 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Self-evaluation to improve early years provision http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/self-evaluation-improve-early-years-provision-4118 <p>Reflective practice and self-review has played an important role in many early years settings for some time, and is now crucial as Ofsted begins to look closely at how  improvement is being promoted through providers’ self-evaluation. From September 2008, Ofsted will expect all providers to have up-to-date information about the quality of their practice, based on a system of self-evaluation; this information will then be used as a starting point for their inspections.<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/self-evaluation-improve-early-years-provision-4118">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/self-evaluation-improve-early-years-provision-4118#comments Early Years Early Years Professional Self-Evaluation Teaching and Learning Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:57:33 +0000 scameron 4118 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Involving early years children in planning and evaluating their own learning http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/involving-early-years-planning-and-evaluating-their-own-learning-3902 <p>St Joseph’s Pre-school, based within an increasingly diverse socio-economic community in the suburbs of Bristol, is a busy voluntary-sector group operating in a church hall, where equipment and resources have to be set up and packed away every day. It has expanded over several years – from three pre-school sessions a week ,to nine sessions plus lunch clubs, a toddler group and two ‘drop in’ sessions – and now serves the needs of more than 50 families.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/involving-early-years-planning-and-evaluating-their-own-learning-3902">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/involving-early-years-planning-and-evaluating-their-own-learning-3902#comments Classroom Teacher Early Years Early Years Professional Headteacher Leadership and Management Raising Achievement Self-Evaluation Teaching and Learning Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:22:22 +0000 scameron 3902 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Governing bodies: helping schools be accountable http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/governing-bodies-helping-schools-be-accountable-3672 <p>When we look at how governing bodies organise their work we normally focus on efficiency, but we need also to turn the telescope round and look at it from the perspective of how it helps us meet the needs of accountability. There may well be a bonus as well.</p> <p><strong>Think corporately</strong><br /> It is one of the basic principles of governing bodies that they are corporate. It’s another one that they are the accountable body for a school. It’s an easy step from there to see that the accountability is corporate.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/governing-bodies-helping-schools-be-accountable-3672">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/governing-bodies-helping-schools-be-accountable-3672#comments Deputy Head Governors Headteacher Leadership and Management School Governor Self-Evaluation Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:41:05 +0000 scameron 3672 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Audit tool for promoting racial equality http://www.teachingexpertise.com/resources/audit-tool-promoting-racial-equality-3630 <p>It includes an extensive audit tool for you to print and fill out to help in reviewing your whole-school approach to promoting racial equality.</p><p>Written by Simon Blake and Patrice Lawrence</p><h5>Taken from <em>Management Briefing</em> (no longer published)</h5><p> </p> Assistant Head Deputy Head Equality Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management School Business Manager/Bursar School Improvement Self-Evaluation Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:08:22 +0100 scameron 3630 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Self-evaluation for school improvement: steps 1 & 2 http://www.teachingexpertise.com/resources/self-evaluation-school-improvement-steps-1-2-3629 <p>The first step outlines how to establish what your school should focus one when making improvements, while the second helps you to determine what evidence should be collected when carrying out the process.</p><p>Each section includes questionnaires and SWOT analysis sheets to steer you in the right direction.</p><p>Written by Gill Bracey</p> Assistant Head Deputy Head Equality Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management School Business Manager/Bursar School Improvement Self-Evaluation Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:49:13 +0100 scameron 3629 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Self-evaluation with parents http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/self-evaluation-parents-3484 <p>Self-evaluation is, for many school leaders, just another necessary demand on time and resources, which can become little more than an exercise in ticking the right boxes on the SEF form. If, however, it is carried out with a school-wide commitment to improvement, the process can become an invaluable tool in successful school management.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/self-evaluation-parents-3484">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/self-evaluation-parents-3484#comments Assistant Head Deputy Head Headteacher Leadership and Management Leadership Challenges Parental Involvement School Governor Self-Evaluation Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:38:21 +0100 scameron 3484 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Early years: getting ready for Ofsted inspection http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/early-years-getting-ready-for-ofsted-inspection-3341 <p>The legislative framework for early learning and childcare detailed in the Childcare Act 2006 removed the legal distinction between learning and care in the early years, reflecting the integrated approach to provision for young children which is the foundation of high-quality practice. The introduction in September this year of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), now provides the opportunity to bring greater consistency to the inspection of early years provision across all sectors. <br /> <p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/early-years-getting-ready-for-ofsted-inspection-3341">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/early-years-getting-ready-for-ofsted-inspection-3341#comments Early Years Early Years Professional Headteacher Inspection Leadership and Management Self-Evaluation Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:21:00 +0100 scameron 3341 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Students as learning partners (SaLP) http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/students-as-learning-partners-3214 <p>To me, one of the most challenging and revolutionary aspects of student voice has been students as learning partners (SaLP). After contemplating why this is the case we narrowed it down to the fact there has never been a precedent for this type of thinking before in school. Over the years we have seen versions of student councils, co-construction of lessons and schemes of work, mentoring/coaching but never before have we invited students in to observe and provide a critique our lessons. </p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/students-as-learning-partners-3214">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/students-as-learning-partners-3214#comments Activities Classroom Teacher Head of Year Self-Evaluation Student Voice Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Teaching Tips Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:20:57 +0100 scameron 3214 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com SEN students' views on ECM outcomes http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/sen-students-views-on-ecm-outcomes-3227 A learning project in two Cornish comprehensive schools shows how the views of students with SEN can be listened to and acted on. The project shows both similarities in the positive and negative experiences of students with SEN in the two schools as well as institutional differences. The project involved SEN students acting as researchers to help improve their own learning experiences.<br /> <br /> <strong>Project context<br /> <br /> <p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/sen-students-views-on-ecm-outcomes-3227">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/sen-students-views-on-ecm-outcomes-3227#comments Classroom Teacher Disability Every Child Matters Head of Year Headteacher Self-Evaluation SENCO Special Educational Needs Student Voice Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:20:57 +0100 scameron 3227 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Effective target setting for school improvement http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/effective-target-setting-for-school-improvement-3182 <p>Targets may be viewed as an over-used piece of educational jargon – ‘output targets’ (DCSF Specialist Schools site) and ‘indicative targets’ (Raiseonline) – but I prefer to take a more pragmatic approach and see targets as goals which we use to help us achieve what we want to achieve. <br /> <br /> There are three main areas of target setting: school targets, subject targets and student targets and of course they are intrinsically linked to each other. The DCSF has statutory targets which all secondary schools must set for two years hence:<br /> <p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/effective-target-setting-for-school-improvement-3182">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/effective-target-setting-for-school-improvement-3182#comments Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management School Governor School Improvement Self-Evaluation Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:20:55 +0100 scameron 3182 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com A framework to support self-evaluation of SEN provision http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/a-framework-to-support-self-evaluation-of-sen-provision-2961 The Special Educational Needs/Learning Difficulties and Disabilities Self-Evaluation Framework, which we reproduce below, has been developed by the DCSF to support local authorities (LAs) in reviewing and evaluating strategy, services and provision for children and young people with SEN and LDD. <br /> <br /> It has been designed so that local authorities can benchmark and evaluate their own progress and performance, and use this information to identify areas for further development. The framework has been piloted and updated following feedback.<br /> <br /> <p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/a-framework-to-support-self-evaluation-of-sen-provision-2961">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/a-framework-to-support-self-evaluation-of-sen-provision-2961#comments Disability Every Child Matters Legal framework Self-Evaluation SEN Policy SENCO Special Educational Needs Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:20:49 +0100 admin 2961 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Developing reflective practice through team work http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/developing-reflective-practice-through-team-work-2925 My work at New Rush Hall evolved out of the four-year project I led for Antidote with staff and students at one primary and one secondary school in the London Borough of Newham. An important element in this work was an exploration of the value of reflective groupwork for staff. This proved immensely rewarding for those who took part, but hard to sustain over time. I wrote in my report of the project:<br /> <em><br /> <p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/developing-reflective-practice-through-team-work-2925">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/developing-reflective-practice-through-team-work-2925#comments Continuing Professional Development CPD leader CPD practice Self-Evaluation SEN provision SENCO Special Educational Needs Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:20:47 +0100 jlee 2925 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Self-evaluation and PE http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/self-evaluation-and-pe-2438 Like every PE teacher, you want to deliver the best PE and school sport (PESS) for your pupils, encouraging each child to achieve and enjoy. One of the key skills of today’s teachers is being able to self-evaluate your provision, ensuring that you have a clear vision of what great PESS is and how to improve and adapt continually to achieve it.<br /> <br /> <p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/self-evaluation-and-pe-2438">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/self-evaluation-and-pe-2438#comments Curriculum Manager Leadership and Management School Business Manager/Bursar Self-Evaluation Subject Leader Teaching and Learning Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:20:37 +0100 jlee 2438 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com CPD terms and concepts to debate http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/terms-and-concepts-to-debate-1913 <p><font face="Arial">In <a target="_blank" href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/language-of-professional-learning-1791"><strong>an article in the March 2007 issue</strong></a> of CPD Update I presented my own interpretations of some terms and concepts for you to discuss with colleagues in order to explore the notion of critical professional learning. </font></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/terms-and-concepts-to-debate-1913">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/terms-and-concepts-to-debate-1913#comments Coaching Continuing Professional Development CPD leader CPD practice Mentoring Self-Evaluation Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:20:24 +0100 jlee 1913 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com How inclusive is your school? http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/how-inclusive-is-your-school-1874 <p><font face="Arial">How do you evidence the quality of inclusive practice in your school? Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council’s <em>Vision into Practice – Ensuring Every Child Matters</em> materials have been specifically written for school leadership teams working with staff and other stakeholders to develop a shared understanding of what inclusion means to them and what the school’s priorities are for further development. What is important about these materials is that they represent a process – not a checklist.</font></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/how-inclusive-is-your-school-1874">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/how-inclusive-is-your-school-1874#comments Assistant Head Deputy Head Every Child Matters Headteacher Inclusion Leadership and Management Leadership Skills School Governor School Improvement Self-Evaluation SENCO Teaching and Learning Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:20:23 +0100 jlee 1874 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Planning for teacher learning http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/planning-for-teacher-learning-1814 <p><font face="Arial">In the first two editions of <em><a target="_blank" href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/publications/learning-and-teaching-update-1270"><strong>Learning & Teaching</strong></a> – </em>and no doubt in all our future editions – we brought you many stimulating accounts of new ideas and development in classrooms relating to learning and teaching. We have broached innovative ways of working with parents, formative assessment, cooperative group work and thinking skills. This is exciting stuff.<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/planning-for-teacher-learning-1814">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/planning-for-teacher-learning-1814#comments CPD leader CPD practice Observation Self-Evaluation Teaching & Learning Coordinator Teaching and Learning Teaching Skills Thinking Skills Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:20:22 +0100 ewtemp 1814 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Language of professional learning http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/language-of-professional-learning-1791 <p><font face="Arial">In the spring of 2007 there were lots of speeches and statements emerging from ministers, inspectors and other agents of government policy telling us what education is for and how teachers and related professionals should do their jobs. </font></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/language-of-professional-learning-1791">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/language-of-professional-learning-1791#comments Continuing Professional Development CPD leader CPD policy Self-Evaluation Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:20:21 +0100 ewtemp 1791 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secrets of a high achieving school http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/secrets-of-a-high-achieving-school-1721 <p><font face="Arial">I’m sure colleagues share my mixed feelings about school league tables. Are they fair? Do parents really understand them? Do they stifle innovation? A few years ago there was talk of the league tables being abolished. However, with the increasing availability of data, it would seem that even if the DfES decided not to publish, this information would still be available for less reputable organisations to manipulate.</font></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/secrets-of-a-high-achieving-school-1721">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/secrets-of-a-high-achieving-school-1721#comments Assistant Head Deputy Head Headteacher Leadership and Management Raising Achievement School Improvement Self-Evaluation Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:20:18 +0100 ewtemp 1721 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com How inclusive is your school? http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/how-inclusive-is-your-school-1718 <p><font face="Arial">How do you evidence the quality of inclusive practice in your school? Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council’s Vision into Practice – Ensuring Every Child Matters materials have been specifically written for school leadership teams working with staff and other stakeholders to develop a shared understanding of what inclusion means to them and what the school’s priorities are for further development. What is important about these materials is that they represent a process – not a checklist.</font></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/how-inclusive-is-your-school-1718">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/how-inclusive-is-your-school-1718#comments Assistant Head Deputy Head Every Child Matters Headteacher Inclusion Leadership and Management Self-Evaluation SENCO Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:20:18 +0100 ewtemp 1718 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com What every school business manager needs to know http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/what-every-school-business-manager-needs-to-know-1458 <p><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The role of the school business/ finance manager is a hugely complex and responsible one but – until recently at least – there has been little acknowledgement of the demands of the post, or any framework or guidance to help newly or recently appointed individuals.<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/what-every-school-business-manager-needs-to-know-1458">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/what-every-school-business-manager-needs-to-know-1458#comments Financial management Funding Leadership and Management School Business Manager/Bursar Self-Evaluation Staffing Structures Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:20:10 +0100 admin 1458 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Making learning better: listening to pupil voice http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/making-learning-better-listening-to-pupil-voice-1411 <p><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Giving young people a voice and listening to what they have to say is an important part of democratising schools. Using this data for school self-evaluation and to assess school effectiveness makes good sense if schools are to understand school experience through the eyes of young people, rather than reflected through an adult lens.</span></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/making-learning-better-listening-to-pupil-voice-1411">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/making-learning-better-listening-to-pupil-voice-1411#comments Assistant Head Deputy Head Headteacher Leadership and Management Leadership Challenges Learning Environment School Improvement Self-Evaluation Student Voice Teaching and Learning Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:20:07 +0100 admin 1411 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Self-esteem in young children http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/self-esteem-in-young-children-1119 <p><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Self-esteem is feeling good about yourself: feeling confident, accepted, valued. Older children and adults rationalise criticism or praise from a positive inner strength and confidence in their own ability. Younger children don’t consciously link these feelings to an evaluation of themselves. When a young child says, ‘I’m a good boy’ he is usually responding to some adult who has said it to him. He is not deciding for himself that he is an OK person.</span></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/self-esteem-in-young-children-1119">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/self-esteem-in-young-children-1119#comments Classroom Teacher Early Years Early Years Professional Emotional wellbeing NQT PSHE & Citizenship Coordinator Self-Evaluation Teaching and Learning Teaching Skills Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:19:57 +0100 admin 1119 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com When quality counts http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/when-quality-counts-1120 <p><font face="Arial">Parents, carers and nurseries share the same goal – to ensure children are receiving the best possible care and early education. When you are aiming to improve the service you offer to children and families, a quality assurance scheme is a good way to develop a culture of continuous improvement.</font></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/when-quality-counts-1120">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/when-quality-counts-1120#comments Deputy Head Early Years Early Years Professional Headteacher Leadership and Management Professional update School Improvement Self-Evaluation Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:19:57 +0100 admin 1120 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com The East Sussex self-review checklists http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/self-review-checklists-633 <p>Regular readers may have noticed the frequency with which mention is made in these pages of critical analysis of professional need, self-assessment, critical reflection, reviewing professional learning and the development of authentic professional voices. If we are ever to establish the ‘thinking professional’ in the ‘thinking school’ or, to put it another way, move from old ideas of in-service courses to new ideas of critical professional learning we shall have to establish rigorous and systematic baselines for CPD.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/self-review-checklists-633">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/self-review-checklists-633#comments Continuing Professional Development CPD leader CPD practice Headteacher Leadership and Management New Job Performance Management Self-Evaluation Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:19:40 +0100 admin 633 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Empowerment through self-evaluation http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/empowerment-through-self-evaluation-587 <p>The SEF is the starting point for Ofsted inspections and is referred to throughout the inspection team’s time in school. Schools need to update it regularly as part of their ongoing self-analysis. The form gives schools the chance to point out the strengths that can be built upon and, just as importantly, to indicate the weaknesses that need to be addressed. The emphasis is now placed upon schools to say ‘this is what we are doing well’ and ‘this is a weakness, but we recognise it and have strategies in place to tackle the situation’.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/empowerment-through-self-evaluation-587">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/empowerment-through-self-evaluation-587#comments Headteacher Leadership and Management Self-Evaluation Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:19:37 +0100 admin 587 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Self-evaluation http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/self-evaluation-483 At a time when we're trying to release ourselves (and our students) from more and more testing, it may seem a little inappropriate to suggest yet another approach to the subject. After all, in its crude application, it is an instrument of judgement. One is either a success or a failure. One is better or worse than one's classmates. And yet testing has a value. It enables students to evaluate how much they have learnt and how much they still have to learn. When we approach testing in this way, it is possible that the harsher external tests also seem less intimidating. <p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/self-evaluation-483">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/self-evaluation-483#comments Classroom Teacher Headteacher Leadership and Management Self-Evaluation Teaching and Learning Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:19:32 +0100 admin 483 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Evaluating the impact of the new relationship with schools http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/evaluating-impact-new-relationship-with-schools-384 The NRwS was first announced in January 2004 after schools (and the DfES) had highlighted bureaucracy as an ongoing issue for both primary and secondary schools, with a need for a closer alignment of local and national priorities.<br /> <br /> The findings, based on a questionnaire to headteachers focused on four school reform strands: school self-evaluation; school profile; the single conversation; and the school improvement partner (SIP). <p> </p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/evaluating-impact-new-relationship-with-schools-384">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/evaluating-impact-new-relationship-with-schools-384#comments Gifted and Talented Headteacher Leadership and Management School Governance School Governor School Improvement Self-Evaluation Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:19:25 +0100 admin 384 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com School self-evaluation and CPD http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/school-self-evaluation-cpd-173 <p>There are seven major questions or headings in Ofsted’s new self-evaluation form (SEF) under which are listed a number of sub-questions; and there is plenty of guidance and numbers of examples offered by Ofsted to help with the completion of this form. What we want you to do here, however, is to try to imagine that as the leader of CPD in your school you have been asked to discover what you can do to help complete the form.<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/school-self-evaluation-cpd-173">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/school-self-evaluation-cpd-173#comments Continuing Professional Development CPD leader Headteacher Leadership and Management Self-Evaluation Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:19:17 +0100 admin 173 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Students give thumbs up to schools http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/students-give-thumbs-schools-185 <p>A recent report from Ofsted found that in 80% of secondary schools, pupils were very satisfied with their schooling. Pupils’ satisfaction with their school reveals that satisfaction levels were slightly higher in denominational and in specialist schools than in others.</p> <p>Students overall are happiest when given the opportunity to offer their views, and when the school then acts on these. In the one-third of schools that did not adequately involve pupils, satisfaction levels were low.</p> <p><strong>Negative influences</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/students-give-thumbs-schools-185">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/students-give-thumbs-schools-185#comments Curriculum Manager Headteacher Inspection Leadership and Management Self-Evaluation Student Voice Teaching and Learning Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:19:17 +0100 admin 185 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Self-evaluation and audit: ways of working http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/self-evaluation-audit-ways-working-111 <p><strong>A SWOT analysis </strong></p> <p>Before you even start your audit or self-evaluation, it’s a useful exercise to undertake a brief SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats).</p> <p>Use this to reflect on various aspects of your provision for G&T pupils.</p> <p><strong>The audit</strong></p> <p>Audit: a snapshot to look at the things your school already does. The audit helps to identify any gaps you may have in provision – for internal use.</p> <p><strong>Whole-school</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/self-evaluation-audit-ways-working-111">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/self-evaluation-audit-ways-working-111#comments CPD leader Gifted and Talented Gifted and talented pupils Headteacher Leadership and Management Leading teacher for gifted and talented Self-Evaluation Subject Leader Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:19:15 +0100 admin 111 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Self-evaluation http://www.teachingexpertise.com/self-evaluation-941 Self-Evaluation Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:17:53 +0000 jlee 941 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com