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External Advisers Conference

• Facilitators
• John Young
• Ken Mc Caughey

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School Development Planning
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ET Strategy
Specialist Schools
Together Towards Improvement
Revised Curriculum
On-line Assessment
Revised Curriculum
LMS
SENDO
Demographics
Numeracy Strategy
Self-evaluation
Literacy Strategy
Extended School
School Development Plan
Performance Review and Staff Development
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What is School Development Planning?

• The S.D.P is primarily a working document for use
  by the school. It will be based on the schools
  analysis of current levels of performance. Its
  assessment of how current trends and future
  factors may impact on the school and set out
  priorities and targets for improvement for the
  period ahead.

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Legislation places

• A duty on the B.O.G to prepare and from time to
  time, to revise the school development plan.
  While governors may delegate the preparation of
  the plan to the principal, it is the B.O.G. that
  must formally approve the plan.

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What must be included

• Statement about ethos
• Summary of strategies for
• (a) learning, teaching and assessment
• (b) promoting pupil attendance, good
  behaviour and discipline
• Nature and Quality of
• (i) progress of pupils
• (ii) management, structure within the school
• (iii) teaching provided

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• Arrangements for C.P.D. of staff
• Curricular and extra-curricular provision for
  pupils
• SEN provision made for pupils
• Pastoral care provision for pupils
• Arrangements for managing attendance and
  promotion of health and well-being of staff and
  pupils
• Schools link with parents and wider community
• Schools accommodation.

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• Schools current financial position and projected
  Resources

• Extent of which school has met its key targets
  in previous plan.
• Challenges and opportunities facing the school
• List of schools key targets
• Extent of which B.O.G. has consulted with pupils
  parents, staff and others in preparing the plan
• Monitoring, reviewing and evaluation arrangement
  of B.O.G. for measuring progress of the plan

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Key Purposes

• Promote school effectiveness
• Prioritise and allocate resources
• Improve quality of Learning and Teaching
• Improve quality of experiences for pupils
• Raise standard of pupils attainment

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Key Stages of School Development Planning

• Schools ethos culture and aims
• Current provision and areas for improvement
• Priorities for action
• Monitoring and reviewing arrangements.

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Conclusion

• School Development Plan should have a significant
  impact on
• Experiences of pupils
• Quality of Learning and Teaching
• Standards that pupils attain
• Motivation and morale of staff
• Ethos of school

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Copy of the Plan Provided to

• Each member of Board of Governors
• Local Education Library Board
• To anyone who asks for it.