Subject Leader Meeting ICT

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Subject Leader Meeting - ICT
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Background to school self evaluation

• Objectives
• To explain the background to School Self
  Evaluation
• To understand the connection between Department
  Self evaluation and School Self Evaluation
• To identify some of the actions which can support
  self evaluation and how these can be implemented
  in an ICT department

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Setting the context

• Ofsted believes schools are best placed to
  recognise their own strengths and weaknesses. The
  new inspection system puts greater onus on
  schools to be proactive and demonstrate to
  inspectors that it can not only diagnose where
  its strengths and weaknesses lie but, more
  crucially, can do something about improving and
  developing them
• Ofsted Direct Spring 2005

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Strengthening self evaluation

• As part of the New Relationship with Schools,
  schools are being encouraged to adopt rigorous
  self-evaluation procedures. The new Ofsted
  Self-evaluation form (SEF) includes
• Part A Self-evaluation
• Part B Factual information about your school
• Part C Information about compliance with
  Statutory Requirements

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The self-evaluation form (SEF)

• The SEF asks schools
• To evaluate their progress against an inspection
  schedule
• To set out the main evidence on which this
  evaluation is based
• To identify strengths and weaknesses
• To explain the action the school is taking to
  remedy the weaknesses and develop the strengths

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Features of an effective approach to school
self-evaluation

• Draws on quantitative, qualitative and
  comparative information
• Seeks evidence from the delivery chain, i.e.
  senior leaders, subject leaders, teachers and
  pupils
• Provides information which readily feeds into the
  Ofsted SEF

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Completing the SEF

• The head teacher is responsible for making sure
  that the school SEF is completed
• It is an on-line document
• It should be a work in progress rather than a
  summative document
• The department SEF should feed into the school
  SEF
• The whole school should be contributing to the
  content of the SEF

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Ofsted SEF

• The self-evaluation section includes
• Characteristics of your school
• Views of learners, parents/carers and other
  stakeholders
• Achievements and standards
• Personal development and well being
• Quality of provision
• Leadership and management
• Overall effectiveness and efficiency

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What are Ofsted looking at

• How well do pupils progress in their ICT
  capability?
• Is pupils progress in ICT monitored and
  summatively and accurately assessed?
• What is the potential impact of the KS3 on-screen
  test on teaching, learning, curriculum planning
  and the strategic management of ICT?
• Does ICT have a visible and frequent impact on
  the learning and achievement of pupils across the
  curriculum and in a wide range of contexts?
• Is ICT a frequent and natural part of learning
  and teaching?

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Ofsted

• Does the curriculum and access to resources,
  enable pupils to develop and apply all aspects of
  their capability, using a wide range of
  applications at appropriate times across all
  subjects
• Is there an innovative and inclusive vision which
  anticipates future developments in practice and
  technology?
• Are current and developing practices in the use
  of ICT, within and beyond the school,
  systematically and routinely evaluated for their
  impact?

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Activity 1

• In pairs, discuss the activities that are needed
  in order to collect evidence for the SEF.
• List these activities on the sheet provided for
  activity 1
• RAG each activity to show how well developed it
  is in your department

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Activity 2

• Who should be involved?
• Take each of the activities you have listed and
  identify the people who need to be involved
• What implications does this have for self
  evaluation in your department

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Conclusion

• To explain the background to School Self
  Evaluation
• To understand the connection between Department
  Self evaluation and School Self Evaluation
• To identify some of the actions which can support
  self evaluation and how these can be implemented
  in an ICT department