MEAP Evaluation End of Phase 1

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MEAP EvaluationEnd of Phase 1
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A Trip down Memory Lane
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Project objectives

• Improved T L within core subjects
• Effective partnerships with parents and community
• Appropriate targeting of intervention and support

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Key Elements

• Focus on targeted year 8 and 9 pupils
• Whole school systems and T L
• Active involvement from community
• Effective collaboration between key stage 3 and
  EMA staff at LA and school level

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Intended outcomes pupils

• Higher teacher expectations
• Increased rate of progress and attainment during
  key stage 3
• Increased attendance where attendance was an
  issue

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Intended outcomes school

• Improved quality of teaching
• Planning for diverse needs
• AfL
• Increased expectations of parents and community

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Intended outcomes LA

• Effective partnerships between KS 3 strategy and
  EMA teams
• Increased capacity to develop and sustain
  improvements in the achievements of the target
  group
• Effective networks for disseminating good
  practice

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Impact of Partnership Teaching

• For teachers
• Creativity and risk-taking
• Increase in production of resources
• Provision of an approach for coaching
• Improved pace and structure of lessons
• Learning objectives more focused because of input
  of non-subject specialist in planning
• Shared assessment by subject specialist and EMA
  teacher
• Joint work on modifying schemes of work

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Impact of Partnership Teaching

• For pupils
• Feel better supported
• improved motivation and behaviour
• Changes in how they are taught
• -more practical work in e.g. science
• -greater use of teacher and student modelling
• -emphasis on key vocabulary
• -more focused questioning so . everyone gets a
  chance to answer.
• -more paired and group work
• -greater understanding of current attainment,
  targets and how to achieve them

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Pupils Voice

• on the use of IWB
• ..makes things nice and clear
• pair work
• ..helps by communicating with others
• reason for plenaries
• . So you know why youve done the lesson.
• Attitude to learning
• working harder,
• on time to lessons
• enjoying work more.

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Parents Voice

• Son/daughter
• working harder
• interested in doing well now
• wanting to do really well in the SATs

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The Future

• MEAP to continue
• Following LA analysis of data 3 new schools
  joining project
• Batley Girls High School Visual Arts College
• Birkdale High School
• Fartown High School

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The Future

• Improved alignment of MEAP and SNS
• MEAP linked to EMA SLA
• Greater involvement of schools EMA advisor and
  SNS consultant for focus subject