Nursery Teachers Day 1
Every school A Good School Implications for Nursery Practice
October 2009
Aims• To raise awareness of Every School A
Good School policy
• To consider the Self-Evaluation process as a tool for school improvement
• To become familiar with the stepped approach of planning for improvement
Programme
Session 1 Every School A Good School
Implications
Session 2 Self –Evaluation –
The Process
Session 3 Planning For Improvement
WorkshopSharing good practice
Discuss and share with your colleagues
one aspect of your nursery provision that you have successfully
implemented.
Until January 2010 …… each Board, working with CCMS, CnaG or NICIE where appropriate, will be expected to monitor the performance of schools in its area and provide support to schools to ensure a sustained focus on improvement. Boards will also be expected to challenge and intervene where deemed necessary to ensure that pupils receive a high quality education.
Every School a Good School A Policy for School Improvement
Every School A Good SchoolA Policy for School Improvement
To ensure that every learner fulfils his or her potential at each stage of her or his development
Every School A Good School
A recognition that every school is capable of improvement; that the school is best placed to identify
particular areas for improvement; and that sustained improvement comes
from within the school
Every School A Good School
• The interests of pupils rather than institutions must be at the centre of efforts to improve educational achievement and tackle underachievement
• Equity of access and equity of provision as well as a continuum of provision for a diversity of need
Quality Indicators
Workshop
COFFEE
BREAK
Chief Inspectors Report2006-08
The Quality of Provision in
Nursery Settings
Strengths in the Provision in Pre-School Education
• Welcoming, caring environment• Continued development of the children’s
motivation and good attitudes to learning, with an appropriate emphasis on personal, social and emotional development
• Improvements are being made in learning outdoors and physical play and the links with Surestart and the primary schools to which children transfer
Achievements and Standards
• The promotion of good attitudes to learning and the development of the children’s autonomy and independence.
• Nursery schools continue to promote well the children’s early language and communication and mathematical experiences.
Actions required to effect further improvement
• The quality of the adult interactions with the children to promote language and communications is not good enough
• In almost one-quarter of nursery units and voluntary/private centres, the promotion of language and communication and the quality of the mathematical experiences have been identified as areas for improvement.
Quality Learning and Teaching
Workshop
Improvement Through Self-Evaluation
DVDThe Learning Environment
Workshop
Developing the Learning Environment
Self-EvaluationA systematic process which helps staff
to…..
• clarify aims and objectives
• focus on quality of teaching and learning
• reflect on current practice
• identify and celebrate strengths of provision
Self-EvaluationA systematic process which helps staff
to…..
• identify and prioritise areas for improvement
• plan for development
• engage in professional development
• raise standards of educational provision
The Self-Evaluation Process
Involves Requires
•all staff•management•parents•children•all members of the centre’s community
•review of work openly and honestly•reflect on the extent to which aims and expectations are being realised•establish a clear vision and future direction for their setting
The Process Cycle
DVDEvaluating Learning and
Teaching
Workshop
DVDCentre Development
LUNCH
Together Towards Improvement
How are we doing?
How do we know?
What action(s) do we need to take to bring about improvement?
Review of Current Provision
Workshop
Implications for Nursery
Next Steps
• Short term
• Medium term
• Long term
Action for Improvement
Action planning is a valuable process
in taking forward
the areas for development
Information Update
Margaret Eggleston June 4 2010
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