Help with Assisted and Supported Self Evaluations

Maria can arrange to come to your school and help you inspect yourself by training you, your staff and governors – by working alongside, by joint observations and evaluations.

Here are some of the areas we could focus on:

• The Special School and PRU/Short Stay School Curriculum - How to do it!

• To provide support for Curriculum Co-ordinators.
• To ensure you are up-to-date.
• To provide practical good ideas to improve practice.
• To use the most relevant aspects of the national strategies and latest initiatives for pupils with SEN.

... also available as a training course

• How well do you PARRC?

How to Plan, Assess, Record, Report and Celebrate the progress of pupils with SEN over time.

• How well do you PARRC?
• How well do you keep evidence regarding Standards?
• How to review and update your curriculum planning, especially in the light of the recent national changes.

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... also available as a training course

• Self-Evaluation – Evidence Ready for Inspection?

Implications for Special and Mainstream Schools, PRUs/Short Stay Schools and Specialist SEN Providers with a particular focus on Leadership and Management.

• How to complete your school Self Evaluation and Ofsted SEF/SIEF.
• How to get your evidence ready.
• How to set up your systems to self evaluate.

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... also available as a training course

• How to Judge and Improve Teaching, Learning and Assessment

• Making judgements - examining the criteria.
• Writing the evidence - matching the observation, grade and words.
• Giving feedback well.
• Developing competences in teaching - polishing performance.
• Improving the use of assessment and recording linked to teaching and learning.

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... also available as a training course

• Involving Pupils and their Parents/Carers in the Learning Process – Improving Teaching and Learning

• Making individual targets clear for learners.
• Making and using pupil version IEP targets.
• Using targets and objectives well in lessons.
• Involving parents and carers in the learning process – extending time for learning.

... also available as a training course

• Analysing Pupil Progress Overtime

• How to summarise and present achievement and standards.
• How to analyse and take necessary action.
• Having summary evidence ready to present during inspection.
• Reporting achievement and progress of individuals, vulnerable groups and the whole school.

... also available as a training course

• Focus on your Practice – how good is it?

• External specialists view?
• You choose the aspects to focus on.
• Discuss your needs with Maria and she will design the advice, support and training to match!

• Monitoring the Curriculum together

• Led by Maria Landy visiting classrooms and carrying out work scrutiny.
• School based training for subject/phase/aspect leaders.
• Joint monitoring.
• Recognising and listing strengths, gaps and areas for development.
• Collecting and presenting evidence well.

• Joint Work Sampling – doing it together!

• All ages/phases – highest, average, lowest attainers.
• P1 to NC8 – all levels.
• What evidence of progress over time is there?
• Evaluation analysis of IEPs, Annual Results and Outcomes.

... also available as a training course

• Performance Management (PM)

• Training staff and governors in the process of judging performance.
• Understanding the statutory nature of PM for teachers.
• Observing colleagues at work and recording the evidence.
• Feedback, improvement and Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
• Agreeing/writing objectives and clarifying the success criteria.
• Keeping meaningful, workable records.

... also available as a training course

Ask us for our fees – they are tailored to your requirements.