Aberdeen City Council 2008 IMPROVEMENT CONFERENCE 1st APRIL 2009

Aberdeen City Council 2008

IMPROVEMENT CONFERENCE

1st APRIL 2009


WELCOME and INTRODUCTION


ABERDEEN LEARNING STRATEGY


Learning Strategy - Key Themes

• Meeting the needs of the whole child

• Spending our money in the right way

• Learning in the Community


Our Priorities

1: Curriculum for Excellence2: Closing the Gap3: Integrated Services4: School Estate Strategy5: Information, Communication and

Learning Technology 6: Workforce Capacity Building 7: Resourcing Plan 8: Community Cohesion


“What do we want for our children?”

Consultation and Engagement Timeline

• single outcome agreement - May

• improving learning engagement - March - July

• school estate data and informal consultation - now-July

• community learning hub - April-May


“What do we want for our children?” Consultation and Engagement Timeline

• Early Years framework - May - July

• Curriculum for Excellence - April-June

• School estate statutory consultation - Sept-Nov

• School estate implementation plan - December


CURRICULUM FOR EXCELLENCE

- how are we getting on?


‘Curriculum for excellence is an inside out

not an outside in development’

David Cameron, ADES president,

member for the CFE management committee


‘6 important features

• Stimulating and effective learning and teaching• A more coherent General Education as an entitlement for all• Sustained focus on Literacy and Numeracy• Significantly higher standards of achievement• Valid, reliable and lean assessment• Relevant qualifications building on the general education’

Graham Donaldson , Senior Chief HMIe


Leadership is crucial – it will need to• Interpret the complexity• Own and tell the story in an understandable way• Build confidence in pupils, parents and staff• Inspire learners and teachers to innovate and develop


APPLYING CfE PRINCIPLES

TO THE CURRICULUM


APPLYING CfE PRINCIPLES

TO THE CURRICULUM

WORKSHOP


TESTING THE CfE framework


HMIe INSPECTIONS AND BEST VALUE FOLLOW THROUGH


Follow through Inspections

• Best value, SWIA, Child Protection follow-through inspections

• Integrated inspection, with specialist teams

• Child Protection team on-site 20th-24th April, with interviews and focus groups

• 3 separate reports


New model for HMIe Child Protection inspections

Three phases over 2 weeks• Week 1 - scoping and core phase• Week 2 - proportionate

Scoping phase• Review joint self-evaluation, action plan & progress

report• Analyse questionnaires• Review good practice evidence• Dialogue with CPC and COG• Scoping document produced



Core Phase• Read a sample of case records (CPR or recently de-

registered)• Professional dialogue• QIs - 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 (reference) 1.1, 5.5

Proportionate phase• Interview children and parents• Interview multi-disciplinary staff (network of support)• Interview senior staff & professional dialogue with

CPC



Inspection Report

• How have services improved?• How well are the needs of children and

families met?• How good is the delivery and management

of services?• How good is leadership and direction?• Particular strengths, good practice and

recommendations for action


INEA2 Action Plan and progress report : Main Points for Action(MPA)

1. Improve the strategic direction

2. Provide more effective direction and support for pre-school, city-wide services & children with challenging behaviour

3.More effective use of performance data (self-evaluation, support & challenge, attainment & achievement and exclusions)


INEA2 Action Plan and progress report : Main Points for Action(MPA)

4.Take further action to address motivation, morale and workload issues amongst centrally deployed staff

5.Establish CPD pathways, develop leadership capacity, joint training and sharing of good practice across integrated services


INEA2 Action Plan and progress report

• Progress report March and October 2008, April and October 2009

• Structured interviews with stakeholders focussing on outcomes

• Evidence based, with evaluative comments


INEA2 Action Plan and progress report - workshop

• Progress on MPAs since October 2008

• 3 areas of positive impact

• 2 aspects of good practice

• Further areas for improvement


SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING 2009/2010


Audit and School Improvement Planning 2009/2010

• Updated audit templates, with a focus on core QIs

• 1.1 Improvements in performance

• 2.1 Learners’ experiences

• 5.3 Meeting learning needs

• 5.9 Improvement through self-evaluation

• 9.4 Leadership of change and improvement



• Revised guidance including key questions for senior managers e.g does every member of staff contribute to the SIP? Do principal teachers and senior managers encourage innovative and challenging approaches to peer and self-evaluation?

• Audit is ongoing and dynamic



EVALUATION OF QUALITY

PEOPLE’S VIEWS

QUANTITATIVE DATA

DIRECT OBSERVATIO

N

Triangulation is essential - How do you know?



• Inclusive approaches to engaging and involving staff, including opportunities for presentations and conversations

• Inclusive approaches to engaging with parents and pupils

• Audit to be submitted by 15th May 2009, SIP by 20th June 2009


CURRICULUM FOR EXCELLENCE

IN ABERDEEN CITY


Progress report on CfE

• Management and Implementation Groups– Core Strategy Group– ASG Reps group– Secondary Implementation group– Primary Implementation group– Themed groups on Literacy, Numeracy and

Assessment and Reporting

• Agreed implementation plan and time-line (workshop to follow)


Progress continued..

• Experiences and Outcomes launch – website, follow-up conference, staff engagement

• Additional In-service day – June 5th

• BTC 4 and 5 by July - focus on Assessment and Skills• CPD opportunities, locally and nationally

– Tapestry/Harvard School of Education partnership– Critical skills– Professional Exchange programme

• Communication – newsletters, representatives, GLOW, consultation with parents, Councillors and partners


NATIONAL SEMINAR ON CfE


NATIONAL CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK


SHOWCASING GOOD PRACTICE


IMPROVEMENT CONFERENCE

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Aberdeen City Council 2008 IMPROVEMENT CONFERENCE 1st APRIL 2009