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“Looking at transformational change in
learning - Using inspection to evaluate and
support modern educational practice”
Aileen Monaghan HMI
Values in action: Respect, Integrity, Creativity and Excellence
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UK Government
Scottish Parliament
32
Local Authorities
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Education Scotland:
• Scottish Government’s national development
and improvement agency for education
• charged with providing support and challenge to
the education system, from the early years to
adult learning
• came into existence on 1 July 2011
Bill Maxwell
Chief Executive
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our strategic objectives are to:
1. lead and support the successful implementation of the
curriculum
2. build the capacity of education providers and
practitioners to improve their own performance
3. promote high quality professional learning and
leadership
4. stimulate creativity and innovation
5. provide independent feedback on the quality of
educational provision
6. provide evidence-based advice to inform national policy
7. develop our people and improve our organisational
capability
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Curriculum for Excellence
“contexts for learning”
The curriculum is the totality of experiences which are
planned for children and young people through their
education, wherever they are being educated.
- ethos and life of school as a community
- curriculum areas and subjects
- interdisciplinary learning
- opportunities for personal achievement
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Curriculum for Excellence
aims to achieve transformation
in education in Scotland by
providing a coherent, more
flexible and enriched curriculum
from 3-18
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Our purposes for inspection
• provide assurance to users on the quality of
education
• promote improvement
• provide evidence to inform national policy
development
• to be continued .........
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IMPROVING SCOTTISH EDUCATION
The 2012 report indicates that much
The national picture
progress has been made in embedding
new, improved approaches in every-day
educational practice. For example, steady
progress in the implementation for
Curriculum for Excellence in all sectors.
The picture that our inspection evidence
paints is consistent with other sources of
evidence that have appeared since 2008.
In international studies between 2008 and
2011, Scottish children’s achievement in
science, mathematics and English
language were similar to or slightly better
than other UK students and against
countries worldwide, Scottish children
remain in the middle ranking of
achievements in these subject areas.
However, overall there is still much to be
done to close the gap in Scottish
education.
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FINDING THE IDEAL BALANCE
accountability v improvement
How best to ensure the ideal balance
of support and challenge to drive
school improvement, involving all the
key stakeholders at national, local,
and individual school level?
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successful learners
confident individuals
with
•enthusiasm and motivation for learning
•determination to reach high standards of achievement
•openness to new thinking and ideas
with
•self respect
•a sense of physical, mental and emotional wellbeing
•secure values and beliefs
•ambition
and able to
•use literacy, communication and numeracy skills
•use technology for learning
•think creatively and independently
•learn independently and as part of a group
•make reasoned evaluations
•link and apply different kinds of learning in
new situations
four capacities
responsible citizens
with
•respect for others
•commitment to participate responsibly in
political, economic, social and cultural life
and able to
•develop knowledge and understanding of
the world and Scotland’s place in it
•understand different beliefs and cultures
•make informed choices and decisions
•evaluate environmental, scientific and
technological issues
•develop informed, ethical views of complex
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issues
and able to
•relate to others and manage themselves
•pursue a healthy and active lifestyle
•be self aware
•develop and communicate their own beliefs
and view of the world
•live as independently as they can
•assess risk and take informed decisions
•achieve success in different areas of activity
To enable all young
people to become
attributes and capabilities
effective contributors
with
•an enterprising attitude
•resilience
•self-reliance
and able to
•communicate in different ways and in
different settings
•work in partnership and in teams
•take the initiative and lead
•apply critical thinking in new contexts
•create and develop
•solve problems
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www.educationscotland.gov.uk
from
great
Key Challenges for Scottish inspectors – we need to be:
…excellence
the aggregation of marginal gains…
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In Scotland HM Inspectors value the place of
professional dialogue sessions during
inspection. These group meetings with staff
are used to share ideas, use coaching
questions, offer advice and help make
evaluative decisions.
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How far have we moved on?
Replicating traditional
environments
New Environments for learning
Where do you sit in the curve?
Everret Rogers
Social networking
Glow- Scotland’s national intranet
Dr Seuss
Encouraging and developing a culture of creativity in learning in our
organisation and in our learning community?
Creativity Portal
Better Thinking time
Encouraging collaboration
where appropriate
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Strengthen your weakest elements by collaborating
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Build creative teams- (teacher learning communities)
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Combine the creative strength of a group of individuals
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Continue to develop career-long professional learning
Through the use of
“How good is our
school” (HGIOS)
measures and from
inspection we look
inward, outward and
forward, inspecting
“with colleagues”
rather than “to
colleagues”
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/Images/HowgoodisourschoolJtEp
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A few things we’ve been learning so far
Complex, box-ticking planning doesn’t guarantee
progression in learning.
The purpose of any planning paperwork needs to be
agreed.
Schools can plan learning progression through the Es
and Os, using the 4 curriculum places.
Topic star fish might not deliver effective
interdisciplinary learning with progression, real webs
might.
The washing machine works – use it.
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Forward
looking
Inward
looking
Outward
looking
Look inward, look outward and look forward to see the big picture:
above all else, take action to improve outcomes
Through the use of
Journey to Excellence
exemplification and the
Education Scotland
website, staff learn
where great practice is
occuring and use it to
develop their practice
for the benefit of
learners
http://www.journeytoexcellence.org.uk/
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/
The Journey to Excellence is a professional
development resource in six parts.
It describes how early years centres,
schools and services for children and
young people can enable all learners
to learn and achieve.
Part 1 – aiming
for excellence
Part 2 – exploring
excellence
Part 3 – How
good is our
school?
The child at
the centre.
Part 5 – the website.
‘The Journey to Excellence’.
It presents videos of excellent practice from across
Scotland and a range of other resources for use in
reflection, discussion and planning for
transformational change.
Part 4 planning for
excellence
Through coaching
with
Promoting
Innovative Practice
and Transformative
Change (ongoing
work) – we continue to
challenge ourselves and put in
place transformative actions to
promote the best learning
suitable for a 21st century
learner.
Education Scotland
Foghlam Alba
We hope this developing approach will
help staff to:
• Read the present and emerging future
• Formulate aspirations about the desired
future
• Create a shared vision of the achievable
future
Looking inwards - knowing
yourself inside out and improving
through effective self-evaluation
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Changing world
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Contact us at Education Scotland
Strategic Director with overall responsibility for Inspection
[email protected]
Assistant Director with responsibility for school inspections
[email protected]
HMI and Lead officer for International Education
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Assistant Director with responsibility policy on inspection & review
[email protected]
HMI
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Bill Maxwell, CEO, Education Scotland