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Support for Excellence Programme Peer Reviewer Training Building capacity for self-improvement For the individual For the provider For the learning and skills sector Support for Excellence Programme Hints and Tips Remember that your PRD activity counts towards your 30 hour CPD requirement Please see the handout within your packs for more information Support for Excellence Programme Peer Review and Development (PRD) Plan a of review to meetReview providers needsand based on sufficient valid and reliable 4. What are stages Peer Development? Preparing for review Review Reporting and feedback evidence from self-assessment, improvement plan and capacity to improve. Be clear about the purpose, objectives and associated outcomes/impact. Conduct a review of group members self-assessment, quality improvement processes and targeted areas of provision. Give and receive constructive evidenced feedback offering an external perspective as critical friends and promote productive dialogue on improvements. Agree development activity Address problem areas through the development and actioning of improvement plans. Participate in collaborative improvement activities. Monitoring and evaluation Monitor and evaluate the PRD processes and improvement activities in order to continuously improve and to inform the next round of the PRD cycle. What has been or will be the impact on/outcomes for the learner/staff/organisation etc ? Support for Excellence Programme Reviewer training • Your experiences of PRD • Lessons learnt • Outcomes Support for Excellence Programme What do you think would make a good review? • At your tables list the attributes required to be an effective review team member - this may be taken from your own experience of successful reviews Support for Excellence Programme Topic for review For the purpose of this training the topic for review is: Safeguarding • • • • Experts/specialists Managers/team leaders Teaching/training/assessing staff Others Support for Excellence Programme Impact • What does the host need and/or want from the review on safeguarding? • Self assessment validation • Measuring impact of interventions to date • Needs analysis • Self assessment contribution • Predictions for the outcome of an inspection Support for Excellence Programme Outcome Who When Tasks How Activities Documentation Individuals Starting point Support for Excellence Programme Reviewing safeguarding Measurement? Support for Excellence Programme What are you measuring against? • • • • • • Self Assessment Judgments Common Inspection Framework Strategy/Policy/Procedures/Expectations External Members Standards LSC/DWP/Prison expectations Other Support for Excellence Programme Ofsted Two judgments on Safeguarding will be made in all OFSTED reports: • • In the staying safe outcome section In the leadership and management section All remits will be judged on the effectiveness of providers and services in ensuring that children and learners are safe and feel safe. In FE and skills remits, the focus of the inspection of Safeguarding is on children under the age of 18 and vulnerable adults, except for general health and safety aspects which apply to all learners. Support for Excellence Programme Safeguarding • Common Inspection Framework - for all sectors (Handouts will be provided later in the session) Support for Excellence Programme Outcomes for learners: How safe do learners feel? • Learners use safe working practices in learning and at work • Learners say they feel safe Support for Excellence Programme Leadership and management? How effectively does the provider promote the safeguarding of learners? • Learners/clients safeguarded and protected • Staff take action to identify and respond appropriately to users welfare concerns • Safeguarding is prioritised • Providers work with agencies and professionals effectively to safeguard learners Support for Excellence Programme Activity In groups consider your own organisation • The context/setting • Identify a desired outcome • List who what and how you would want a review conducted Record your groups thoughts with a rationale and feedback to the room. Support for Excellence Programme Introducing the scenarios Judgments against the SAR • • • • FE College Prison ACL Work-based learning Support for Excellence Programme Activity • In your groups consider the findings • Using the CIF as measurement tool identify: - Where you agree with the SAR - Areas for improvement Support for Excellence Programme Summary & feedback from activity Support for Excellence Programme Giving and receiving feedback • Purpose • Considerations - Who, Where, When, How • Desired impact Support for Excellence Programme Giving and receiving feedback • Your experiences of good or poor feedback • Discuss on tables and feedback one example from each table/group Support for Excellence Programme Feedback on the Safeguarding activity • Select one example from this morning and plan feedback to the representative • Share your predictions and/or concerns • Role-play – volunteers who are willing to rolepay feedback in front of the group Support for Excellence Programme Giving and receiving feedback • In your groups list some Do’s and Don'ts when feeding back – record on flip chart paper • Share with the whole group Support for Excellence Programme Hints and Tips Conducting the review Decide on the aims and objectives for the review as a group Engage senior management in the review process Select review team members who have skills that best suit the review theme Be realistic about the time available and breadth of the review Use the resources and contacts available to offer reviewer training Use the peer review as a CPD opportunity for staff Decide on anticipated impact and evidence Plan the process for feedback to the host organisation’s SMT Think about how you will evaluate the review Support for Excellence Programme Hints and Tips Sustaining PRD activity beyond the review Recognise and showcase benefits of PRD to stakeholders Work openly and honestly in a non-competitive forum Ensure there is a system/individual to coordinate activity Refresh the group with additional members Use networks to spread and absorb effective practice Involve SMT to increase support for PRD Use the CPD budget to train reviewers Build PRD into all your existing quality systems and plans Use involvement in PRD as evidence for CPD requirements Involve as many staff as possible - succession plan for key roles Support for Excellence Programme Hints and Tips Use the resource centre to access documentation: • • • • • Skills and processes for peer review and development Roles and responsibilities for review team members Self-assessment questions for reviewers Questions to support critical analysis of data Hints on giving and receiving constructive feedback Support for Excellence Programme Interactive PRD Database and Communications system Support for Excellence Programme Interactive PRD Database and Communications system • PRD Database • The database will contain a list all PRD groups and their member organisations sorted by sector and region. In addition, it will also include an optional function, which allows groups to list themes covered by their review and development activities that they feel may be of interest to others • It will support all existing members of groups engaged in PRD activity to network and share information • It will also enable non-engaged providers to form a new PRD group or to seek membership of an existing group • Note that the email facility that allows communication between providers will be secure (i.e. email address will not be visible) • Notice board • PRD group members (within the database) and non-PRD members will be able to submit a ‘notice’ to seek / request information or to share information with other members. This facility will be separate to the email functionality within the database Support for Excellence Programme Interactive PRD Database and Communications system • How to take part • Please respond to the email sent by the SfE team or simply email us ([email protected]) to confirm you are happy for us to use your email address • Once you receive an email to activate your account, please do so promptly and remember to update your details regularly. Moreover, add / remove members as the membership of your group changes. The value of the database will rely on the information being current • Respond to and post requests on the PRD Notice Board