Quality in educational systemsWorkshop 4

Andre Haynes

United Kingdom

The Quality in education CD resource

A. A variety of tools to support self assessment, requiring time commitments from 15 minutes to a whole school day

B. Improvement approaches based on generic quality tools; with material from LEAs and schools, and with four award winning submissions from different parts of the education sector in the U K

C. Training material - school case study

D. Managing the Management & E Filing Cabinet

E. Questionnaire and analysis tools from DFES

F. Materials from further education

G. Materials from higher education

H. Approaches to inclusion, drawn from LEAs

I. The accreditation process

J. Site map & introductory booklet PDFs

LEADERSHIP IN ACTIONDo we do this?

The Institute of Management recommends:• Creating systematic and consistent frameworks for reward and

promotion and for developing leadership potential• Establishing a regular ‘leadership audit’ on a 360 degree assessment

model among employees at all levels in the organisation• Introducing mentoring programmes across organisations to meet the

need for self awareness at all levels• Identifying opportunities for leadership that are not tied to formal

management positions, but which offer appropriate recognition and rewards

• Making learning a priority among the leaders themselves , so that professional development for all is seen as the norm

• Recognising the perpetual challenge of fairness and transparency in recruitment and promotion

• Building training and development programmes to link theory and practice

LEADERSHIP APPROACHES

• Freshness:– As leaders we can encourage our people to try to do things differently– We can challenge assumptions– We can encourage benchmarking

• Greenhousing:– We should protect and grow new ideas– We must try hard to suspend the wisdom of experience

• Realness:– We must put an end to talking, memos, and the e-mail culture– We must encourage our people to do, rather than talk about doing

• Create and sustain momentum:– Leaders can create a sense of unreasonable urgency– Leaders must say ‘no’ to some projects

• Lots of signals:– Leaders can build structures to support innovation– Leaders should use positive and enabling language

• Bravery:– Leaders must be brave in idea development– Effective leaders liberate their staff to think for themselves

Direction Setting

Programme of continuous and planned improvement

Tactical activity

e.g. team building

School self assessment

Managing the management

Quick fixes

Improvements Changes

Build the strategic plan

Capacity building

MANAGING THE IMPROVEMENT CYCLE

School Processes

Student support

Community

Operational management

Culture

Strategic planning

Student

support

Teaching & Learning

Community

Finance

ICT

Premises

Resources

Pastoral

systems

Student attitude

Communications

Peoplemanagement

Monitoring &

evaluation

Enriched or extended

curriculum

Curriculum entitlement

Assessment, recording

and reporting

SEN provision

Deploying the Excellence Model

ENABLERSCriteria 1-5

How the

school operates

RESULTSCriteria 6-9What the

schoolhas

achieved

OBJECTIVESWhat the

schoolaims toachieve

PURPOSEMission,

vision &

values

TeamCriteria 1-5

Consistent & with regularevaluation

TeamCriteria 6-9

Targets& real-timeoutcomesIndividual

staffCriteria 1-5

Consistent & with regularevaluation

Individualstaff

Criteria 6-9Targets

& real-timeoutcomes

With acknowledgements to TQMI

Tools to monitor and improve teaching

• Schedules of agreed desired performance• Use by observers within school as a part of

monitoring performance• Use by groups of teachers for mutual observation

and improvement• Emphasis on regular paired observation and

discussion of styrengths and areas for improvement

Classroom teaching observation exemplar

Compulsory schedules for observation & reporting

1. Planning2. Behaviour Management3. Expectations4. Questioning

Optional schedules for observation & reporting

1. Maintaining Good Pace2. Vigilance in Class3. Starts and Ends of lessons4. Setting appropriate tasks

The Quality in education CD resource

A. A variety of tools to support self assessment, requiring time commitments from 15 minutes to a whole school day

B. Improvement approaches based on generic quality tools; with material from LEAs and schools, and with four award winning submissions from different parts of the education sector in the U K

C. Training material - school case study

D. Managing the Management & E Filing Cabinet

E. Questionnaire and analysis tools from DFES

F. Materials from further education

G. Materials from higher education

H. Approaches to inclusion, drawn from LEAs

I. The accreditation process

J. Site map & introductory booklet PDFs

Andre Haynes

Quality Squared

Contact me for more information, at:

mail@andrehaynes.com

(0044) 7834 548 324