KEY CHANGE WORKSHOP (WORKSTREAM 5) Early Years Collaborative: Learning Session 4

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES Build a common understanding of the Early Years Taskforce, the Stretch Aim and discuss the proposed operational definition for this workstream. Can the Aim be measured? Any issues? Discuss areas for improvement, to see if there are any emerging key themes across CPPs. Have fun!

SOME IMPORTANT NOTES All feedback will be gathered after the session by the Early Years Collaborative team and made available on the Extranet. Our discussions today are about learning, not about performance, so sharing your challenges and failures can be just as important as sharing your wins and successes.

MEETING NORMS REFRESH Suspend judgment as best you can. Respect one another. Seek to understand rather than persuade. Invite and honour diverse opinions. Speak what has personal heart and meaning. Go for honesty without going on and on and on.

WORKSTREAM 5 STRETCH AIM To ensure that 90% of all children in each Community Planning Partnership area will have reached all of the expected developmental milestones and learning outcomes by the end of Primary 4, by end-2021.

PROPOSED OPERATIONAL DEFINITION Numerator: the number of children who have just completed Primary 4 (including those children educated outwith school), who had ‘No Concerns’ in each of the following developmental areas: “Social”, “Emotional”, “Behavioural”, “Attention”, “Speech and Language”, “Gross Motor”, “Fine Motor”, “Vision” and “Hearing” and who have achieved 1st Level of Curriculum for Excellence Denominator: the number of children who have just completed Primary 4 (including those children educated outwith school).

DISCUSSION QUESTION 1 WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE PROPOSED OPERATIONAL DEFINITION? (e.g. for this Aim should all 1 st Level of CfE experiences and outcomes be being achieved?)

PROPOSED OPERATIONAL DEFINITION Numerator: the number of children who have just completed Primary 4 (including those children educated outwith school), who had ‘No Concerns’ in each of the following developmental areas: “Social”, “Emotional”, “Behavioural”, “Attention”, “Speech and Language”, “Gross Motor”, “Fine Motor”, “Vision” and “Hearing” and who have achieved 1st Level of Curriculum for Excellence Denominator: the number of children who have just completed Primary 4 (including those children educated outwith school).

DISCUSSION QUESTION 2 CAN CPPs CURRENTLY MEASURE AND REPORT ON THE AIM? IF NOT, WHAT ARE THE ISSUES?

KEY CHANGES

CROSS CUTTING THEMES Workforce development – reliably delivering ways of working - such as the Solihull Approach – that enable the whole team to ensure that children have a good emotional start in life. Nutrition interventions across the age ranges, for children and families Income maximisation achieved for families that require it - across the age ranges Parental Engagement and Skills Attachment and Child Development

DISCUSSION QUESTION 3 WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE IMPORTANT AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE AIM? WHO NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED?

EARLY YEARS TASKFORCE BILL MAXWELL Chief Executive Education Scotland

PARTING THOUGHTS Give some thought as to any immediate ideas you want to take back to your home team given what you discussed? Discuss at next CPP Planning meeting. We need Pioneer Sites - a Pioneer Site has the will and interest, the leadership support, some existing work in this area, resources (people) to adequately do the work, and a willingness to share their data and progress. Do you think your CPP could be a Pioneer Site? Express interest with one of your facilitators and the EYC team will follow up to explore this opportunity with you.

THANKS FOR A GREAT SESSION!