Nursery Teachers Day 1 Every school A Good School Implications for Nursery Practice October 2009

Aims To raise awareness of Every School A Good School policy To consider the Self-Evaluation process as a tool for school improvement To become familiar with the stepped approach of planning for improvement

Programme Session 1 Every School A Good School Implications Session 2 Self –Evaluation – The Process Session 3 Planning For Improvement

Workshop Sharing good practice Discuss and share with your colleagues one aspect of your nursery provision that you have successfully implemented.

Until January 2010 …… each Board, working with CCMS, CnaG or NICIE where appropriate, will be expected to monitor the performance of schools in its area and provide support to schools to ensure a sustained focus on improvement. Boards will also be expected to challenge and intervene where deemed necessary to ensure that pupils receive a high quality education. Every School a Good School A Policy for School Improvement

Every School A Good School A Policy for School Improvement To ensure that every learner fulfils his or her potential at each stage of her or his development

Every School A Good School A recognition that every school is capable of improvement; that the school is best placed to identify particular areas for improvement; and that sustained improvement comes from within the school

Every School A Good School The interests of pupils rather than institutions must be at the centre of efforts to improve educational achievement and tackle underachievement Equity of access and equity of provision as well as a continuum of provision for a diversity of need

Quality Indicators Workshop

COFFEE BREAK

Chief Inspectors Report The Quality of Provision in Nursery Settings

Strengths in the Provision in Pre- School Education Welcoming, caring environment Continued development of the children’s motivation and good attitudes to learning, with an appropriate emphasis on personal, social and emotional development Improvements are being made in learning outdoors and physical play and the links with Surestart and the primary schools to which children transfer

Achievements and Standards The promotion of good attitudes to learning and the development of the children’s autonomy and independence. Nursery schools continue to promote well the children’s early language and communication and mathematical experiences.

Actions required to effect further improvement The quality of the adult interactions with the children to promote language and communications is not good enough In almost one-quarter of nursery units and voluntary/private centres, the promotion of language and communication and the quality of the mathematical experiences have been identified as areas for improvement.

Quality Learning and Teaching Workshop

Improvement Through Self-Evaluation

DVD The Learning Environment

Workshop Developing the Learning Environment

Self-Evaluation A systematic process which helps staff to….. clarify aims and objectives focus on quality of teaching and learning reflect on current practice identify and celebrate strengths of provision

Self-Evaluation A systematic process which helps staff to….. identify and prioritise areas for improvement plan for development engage in professional development raise standards of educational provision

The Self-Evaluation Process InvolvesRequires all staff management parents children all members of the centre’s community review of work openly and honestly reflect on the extent to which aims and expectations are being realised establish a clear vision and future direction for their setting

The Process Cycle

DVD Evaluating Learning and Teaching

Workshop

DVD Centre Development

LUNCH

Together Towards Improvement How are we doing? How do we know? What action(s) do we need to take to bring about improvement?

Review of Current Provision Workshop

Implications for Nursery Next Steps Short term Medium term Long term

Action for Improvement Action planning is a valuable process in taking forward the areas for development

Information Update Margaret Eggleston June