1. Making Self- Evaluation Meaningful For You
Saturday 19th March, 2016

2. Self Evaluation in an on going Professional Learning context

3. Engagement with The Standards
The Standards for Registration (Provisional, Full)
The Standard for Career-Long Professional Learning
The Standards for Leadership and Management (Middle Leadership, Headship)

4. The Professional Standards- Structure
Professional Knowledge and Understanding
Professional Skills and Abilities
Professional Values and Personal Commitment

5. Self-Evaluation and Engagement With the Standards

6. Professional Values & Personal Commitment
Social Justice- Demonstrated through Vision, Values & Ethos Statement
Collaborative process at Leith Walk Primary School- Elizabeth’s Perspective
What does your community want your school to stand for then “Live it” and espouse the behaviours that support these statements.

7. Professional Values & Personal Commitment
Rich in Diversity, Building Strength Through Creativity and Achievement. We are fully committed to excellence in teaching and learning and celebrate the achievements of our stakeholders. As Citizens, we are committed to the Values of Wisdom, Justice, Integrity and Compassion. We are Lifelong Learners who can think critically about what we know and learn, to bring about innovations and positive change in society. We set ourselves the highest expectations to demonstrate that we are an ambitious, thinking school. We are prepared to embrace whatever our future holds and to contribute in meaningful ways.” We respect ourselves, each other and our environment

8. Professional Values & Personal Commitment
Integrity- the behaviours of the Head Teacher sets the standard for the stakeholders in the community.
Trust & Respect- the importance of positive relationships. Develop a “no blame” culture where practitioners can take risks to yield positive impacts in teaching and learning.
Profession Commitment- Demonstrate a commitment to self- evaluation as the Lead Leaner . Being honest and courageous (and thick-skinned!!) earns greater respect.
The Standard for Leadership and Management
360 degree feedback- Confidence & Courage, Creation of Positive Atmosphere, Inspires & Motivates, Communicates Effectively, Empathises, Values & Works through Teams
ESCI
Personal Learning Plan- As part of SQH against the Standard

9. The Professional Actions in Career- Long Professional Learning
Raise awareness of Professional Collective Responsibility – importance of ethos & culture. Links back to Professional Values & Personal Commitment
Pedagogy, Learning and Subject Knowledge
Curriculum and Assessment
Enquiry & Research
Educational Contexts and current debates in Policy, education and practice
Sustaining and Developing Professional Learning
Learning for Sustainability
Professional Skills and Abilities

10. Approaches to Make Self-Evaluation Against the Standard Work for You
Create the right climate and conditions for honest evaluations to be shared with stakeholders.
Collaboration in agreeing School Improvement Priorities. Ensure the Professional Review and Development process supports practitioners in the achievement of priorities and offers true distributive leadership responsibilities.
“RACI” Groups- the development of Capital and Teacher Agency to bring about sustainable improvement based on a model of Distributive Leadership and rigorous Self-evaluation

11. RACI Groups- the basis for Collegiate Activity and Professional Learning
Autonomous Improvement Groups -Led by practitioners, for practitioners
Promotes a Collective Model of responsibility /ownership of the Improvement Agenda
Develops collegiality and enquiry-based learning
Clear expectations – mobilisation task briefs
Devolves decision-making NOT just delegation
Elizabeth’s perspective
The importance of self-evaluation

12. Collegiality
The Collegiate Calendar should be designed to allow regular time for reflection on Professional Actions with colleagues through Dialogue Sessions.
Planning and Attainment Dialogue Sessions (Milestones Meetings)
Identification of cohorts
ASL Tracking Meetings
Sharing Practice Visits

13. Pupil Voice Elizabeth’s Practice Developing a vocabulary of Assessment
Evaluate the daily/weekly learning of the class
Informs next steps in teaching and learning
Community Learning Teams & Evaluations of SIP

14. School Improvement Plan
Task Brief Evaluations
Cloud 10 Approach – Strategic 3-year plan Where Are We Now?
Where Do We Want To Be? How Are We Going to Get There?
Standards & Quality Approach- The Importance of Context and Accessibility of Information
Triangulation / Cyclical Approach

15. Take Action You said……………….we did
Evidence, and share, Professional Actions in response to intelligence gathered through the cycle of Self-evaluation.
Begin it all again!!!

16. Reflective Questions?
What aspects of the Standards do I find most challenging? Why? How could these challenges be addressed?
What informs my thinking when planning my priorities for future professional learning and development?
As a result of my professional learning, how has my practice developed in order to improve outcomes for all learners? How do I know? What evidence of impact do I have? What does this tell me about my practice? How will I systematically gather and analyse evidence of impact?