Inspection and Self Evaluation Professional Development Menu
Audience - all courses suitable for leaders individually or in groups/clusters (ideally no more than 20). Content negotiable for each school/group/cluster.
Up to date with the new SEF
Knowledge of changes for 2009.
What are the implications of Ofsted's new framework? The process has changed. There are new judgements that have implications for overall effectiveness grades and there is a new SEF. There is an increased focus on teaching and standards. A course aimed at headteachers or senior leaders.
Duration: Half day
An Outstanding SEF!
Outstanding self evaluation and an excellent SEF.
A course aimed at headteachers or senior leaders. Accurate self evaluation is crucial if school improvement is to be effective. Ability to self evaluate is arguably the most important factor to take into account when judging leadership and management and a school's capacity to improve. A look at the rules for writing an excellent SEF that demonstrates your understanding of the Ofsted framework. (Bring your own SEF)
Duration: Half day or whole day depending on the level of detail and amount of time to write your own SEF required.
How to improve your OFSTED grade: satisfactory to good or "What makes good?"
An understanding of how to take your school from satisfactory to good.
A course aimed at headteachers or senior leaders. Examining the rationale for Ofsted inspection judgements. How can you (or why didn't you) get that good grade for overall effectiveness? What precisely do you need to do to improve your school and increase your grades across the board? (Bring your SEF. It all starts there!)
Duration: Half day
How to improve your OFSTED grade - Good to Great!
An understanding of how to take your school from good to great.
A course aimed at headteachers or senior leaders. Examining the rationale for Ofsted inspection judgements. How can you (or why didn't you) get that outstanding grade for overall effectiveness? What precisely do you need to do to improve your school and increase your grades across the board? (Bring your SEF. It all starts there!)
Duration: Half day
Using data well!
An understanding of how effective pupil tracking leads to faster pupil progress.
Are you tracking pupil progress as effectively as you could be? The judgement on achievement is key to your overall effectiveness grade. What will the Ofsted team expect to see when they come to your school?
A look at interpreting data using RAISEonline and the Fischer Family Trust, followed by discussion and advice on pupil tracking. What recording and analysis should you be doing internally? A course aimed at headteachers or senior leaders. Bring your own RAISE and FFT documents.
Duration: Half day
What makes good monitoring for headteachers and senior leaders?
A clearer understanding of what Ofsted expects of senior leaders, the senior leader's responsibilities and the best way in which to raise standards.
A course aimed at headteachers or senior leaders. Effective monitoring is the chief reason that good leaders succeed. It is the key to school improvement and as such is an integral part of the capacity to improve judgement. This course will cover monitoring of teaching through lesson observations, learning walks and work scrutiny. It will also look at monitoring of the school development plan. (Bring some of your pupils' English books!)
Duration: Full day
Self evaluation and the subject leader
A clearer understanding of the subject leader's roles and responsibilities and the best way in which to raise standards.
- The role of the subject leader. What will Ofsted expect from you during either a section 5 or a subject inspection?
- Self Evaluation- your own SEF
- Monitoring. How to be effective. Lesson observations and work scrutiny
- Action planning
Duration: Whole or half day depending on depth and detail wanted
What makes an outstanding lesson?
A better understanding of the Ofsted learning and teaching judgement.
A course for experienced class teachers. How can you produce and outstanding lesson? How are Ofsted judgements made? What strategies and components do you need to include?
Duration: Half day for a group or two small group half day sessions with observations and feedback.
