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Course: Using CEM data in PracticeDay 2 Session 1

Tuesday 30th May 2012Sam Naismith

Course: Using CEM data in PracticeDay 2 Session 1

Tuesday 30th May 2012Sam Naismith

Outline

Background

A case study

Staff Involvement

Feedback from and to staff

Day to day staff support?

Patience

Considerations?

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Background

New School, new Concept?

Very few staff

AimsIncrease the confidence of all pupils

Contribute to the educational process which helps all pupils to surpass their potential

Inform pupils on their current and potential achievement

Inform parents about how their children are progressing and where they can support and improve the learning process

Inform teachers on the best way to stretch and support each pupil

To inform Senior Leadership of progress throughout the school

Principles

Have reliable base line data on all pupils

A system that measures progress against own ability

Break away from NC levels

Redefine “every child matters”

Recognise that 11, 12 & 13 year olds are children

Informative to pupils, parents and staff

Reliable and personal

Time efficient for staff

The systemAfter looking at a few different techniques and their combinations. The method of using a Standardising score was decided on.

This was converted back to a MidYIS score and from that a predictive grade is given.

The system works by a teacher entering in a test/project mark out of 100.

Staff involvement

I couldn’t do the maths!

Staff involvement

The training process

Staff training day - introduction

Dummy run to check

Feedback from and to staff

Go live and review

What staff see

SLT/HoD view

Yes but...

Too much information

Yes but...

Too fast

Is it accurate

Professional judgement?

How does it work?

Participation

Effort, behaviour and engagement

Comments on “-’s” and changes

Text

Feedback to/from staff

Pupils like it - tells them what they have to do

Individualised but more work!

Motivates and rewards most pupils

Day to Day support

AEN Coordinator - Skills

Senior Tutor - picking up on slackers

SLT - pick up on “soft” or “Hard” departments

Patience is a virtue..

Considerations

The maths!

Quality of SPAG

A load of A*’s

Early days

New staff

Over to you..