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

WorkshopSharing 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 SchoolA 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 Report2006-08

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

DVDThe Learning Environment

Workshop

Developing the Learning Environment

Self-EvaluationA 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-EvaluationA 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

Involves Requires

•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

DVDEvaluating Learning and

Teaching

Workshop

DVDCentre 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 4 2010