School Self-evaluation (SSE) & External School Review (ESR):Ways to Quality School Education

What is SSE?

Planning

Implementation

Evaluation

What…

A review-plan-do-evaluate-review sequenceBoth descriptive and evaluative An investigative and reflective mode of analysis Can be applied at various levels – from a whole school focus to particular aspects of provision and practice which contribute to the whole

SSE…

A systemic process through which a school continuously reviews the quality and effectiveness of its work so as to facilitate its self-improvement and further development, leading to the provision of quality education for its students

SSE is…

At the heart of quality assuranceA key requirement for school improvementPart of the school development planning cycleAn on-going process

The four phases

PlanningImplementing & monitoringSelf-evaluatingReporting

ImplementationImplementation& Monitoring& Monitoring

ImplementationImplementation MonitoringMonitoring

Reviewprogress

Assessoutcomes

Collectinformation

Evaluateactivities

Beginning ofBeginning ofschool yearschool year

School School DevelopmentDevelopmentPlanningPlanning

Use PIs

Gauge conditions

Set targets

Draft plans

Prepare report

Conduct review

Follow up

Review & Follow-upReview & Follow-up

End of End of School yearSchool year

SSE Process

Tools…

PIsKPMsAPASO (affective & social outcome)SVAIS (value-addedness)Stakeholders survey……

How…

A critical mass - School Improvement Team (SIT) (“SEED”)

Think BIG, start small!

What is ESR?

To validate school self-evaluationTo promote the use of data and evidence as basis for SSETo help schools identify strengths and areas for improvement

What is ESR?To report to the public the performance of a schoolTo establish a feedback loop to help formulate policies and set priorities for development

ESR…Why?To complement SSE To sustain school developmentTo facilitate professional capacity buildingTo accelerate school improvement and enhance learning outcome

SDA framework

Student LearningOutcomes

Student LearningOutcomes

PlanningPlanning

Implementation & Monitoring

Implementation & Monitoring

EvaluationEvaluation

Outcome of PlanningSchool Development & Action Plans

Outcome of Evaluation & ReviewSchool Report(s)

ESR

SchoolVision & Mission

Sustaining SDA development

an evaluative process with on-going refinements and improvement measuresgive due consideration to schools’ concern, transparency and workload

What we have learnt in the initial phase of SDA implementation SDA helps schools to :

establish a more reflective culturestrengthen learning and teaching through systematic and evidence-based SSEenhance capacity building and mutual trust among teachers for collaboration and professional dialoguefoster ownership of school improvement measurespromote continuous development

What we have learnt in the initial phase of SDA implementation

Problems and difficulties encountered by schools:schools over-prepared for ESR resulting in unnecessary workload for teachersschools over-concerned about the ratings of the 14 areas but not focus on the reflective processessome teachers do not have appropriate skills to undertake SSE/SSA

Improvement measures to sustain SDA development

Modify report requirements (not necessary to upload SSE reports, only report the mandatory data to major stakeholders)Collect KPM information from schools only once every 4 yearsModify and upload stakeholders’ survey for schools’ accessDevelop on-line data collection tool for APASODevelop an e-platform for SDAProvide an on-line course on SSE for schoolsRemind schools to avoid over-preparation and over-documentationSchools are no longer required to draw up ratings on the 14 areas

Thank you!