Planning For Improvement

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Prioritise the targets so that they are
manageable and achievable
Set targets for improvement based on evaluative
judgements
Make arrangements for monitoring, evaluating and
reviewing progress towards the targets for
improvement
Identify strategies and tasks to achieve the
improvement targets
Planning For Improvement
Review the school improvement plan to take
account of the findings of self-evaluation
Identify and secure the resources required
Identify staff training and development needs and
plan to meet them.
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Qualitative Data
Quantitative Data
S Specific M Measurable A achievable R Realisti
c T Time-related/bound
D Detectable/discernable A
Achievable R Realistic T
Time-related/bound S Specific
Set targets for improvement based on evaluative
judgements
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Consolidate and maintain as well as improve and
develop.
Set targets with pupils attitudes to learning in
mind
Set targets to enhance pupils improvement and
development.
WHAT WILL ACHIEVEMENT LOOK LIKE?
Prioritise the targets so that they are
manageable and achievable
If not classroom based select targets that are
most closely related to school improvement plan
priorities and/ or affect the attitudes and
performances of other adults in the school
community
Having three or four priorities that everyone
can understand and work on systematically is much
better than half a dozen or more that no one can
remember Self evaluation for school improvement
4
Can specific tasks be done within existing school
policies and procedures?
Are there any strategic implications?
Identify strategies and tasks to achieve the
improvement targets
Could small-scale pilots be carried out with
particular teams/departments?
5
Have you fully costed the resources required?
Audit existing funds, learning materials,
expertise, acommodation
Identify and secure the resources required
Are there things we should stop doing, things we
should do differently that might free-up resources
You may not necessarily need new resources
Has there been adequate consultation with regard
to the identification and securing of resources
to meet the agreed targets?
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Compare whole school training needs with
individual needs.
Take account of PRSD Annexes
Identify staff training and development needs and
plan to meet them.
Plan the training with childrens learning of
knowledge and skills in mind.
Consider the full range of training
opportunities/providers available
Develop strategies to evaluate the impact of any
training provided.
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School development Plan may well have to be
reviewed as a result of these targets.
Take time to make all staff/governors aware of
any changes to the School Development Plan
Review the school improvement plan to take
account of the findings of self-evaluation
Will there be any knock-on effects to other parts
of the School Development Plan?
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MONITORING How will you know that you are
achieving what you set out to achieve
EVALUATION Has the desired effect been realised?
Make arrangements for monitoring, evaluating and
reviewing progress towards the targets for
improvement
REVIEWING Depending on the outcome of evaluation
do we need to look again at what we are doing
Build this into our practice so that progress is
sustained over time