PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE SEVEN SIMPLE STEPS TO SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT (This is a two day course)

Venues: Durham County Cricket Club, Chester le Street : Tuesday January 24th and Wednesday January 25th

Redworth Hall Hotel, Tuesday January 31st and Wednesday February 1st

Time: 8:30am for 9:00am

Course Organiser: Margaret Armstrong

Course Presenters: Margaret Armstrong, Jan Stephenson

Course Reference: EDU 3

Course Price: £350+vat

Course Information:

This two day course will help school leaders in Primary/Special schools to develop their monitoring and evaluation skills to further improve their schools.It will enable leaders to fully understand the National Evaluation Schedule to secure the best possible outcomes from inspection. Course participants will be introduced to ‘Seven Simple Steps to School Improvement’.

Day 1 will focus on:

• ensure full understanding of the expectations for inspection
• further develop analytical and interpretation skills of data, includingthe use of the new RAISEonline
• the development of explicit links between outcomes, qualityof provision and leadership and management

Day 2 will focus on:

• an introduction to ‘Seven Simple Steps To School Improvement’
• collecting evidence for robust self-evaluation
• developing leaders’ evaluation skills as well as providing helpful guidance to support SEF writing
• supporting leaders in embedding highly effective systems for moderating the quality of teaching and use of assessment
• establishing a positive behaviour for learning and ensuring pupil’s safety