School Self Evaluation For School Improvement

Author : John MacBeath,Archie Mcglynn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004-11-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134472758

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Self-Evaluation by John MacBeath,Archie Mcglynn Pdf

Self-evaluation in schools sits at the top of the national agenda in response to an awareness that performance tables and inspector's reports can only tell a partial story. Schools are now encouraged to raise questions about 'How are we doing?' and 'How do we know?'. Self-Evaluation: What's in it for Schools? demystifies school self-evaluation and encourages schools to be self-critical and self-confident. The book helps schools and teachers develop the necessary confidence to work with evaluation tools. Accessible and packed with case studies, it tackles the issues that are at the forefront of the national agenda in most countries in Europe. Challenging ideas for the future are given through discussion of the concerns and issues of schools in the present day.

Author : Christopher Chapman,Pamela Sammons,CfBT Education Trust
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : School improvement programs
ISBN : 190943728X

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School Self-Evaluation for School Improvement by Christopher Chapman,Pamela Sammons,CfBT Education Trust Pdf

Author : John MacBeath
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005-06-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134626250

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Schools Must Speak for Themselves by John MacBeath Pdf

This best-selling book illustrates how schools can tell their own story. It draws on ground-breaking work with the National Union of Teachers to demonstrate a practical approach to identifying what makes a good school and the part that pupils, parents and teachers can play in school improvement. Its usefulness for and use by, classroom teachers to evaluate their practice will prove to be its greatest strength in an ever expanding effectiveness literature.

Author : Ontario Principals' Council,Richard Evans,Sue Mark,National Association of Head Teachers (Great Britain)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Education, Secondary
ISBN : 017624168X

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School Self-assessment by Ontario Principals' Council,Richard Evans,Sue Mark,National Association of Head Teachers (Great Britain) Pdf

Author : John Macbeath
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134148233

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School Inspection & Self-Evaluation by John Macbeath Pdf

Written for heads and teachers, this forward-thinking book examines exactly what the relationship between inspection and self-evaluation means for schools and explores some of the underpinning issues, featuring examples of best practice from successful schools. It is full of useful advice on topics such as how schools can juggle ongoing self-evaluation with OFSTED’s expectations, how to use web sources to best advantage and what can be learnt from experience to lessen the anxiety in the relationship and make it more of a friendly and formative experience for all parties. Drawing on case studies from primary, secondary and special schools, this all-round overview should be of immediate interest to practitioners while also offering students and aspiring heads and teachers a valuable source of detailed information about the processes of inspection and self-assessment.

Author : Bert P.M. Creemers,Leonidas Kyriakides
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136729829

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Improving Quality in Education by Bert P.M. Creemers,Leonidas Kyriakides Pdf

This book explores an approach to school improvement that merges the traditions of educational effectiveness research and school improvement efforts. It displays how the dynamic model, which is theoretical and empirically validated, can be used in both traditions. Each chapter integrates evidence from international and national studies, showing how the knowledge-base of educational effectiveness research can be used for improvement purposes. In a clear and practicable manner it outlines: Foundations of the improvement approach Research projects investigating the impact of the dynamic approach Guidelines and practical solutions to translating the approach into action Further developments for school improvement Exploring the crucial factors in the establishment of this environment, the authors outline a dynamic framework that helps schools collect data, through self-evaluation mechanisms, taking decisions about priorities for improvement, and developing appropriate policies and action plans. This approach emphasises educational targets and provides means to achieve them that are flexible enough to fit in with the circumstances of the individual school. The book draws upon research across the world, conducted especially in the United States, Europe, and Australasia, expertly showcasing how the dynamic approach can be used in a wide variety of educational settings A key book for all professionals working in education; academics, researchers, policy-makers, school advisors and practitioners will find it invaluable. Not only it is a must for graduate students, university libraries, and individual academics but also for school management teams, school support agencies and officials in educational policy.

Author : David Godfrey
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030481308

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School Peer Review for Educational Improvement and Accountability by David Godfrey Pdf

This book explores how peer reviews are used in school improvement, accountability and education system reform. Importantly, these issues are studied through numerous international cases and new empirical evidence. This volume also identifies and describes barriers and facilitators to the development, use, sustainability and expansion of school peer review. School peer reviews are a form of internal evaluation driven by schools themselves rather than externally imposed, such as with school inspections. Schools collaborate with other schools in networks, collect data through self-evaluation and in school review visits. They provide feedback, challenge and support to each other. Despite the increased use of school peer review in system reform and school improvement, very little research has been conducted on this model and there is a dearth of literature that looks at the phenomenon internationally. This book fills this gap and will be an invaluable source for academics in school leadership and educational evaluation and accountability, as well as those working at the level of executive leadership in school networks, NGOs and in government policy-making.

Author : Paul Ainsworth
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781855395367

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Developing a Self-Evaluating School by Paul Ainsworth Pdf

Practical guide to self-evaluation in schools enabling senior and middle leaders and teachers to immediately begin to develop the processes, tools and techniques of self-evaluation. >

Author : A.J. Visscher,R. Coe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134381104

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School Improvement Through Performance Feedback by A.J. Visscher,R. Coe Pdf

Internationally there is an increasing trend to publish and feed back information to schools and teachers on their functioning. School improvement is often the central goal, though accountability and the promotion of parental/student school choice also play an important role.Practical initiatives and research in this field have often failed to recognize the full complexity of improving schools through school performance feedback. Relevant questions are, for example, to what extent: the information fed back to schools is valued and understood by them; the school performance feedback enables appropriate diagnosis and remediation to take place in schools; the use of the feedback generates conflicts and tensions for teachers and administrators; the features of the implementation process and school organization influence the utilization of school performance feedback systems; schools do actually improve as a result of performance feedback; and the feedback systems have unintended effects. This book fills the gap by including: a thorough conceptualization of school feedback as a performance enhancing mechanism, and the prerequisites for utilizing this information in schools; a typology of school performance indicators; a review of the research on the impact of feeding back performance information to individuals and to organizations; evidence on the process, problems and impact of school performance feedback from an international variety of contexts (Australia, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, USA); and reflections on these experiences within the theoretical framework, leading to recommended strategies for school improvement through performance feedback.

Author : John Blanchard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134972722

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Teaching and Targets by John Blanchard Pdf

Teachers, school managers and governors are now more publicly accountable than ever. They are expected to know how their school is performing and how to improve that performance. Target setting is a key tool in the drive to raise standards, and has been implemented at every level of the education system. This book explores target setting from both the teacher's and pupil's viewpoint, and investigates the role of assessment in successful teaching and learning. It shows that it is possible to develop a whole-school target setting policy co-ordinating the use of targets for individual pupils, subject specific departments and teams, and whole-school improvement plans. In this way, targets can be used positively for the benefit of pupils, teachers and managers. This book will be important reading for headteachers, senior management teams, assessment co-ordinators and subject leaders in schools, and will also be of interest to governors and LEA advisors.

Author : Robert D. Barr,Debra L. Yates
Publisher : Solution Tree
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : 1935249290

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Turning Your School Around by Robert D. Barr,Debra L. Yates Pdf

The far-reaching consequences of academic failure are now well known. High-poverty, low-performing schools in particular face an urgent need to transform in order to meet the needs of all their students. The school improvement audit a research-proven process of self-evaluation yields evidence-based conclusions that can significantly enhance education for children at risk. Turning Your School Around: A Self-Guided Audit to School Improvement follows a step-by-step process, with, tips and practical examples that can help all schools become high-performing learning communities. Research over the past decade has identified the specific factors that work to turn around high-poverty, low-performing schools. The school improvement audit looks at every aspect of a school or district, including its personnel, students, finances, achievement, professional development, and demographics. This is a challenging task requiring complete openness and transparency, but schools that use the audit no longer have to respond to low report cards intuitively or out of fear. And because the audit requires the rigorous and active participation of the entire community, it also builds trust, consensus, and dialog, along with higher achievement. The rubrics used by the school improvement audit are based on the same research used in the nationally recognized The Kids Left Behind.

Author : David Hopkins
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781402044526

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The Practice and Theory of School Improvement by David Hopkins Pdf

ANDY HARGREAVES Department of Teacher Education, Curriculum and Instruction Lynch School of Education, Boston College, MA, U.S.A. ANN LIEBERMAN Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Stanford, CA, U.S.A. MICHAEL FULLAN Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada DAVID HOPKINS Department for Education and Skills, London, U.K. This set of four volumes on Educational Change brings together evidence and insights on educational change issues from leading writers and researchers in the field from across the world. Many of these writers, whose chapters have been specially written for these books, have been investigating, helping initiate and implementing educational change, for most or all of their lengthy careers. Others are working on the cutting edge of theory and practice in educational change, taking the field in new or even more challenging directions. And some are more skeptical about the literature of educational change and the assumptions on which it rests. They help us to approach projects of understanding or initiating educational change more deeply, reflectively and realistically. Educational change and reform have rarely had so much prominence within public policy, in so many different places. Educational change is ubiquitous. It figures large in Presidential and Prime Ministerial speeches. It is at or near the top of many National policy agendas. Everywhere, educational change is not only a policy priority but also major public news. Yet action to bring about educational change usually exceeds people's understanding of how to do so effectively.

Author : Mei Lai,Saville Kushner
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781781907054

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A National Developmental and Negotiated Approach to School and Curriculum Evaluation by Mei Lai,Saville Kushner Pdf

This volume looks at New Zealand's distinctive, systemic alternative to school self-evaluation, with developmental and negotiated approaches ingrained throughout the education system. It details how other nations can adopt this approach and reveal how it might look at different levels of the education system and how these different levels might int

Author : Jacqueline Baxter
Publisher : Springer
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319525365

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School Inspectors by Jacqueline Baxter Pdf

This book examines the role of the inspector within the context of a number of OECD member states and explores the ways in which the inspectors themselves interpret, implement and influence inspection practices and policy. Inspection policy can have various unintended consequences, some of which produce radical discrepancies between the policy intent and its implementation. A number of these discrepancies derive from the way in which the policy is articulated while others derive from the ways in which inspectors interpret and operationalise this policy. This implementation is coloured and conditioned by several factors, including the evidence on which inspectors base their judgements; what counts as evidence in different policy contexts; what counts as valid knowledge in inspection processes; the qualities needed by inspectors working in differing policy contexts and the identities that they adopt in order to successfully carry out their work. The book provides a valuable contribution to our understanding of the politics and practices which colour and shape the legitimacy and operational execution of inspection policy. The work is unique in its focus on the inspectors’ role within the implementation of the inspection process— an element often overlooked in the literature. It also includes two chapters co-written by inspectors, offering unique insights into their life worlds and identities.

Author : John E. C. MacBeath
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Education
ISBN : 0415230144

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Self-evaluation in European Schools by John E. C. MacBeath Pdf

This book is based on a well-known and well- documented research project that represents eighteen European countries. It includes practical tools for raising standards in schools and guidance on how to use them.