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Preparing for your college review

Preparing for your college review. HMI Jan Davidson Student Team Member – Szabolcs Kotek. Themes. Who we are and what we do Pre-review Review week Post review. Education Scotland – who we are and what we do….

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Preparing for your college review

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  1. Preparing for your college review • HMI Jan Davidson • Student Team Member – Szabolcs Kotek

  2. Themes • Who we are and what we do • Pre-review • Review week • Post review

  3. Education Scotland – who we are and what we do… Part of the directorate that deals with Lifelong learning and post-16 provision. We review or inspect – Colleges Private colleges and English language schools Prison education Community learning and development Careers information, advice and guidance service

  4. The context HM Inspectors undertake reviews of standards and quality in Scotland’s colleges on behalf of SFC

  5. What is the main purpose of the review? • to support and promote quality enhancement in colleges to provide the best possible experience for the learner; • to provide information to Scottish Ministers and the public on the quality of colleges and the education and training they provide; • to complement college-led internal review and self-evaluation; and • to identify excellent practice.

  6. Working with colleges: three key principles: • High quality learning: • Learner engagement • Quality culture

  7. Evaluative activities Annual engagement Subject based or thematic aspect reports External reviews of colleges

  8. High quality learning • How effective are the college’s learning and teaching processes? • How well are learners progressing and achieving relevant, high quality outcomes?

  9. Learnerengagement • How well are learners engaged in enhancing their own learning and the work and life of the college?

  10. Quality culture • How well is the college led and how well is it enhancing the quality of its services for learners and other stakeholders?

  11. Pre-review phase Managing inspector: • meets Principal and Chair of the Board/Regional Lead, staff and learners; • agrees essential documentation from college or access to college intranet; • arranges for the return of the Learner Engagement Questionnaire; • liaises over arrangements with College Nominee.

  12. Review week (varies depending on size and nature of college) • 3 x full days in college: • Monday all day • Tuesday all day • Wednesday all day • Evening classes as appropriate • Outreach classes as appropriate • Team meeting at the end of each day – in college (attended by college nominee)

  13. Arriving at evaluations • discussions with learners and other stakeholders • discussions with staff and managers • observations of learning and teaching • review essential documentation such as learning and teaching packs, internal review or self-evaluation reports, achievement information, including PI data

  14. Discussion of findings Friday – MI, one colleague and STM: • discussion of findings with Principal, SMT and student president.

  15. From draft to final report • summary evaluations two weeks after external review • draft report sent accuracy check meeting Principal and Chair/Regional Lead • publication of report on the Education Scotland website • development of a learners’ version of the report

  16. Whatwill the report say? • Overarching statement of effectiveness: Effective Limited effectiveness Not effective • Plus supporting statements to provide detail

  17. After the external review • College prepares action plan • SFC determines whether follow-up required • College HMI visits college and monitors progress on Main Points for Action and areas for development • Within a year – college BoM publishes response • Annual engagement process by Education Scotland

  18. …the principle of student engagement implies … that colleges … support the development of students as co-creators of their learning who take responsibility for their own learning …and … are involved in decision-making about their curricula, teaching and learning, and all aspects of the student experience. • - ‘Final report of the Scottish Funding Council’s Joint Quality Review Group’, 2008

  19. Quality improvement and enhancement – beyond the review… • Learners • Co-evaluators of the learner experience • Co-creators of learning • Staff • Reviewers • (HMIIs, AAs and STMs) • Co-evaluators of the learner experience

  20. Annual engagement visits

  21. Any questions? Janet.davidson@educationscotland.gsi.gov.uk

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