Ofsted readiness: Rules of engagement 2014

1. Ofsted readiness: Rules of engagement 2014 Bea Noble-Rogers Teacher education solutions

2. Ofsted Readiness: Purpose of the Session • Provide an opportunity for colleagues to consider • the insights, emphasise and lessons learned ITE OfSTED 2012 2013 • the implications for the partnership and your involvement • key actions • Based on: work with providers, the Handbook, reports from 2012/2013, 20th Sept letter and revisions to guidance

3. The MMU ITE Partnership • Greatest advantage of involvement in ITE? • Even better if? • What do you need to know about the Ofsted ITE inspection framework?

4. New game, new rules, new success criteria,new Language • An inspection of the quality of theITE partnership • Time, preparation and shared understanding are of the essence • An expectation of good and outstanding outcomes for all new teachers, where impact on pupil learning central • An inspection where anything less than good requires improvement • An inspection where the quality and strategic presentation of robust evidence is critical • Write your own report • G1 /outstanding is doable

5. Pressing questions: jot your thoughts • What do you need to know more about? • What are the key areas for improvement to ensure the partnership continues to success? • What barriers could stand in the way of this and what could be done about them? • What are the key strengths of thepartnership that you can build on?

6. G1 Partnerships • Are outstanding at preparing new teachers and they present the evidence to prove it • Understand the Ofsted ITE ‘game’ and are strategic in ensuring everything they present works to shape Ofsted judgements of G1 • What does this say about the partnership? • What could this say about the partnership? • Essentially write their own report

7. Key Themes From G1 OfSTED Reports • Shared vision and expectations across the partnership • Strategic, visible use of data to support improvement • Rigorous self evaluation and IP • Involvement of schools in all aspects of leadership, management , development and delivery of programmes • Good and outstanding attainment • High completion and employment rates mirrored by effective recruitment and selection with partnership involvement • Structured coherence of training

8. Key Themes From G1 Ofsted Reports • Rigorous and accurate assessment and monitoring • Close tracking of trainee progress to secure effective interventions • High quality training placements • High quality mentoring and training for mentors • Secondary – support for literacy and mathematics across all subjects and support for ‘whole school issues’ which synchronises university-based training with school placements • High quality training in national priorities

9. What are they looking for? • Partnership • Impact and outcomes • Assessment and grading • Individual trainee progress • Self Evaluation and improvement planning • Be prepared!!

10. 1 The Partnership • A genuine, collaborative partnership where schools play a key part in all aspects of provision; with a collective vision and shared expectations for all: • of the partnership’s strategic direction • for the kinds of teachers the partnership will produce • for the impact they will have on pupils’ attainment and school improvement • of roles in planning for and delivering training . • ‘The relationship with schools has to be the highest priority’ • Outstanding ITT partnership 2013

11. Partnership questions • What systems are in place to ensure highly effective communication across the partnership -including 360 evaluation, involvement in partnership development, understanding of benefits of greater engagement? • How are schools involved in leading aspects of partnership development? (Eg focus groups for PE ) • Is allplanned training, and related documentation, in the partnership is aligned to the TS / requirements and to the OfSTED criteria and to centre based provision?

12. 2 impact and outcomes • Very high expectations of, and attention to, all outcomes • trainees’ competence and confidence as teachers • the impact of training on trainees’ teaching • the quality of trainees’ teaching • final attainment • the impact of trainees’ teaching on pupils’ learning – over sequences of lessons • recruitment, completion, retention, employment…. • the competence and confidence of NQTs, their retention and career trajectories The consistency of this across all groups This is not the time to hide your light under a bushel you need to make your evidence shout for you

13. 2 Impact and outcomes questions • How effective is the collection and analysis of evidence of the impact of • training on trainees’ outcomes as teachers? • trainees’ teaching on pupils’ learning – over sequenses of lessons? • How is this used to further improve trainee outcomes? • Are all self-evaluation and improvement plans driven by improving outcomes for trainees?

14. 3 assessment and Grading • Consistency and accuracy in assessment guidance, and in grading, across the partnership is critical – absolute clarity overgrade boundaries!!! • Use of sharp grade descriptors overlain by subject/priority specific descriptors • Assessment guidance and templates need to support judgements against G1 criteria with the emphasis on evidence • Be clear if your judgements are against final expectations or for the stage of training

15. 3 assessment and grading – descriptors • Are grading criteria revised to reflect the new descriptors? • How has the replacement of satisfactory with RI been addressed? • Are plans in place for monitored interventions for any RI trainees and as necessary going into the NQT year? • Outstanding trainees? Consider their capacity to become an outstanding teacher. The judgements are relative to their stage in career (DfE 2012 Myths and Facts of the Teachers’ Standards)

16. From THE framework • Outstanding (1) • All primary and secondary trainees awarded QTS exceed the minimum level of practice expected of teachers as defined in the Teachers’ Standards by the end of their training. Trainees demonstrate excellent practice in some of the standards for teaching and their personal and professional conduct. Much of their teaching is outstanding and never less than consistently good. • Good (2) • All primary and secondary trainees awarded QTS exceed the minimum level of practice expected of teachers as defined in the Teachers’ Standards by the end of their training. Much of their teaching is predominantly good, with examples of outstanding teaching. • Requires Improvement (3) • All primary and secondary trainees awarded QTS meet the minimum level of practice expected of teachers as defined in the Teachers’ Standards by the end of their training. Trainees’ teaching requires improvement as it is not yet good.

17. 4 individual Trainee progress • There is a sharp focus on supporting the progress of individual trainees to ensure best possible outcomes • tracking, monitoring and providing timely targeted support for individual trainee progress and into NQT year as necessary • having evidence which demonstrates how the training has impacted on and improved their teaching ‘from their starting points’ • Question: What consistent systems are in place for tracking, monitoring and supporting individual trainee progress from their starting points, how is the information used to inform trainee progress across school and centre based training?

18. 5 Self-Evaluation and IP cycle • 3 of 9 LM criteria focus on self-evaluation and IP • Levels of self-evaluation and IP • All partners have a role • How is this possible? • Drafts • Executive committee • Focus groups • Development visits • School self-evaluation and IP

19. be prepared • The inspection team will have ‘used a range of measures’ to inform their preliminary judgement of the partnership, eg • last Ofsted inspection report • NQT survey outcomes • bench marking data • Ofsted online questionnaire survey • your own website info – so think about that!! • On this evidence they will also identify lines of enquiry to pursue during the inspection. • ‘..in marked contrast to x ‘

20. Be prepared questions • What do you need to know more about? • What aspects of the partnership would you like to be involved in? • What needs to be in place to make this happens?

21. 2013 2014 Thematic inspection foci • Preparing trainees to teach the National Curriculum for 2014 • Post 16 teaching in school • The on-going foci as set out in the framework will remain with the addition of Sport

22. Lessons Learned: G3 Provider • Not enough that: • Trainees possess high levels of professionalism and are highly reflective… • The partnership uses its networks locally, nationally and internationally to enrich the trainees’ experience

23. Lessons Learned • It is about: • ‘So what?’ and ‘how do you know?’ • 360o moderation and evaluation • Every stakeholder knowing, fulfilling and being able to state their roles and responsibilities • Flexibility in provision to respond to quality assurance processes • Knowing what data OfSTED have access to and the methodology associated with it • Data, evidence and impact

24. Contact Details • Bea Noble-Rogers • Telephone : 07776177588 • Email : bea@teacher-education.co.uk