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Nursery Teachers Day 1

Nursery Teachers Day 1. Every school A Good School Implications for Nursery Practice October 2009. Aims. To raise awareness of Every School A Good School policy To consider the Self-Evaluation process as a tool for school improvement

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Nursery Teachers Day 1

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  1. Nursery Teachers Day 1 Every school A Good School Implications for Nursery Practice October 2009

  2. Aims • To raise awareness of Every School A Good School policy • To consider the Self-Evaluation process as a tool for school improvement • To become familiar with the stepped approach of planning for improvement

  3. Programme Session 1 Every School A Good School Implications Session 2 Self –Evaluation – The Process Session 3 Planning For Improvement

  4. WorkshopSharing good practice Discuss and share with your colleagues one aspect of your nursery provision that you have successfully implemented.

  5. Until January 2010 …… each Board, working with CCMS, CnaG or NICIE where appropriate, will be expected to monitor the performance of schools in its area and provide support to schools to ensure a sustained focus on improvement. Boards will also be expected to challenge and intervene where deemed necessary to ensure that pupils receive a high quality education. Every School a Good School A Policy for School Improvement

  6. Every School A Good SchoolA Policy for School Improvement To ensure that every learner fulfils his or her potential at each stage of her or his development

  7. Every School A Good School A recognition that every school is capable of improvement; that the school is best placed to identify particular areas for improvement; and that sustained improvement comes from within the school

  8. Every School A Good School • The interests of pupils rather than institutions must be at the centre of efforts to improve educational achievement and tackle underachievement • Equity of access and equity of provision as well as a continuum of provision for a diversity of need

  9. Quality Indicators Workshop

  10. COFFEE BREAK

  11. Chief Inspectors Report2006-08 The Quality of Provision in Nursery Settings

  12. Strengths in the Provision in Pre-School Education • Welcoming, caring environment • Continued development of the children’s motivation and good attitudes to learning, with an appropriate emphasis on personal, social and emotional development • Improvements are being made in learning outdoors and physical play and the links with Surestart and the primary schools to which children transfer

  13. Achievements and Standards • The promotion of good attitudes to learning and the development of the children’s autonomy and independence. • Nursery schools continue to promote well the children’s early language and communication and mathematical experiences.

  14. Actions required to effect further improvement • The quality of the adult interactions with the children to promote language and communications is not good enough • In almost one-quarter of nursery units and voluntary/private centres, the promotion of language and communication and the quality of the mathematical experiences have been identified as areas for improvement.

  15. Quality Learning and Teaching Workshop

  16. Improvement Through Self-Evaluation

  17. DVDThe Learning Environment

  18. Workshop Developing the Learning Environment

  19. Self-Evaluation A systematic process which helps staff to….. • clarify aims and objectives • focus on quality of teaching and learning • reflect on current practice • identify and celebrate strengths of provision

  20. Self-Evaluation A systematic process which helps staff to….. • identify and prioritise areas for improvement • plan for development • engage in professional development • raise standards of educational provision

  21. The Self-Evaluation Process

  22. The Process Cycle Review Monitor and evaluate the outcomes Identify strengths and areas for improvement Plan and implement action for improvement Prioritise the areas for improvement

  23. DVDEvaluating Learning and Teaching

  24. Workshop

  25. DVDCentre Development

  26. LUNCH

  27. Together Towards Improvement How are we doing? How do we know? What action(s) do we need to take to bring about improvement?

  28. Review of Current Provision Workshop

  29. Implications for Nursery Next Steps • Short term • Medium term • Long term

  30. Action for Improvement Action planning is a valuable process in taking forward the areas for development

  31. Information Update Margaret Eggleston June 4 2010

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