The Cycle of Continuous Improvement

Self-Evaluation

• Self-Review: Schools regularly conduct self-reviews to assess their strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement. This can be done through various methods, such as data analysis, and teacher reflections. SchooliP has various monitoring forms for self-reflection, forms can be changed or new ones can be added to the system based on your preferences.

 

The beauty of SchooliP is that it has everything built in it, but with the flexibilities that we need to be able to individualise it and that’s why it works…

Kendal College

• Improvement Planning: Once the self-review process is completed, schools can use these insights gained to develop a detailed development plan. SchooliP allows you to plan effectively focusing both on short-term targets and long-term objectives, ensuring that actions are aligned with the overall vision for the school’s growth. The plan will ask you to outline clear steps for the implementation, define who is responsible for each task, and set realistic timelines for achieving goals. The plan must remain flexible allowing adjustments as new challenges or opportunities arise.

1. Self-Evaluation

• Conduct a thorough self-assessment of the school’s performance across key areas (e.g., teaching and learning, leadership, behaviour, and attitudes).
• Gather evidence to support self-evaluation claims.
• Identify strengths and areas for improvement.
• Develop an improvement plan with specific targets and actions.

• Data Collection and Analysis: SchooliP allows schools to collect and analyse data on various aspects of their performance, such as the quality of teaching and staff professional development. This data can be used to identify strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement.
• Evidence Gathering: The platform enables teachers to easily collect and store evidence of their practice, such as Documentation and reflection notes. This evidence can be used to support self-evaluation claims and inform improvement planning.

2. External Review

• Conduct observations of lessons and record meetings with staff.
• Review school documentation, including self-evaluation and improvement plans.
• Provide feedback on the school’s strengths and weaknesses.
• Make recommendations for improvement.

• Document Preparation: SchooliP can help schools prepare for external reviews by providing a centralised repository for key documents, such as self-evaluation reports, improvement plans, and policies.
• Data Sharing: The platform allows schools to share relevant data with external reviewers, such as staff performance data.

 

SchooliP’s seamless integration of appraisal, professional development, and school improvement planning has been instrumental during inspections. The platform’s ease of use and comprehensive data have been invaluable.

Clive Zimmerman, Executive Headteacher

3. Action Planning

• Develop a detailed action plan to address the recommendations from the external review.
• Prioritise actions based on their impact and feasibility.
• Assign responsibilities for implementing the action plan.
• Set timelines for completing actions.

• Goal Setting and Tracking: SchooliP enables schools to set clear and measurable goals, track progress towards these goals, and adjust plans as needed. As the term concludes it is crucial to reflect on these goals both individual and whole school goals to evaluate what is working well and what needs to be adjusted moving forward. For example your school improvement plan targets.
• Collaboration and Communication: The platform facilitates collaboration between staff members and promotes effective communication, which is essential for implementing improvement plans.

 

The most important quality of SchooliP is it gives us strategic direction that’s the power, the fact that we can track things.

Amity International School

4. Monitoring and Evaluation

• Monitor progress towards achieving the goals outlined in the improvement plan.
• Collect data to measure the impact of the actions taken.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the improvement strategies.
• Make adjustments to the plan as needed.

• Progress Tracking: SchooliP provides tools such as standards, objectives and improvement plans for monitoring progress towards goals and identifying any potential obstacles.

• Data-Driven Decision Making: By analysing data collected through the platform, schools can make informed decisions about resource allocation and intervention strategies.

5. Reporting and Communication

• Report on the self-evaluation and external review findings to the school community.
• Share the improvement plan with staff, parents, and governors.
• Provide regular updates on progress towards achieving goals.

• Report Generation: SchooliP can generate a variety of reports, for example, monitoring, standards and 360 feedback reports.

• Communication Tools: SchooliP provides you with access to sharing with the whole school, trust or the wider SchooliP community. This can be done with evidence or blog posts, allowing you to share achievements and updates in real time. Some of these need to be approved by your administrators before you can share them with these groups.

 

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International School Luxembourg