1. iWill transform teacher
appraisal in your school
“The time it has saved our school has been phenomenal,but more
importantly,it has revealed weaknesses in our teaching across the
school that we were simply not aware of.”
Newham Primary School
i-WIGT
Transparent Participatory Insightful Developmental
The i-WIGT is a collaborative teacher development App
based on the acclaimed What is Good Teaching? framework
“It’s a brilliant concept.”
Head of Anglesey Primary School,Birmingham

2. The i-WIGT encompasses national criteria drawn from Ofsted and is correlated
with the National Teachers’Standards.In fact,it goes far beyond these parameters,
making it a powerful teacher development tool,rather than simply an Ofsted
compliance tool.
During observations,the App presents the observer with a clear matrix of
preferred statements.These subtle and intensively researched gradations in
performance skill are the key to the power of the i-WIGT.
They unpack that elusive,and often intuitively used,set of skills that constitute
effective and outstanding teaching – allowing them to be recognised,recorded
and translated for other teachers.
A key aspect of the framework’s appraisal criteria is what pupils are doing in class
– enabling you to incorporate assessment of learning as well as teaching in your
observations.
Skills of great teaching
unpacked
“Staff felt that it took a lot of the subjectivity away,which they appreciated.I did worry that they would find
the level of detail difficult but not a bit of it…They liked the way it is much more objective and transparent
than previous lesson objectives.”
Head of Anglesey Primary School,Birmingham
ii“The teachers all explained how they
preferred to receive their feedback with
the observer referring to the i-WIGT,and
that it was more meaningful seeing the
completed framework used during the
feedback immediately after the lesson.”
Castleview School,Slough
The i-WIGT is an iPad App that uses a clean,simple interface with touch-screen
interaction to seamlessly assist you to appraise,mentor and improve teaching and
learning within your school.
According to schools currently using the App,it has won the support of teachers
for the common basis it gives to all lesson observations,the visibility of the
reporting process and the developmental paths it provides.
The i-WIGT is based on the What is GoodTeaching? framework.Using national and
international research,and developed over 10 years in conjunction with teachers,
this highly successful framework is currently in use in over 1000 schools.
Easy to use,confidential and secure,the i-WIGT will help your school to provide:
■■ Objective and fair teacher performance observations in real-time
■■ Accurate,consistent and useable feedback for your teachers
■■ Clear paths for teachers towards outstanding,creative teaching
■■ A transparent performance-related pay practice
■■ Trackable data for each teacher as well as by subject,year group and more
■■ Teacher self-assessment to encourage reflective practice
■■ Areas for teachers to evidence their work by uploading images and videos
An assessment process your teachers
will support

3. iSchools that are already using the i-WIGT say that it has uncovered weaknesses and
outstanding practice that managers and teachers had previously been unaware of.
The App also allows teachers and peers to reflect on their own performance and
to upload photos and video of their work,then post these observations
and evidence directly to their personal Performance Management
Document.
In fact,the shared,common basis of the i-WIGT
appraisal system can justify and de-personalise
adverse decisions as well as support teachers
in their career goals.
Towards reflective practice
“It definitely made me more objective.
Normally,I don’t tend to give‘Outstanding’
to any lessons unless I think nothing can
be improved.But the i-WIGT gave me
confidence that I could do,even though
some things needed work on.”
Head of Anglesey Primary School,Birmingham
Your school’s secure and confidential Data Centre collects and collates all your
teachers’Performance Management Documents,giving you the ability to track
the performance of individual teachers over time,as well as giving you at-a-glance
data on performance across the whole school.
Because the school can assess performance by teacher,year group,status of the
teacher (NQT,ITT,TA etc),as well as easily highlight and share outstanding best
practice,CPD can be more effectively targeted,and its effectiveness more easily
tracked for individual teachers and groups.
Crucially,information from the i-WIGT gives you firm evidence with which to
deliver your performance-related pay strategy in a way that is transparent and
equitable.The reports clearly show which Teachers’Standards have or have not
been achieved by individual teachers and can provide a supporting rationale for
promotion decisions.
An App for school
improvement
An assessment and intervention tool
“The i-WIGT is particularly helpful in the
assessment of teachers on the margins of
RI to good and good to outstanding – the
grading system has made me more robust
and confident in my judgements.”
Nicky Willis,Headteacher,
Cippenham Primary School,Slough
Appraisal feedback automatically supplied by the i-WIGT quickly highlights each
teacher’s observed strengths and development areas,linking your observations
directly to the Teachers’Standards.
These in turn are linked to appropriate articles in Imaginative Minds’acclaimed
Best Practice Library,part of the Professional Learning Community.
This library is one of the best CPD resource collections in the world,especially for
teachers.It contains over 7000 serious,rigorous articles on all aspects of teaching
and learning,and classroom and behaviour management.
“The i-WIGT provides an excellent and highly efficient system to observe and evaluate the quality of teaching
and learning linked to performance management and,through the links with the Imaginative Minds Best
Practice Library,offers immediate access to a range of articles to support professional development.”
Elaine Ricks-Neal,Jt.Principal Adviser for School Improvement,West Berkshire Council

4. Online at www.i-wigt.com
Call today: 0121 224 7599 Fax: 0121 224 7598
Email: i-wigt@imaginativeminds.co.uk
Getting started
Saving you time and money
Schools using the i-WIGT say that there is a saving of at
least 25% in time over the whole teacher appraisal process.
Where you previously lost valuable time sorting through
acres of observation papers and deciphering handwritten
notes,this information is now instantly recorded for you.
Reports from your collected data can be instantly
produced,giving you solid evidence to present to Ofsted,
or exported for your School Development Plan.
As individual Performance Management Documents are
linked to this school-wide data,you can swiftly identify
areas of development across the school,enabling you to
target your CPD spend correctly,to the real areas that your
school requires.
“The thing that has really sold it to me
is the reduction in bureaucracy and bits
of paper…the i-WIGT is bringing quality
and consistency to our judgements and
the analysis tool has helped us to form a
clear overview of the quality of teaching
and learning and areas for improvement
supported by clear evidence.This has
saved us many hours of work.”
Mr Nick Turvey,Headteacher,
Upton Cross Primary School
RYes I would like improve teaching and learning in my school.
AND reclaim a quarter of the time we spend on appraisals
£I want to try before I buy,with a free demo and 15 day trial
£I want to improve my teacher appraisals now,and purchase the
system today
School size Standalone i-WIGT Per annum Tick With Best Practice Library Per annum Tick
Up to 250 pupils £475 + VAT £875 + VAT
Up to 400 pupils £600 + VAT £1000 + VAT
Up to 600 pupils £800 + VAT £1200 + VAT
Up to 1000 pupils £1000 + VAT £1500 + VAT
Above 1000 pupils £1200 + VAT £1700 + VAT
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