This workshop explored a range of approaches to improving professionalism at all levels in education, drawing on recent inspection information. Specific reference was made to the general strengths in Scottish education and how the need for further and faster improvement has grown in response to the changing context within which education operates in an increasingly competitive world.
Teopista Birungi Mayanja Commissioner, International Commission on Financing Global education opportunity
Presentation to 9th International Policy Dialogue Forum
5-7 December 2016 Siem Reap, Cambodia
Christian Bautista, Isabelle Byusa, Vijayaragavan Prabakaran, Devon Wilson
Presentation to 9th International Policy Dialogue Forum
5-7 December 2016 Siem Reap, Cambodia
Teopista Birungi Mayanja Commissioner, International Commission on Financing Global education opportunity
Presentation to 9th International Policy Dialogue Forum
5-7 December 2016 Siem Reap, Cambodia
Christian Bautista, Isabelle Byusa, Vijayaragavan Prabakaran, Devon Wilson
Presentation to 9th International Policy Dialogue Forum
5-7 December 2016 Siem Reap, Cambodia
21ST Century Education: Classroom Management beyond Perspectiveijtsrd
Classroom management is one of the crucial factors that influence teaching and learning. This research has focused on a variety of the best strategies and practices of classroom management in a global approach. The findings of this study showed that good classroom management practices enable teachers and learners to meet on the prescribe desirable behavior of the learners. Further, different indicators have emerged as significant predictor of good classroom management practices. These include modeling appropriate behavior, offering praise to the learners, behavior management and establishing clear goals. These indicators elevate learners positive behavior and engagement in the learning process. It also boosts learners confidence and engagement in their learning. The finding of this study also showed that teachers with a different approach for classroom management will likely promote an effective learning environment that promotes globally competitive individuals. Marjorie A. Nellas | Marita C. Pacaldo | Ma. Gina C. Estorgio | Judith C. Lopez | Julie Ann A. Lauronal "21ST Century Education: Classroom Management beyond Perspective" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-1 , December 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd29755.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/29755/21st-century-education-classroom-management-beyond-perspective/marjorie-a-nellas
Exploring the impact of career models on teacher motivation: An exploratory s...IIEP-UNESCO
Lucy Crehan, CIES 2017
Based on research by Lucy Crehan on Exploring the impact of career models on teacher motivation, the review will look at whether a change in the administration of teacher career models could improve the quality of teaching in schools by motivating teachers and increasing the appeal of the profession. The findings underline that career structures should be designed in such a way that would encourage autonomous motivation of teachers, while at the same time holding teachers accountable for the quality of their teaching.
More information http://www.iiep.unesco.org/en/how-can-teacher-careers-be-reformed-cies2017-3899
Key to School Effectiveness: 21st Century Learning LeadershipSamar Bouzeineddine
In order too meet the standards and the objectives of 21st century learning, schools need to assess their culture, missions, visions, and their strategies of leadership.
Measuring teacher motivation: a scale and findings from northern NigeriaStuart Cameron
Teachers’ motivation is central to the success or failure of attempts to improve learning in developing countries. Evidence from Nigeria, as in several other sub-Saharn African countries, has suggested that low teacher motivation is a problem, with causes including poor infrastructure, difficulties in managing pupil behaviour, perceptions of unfair recruitment practices, dissatisfaction with pay and conditions, and frustration at teachers’ own inability to improve children’s learning outcomes. Despite these concerns, teacher motivation is patchily and inconsistently measured in developing countries. This paper describes the development of a teacher motivation scale for use in Nigeria, and presents results of applying the scale in evaluations of several education programmes (the Teacher Development Programme [TDP], Girls’ Education Programme, and Education Sector Support Programme in Nigeria), together with quantitative and qualitative findings on teacher absenteeism, adoption of new methods, and teachers’ own perceptions. The scale attempts to measure the extent to which teachers internalise the goals of the school and the teaching profession, find interest and enjoyment in their work, and the extent to which they believe in their own ability to teach (self-efficacy). We present information on how and why the scale was developed, and some preliminary findings from a 2016 survey of 3588 teachers.
The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) has a role to establish a shared and agreed platform from which the quality of teaching and school leadership can continue to grow.
Building Performance and Global Excellence in Independent and International S...Fiona McVitie
Operating within an increasingly competitive international education landscape, institutions and schools are striving to deliver greater value and better quality education as a priority. Private and international schools need to develop a culture of deliberate, targeted and intentional school improvement to ensure continuous and sustainable progress is made. Dr Phil Cummins will share effective techniques and tips on managing and lifting performance for your school. This practical and interactive session will cover:
• Defining performance: Context, concepts, frameworks, processes
• Understanding individual performance: Appraisal, evaluation, feedback, goal-setting
• Building individual and team performance: Coaching for success
• Building whole school performance: Managing organisational change and learning
Plenary: Group Report Part 1
Teacher working Conditions and Motivation (at School Level)
Presentation to 9th International Policy Dialogue Forum
5-7 December 2016 Siem Reap, Cambodia
The short guide for undergraduate, pre-service, graduate and licensed teachers on how to become the professional TEACHER that every educator wanted to be. Hope it will help.
21ST Century Education: Classroom Management beyond Perspectiveijtsrd
Classroom management is one of the crucial factors that influence teaching and learning. This research has focused on a variety of the best strategies and practices of classroom management in a global approach. The findings of this study showed that good classroom management practices enable teachers and learners to meet on the prescribe desirable behavior of the learners. Further, different indicators have emerged as significant predictor of good classroom management practices. These include modeling appropriate behavior, offering praise to the learners, behavior management and establishing clear goals. These indicators elevate learners positive behavior and engagement in the learning process. It also boosts learners confidence and engagement in their learning. The finding of this study also showed that teachers with a different approach for classroom management will likely promote an effective learning environment that promotes globally competitive individuals. Marjorie A. Nellas | Marita C. Pacaldo | Ma. Gina C. Estorgio | Judith C. Lopez | Julie Ann A. Lauronal "21ST Century Education: Classroom Management beyond Perspective" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-1 , December 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd29755.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/29755/21st-century-education-classroom-management-beyond-perspective/marjorie-a-nellas
Exploring the impact of career models on teacher motivation: An exploratory s...IIEP-UNESCO
Lucy Crehan, CIES 2017
Based on research by Lucy Crehan on Exploring the impact of career models on teacher motivation, the review will look at whether a change in the administration of teacher career models could improve the quality of teaching in schools by motivating teachers and increasing the appeal of the profession. The findings underline that career structures should be designed in such a way that would encourage autonomous motivation of teachers, while at the same time holding teachers accountable for the quality of their teaching.
More information http://www.iiep.unesco.org/en/how-can-teacher-careers-be-reformed-cies2017-3899
Key to School Effectiveness: 21st Century Learning LeadershipSamar Bouzeineddine
In order too meet the standards and the objectives of 21st century learning, schools need to assess their culture, missions, visions, and their strategies of leadership.
Measuring teacher motivation: a scale and findings from northern NigeriaStuart Cameron
Teachers’ motivation is central to the success or failure of attempts to improve learning in developing countries. Evidence from Nigeria, as in several other sub-Saharn African countries, has suggested that low teacher motivation is a problem, with causes including poor infrastructure, difficulties in managing pupil behaviour, perceptions of unfair recruitment practices, dissatisfaction with pay and conditions, and frustration at teachers’ own inability to improve children’s learning outcomes. Despite these concerns, teacher motivation is patchily and inconsistently measured in developing countries. This paper describes the development of a teacher motivation scale for use in Nigeria, and presents results of applying the scale in evaluations of several education programmes (the Teacher Development Programme [TDP], Girls’ Education Programme, and Education Sector Support Programme in Nigeria), together with quantitative and qualitative findings on teacher absenteeism, adoption of new methods, and teachers’ own perceptions. The scale attempts to measure the extent to which teachers internalise the goals of the school and the teaching profession, find interest and enjoyment in their work, and the extent to which they believe in their own ability to teach (self-efficacy). We present information on how and why the scale was developed, and some preliminary findings from a 2016 survey of 3588 teachers.
The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) has a role to establish a shared and agreed platform from which the quality of teaching and school leadership can continue to grow.
Building Performance and Global Excellence in Independent and International S...Fiona McVitie
Operating within an increasingly competitive international education landscape, institutions and schools are striving to deliver greater value and better quality education as a priority. Private and international schools need to develop a culture of deliberate, targeted and intentional school improvement to ensure continuous and sustainable progress is made. Dr Phil Cummins will share effective techniques and tips on managing and lifting performance for your school. This practical and interactive session will cover:
• Defining performance: Context, concepts, frameworks, processes
• Understanding individual performance: Appraisal, evaluation, feedback, goal-setting
• Building individual and team performance: Coaching for success
• Building whole school performance: Managing organisational change and learning
Plenary: Group Report Part 1
Teacher working Conditions and Motivation (at School Level)
Presentation to 9th International Policy Dialogue Forum
5-7 December 2016 Siem Reap, Cambodia
The short guide for undergraduate, pre-service, graduate and licensed teachers on how to become the professional TEACHER that every educator wanted to be. Hope it will help.
Powerpoint presented with lecture during webinar for Kappa Delta Pi national honor association in education on Jan. 19, 2014. Discussed is three areas for professionals: Competence, Performance, and Conduct of novice educators.
Peter Eavers (Area Advisor) Learning and Teaching Scotland.
Presentation on 'moving into the new curriculum'. At the Aberdeen turning the new experiences and outcomes into practice conference.
April 2009
21st Century Professional Development: Why shift?mnebel
School districts need to think outside the box in order to upgrade professional learning to support this rapidly changing educational environment. Move your professional learning into the 21st century, get connected!
The Future of Teaching: Professionalism, Partnerships and Privatisationhowardstevenson
There are a significant number of embedded hyperlinks - it is necessary to download the file to access these. Click on the file title just above this text - the download option appears from there. I have also added some notes to each slide if you are reading this without hearing the accompanying lecture.
10 Must-Have Work Ethics in Daily Work RoutineHatem Ramadan
Work ethics are defined as set of values and beliefs that drives one’s behavior in the workplace towards colleagues, managers and probably customers as well. A healthy environment is mainly based on group of people with positive work ethics communicating with each other, therefore all companies and big organizations are embedding certain ethics in their internal charters to encourage its employees to closely observe their work attitude.
In these slides I’ll share with you my thoughts on the most important work ethics based on real work-life situations of which it had a great impact to boost my career and others in a way much further.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-must-have-work-ethics-daily-routine-hatem-ramadan
Employer engagment is an essential area for schools to develop in order that teaching for pupils can have a real conext for learning.This presentation gives the advantages for pupil, school and employer when they engage in thie partnership.
An over view give to members of UNESCO of the Scottish education curriculum and how enterprise makes a significant contribution to underpinning the new Curriculum for Excellence
Top 10 Trends In Global Education Focused On Competency-based Education | Fut...Future Education Magazine
Here are 10 trends in global education focused on competency-based education: 1. Personalized Learning Pathways 2. Mastery-Based Progression 3. Stackable Credentials 4. Integration of Technology 5. Lifelong Learning
California Learning Center (CLC), established at 2006 United Arab of Emirates, We have been the forefront of the Vocational Education and Training industry in the UAE.
Findings From The Early Professional Learning Project 281009GTC Scotland
Findings from the Early Professional Learning project.
Presentation given at the local authority probation managers' seminar on 28 October 2009 by Jim McNally & Allan Blake, Department of Curricular Studies, University of Strathclyde
Encouraging Ethnic and LInguistic Diversity in the Teaching ProfessionGTC Scotland
Presentation delivered at the Scottish Teacher Education Committee conference 2009 by Geri Smyth, University of Strathclyde. The theme of the conference was 'What can teacher education do to encourage inclusion?'
Reforming Teacher Education for Inclusive EducationGTC Scotland
Presentation delivered to the Scottish Teacher Education Committee conference 2009 by Lani Florian and Martyn Rouse, School of Education, University of Aberdeen.
Investing in Equity and Anti-Discriminiation in ITE CoursesGTC Scotland
Presentation delivered to the Scottish Teacher Education Committee Conference 2009 by Rowena Arshad, School of Education, University of Edinburgh. The conference theme was 'What can teacher education do to encourage inclusion'.
This presentation was delivered at the Scottish Teacher Education Committee Conference 2009. The theme of the conference was 'What can teachers do to encourage inclusion?'
''Working with others towards greater coherence in CPD - handout.' (National ...GTC Scotland
Handout for workshop 14, 'Working with others towards greater coherence in CPD.' Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), GTC Scotland National Education Conference, 28 May 2009.
In this workshop we explore the steps taken by SQA to enhance teachers' understanding of the assessment process by providing CPD.
A key feature of the approach taken was to link with local authorities and key education agencies such as GTCS and LT Scotland. This was to ensure that the training being offered fitted a coherent model both practically and conceptually.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
35. HM Inspectorate of Education Who said …… ? “ As a young man, my fondest dream was to become a geographer. However, while working in the customs office I thought deeply about the matter and concluded it was too difficult a subject. With some reluctance I then turned to physics as a substitute. ” Albert Einstein
And that future is one in which there are major challenges, set by change. The list shows some of them. They all demand people who are skilled in various contexts, and who are above all skilled in learning, in interacting with others, in applying technology and in providing quality. Intellectual ’value-added’ – the knowledge economy – is with us now. This is within a Scottish context of an ageing population – it is in OUR interests to ensure that the younger generations will be able to support us in our pensioned age. We are increasingly in a world where the ’waking giants’ like China, India and Brazil or former Eastern European-bloc countries are able to produce manufactured goods at prices well below those which wages in this country would demand. There are simply not the jobs we used to have. Our learners must be enabled to ’move up the value-chain’, contributing at higher services and entrepreneurial levels than currently. For that, they need more and different skills from those which might have sustained them well over the last half-century. There is also here a running theme about citizenship – we need an educationally skilled population, yes, but also one with value-conscious citizens who will be able to deal with complex moral issues. We need a system which embraces change, takes the change agenda forward and itself seeks creative and innovative responses rather than waiting for a central directive and then maybe not following it anyway.
From Ms Watt’s speech 12 th August 2008
Broader achievements fill out the picture beyond a learner’s attainments and need also to be more systematically valued and recognised. We must have learners who are capable of learning throughout life. Teaching must allow the development of independent learning skills and empowerment of learners, and the capacity of ICT must be applied to learning situations. There must be a focus on the individual – his/her personal and learning needs, the opportunities he/she needs to develop and grow and be as successful in the four capacities as he/she can be. We need to combine forces in education with other services and agencies, get better at joint working and working in partnership to achieve ends which any one service alone is not going to achieve. Within education we need to ensure that our teachers can fulfil their professional role. They need to embrace fully their role and accept the responsibility outlined for them. This will empower them, provide them with professional space and space in which to provide learners with the best possible learning experiences. We need dynamic, vibrant and exciting leaders, unafraid to bring in well-judged innovative practices and empower staff at all level also to take on the role of leader.
At the heart of things is the Curriculum for Excellence and at the heart of this lie the four capacities. JTE and ACE all focus on achieving these capacities for young learners. If they are the capacities of future generations of young people, they are also desirable for today's adults including staff and all members of the local community! What challenges does that present? Responsible citizens Effective contributors Successful learners Confident individuals Bearing in mind the principles of: Challenge and enjoyment Breadth Progression Depth Personalisation and choice Coherence Relevance
Schools and centres have been using self-evaluation for around about 15 years We need to take more account of the maturity of Scottish schools and place their self-evaluation at the centre of inspection. The new approach to inspection does just that.
As Scottish schools ‘grow up’ in their approaches to and experience with self-evaluation, we need to focus more on its purpose. What comes after self-evaluation – ACTION! Are there other activities – Support/challenge and challenge/support - appreciate enquiry through building on strengths – visioning whereby you paint a picture of the future – where you want your school or service to be in three years time – and create that future.
Focus on better learning – for all, including staff, the community ….borrowed from Macbeath
1 minute task for the audience – only press the forward key after the audience has considered the task question and the results have been discussed in plenary briefly. A useful discussion to round off the role of those present from schools and EAs.
Some people need to focus on the craft of teaching. For too long we have not focused sufficiently on this.
I am pleased that we are able to publish two reports today which will help schools and pre-school centres to refine their approaches to self-evaluation. These guides provide additional advice to supplement that in How good is our school? and The Child at the Centre
The wider backdrop is for all services to work together to achieve success for all in the vision statement for children.
In summary, Improving Scottish Education attests to the many strengths of our Scottish system and the quality of the experiences provided for and outcomes achieved by our learners. We need to sort some aspects and the sooner we act towards that end, the better for ALL of our learners. But we also need to act now to equip our youngsters for the increasingly complex and uncertain world in which they will be citizens. All we can do is provide them with the highest possible quality of education.