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SSE Taking Stock 2018
- 1. www.pdst.ie Summer 2018 Féin-Mheastóireacht Scoile Taking Stock: Implementation of the SSE Process
- 2. www.pdst.ie • To reflect on individual school experiences of SSE • To engage with the SSE process using ‘Looking at our School 2016’, ‘SSE guidelines 2016-2020’, Circular 63/17 and Circular updates • To provide participants with an opportunity to share school improvement practice • To examine practical monitoring and implementation strategies for SSE in school Learner outcomes/Torthaí Foghlaimeora
- 3. www.pdst.ie Overview of Seminar Session 1 9.15 – 11.00 • To explore the concepts and language of school self evaluation • To facilitate reflection on the SSE process in different settings • To support exploration and use of the key documents including Looking at our School 2016, SSE Guidelines, Circulars 63/2017 and SSE updates 11.00 – 11.15 Coffee Session 2 11.15 – 12.45 • To familiarise participants with the following elements of the SSE process - Identifying focus - Gathering evidence - Analysing and making judgements (including target setting) • To guide schools in how to use Looking at our School(2016) at each step in the SSE process 12.45 – 1.30 Lunch Session 3 1.30 – 3.30 • To understand effective targets and actions • To outline SSE monitoring and implementation strategies • To examine the reporting requirements of SSE • To decide on next steps
- 6. www.pdst.ie • PLC implementation through SSE • Digital Strategy and SSE • DEIS and SSE • Polasaí Gaeltachta and SSE Clarifications
- 7. www.pdst.ie SSE – Key documents
- 9. www.pdst.ie SSE Timeline/SSE Requirements SSE Guidelines… https://www.education.ie/en/Circulars-and-Forms/Active-Circulars/cl0016_2018.pdf Investigation Implementation Consolidation/ review Investigation Implementation 1st area of focus – Curriculum Area or Aspect of Teaching and Learning 2nd area of focus – Curriculum Area or Aspect of Teaching and Learning
- 11. www.pdst.ie Identify Focus/Aimsigh an Fócas • Collaborative • Democratic • Dialogic
- 13. www.pdst.ie Gather Evidence/Fianaise a bhailiú • What is evidence? • What evidence sources do we have in school already? • How can we plan to gather useful evidence?
- 15. www.pdst.ie Analyse and Make Judgements • What is the evidence telling us? • What strengths/ areas for improvement can be identified? • What evidence supports this? • What is the evidence not telling us?
- 16. www.pdst.ie The SSE Process ✓ ✓ ✓
- 17. www.pdst.ie Target Setting and the SSE Process • Linked to individual school context • Pupil needs • Curriculum linked • Evidence-based • Have a clear focus • Realistic and measurable • SMART • Begin with a clear baseline • Improve learner outcomes Learner outcomes Learner experiences Teachers’ individual practice Teachers’ collective/collab orative practice
- 18. www.pdst.ie ● To reduce the percentage of pupils at/below the 16th percentile in problem solving by 6% by May 2019 ● To decrease the percentage of pupils who feel anxious/upset about Maths from the current rate of 6% by May 2019 ● To introduce team teaching for 1st/2nd classes in Maths in order to improve problem solving in these classes by May 2019 Samplaí/Sample targets
- 19. www.pdst.ie Lón
- 20. www.pdst.ie SSE Report and SIP/ Tuairisc agus Plean Feabhsúcháin • A Plan for Improvement • 1 document of 3 pages • Completed annually • Shared with whole school community
- 21. www.pdst.ie SSE Report and SIP/ Tuairisc agus Plean Feabhsúcháin SIP / Plean Feabhsúcháin • SMART target(s) • Proposed actions • Implementing actions • Monitoring and evaluating the SSE process • Timeline of the plan • Who is responsible? SSE Report / Tuairisc • Intro/Progress on improvement to date • Focus/ Area for improvement • Findings of investigation
- 23. www.pdst.ie Put Improvement Plan into ACTION Cur i bhfeidhm • Shared ownership of implementation (Circular 63/17) • Actions become part of the Teaching and Learning Process – Individual classes – Groups of classes – Whole school
- 24. www.pdst.ie The SSE Process ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓✓
- 25. www.pdst.ie Monitoring and Evaluating/ Monatóireacht agus Meastóireacht • Who will monitor and evaluate and how? • Assessment for Learning as a strategy • Recording and reporting progress • Are targets still SMART? Do they need to be reviewed? • LAOS: A Quality Framework to benchmark the monitoring process
- 26. www.pdst.ie Evaluating ‘Word Wizards’: A Sample Case • Was there a change in practice? • What were pupil and teacher experiences? • What was the impact on learning? https://player.vimeo.com/video/167385573
- 27. www.pdst.ie Where To Next? An chéad chéim eile? What is the first thing I need to do to re- engage with SSE in my school?
- 28. www.pdst.ie • The SSE process is individual to each school • SSE is the responsibility of all staff • Reflective practice enhances teaching and learning • Keep the SSE process simple Remember / Cuimhnígí…
- 31. www.pdst.ie School-Self Evaluation Teaching & Learning Framework; 6 Step SSE Process; gathering, collating & analysing relevant data; implementing the SIP for literacy, numeracy and any other area of teaching & learning. Assessment for Learning (AfL) Learning outcomes/context of learning/success criteria; effective feedback; questioning; Bloom’s Taxonomy and self & peer-assessment strategies e.g. rubrics. Integrating ICT ➢eAssessments & ePortfolios – Mahara, Google Apps for Education... ➢ePlanning & Collaboration – Google Apps for Education..... ➢Tablet Technology Integration – Effective use, pedagogy...... ➢Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) – Google Classroom, Edmodo ➢SSE – On-line tools for gathering, collating & analysing relevant data Visual - Visualisers, Animoto, Wordle, Tagxedo, Photo-story.... Auditory – Audacity, Vocaroo, Audioboo...... Reading comprehension – Freerice, Studystack, Quizlet...... Kinaesthetic – Tarzia, Cube Creator...... Subjects /Programmes & Generic Support ➢Health & Wellbeing – PE, SPHE, mental health, anti- bullying and promoting the welfare & protection of students ➢Junior & Leaving Certificate subject support & planning ➢JCSP, TY, LCA & LCVP programme support ➢School planning (policies) ➢Co-operative learning ➢ICT for teaching & learning ➢Differentiation/mixed ability teaching PDST Websites ➢www.pdst.ie ➢pdsttechnologyineducation.ie ➢scoilnet.ie (portal for resources) ➢teachercpd.ie (on-line courses) PDST Leadership Programmes Misneach.....New Principals Tánaiste.......New Deputy Principals Tóraíocht.....Aspiring Leaders accredited by Maynooth University Forbairt .......Experienced Principals & ALNs Spreagadh...NAPD & PDST collaboration Overview of PDST Post-Primary Supports for Leading Learning in the 21st Century www.pdst.ie/schoolsupport Models of support: whole staff days (circular 002/2014), Croke Park hours, subject departments/groups of teachers/co-ordinators (circular 0043/2014) It is essential to fill out the on-line application form @ www.pdst/schoolsupport in order for your application to be considered Numeracy SSE & strategies for implementing problem solving, estimation, a common approach to maths language and a numeracy rich environment across the curriculum. Literacy SSE & strategies for improving oral language, writing, reading comprehension, and the use of broadcast /digital media across the curriculum.