StrategicFunding Partners

Conference

Thursday 21 November

Hilton Edinburgh Grosvenor Hotel

Aims • To share good practice in self-evaluation and

improvement • To share new tools to help you with self-

evaluation • To discuss plans to evaluate the overall

effectiveness of the SFP model• To provide an opportunity for networking

The Corporate Plan

The vision

Learners in Scotland will progress in one of the most effective education systems in the world, renowned for the ability of national and local partners to work flexibly together to achieve high quality and equitable outcomes for all

BETTER LEARNING

applied anddevelopedflexibly in

local contexts

impactevaluatedat multiple

levels

knowledge drawnout about

‘what works’

knowledgespread

effectively topractitioners

external research and intelligence

Creating a virtuous cycle of improvement

Our mission – working with our partnersTo provide a national infrastructure which makes this virtuous cycle a reality….

We will provide the best blend of national support and challenge to inspire and secure continuous improvement in experiences and opportunities for all learners in Scotland.

Our objectives Build a world-class curriculum for all learners Promote high quality professional learning and

leadership amongst education practitioners Build the capacity of education providers to

improve their performance continuously Provide independent evaluation of education

provision Influence national policy through evidence based

advice Improve our organisational capability and invest

in our people

Achieving the vision will mean…..

Educational outcomes for all learners are improving

Inequity in educational outcomes is eradicated

Public confidence in education is high

Today’s event

Supporting your own self-evaluation and improvement

Outlining our role in evaluating the SFP model

Networking and sharing good practice

Hearing about the Government’s commitment to Third Sector Organisations

Does our approach to self-evaluation….

the quality of our work?

prove or improve

prove or improve

Key messages • Looking inwards, looking outwards, looking forwards• Smart, streamlined coherent approach which tells

your story in a clear and evaluative way• Don’t spend all your time on the process of gathering

and collating information• Keep evidence proportionate, impact-based, focused

Key messages – strong practice is often…

• Precise, focused• Forensic in the analysis of impact and

outcomes• Practice-based rather than just paper-based • Able to generate specific strengths and areas

for improvement

Living the vision, values and aims

In one organisation the Director asked everyone to start every meeting or external engagement by agreeing which of the organisation’s aims they are helping to achieve. This helped everyone to understand how their daily activities were helping to realise the organisation’s vision.

Excellence is the result of:

caring more than others think is wise;

risking more than others think is safe;

dreaming more than others think is practical; and

expecting more than others think is possible.