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SSE Support Seminar for New School Leaders: Taking Stock of the SSE Process
Name:_____________________________
School:____________________________
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Index:
Where are you in the SSE Process? 3
Reflection on school self-evaluation process 4
Video Activity 6
Identifying Your Focus 7
Data Gathering: Suggestions 8
STen Results for Sample School 9
Maths Competency Results for Sample School/The Student Voice 10
Teacher Self Reflection Sheet 11
Sample Parent Questionnaire (Assessment) 12
Statements of Practice 13
Utilising the Statements of Practice 14
Working with Targets Activity 15
Prompt Questions for Monitoring 16
Visioning Exercise 17
Key Reflections 18
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REFLECTION ON SCHOOL SELF-EVALUATION PROCESS
SUCCESSES: What have been your successes so far in your engagement with the SSE process?
CHALLENGES: List what areas/ issues you have found most challenging?
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
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Prompt QuestionsConsider the six steps......
Who has or might lead the process?Who has or might be involved in the process
of gathering and analysing evidence?What might be the area for improvement?How might this area be identified?How might you monitor the process?
Who might be responsible for the monitoring?
Video Activity
Please identify three points from the videos that you have found most interesting and will inform your thinking in relation to SSE.
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Data Gathering: Suggestions
Resources/Tools for Data Gathering
Quantitative:
Standardised Test Analysis (STen & CAT) : http://www.pdst.ie/sse/pp/resources/st/analysis
PDST Exam analysis tool: Junior Cycle http://www.pdst.ie/sse/pp/resources/jcanalysis
Senior Cycle http://www.pdst.ie/sse/pp/resources/scanalysis
Maths Competency Test: http://www.pdst.ie/node/2879
Qualitative:
Student & Parent Questionnaires: http://schoolself-evaluation.ie/post-primary/resources/gathering-evidence/questionnaires/
Teacher & School Leaders Reflection Sheet: http://schoolself-evaluation.ie/post-primary/resources/gathering-evidence/reflection-sheets/
Professional Collaborative Review:
http://schoolself-evaluation.ie/post-primary/resources/gathering-evidence/professional-collaborative-review/
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Focus Groups: http://schoolself-evaluation.ie/post-primary/resources/gathering-evidence/focus-groups/
Sample Evidence
STen Results for Sample School
Junior Certificate Mathematics Result for Sample School
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Question to student: What helps me improve my work?
What element(s) of the video did you find most interesting from a Teaching, Learning & Assessment viewpoint?
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Teacher Self Reflection Sheet
TEACHING AND LEARNING IN OUR SCHOOL
Strengths Why?
Areas for improvement Why?
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Sample Parent Questionnaire (Assessment)School Name
Dear parents and guardians,
We are undertaking a self-evaluation of how we report about students’ learning in our school. To help us in that evaluation, we would be very grateful for your views and opinions on the matters in the questionnaire below. The questionnaire should take between 10 and 15 minutes to complete. We would be very grateful if you would complete it and return it to the school before xxxx. Please note that you may complete the questionnaire anonymously and that all individual responses will be treated confidentially.
Thank you very much.
Insert name (Principal)
Insert date
Please put an X in the correct box and circle the relevant year group:
My son daughter is in:
1st Yr 2nd Yr 3rd Yr 5th Yr 6th Yr TY
Strongly disagree
Disagree Don’t know Agree Strongly agree
Reports on my child’s learning are written in clear and accessible
language
Reports on my child’s learning give me a clear insight on how he / she is
progressing in their learning
Reports on my child’s learning help me to talk to him / her about their
progress and how I can help him / her
Reports on my child’s learning help him /her to engage with his / her own
learning
The school is open to two-way communication about my child’s
learning
Any additional comments or suggestions about how communication about learning between the school and students’ parents / guardians could be improved.
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Utilising the Statements of Practice
Using this statements of practice example, in respect of learning experiences, can you identify an area that could be prioritised in your school?
Other Statement of Practice
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Working with Targets ActivityPlease review the following targets.
Part 1. Using your knowledge of S.M.A.R.T targets can you circle each option as either
a. Helpful Targets or b. Unhelpful Targets
i) To develop and improve school wide literacy
* Note: All of these targets have been taken from SSE Updates.
These updates also contain more examples of helpful and unhelpful
targets
ii) Improve standards in effective writing (thoroughness of detail) among fifth year students from 43% to 53% by June 2015
Helpful/Unhelpful Helpful/Unhelpful
iii) To increase the number of students who use higher-order questions in pair work and class work(Communicating)
iv) We will increase the percentage of students who attempt higher level mathematics in the Leaving Certificate from 40% to 45% by June 2016
v) By the end of 2016 all students will have good reading skills
Helpful/Unhelpful Helpful/Unhelpful Helpful/Unhelpful
Part 2. In your opinion how might the unhelpful targets be altered to make them more helpful
Target no. What can be done to make it more helpful?
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Prompt Questions for Monitoring
What will be monitored?
Who is responsible?
How will progress be determined and reported?
When and to whom will progress will be reported?
How will we know if targets and actions are realistic or need to be changed?
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Visioning Exercise
Imagine it is October 2020 ………………….
Be as idealistic and creative as you wish. Forget constraints!
What does your school look like in an ideal world under the following learner outcome categories?
Learner Outcomes (SAK) Our students display the following ….
Skills
Attitude
Knowledge
How might the process of SSE impact positively on your school environment? Detail in terms of
Classrooms General School
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