Transforming lives through learning Preparing for your college review HMI Jan Davidson Student Team Member – Szabolcs Kotek

Transforming lives through learning Themes Who we are and what we do Pre-review Review week Post review

Transforming lives through learning Education Scotland – who we are and what we do… Part of the directorate that deals with Lifelong learning and post-16 provision. We review or inspect – –Colleges –Private colleges and English language schools –Prison education –Community learning and development –Careers information, advice and guidance service

Transforming lives through learning The context HM Inspectors undertake reviews of standards and quality in Scotland’s colleges on behalf of SFC

Transforming lives through learning What is the main purpose of the review? to support and promote quality enhancement in colleges to provide the best possible experience for the learner; to provide information to Scottish Ministers and the public on the quality of colleges and the education and training they provide; to complement college-led internal review and self-evaluation; and to identify excellent practice.

Transforming lives through learning Working with colleges: three key principles: High quality learning: Learner engagement Quality culture

Transforming lives through learning Evaluative activities Annual engagement Subject based or thematic aspect reports External reviews of colleges

Transforming lives through learning High quality learning How effective are the college’s learning and teaching processes? How well are learners progressing and achieving relevant, high quality outcomes?

Transforming lives through learning Learner engagement How well are learners engaged in enhancing their own learning and the work and life of the college?

Transforming lives through learning Quality culture How well is the college led and how well is it enhancing the quality of its services for learners and other stakeholders?

Transforming lives through learning Pre-review phase Managing inspector: meets Principal and Chair of the Board/Regional Lead, staff and learners; agrees essential documentation from college or access to college intranet; arranges for the return of the Learner Engagement Questionnairearranges for the return of the Learner Engagement Questionnaire; liaises over arrangements with College Nominee.

Transforming lives through learning Review week (varies depending on size and nature of college) 3 x full days in college: Monday all day Tuesday all day Wednesday all day Evening classes as appropriate Outreach classes as appropriate Team meeting at the end of each day – in college (attended by college nominee)

Transforming lives through learning Arriving at evaluations discussions with learnersdiscussions with learners and other stakeholders discussions with staff and managers observations of learning and teaching review essential documentation such as learning and teaching packs, internal review or self-evaluation reports, achievement information, including PI data

Transforming lives through learning Discussion of findings Friday – MI, one colleague and STM: student president.discussion of findings with Principal, SMT and student president.

Transforming lives through learning From draft to final report summary evaluations two weeks after external review draft report sent accuracy check meeting Principal and Chair/Regional Lead publication of report on the Education Scotland website learners’ version of the reportdevelopment of a learners’ version of the report

Transforming lives through learning What will the report say? Overarching statement of effectiveness: Effective Limited effectiveness Not effective Plus supporting statements to provide detail

Transforming lives through learning After the external review College prepares action plan SFC determines whether follow-up required College HMI visits college and monitors progress on Main Points for Action and areas for development Within a year – college BoM publishes response Annual engagement process by Education ScotlandAnnual engagement process by Education Scotland

Transforming lives through learning …the principle of student engagement implies … that colleges … support the development of students as co-creators of their learning who take responsibility for their own learning …and … are involved in decision-making about their curricula, teaching and learning, and all aspects of the student experience. - ‘Final report of the Scottish Funding Council’s Joint Quality Review Group’, 2008

Transforming lives through learning Quality improvement and enhancement – beyond the review… Learners Reviewers (HMIIs, AAs and STMs) Staff Co-evaluators of the learner experience Co-creators of learning

Transforming lives through learning Annual engagement visits

Transforming lives through learning Any questions?