1. Practical Ways to Help Make Your Psychology Department "Outstanding"

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3. CPD Events – Last Chance
Fast-Track Your Planning for AQA A Level Psychology (Year 2)
London 30th September
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A packed day with OVER 40 active teaching & learning activities…

4. Session Aims Overall Effectiveness Leadership & Management
Teaching, Learning & Assessment
16-19
What is ‘Outstanding’?
Know Your Benchmarks
Use Data Effectively
Share, Share, Share
Provide A Wealth of CPD Opportunities
Effective Department Meetings
Top Tips from the Tutor2u Team

5. Session Aims Overall Effectiveness Leadership & Management
Teaching, Learning & Assessment
16-19
What is ‘Outstanding’?
Know Your Benchmarks
Use Data Effectively
Share, Share, Share
Provide A Wealth of CPD Opportunities
Effective Department Meetings
Top Tips from the Tutor2u Team

6. Jon Clark, Ruth Tarrant, Laura Swash and Anne Cooper ‘Outstanding’ TOP TIPS FROM THE TUTOR2U TEAM
Before we begin…

7. What is ‘Outstanding’? What is ‘Outstanding’? Overall Effectiveness
Leadership & Management
Teaching, Learning & Assessment
16-19

8. The ‘Outstanding’ Department
Ofsted do NOT grade individual departments.
There are no criteria outlined in the school inspection handbook that detail what is required for an ‘outstanding’ department.
What can we learn from the school inspection handbook?
Overall Effectiveness
Leadership & Management
Teaching, Learning & Assessment
16-19
73 Pages
However, an outstanding department should strive to achieve the criteria outlined for an institution and lead by example. Therefore…

9. What is ‘Outstanding’? Overall Effectiveness ‘16-19’
Leadership & Management
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
‘16-19’

10. ‘Outstanding’ for Overall Effectiveness
The quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding.

11. ‘Outstanding’ for Leadership & Management
Leaders create a culture that enables pupils and staff to excel. Relationships between staff and pupils are exemplary.
Leaders focus on consistently improving outcomes for all pupils, especially for disadvantaged pupils.
Leaders use incisive performance management that leads to professional development that encourages, challenges and supports teachers’ improvement.
Staff reflect on and debate the way they teach.
4 Key Points
Leaders create a culture that enables pupils and staff to excel. You as HOD are committed to high expectations for both pupils and staff. Relationships between staff and pupils are exemplary.
Leaders focus on consistently improving outcomes for all pupils, but especially for disadvantaged pupils.
Have you identified your ‘disadvantaged students?
What strategies have you put in place to support them?
Use Data Effectively (Point 5)
Leaders use incisive performance management that leads to professional development that encourages, challenges and supports teachers’ improvement.
What inset/training opportunities have you organised for yourself or your team?
Does someone on your team examine?
Provide CPD Opportunities (Point 3)
Staff reflect on and debate the way they teach. As HOD you should create a climate in which teachers are motivated and trusted to take risks and innovate in ways that are right for their pupils.
Do you use meeting to discuss teaching & learning or admin?
Department Meetings (Point 4)

12. ‘Outstanding’ for Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Teachers plan lessons very effectively, making maximum use of lesson time and coordinating lesson resources well.
Teachers provide pupils with incisive feedback... The pupils use this feedback effectively.
Teachers set challenging homework, that consolidates learning, deepens understanding and prepares pupils very well for work to come.
3 Key Points
Teachers plan lessons very effectively, making maximum use of lesson time and coordinating lesson resources well.
Share, share, share…
Share, Share, Share (Point 2)
Teachers provide pupils with incisive feedback about what pupils can do to improve their knowledge, understanding and skills. The pupils use this feedback effectively.
AfL - What strategies are you using to assess?
Are your students using this feedback effectively?
Use Data Effectively (Point 5)
Teachers set challenging homework, that consolidates learning, deepens understanding and prepares pupils very well for work to come.
Can you make a distinction between prep work and homework?

13. 16-19
Leaders pursue excellence. They improve provision and outcomes rapidly and reduce achievement gaps between groups by monitoring:
Quality of teaching
Learning and assessment
Learners’ retention, progress and skill development
Progress on level 3 qualifications in terms of value added is above average across nearly all subjects.
Leaders pursue excellence. They improve provision and outcomes rapidly and reduce achievement gaps between groups by monitoring:
quality of teaching
learning and assessment
learners’ retention, progress and skill development
Use Data Effectively (Point 5)
Progress on level 3 qualifications in terms of value added is above average across nearly all subjects.

14. What is ‘Outstanding’? Overall Effectiveness ‘16-19’
Pursuit of excellence for retention, progress and skill development.
Above average value added.
Overall Effectiveness
Leadership & Management
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
‘16-19’
Outstanding teaching, learning and assessment.
Plan lessons effectively, coordinate resources.
Incisive feedback. Pupil respond to feedback.
Challenging homework to consolidate, deepen and prepare.
Culture that enables students/staff to excel.
Improve outcomes for ALL pupils (especially disadvantaged).
Incisive performance management & CPD. Reflective practitioners.

15. What is ‘Outstanding’? Any Questions? What is ‘Outstanding’?
Overall Effectiveness
Leadership & Management
Teaching, Learning & Assessment
16-19
Any Questions?

16. What is ‘Outstanding’? Top Tips from the Tutor2u Team
Know Your Benchmarks
Use Data Effectively
Share, Share, Share
Provide A Wealth of CPD Opportunities
Effective Department Meetings

17. 1. Know Your Benchmarks What is outstanding?
What criteria does Ofsted give? 
Conduct an audit to find out where you currently are.
Why not try a 360 Degree Appraisal? If you can handle it!

18. 360 Degree Appraisal

19. 2. Use Data Effectively Tracking/Monitoring
Stretch & Challenge / Support & Intervention
Effective (Personalised) Feedback
Reporting
Ofsted Prep

22. Filter Attendance Under achievement by performance
Under achievement from absence
High achievers
Low achievers
Etc

23. Letters
Three letters templates for attendance, under achievement and over achievement.

24. Psychology Workshops

25. Effective Personalised Feedback

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40. Mail Merge Guide
We have created a step-by-step mail merge guide that will be made available following this webinar.

41. Example 2

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‘Personalised’ feedback for every single question, base on every possible score

44. Ofsted Prep

45. 2. Use Data Effectively Tracking/Monitoring
Stretch & Challenge / Support & Intervention
Effective (Personalised) Feedback
Reporting
Ofsted Prep
3. Leaders focus on consistently improving outcomes for all pupils, especially for disadvantaged pupils.
7. Teachers provide pupils with incisive feedback... The pupils use this feedback effectively.
9. Leaders pursue excellence. They improve provision and outcomes rapidly and reduce achievement gaps between groups by monitoring: Quality of teaching, Learning and assessment, Learners’ retention, progress and skill development.
10. Progress on level 3 qualifications in terms of value added is above average across nearly all subjects.

46. What is ‘Outstanding’? Any Questions? Top Tips from the Tutor2u Team
Know Your Benchmarks
Use Data Effectively
Share, Share, Share
Provide A Wealth of CPD Opportunities
Effective Department Meetings
Any Questions?

47. Jon Clark, Ruth Tarrant, Laura Swash and Anne Cooper ‘Outstanding’ TOP TIPS FROM THE TUTOR2U TEAM
Before we begin…

48. Share, Share, Share Create a shared area: School Network / VLE
Google Drive
Dropbox
Teachers don't have to use your centralised / standardised lessons, but it should be there as a backstop.
1. The quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding.
6. Teachers plan lessons very effectively, making maximum use of lesson time and coordinating lesson resources well.

49. Provide A Wealth of CPD Opportunities
Inset Opportunities
CPD Events
Open-Door Policy
Examiners Training
“Fight with SMT to ensure that people are given that ability to become examiners and tell them that they are short-sighted if they disagree. Staff should be given the freedom and supported to attend examining meetings and training. The department and institution will reap the rewards.”
Leaders use incisive performance management that leads to professional development that encourages, challenges and supports teachers’ improvement.
Staff reflect on and debate the way they teach.

50. Effective Department Meetings
Communicate with your department regularly – ensure that staff share your vision…
The plan is to be an outstanding department
Meetings need a clear purpose and structure
Discuss teaching and learning for the week ahead
Students who need support (top end and bottom) – informed by data
Events/Trips
Internal CPD – New Techniques or Activities tries that week.
5. Staff reflect on and debate the way they teach. Leaders have created a climate in which teachers are motivated and trusted to take risks and innovate in ways that are right for their pupils.

51. What is ‘Outstanding’? Any Questions? Top Tips from the Tutor2u Team
Know Your Benchmarks
Use Data Effectively
Share, Share, Share
Provide A Wealth of CPD Opportunities
Effective Department Meetings
Any Questions?

52. Strong Foundations 1) Research Methods LIVE!
2) Explore Inferential Statistics
3) Using your Year 1 stuff to NAIL issues and debates
LUNCH
4) Let’s get ready for Year 2 Biopsychology
5) Raising your game in Year 2

53. Today’s Resources & Any Questions
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