1. Minimum Contract Level Support Caroline Wilkinson Peer Review and Self Regulation 29 November 2011

2. To critically review aspects of your provision to an agreed criteria
Peer Review
What do we mean by this?
Working with:
colleagues
other organisations
partnerships
To critically review aspects of your provision to an agreed criteria

3. Peer Review (2)
Is this formal or informal?
What areas are we talking about?
Lesson observations
Learning walks
Learner voice
Stakeholder review
Others …

4. Self Regulation
Self Assessment as part of the process for quality improvement
Who decides what areas will be covered?:
The lead
The partnerships
How will this take place:
Quality Team made up of partners
Team from selected colleagues based upon expertise and strengths
Dictated by the Lead Provider
LSIS PRD Team
External consultant
What is the methodology/system?

5. Self Regulation (2) Is it also related to:
Working with a Beacon College
Awarding Body accreditation
CRB checking and safeguarding
Regulation for your particular sector
Peer Review and Development
User guide to self assessment and improvement planning:

6. Why undertake Peer Review and Development?
Allows external validation of self assessment judgements
Is an independent review by critical friends
Provides a safe environment for discussion of development needs even in competitive environment
Provides opportunity to import effective practice from others
Extends your access to expertise
Creates opportunities to build productive relationships and learning
Gives an insight into how others work
Focuses on improvement and development inlcuding collaboration
Demonstrates maturity in the FE system
Demonstrates the innovation of FE system in achieving collaboration despite competition

7. Why undertake Peer Review and Development? (2)
Develops staff
Delivers organisational improvements which impact on learners
Boosts confidence of organisation
Helps to develop the ability to be self critical
Empowers organisations to act on judgements
Is good value for money
Supports the development of a reflective learning organisation

8. Monitoring and Evaluation Feedback and Reporting
The PRD Cycle
Consider output from Monitoring and evaluation
Make changes to approach, planning, roles etc.
Roles and responsibilities
PRD group protocols
Action Plan
Develop & agree meeting cycle
Establish impact measures
Forming the review team – skills needs
Skills Development
Logistics and preparing documentation
Preparing
for
review
Carrying out the review activities
Getting started
Review
Monitor the improvements made to the organisations
Evaluate the PRD group’s performance
Improve/develop the group activities as appropriate – impact?
Feedback to the host organisation
Report on the review activities
Consideration of recommendations at appropriate level within host organisation
Monitoring and Evaluation
Feedback and Reporting
Design and action the development/improvement plan based on the output of the review
Joint activities to develop each others organisations
Review/add to impact measures
Development
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9. Resources Support for Collaborative Contracting
Sub-contracting toolkit
Case Studies
Toolkits:
Managing Risk
Partnership Planning and Working
Shared Leadership and Governance
Shared Services
Sub-contracting
Quality Management

10. Any questions? Sharing actions you will be taking away ….

11. Resources Support for Collaborative Contracting Case Studies Toolkits:
Managing Risk
Partnership Planning and Working
Shared Leadership and Governance
Shared Services
Sub-contracting
Quality Management
Sub-contracting (Nov 2011)
Annual planning and operations cycle (Nov 2011)

12. Wrapping Up We’ll send you evaluation form and a link to the recording
Slides from the seminar will be on the Excellence Gateway
You may be be interested in further support from the LSIS MCL Team.
A range of resources are available on the Excellence Gateway site
Further web seminar events are planned,  you can find details and registration on events.lsis.org.uk/Pages/Event/Stage1/Events.aspx
If you would like to talk to an MCL Partnership Adviser please send an to

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