1. Planning for Improvement
Elaine van den Akker
PT Modern Languages (0.5)
Cleveden Secondary School

2. Departmental Improvement Planning
Think back to your own experiences of DIPs.
What are the characteristics of Departmental Improvement Planning when it doesn’t work so well?
What steps might we take to address these issues?

3. Departmental Improvement Planning
What are the characteristics of Departmental Improvement Planning when it works well?

4. Learning Intention and Success Criteria for today’s session (Sorry!)
LI: Departmental Improvement Plans
HGIOS 4 Self evaluation – Inwards, Outwards, Forwards Figure 2 p9
HGIOS 4 Triangulation of Evidence Figure 4 p11
SC: What do you want to get out of this session?

5. School Improvement Plan
Context
National/Council Priorities
On-going developments on previous SIP
Feedback from self evaluation
Consultation with parents and pupils

6. Departmental Standards and Quality Report
Improvement data: BGE, Senior Phase Curriculum: BGE, Senior Phase Learners’ Experiences Meeting Learning Needs Self evaluation The effectiveness of Leadership and Change Action Points arising

7. Departmental Quality Assurance and Self-Evaluation
Dept Learning Visits/Peer visits/SLT Learning Visits
Learner conversations
L+T planning and home learning records
Reporting
Sampling of pupils’ work
Moderation and Verification
PT/DHT QA meetings and self evaluation Audit Document – December, February, May
CPD/PRD

8. Departmental Improvement Plan
National/Council Priorities specific to Mod Langs
Changes to SQA courses
CfE Benchmarks
1 + 2
On-going developments from previous DIP
Feedback from self evaluation and QA
Consultation with pupils/parents
Raising Attainment

9. Other mechanisms for delivering improvement
Timetable
Sharing good practice:
Collegiate working across departments
Collegiate working across schools
Professional reading/research/Twitter
Any other suggestions?