East Lothian’s Validated Self Evaluation report was published by HMIE this week. A full explanation of the process and its rationale appear in the report. We were delighted to have been invited to work in partnership with HMIE to develop … Continue reading
“Tell us about a time when you enabled a learner to achieve beyond their own expectations and explain how you met their needs.” Making a judgement about the effectiveness of an individual is probably nowhere more focused than in the … Continue reading
One of the tasks we need to complete this week is the Service Improvement Plan update. This is the document which provides guidance to schools about any priorities they should be including in their own School Development Plan. Our Service … Continue reading
Here are all my posts relating to Community Ownership of Schools since August 2006 up to November 2009. Do I add value? August 19th, 2006 by Don Ledingham Over the summer holidays I found myself thinking fondly of my time … Continue reading
Public services need to be held accountable to the public they serve. Such logic is inescapable and leads countries across the world to create national bodies to inspect and audit services to ensure that high standards are maintained and that society … Continue reading
We finished our self evaluation report on education in East Lothian yesterday. It’s been a big job but one of the most worthwhile tasks I’ve ever engaged in. We had to pull together the separate evaluations of seven thematic groups which … Continue reading
HMIe have just published their most recent report on Scottish education in the form of Improving Scottish Education The report is based upon the findings of HMIe inspections and reviews of schools and local authorities in the period 2005-2008. HM Senior … Continue reading
There are three points of focus that I’m taking during my school visit programme: Self-evaluation; Distributive Leadership; and Learning tasks. I’m going out to Kingsmeadow Primary School tomorrow. HT Donald McGillivray sent me a paper which outlines how they know their … Continue reading
We had been out at the weekend and I met two teachers who work in different local authorities – neither of which are East Lothian. One teacher talked about their authority’s Curriculum for Excellence co-ordinator and the other referred to … Continue reading
We’ve been working on a paper which explores the next steps we need to take to fulfil our obligations set out in For Scotland’s Children 2001. The first part of that exploration is an appreciative inquiry perspective on the Integration … Continue reading