Priorities for 2016-17
Through our work we have identified 6 priorities for the session 2016-2017:
- Implement broad-ranging school improvement to raise attainment and achievement.
- Develop effective leadership to drive improvement.
- Focus staff development in the core areas of literacy, numeracy and aspects of Health & Wellbeing.
- Design and implement WDC’s strategy for assessment in schools.
- Develop the Parental Involvement Strategy in all sectors.
- Develop the use of performance information to support school improvement.
This can be further divided into 93 actions:
- Monthly quality assurance meetings with Education Scotland Area Lead Officer to review educational provision.
- Develop a system of electronic procurement of transport needs for children and YP
- Develop and publish guidelines for transport escorts
- Develop guidance on specific issues related to pupil support
- Development of increasingly robust procurement arrangements for day and residential placements
- Development of the role of Education in corporate parenting
- Move to a joint tender arrangement with Social Work for transport requirements
- Preparation of Choices for move to Jamestown building in August 2017
- Prepare Kilpatrick traffic management system for opening of new secondary building in October 2016
- Refresh guidance on Child Protection for Education
- Reorganisation of PALS SLA
- Reorganise transport contracts for OLSP in readiness for relocation to new build
- Review and develop a refreshed SLA with internal transport
- Review and develop a refreshed SPT agency agreement
- Review the way in which resources are allocated to establishments
- Review use of taxi contracts in education
- Revisit and resolve issue of SLT SLA
- Implement the Transitions 2 Project
- Effective delivery of the Broad General Education and articulation with the Senior Phase
- Implement the Transitions 1 Project
- Implement the Children & Young People Act 2014
- Review Improvement framework in line with HGIOS 4 and HGIOELC
- Embed the use of and adherence to HGIOELC in the work of all ELC establishments
- Review Transition from BGE to SP experience across LLCs
- Implement continuing Health and wellbeing strategy
- Implement Regenerating Learning programme
- Implement Developing the Young Workforce (DYW)
- Pupil engagement and the management of change
- Review and refresh the procurement of partnership places
- Establish ELC Class in Lennox primary school
- Establish 0-3 Childcare Centre in Ladyton ELCC building
- Establish extended ELCC in Kilpatrick School
- Establish amalgamated ELCC in Bellsmyre new build project
- Support the development of a regenerated learning environment for early years in the new Balloch campus
- Develop transitions procedures and practice from 0-3 centres to ELC classes and centres
- Embed Building the Ambition principles and practice
- Support the development of the early level curriculum across all ELC and primary establishments
- Review how ASN resources are allocated to early years
- Deliver the expectations for equity set by government to ‘The Challenge Authorities’
- Implement HGIOS4. Improved classroom practice and self-evaluation as key drivers for improvement
- Produce an evidence- informed approach to school improvement
- Improve capacity of service to adapt to new technologies and opportunities for efficiencies
- Further develop the Schools Estate
- Implement transition arrangements for Kilpatrick and Bellsmyre and Balloch campuses.
- Preparation for New Dumbarton Offices
- Produce a National Entitlement Card (NEC) for all S1 pupils
- Review of working model for Local Learning Communities
- ‘Avoid’ excessive or unnecessary workload for teachers and learners
- Implement revised Curriculum Networks
- Review Framework for Leadership Development
- Strengthened leadership of attainment and achievement
- Develop the capabilities of future senior managers
- Deliver Early Years workforce development programme
- Implement improvements arising from Staff Survey 2015
- Delivery of year three of Languages 1+2 policy
- Develop collaborative professional learning
- Implement governance arrangements for Violent Incidents
- Development of a training matrix for issues related to pupil support
- Implement reciprocal teaching methodology in WDC establishments
- Develop a training matrix and succession action plan to support teaching and ELC staff to meet the future needs of the sector
- Review of staffing in ELC sector in preparation for a future increase in hours
- Review of use and role of Learning assistants in ELC
- Improve the system for ensuring that SSSC requirements are met by staff members
- Develop existing networks (local) to provide a sustainable model professional learning
- Develop existing networks (third sector ) to provide a sustainable model professional learning
- Implement improvement programme for the quality of teaching / learning (literacy, numeracy STEM) based on Attainment Challenge Projects
- Implement programme for regenerated learning environments to improve quality of learning experience in literacy, numeracy, STEM based on The Attainment Challenge Projects
- Develop standard approach to digital safety
- Increased levels of engagement with digital technology for collaboration, communication and social learning.
- Support Arrangements for the development of Senior Phase qualifications
- Improve identification and assessment of pupils with literacy difficulties
- Deliver rigorous approaches to judging / grading attainment levels
- Review parental engagement within West Dunbartonshire
- Develop role of parents and Parent Councils in school improvement planning process
- Contribute to the Multi Agency work to provide opportunities to parents to get support in understanding their child’s development needs.
- Reorganise the Out of School Care service in response to parent consultation and review
- Develop the early learning and childcare service in response to the parent consultation on current provision
- Implement Attainment Challenge Transitions 1 ‘Family Hub’ project
- Provide evidence based feedback to parents about children’s attainment and achievement
- Provide information to parents on how to support attainment and achievement in literacy and numeracy.
- Manage the utilisation of SEEMiS across establishments
- Complete school roll projection analysis
- Carry out analysis of Insight data
- Prepare departmental Standards and Quality Report
- Produce and report on Delivery Plan
- Support Head Teachers to track emotional wellbeing
- Review current procedures for Parental Complaints
- Complete school census activities
- Support nurture developments in schools
- Establish programme of quarterly analysis for attendance; exclusions; FOIs and complaints
- Design a system for data collation and analysis for Attainment Challenge Projects
- Produce an evidence- informed approach to school improvement
- Implement new admissions package (NAMS) across all Early Years establishments and partnership providers.