by iabacus | Monday, February 17, 2020 | Education and Learning, Professional Development, School Improvement, Staff well-being |
John Pearce asks why the notion of teacher growth is exciting a new generation of school leaders. He looks beyond the feel-good factor to explain how it works and how leaders can implement it – if they haven’t already. Search #teachergrowth or #growthmindset on...
by iabacus | Monday, November 4, 2019 | Education and Learning, Self-evaluation |
iAbacus now has the option of including your own review statements which users then RAG rate – making it quicker and easier for them to determine whether their judgements are accurate in each area. Administrators now have the option of adding statements to the...
by iabacus | Monday, October 28, 2019 | inspection, Leadership, Professional Development, Self-evaluation |
Feedback from schools inspected since September 2019 indicates that Ofsted inspectors are spending less time with senior leaders, and more talking to middle leaders about curriculum intent and implementation. John Pearce offers three activities to ensure middle...
by iabacus | Sunday, September 29, 2019 | Education and Learning, Leadership, School Improvement, Self-evaluation |
The Scottish Government’s 2019 National Improvement Framework is a step ahead of its southern neighbours because it completes the cycle of school improvement from judgement to analysis and action, says John Pearce. The iAbacus model facilitates this approach too....
by iabacus | Monday, September 16, 2019 | inspection, Leadership, School Improvement, Self-evaluation |
The 2019 Ofsted Inspection Framework is live, but schools still face uncertainty about what is meant by “deep dives”, a “top level view” and scrutinising “curriculum intent”. John Pearce offers his definition of curriculum intent, implementation and impact and what it...
