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 | Thursday, October 18, 2018 | Leadership, Staff well-being |
With World Mental Health Day falling in October, we thought it was timely to look at how schools can use iAbacus® to tackle the worrying issue of work-related stress. Below are three ideas. It won’t surprise you to hear that more than 500,000 working days were...
by iabacus | Monday, September 17, 2018 | Leadership, School Improvement, Self-evaluation |
Schools in Scotland – are you struggling to tame the HGIOS beast? We have developed a version of iAbacus that uses the themes from How Good is Our School (HGIOS),* making it easier for schools to use HGIOS to self-evaluate their provision and develop action plans. As...
by iabacus | Monday, April 9, 2018 | Education and Learning, Leadership, Professional Development, School Improvement, Self-evaluation |
This blog is a serious challenge to professionals in and beyond education. How much time do you spend chasing targets set by others, versus time spent on things that you know will really make a difference to your school? What about the rest of the staff in your...
by iabacus | Sunday, November 19, 2017 | Leadership, Professional Development, School Improvement, Self-evaluation |
We recently received a Tweet asking why the iAbacus process asks users to make a judgement before inputting evidence. It is a subject near to the heart of founder John Pearce. Here he explains why. Actually the iAbacus does start with evidence! The individual...
