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 co-creator John Pearce. Here he explains why. Actually the iAbacus does start with evidence! The individual...
by iabacus | Friday, June 19, 2015 | Leadership, Professional Development, School Improvement, Self-evaluation |
John Pearce, ex Headteacher, ex Ofsted inspector, now Freelance School Improvement Adviser and creator of iAbacus, reviews the new Ofsted Framework for September 2015 and is delighted to see that a leadership’s “capacity to drive improvement planning” is elevated to...
by iabacus | Saturday, January 24, 2015 | Leadership, Professional Development, School Improvement, Self-evaluation |
Gerald Haigh, freelance journalist, author of a number of educational leadership books and ICT guru, investigated the iAbacus and interviewed headteachers to uncover why it’s unique and innovative. The full article is available here:...
by iabacus | Monday, March 3, 2014 | Leadership, Professional Development, School Improvement, Self-evaluation |
There is no doubt in my mind that what the Famous Five achieved in “Ofsted Grade-gate” is a real break-through. Well done all! ”No more grading of individual lessons”. I’m not sure it has sunk in yet. Certainly, we must reiterate, promote and further interpret the...
by iabacus | Thursday, February 27, 2014 | Leadership, School Improvement |
Recently the press and social media have been full of news about the failure of OFSTED (or anyone) to accurately grade lessons. You may have seen from our tweets that John, originator of the iAbacus Model, has been busy adding a calm and reflective view to this...
