After a number of months and a lot of hard work by all involved the materials produced as part of the ELS have gone live on the Excellence Gateway. You may have had it from a number of sources but here is the link in case you missed it.http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/316191
We are obviously particularly pleased because we were involved in the initial research and the project management of the second phase of the project. So we think it is great, well we would, but really the great think about a lot of the resources is that they are very practical - if you are looking for documents you can use pro-formas that you can adapt stuff that will help you out and save you time there are things here for you!
Obviously there is a lot to take in and you are short of time so we thought we would point you in the direction of a few things that are valuable that you can consider and start using straight away.
Profiling Tool and Organisational Audit
Do your Learning support managers have difficulty planning and delivering effective appraisals and really focused personal development plans for the staff they manage. If so the Profiling tool , the PDP is for you. The profiling tool does what it says on the tin really it is an online self evaluation tool which provides each member of your support staff with a detailed picture of their strengths and weaknesses and a whole host of reports for individuals, managers to get a clear view of each support staffs CPD requirements
http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/page.aspx?o=317522
Of course that is great for individuals but the other side of the coin is how are we doing as an organisation? The organisational audit tool provides a series of effective practice indicators, linked to the National Occupational standards for LSAs are also cross referenced with the Common Inspection Framework (CIF). You can edit them to fit your situation but the evidence generated will provides an effective way of answering the question " where are we know " with our learning support practice. There is also a helpful user guide - what could be easier. Its free!
http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/page.aspx?o=318848
On their own these two cover a great deal but put them together and you will really have all bases covered
K & A Associates can offer a facilitated day which will help you to get maximum impact from the profile. Find out more here http://www.kandaassociates.co.uk/PDPSupportDay.html ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************OFSTED REPORT SELF ASSESSMENT CHECK LIST -
In the last issue we covered the recent Ofsted Report and its focus on outcomes and destinations. We have had a lot of feedback from people who have asked us about what the implications are for practice. To try and help organisations think about what the implications may be for them we have produced a short self assessment checklist which you can download here http://www.kandaassociates.co.uk/OfstedReportChecklist.html
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