Act upon the information by planning with others to effect improvement. Training linked to improvement. Accountable staff development - use of an evaluative system to plan, do and evaluate the outcomes of training against identified school, individual needs. Raising the profile of support staff and identifying with them their role in raising achievement. The Results All staff think strategically about school improvement therefore impacting upon staff development, pupil outcomes.
All staff focus on outcomes in relation to achievement, attainment, attitudes to learning.
Commitment to continual professional development by all staff in the school. Empowered individuals functioning within a learning organisation which encourages us to value what we can measure and identify and measure what we value. Investors in People underlines the importance of modelling lifelong learning to our pupils, thereby raising the profile of learning in their lives Collective view of what we wanted to accomplish and a clear view of where we are going. The next stage in our development is to work successfully with our Beacon partner schools focussing on training and development i.e. coaching to effect improvement in areas identified in their strategic plan which match our 'areas of strength'. The development of professional portfolios and 'quality circles' for staff to report on how their development has directly effected on-going self improvement in the individual and school.