Self-Evaluation – A Resource for Schools: QUALITY INDICATOR 2: How good is the students’ personal and social development? KEY ASPECTS 2.1 Attitudes & Behaviour 2.2 Understanding of Islamic values and local, cultural and global awareness 2.3 Community and environmental responsibility Behaviour Relationships Personal responsibility Adoption of a healthy lifestyle Attendance & punctuality appreciation of the role of Islam in the context of Dubai Respect for the local traditions and culture within the UAE Understanding and appreciation of the world Community involvement Work and entrepreneurial skills Environmental awareness and action Use the following page to provide a summary of your students’ attitudes and behaviour; their cultural awareness and community and environmental responsibility. This will form the basis for discussions during the inspection. Ensure you identify any difference between phases or specific groups of students, including any differences with EMIRATI students in these quality indicators. Your judgement should be supported by evidence. How do you know? Your commentary should be evaluative rather than descriptive. Relate your evaluation to the key aspects detailed above.
Self-Evaluation – A Resource for Schools: FORMS QUALITY INDICATOR 6: How good are the leadership and management of the school? KEY ASPECTS 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Quality of leadership Self-evaluation and improvement planning Parents and the community Governance Management, including staffing facilities and resources Vision and direction Distribution and responsibilities of leadership Relationships and communication Capacity to improve and innovate Processes for school self-evaluation Monitoring and evaluation of the school’s performance, including teaching and learning The processes and impact of school improvement planning Improvement over time Parental involvement Communication and reporting Community links Providing advice, guidance and ensuring accountability Representation reflecting the school community and response to stakeholders’ views Management of the day-to-day life of the school Sufficiency of suitably qualified staff and their effective deployment Appropriateness of the premises and learning environment The quality and of resources for effective teaching and learning
Across all quality indicators, judgements are at least good and a majority will be outstanding. It is expected that the outstanding judgements will include: Students’ progress Teaching for effective learning The quality of leadership Self-evaluation and improvement planning AND The school is fully compliant with statutory requirements. Across all quality indicators, most judgements are good or better. It is expected that the good or better judgements will include: Students’ progress Teaching for effective learning The quality of leadership Self-evaluation and improvement planning Across all quality indicators, most judgements are acceptable. It is expected that the acceptable or better judgements will include: Students’ progress Teaching for effective learning The quality of leadership Self-evaluation and improvement planning The school performs at an unsatisfactory level in a majority of quality indicators. There is unsatisfactory performance in any of the following quality indicators: Teaching for effective learning The quality of leadership OR The arrangements to protect and support students are unsatisfactory. Use the above to evaluate how well your school is performing overall. Use the next page to provide a summary of how well your school is performing OVERALL. Your commentary should be evaluative rather than descriptive. Relate your evaluation to all of the key questions using the overall performance descriptors detailed above. OVERALL PERFORMANCE Use the drop-down menu to select your overall judgement for your school Overall 7. The overall performance of our school is