Strategic
Funding
Partners
Conference
Thursday 21 November
Hilton Edinburgh Grosvenor Hotel
Aims
• To share good practice in self-evaluation and
improvement
• To share new tools to help you with selfevaluation
• To discuss plans to evaluate the overall
effectiveness of the SFP model
• To provide an opportunity for networking
The Corporate Plan
A vision for education in Scotland
A model for driving improvement
The role of Education Scotland
Our commitments to action
The vision
Learners in Scotland will progress in
one of the most effective education
systems in the world, renowned for
the ability of national and local
partners to work flexibly together to
achieve high quality and equitable
outcomes for all
Creating a virtuous cycle of improvement
applied and
developed
flexibly in
local contexts
knowledge
spread
effectively to
practitioners
BETTER
LEARNING
impact
evaluated
at multiple
levels
knowledge drawn
out about
‘what works’
external research
and intelligence
Our mission –
working with our partners
To provide a national
infrastructure which makes this
virtuous cycle a reality….
We will provide the best blend of
national support and challenge to
inspire and secure continuous
improvement in experiences and
opportunities for all learners in
Scotland.
Our objectives
 Build a world-class curriculum for all
learners
 Promote high quality professional learning
and leadership amongst education
practitioners
 Build the capacity of education providers to
improve their performance continuously
 Provide independent evaluation of
education provision
 Influence national policy through evidence
based advice
 Improve our organisational capability and
invest in our people
Achieving the vision
will mean…..
Educational outcomes
for all learners are
improving
Inequity in educational
outcomes is eradicated
Public confidence in
education is high
Today’s event
Supporting your own self-evaluation and improvement
Outlining our role in evaluating the SFP model
Networking and sharing good practice
Hearing about the Government’s commitment to Third Sector
Organisations
Does our approach to selfevaluation….
prove or
improve
the quality of our work?
Key messages
• Looking inwards, looking outwards, looking forwards
• Smart, streamlined coherent approach which tells
your story in a clear and evaluative way
• Don’t spend all your time on the process of gathering
and collating information
• Keep evidence proportionate, impact-based, focused
Key messages – strong practice is
often…
• Precise, focused
• Forensic in the analysis of impact and
outcomes
• Practice-based rather than just paper-based
• Able to generate specific strengths and areas
for improvement
Living the vision, values and aims
In one organisation the Director asked
everyone to start every meeting or external
engagement by agreeing which of the
organisation’s aims they are helping to
achieve. This helped everyone to
understand how their daily activities were
helping to realise the organisation’s vision.
Excellence is the result of:
caring more than others think is wise;
risking more than others think is safe;
dreaming more than others think is practical; and
expecting more than others think is possible.