This strategy came into effect on 13 December 2006 by HM Inspectorate of Education after
consideration by HMIE Senior Management Group and endorsement by HMIE Management
Board. It supersedes all previous versions.
Good Practice Strategy 2006-10
1.
This good practice strategy has been developed to set out our plans for
increasing the impact of HMIE’s dissemination of good practice and activity to
promote the adoption of good practice.
2.
The strategy has been developed in line with HMIE’s good practice policy and
covers the period 2006-2010. It has been informed by:
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existing HMIE approaches to sharing good practice;
Enabling Dynamic Practice, the report of the van der Kuyl/Gavin review
sponsored by Scottish Executive Enterprise Transport and Lifelong Learning
Department (SEETLLD) in response to a recommendation of the Smith
Group;
HMIE internal reflection prior to engagement with the consultants and
interaction with them in the course of the review; and
discussion in HMIE Senior Management Group and other groups.
3.
It will be reviewed and adjusted or extended by end August 2007 as
necessary in the light of HMIE’s corporate plan 2007-2010 and in advance of the
business planning cycle for management planning (MP) year 2008-2009.
4.
The higher-level and corporate objectives in the strategy will be expressed in
a management plan task to be added to the 2006-2007 business planning tool and
carried forward into 2007-2008 and thereafter. This task will set out responsibilities,
performance measures, milestones and dates associated with achieving the
objectives. Activity within the task will include co-ordination and monitoring of
derivative activity across a range of other business plan tasks.
Year 1 – 2006-07
Internal
Objective 1: Raise awareness within HMIE of the Enabling Dynamic Practice
report and related thinking, and of the response to the report agreed by SMG,
and draw upon staff views to refine thinking.
We shall provide all lead inspectors with copies of the report and of the associated
briefing papers for HMIE Management Board and Management Team. When the
intentions of the Smith Group and the Ministerial response become clear, we shall
provide summary information to all staff in an HMIE Bulletin or by e-mail, and open
an HMIE intranet area with a wider range of information. We shall seek staff
responses to the report and take account of them in planning future action.
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This strategy came into effect on 13 December 2006 by HM Inspectorate of Education after
consideration by HMIE Senior Management Group and endorsement by HMIE Management
Board. It supersedes all previous versions.
Objective 2: For the 2007-08 planning round, secure HMIE SMG agreement on
the general expectations of the role of HMIE business plan tasks in
disseminating good practice and securing its adoption, and communicate
these expectations to task managers. 1
We shall clarify and communicate expectations for task managers to address good
practice promotion as a key point of reference in the detailed planning and
finalisation of MP 2007-08 tasks. As part of this, we shall provide guidance around
the planning of publications, events and other arrangements for maximum impact.
Objective 3: Resolve issues of finance around HMIE good practice activity.
We shall establish an HMIE budget line for good practice, agree the kinds of activity
that can be funded from it, and devolve appropriate elements of the budget to
directorates and Services for Children Unit.
Objective 4: Review the good practice area of the HMIE website and specify
changes required to increase impact.
We shall survey how websites of other relevant educational bodies communicate
and promote good practice and evaluate our current approaches in the light of
findings. We shall agree specifications for a revised area with additional facilities and
contract for the necessary changes.
Objective 5: Review presentation of good practice-related HMIE publications
and specify changes to increase impact 2
We shall survey practice across directorates, and how publications of similar
organisations communicate and promote good practice, and agree action in the light
of our conclusions.
External
Objective 1: Agree with other bodies active in the promotion of good practice
how to maximise synergies in our activities.
We shall hold discussions with Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS), Scottish
Further Education Unit (SFEU) and other partner bodies, and Scottish Executive
Divisions responsible for the content of websites, promotional publications,
practitioner networks, CPD and other strategies in key policy areas such as A
Curriculum for Excellence and Determined to Succeed, with a view to securing
ongoing agreement on how activity in disseminating and promoting good practice
can avoid duplication and support overall objectives. As part of this, we shall set out
plans for good practice events over the period of our corporate plan in collaboration
with the Communications Team
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Objective 2 will be taken forward in collaboration with the Communications Strategy Group.
Objective 5 will be taken forward in collaboration with the Communications Strategy Group
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This strategy came into effect on 13 December 2006 by HM Inspectorate of Education after
consideration by HMIE Senior Management Group and endorsement by HMIE Management
Board. It supersedes all previous versions.
Objective 2: Promote more intensively the use of the existing good practice
identified and published by HMIE.
We shall promote the use of the range of good practice made available through good
practice conferences where these are scheduled, and through district inspector
contacts with education authorities and headteachers. HMIE publications such as
Briefing will highlight where practitioners can find reported good practice. We shall
also explore facilities that might be offered by partner organisations.
Objective 3: Establish the views of practitioners and others on new HMIE
approaches to good practice.
We shall adjust post-inspection and review questionnaires and event evaluation
forms, and implement a range of other approaches to capture the views of
practitioners and others on the effectiveness and impact of HMIE approaches.
Year 2 – 2007-08
Internal
Objective 1: Ensure that good practice policy and strategy are consistent with
HMIE Corporate Plan 2007-2010.
We shall review the good practice strategy and policy in the light of the new HMIE
corporate plan agreed for the period 2007-2010 and adjust as necessary to align
them with it.
Objective 2: Ensure that all HMII and associate assessors have a full
understanding of and commitment to the identification and promotion of good
practice.
We shall provide CPD through SDCORP days and/or HMIE conferences or the
national seminar to ensure staff understand that promotion of good practice will be a
consistent and conspicuous feature of HMIE activity, including within programmes of
general inspection and review, and are able to play a full part within HMIE and in
other contexts.
Objective 3: Fully harness the role of national specialists
We shall set out consistent expectations for national specialists across all
directorates to identify good practice, prepare it for dissemination, and promote it.
Objective 4: Improve and extend the good practice elements of the HMIE
website
We shall implement the conclusions of the review in year 1 of the current good
practice area of the website by commissioning appropriate design and software.
Objective 5: Implement agreed changes to presentation of good practice in
published reports.
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This strategy came into effect on 13 December 2006 by HM Inspectorate of Education after
consideration by HMIE Senior Management Group and endorsement by HMIE Management
Board. It supersedes all previous versions.
We shall implement decisions taken under Objective 5 in Year 1 of the strategy.
Objective 6: Mainstream the dimension of planning for maximum impact in
securing good practice within all relevant HMIE tasks and activities,
specifically including inspection reports and those tasks undertaken by HMII
with a liaison role including DII, college HMII, TEI HMII and CLD link inspectors.
We shall monitor the implementation of advice formulated and circulated in year 1
and agree any necessary extension or enhancement of activity. This will involve
liaison with the Communications Group, and with the Inspection and Reporting group
on presentation of good practice in published reports.
External
Objective 1: Ensure that all key stakeholders have a full understanding of
HMIE’s position and practice around disseminating and securing the adoption
of good practice.
We shall build discussion of good practice and its promotion in to HMIE liaison
discussions with all key stakeholders to ensure that they fully understand what we
are aiming to do and how they can capitalise upon or align with our activity.
Year 3 – 2008-09
Internal
Objective 1: Achieve comprehensive coverage of good practice on our
website.
We shall continue to add material so that we have at least one page on our website
related to each area of HMIE national specialism and each major sectoral or
cross-cutting area where activity is co-ordinated by lead inspectors. Each of these
pages will be populated with current and up-to-date examples of good practice
and/or links to sites where we are confident that good practice is held.
Objective 2: Establish HMIE as a key point of reference for Scottish
practitioners seeking access to descriptions of good practice or engagement
with it.
We shall publicise the approaches that we have adopted and promote practitioner
engagement with them during our fieldwork, through our events, and with our
website and publications.
External
Objective 1: Pilot innovative approaches to working through other agencies to
promote good practice.
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This strategy came into effect on 13 December 2006 by HM Inspectorate of Education after
consideration by HMIE Senior Management Group and endorsement by HMIE Management
Board. It supersedes all previous versions.
We shall pilot and evaluate a range of approaches to enhancing our activities in
good practice through franchising or licensing others to deliver or reproduce them.
Year 4 – 2009-10
Internal
Objective 1: Update HMIE policy and strategy in good practice.
We shall review the implementation and impact of the good practice policy and
strategy, and take the findings into account in drafting new versions for 2010-11
onwards.
External
Objective 1: Fully implement approaches piloted in Year 3 for working with
other agencies.
We shall implement those approaches that are evaluated as feasible and effective.
Objective 2: Evaluate the effectiveness of the 2006-10 good practice strategy
in achieving its external objectives.
The evaluation will help inform the development of the new good practice strategy
and inform our future approaches to in this area of our work.
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