Support for Excellence Programme

Support for Excellence Programme

Peer Review and Development

Natspec Conference workshop

Elisabeth Johnson, Norma Curtis, David Syson

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Introductions

• Elisabeth Johnson Assistant Principal Ruskin Mill College

•Norma Curtis Quality Improvement Manager RNIB Loughborough

•David Syson PRD Adviser

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PRD – What is it?

• Cross organisational review

• Review carried out by peers from other colleges– 1 or 2 day reviews– Bench marking– Themed workshops

• Self regulation?

• Development based on review

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Who is involved?

• 196 groups of colleges / providers– GFE, Sixth Form, Offender Learning, Adult community, Work

based providers

• 7 groups of Independent Specialist Colleges– NW, SW, NE, SE, Midlands & East Midlands– 4 – 7 colleges in a group– Some running 2 years a few just started

• Funded by LSC. Managed by LSIS & Deloitte

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The PRD Cycle

Development

Review

Feedback and

Reporting

• Carrying out the review activities

• Feedback to the host organisation

• Report on the review activities

• Consideration of recommendations at appropriate level within host organisation

• Design and action the development/improvement plan based on the output of the review

• Joint activities to develop each others organisations

• Review/add to impact measures

• Monitor the improvements made to the organisations

• Evaluate the PRD group’s performance

• Improve/develop the group activities as appropriate – impact?

Consider output from Monitoring and evaluation

Make changes to approach, planning, roles etc.

Getting started

Monitoring and

Evaluation

Roles and responsibilitiesPRD group protocolsAction PlanDevelop & agree meeting cycleEstablish impact measures

Preparing for

review

• Forming the review team – skills needs• Skills Development• Logistics and preparing documentation

Development

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PRD themes

• SAR & QIP development & validation• Peer Lesson observations & training• Data –systems & bench marking• Learner voice, involvement strategy• Curriculum area reviews – Music• Measuring learner progression• Middle manager development• Any area of the organisation or the learner journey

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Comments from groups

• Members of staff involved have referred to PRD as the best professional development.

• Increased confidence of staff• Increased rigour of internal quality systems• All the ‘scrutiny of Ofsted with support’• Effective solution focused activities• Very effective preparation for external inspection • Hugely beneficial in gaining new ideas

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Sources of information

• Excellence Gateway www.excellencegateway.org.uk/sfe• PRD Resource Centre

www.excellencegateway.org.uk/page.aspx?o=resourcecentre– By sector – Specialist Colleges– By theme – E & D, ECM, SAR, leadership, capacity to improve

• Adviser