Transcript Alternative Pathways to Greatness

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The Changing Face
of Accountability
John Stone
Dec 2010
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Instruments of Control
• PSA Targets
• National Standards
• Learning & Skills Council
– Funding and Planning
• OFSTED
• Strategic Quality Improvement
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Changing OFSTED criteria
2001
focus on teaching and learning
2009
compliance with policy
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achievement,
teaching and learning,
resources,
assessment,
support, and
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Personal, social, spiritual, moral
and cultural education
Informed choices about well being
+ve contribution to the community
Promote E&D
Use partnerships
Set demanding targets at all level
Implement local and national
priorities
Prioritise Safeguarding and
Welfare
Use self-assessment
Student must enjoy their learning
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The down side
• Teaching and learning lose focus
• Managers’ ability to contextualise their
response
• The student is at the heart?
• Focus up to OFSTED
– OFSTED becomes the QA system
• Attitudes to risk
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Government
Funding Agencies
Planners
Employers
Individuals
Communities
Responsiveness
Colleges and
Providers
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Another Way?
• Take control of QA process
• Built accountabilities to customers
• Inspection to focus on teaching and learning – one
piece of evidence among many
• Adjust management style to context and individuals
involved
• Focus attention on the specific needs of individuals,
employers and communities
• Show the agility and creativity we need
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Who are you trying to impress?
• Employers, Communities, Students or
Inspectors?
• Define your mission – communities, sectors and
interest groups
• Demonstrate dialogue, decisions, and results
– The expert student
• Strengthen local accountabilities
– Right of recall
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