Harnessing the Power of Self Evaluation -
Perspective is a practical tool that helps schools evaluate their progress, identify their strengths and challenges and plan strategies based on measurable outcomes.
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Harnessing the Power of Self Evaluation
Effective planning relies on accurate and relevant self evaluation. To implement improvement plans, recognise success and set realistic and attainable goals, it is vital to know exactly how your establishment compares with local and national standards.
Perspective brings into one place all the statistical data needed to evaluate performance. It creates the capacity to collect and compare information at every level to support an effective school improvement plan and devise new management strategies.
Perspective promotes a school improvement cycle of Review > Plan > Act > Monitor > Review, where areas for improvement can be identified and acted upon at either a whole school or departmental level. Perspective creates a tangible link between school and departmental improvement targets and individual responsibility for achieving those targets.
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Case Studies
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For School Managers
Informed by accurate evaluations of a schools status, senior managers can see which areas are achieving high standards and which would benefit from intervention. They are able to devise effective actions plans because they are supported by accurate evidence.
Perspective acts as a central point to gather and mange the many different sources of information required for an effective school self evaluation. Evaluation and planning activities can be allocated to individuals and teams according to their roles. Priorities can be drawn up, allocated and monitored so that each team member can make their best contribution to plans.
Perspective enables managers, teacher and other staff to monitor their own performance, professional growth and become more self-aware and self-critical. This will ensure all staff become more engaged with projects. -
For Teachers
Perspective provides simple but useful questions and guides that ensure the self evaluation process addresses the significant areas and time is not wasted on irrelevant details. Bite-size questions ensure that every relevant aspect of the school is covered in the evaluation. Targets from the school improvement plan can be linked to department improvement plans
The system and reports in Perspective ensure that self evaluation is realized compared with national and local standards and relevant to promoting success. All the information is held together so that each aspect supports the others and nothing is lost in a confusion of paperwork.
The centralization of data that Perspective provides means that everyone works from the same set of information making collaborative working easier. This will also aid the reduction of errors as data is shared not copied.
Perspective - Product Features
Integrated Performance Management Targets
Targets can either be particular to an individual or aligned with higher priorities. These are agreed at the beginning of the Performance Management cycle and can be tracked throughout the year. Targets are at the heart of the Performance Management process and can have CPD needs and costs attached to them.
Flexible Observation Schedule and Evidence
Perspective allows users to schedule a series of formal observations and afterwards store their notes from the observation within the system. This means that notes (whether they’re text, data, audio or video) can be stored centrally and can be accessed by the reviewer or reviewee at any point.
Target Focused CPD
Perspective helps to keep CPD requests relevant and focused on the job in hand –namely the Performance Management target. Perspective allows you to attach the CPD activity to the Target, meaning that everyone is clear as to why colleagues are undergoing CPD and what the outcome should be.
Personal Evidence Storage
As the year progresses and colleagues move toward their CPD targets, they may find it useful to record evidence of their progress. Perspective allows reviewees to log evidence online throughout the year – making it easier to make their case for having completed their assigned targets.
Secure Recording of Reviews
At the end of the review cycle, the reviewee and reviewer view the evidence from the targets, observations etc are used as the basis for the review conversation. The findings of which are then written up and (after being confirmed by the reviewee) stored securely as a pdf.
SMART Objective setting
Perspective enables manager, teachers and staff to set specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time specific objectives based on reliable evidence
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