General Principles of Intellectual Property: Concepts of Intellectual Proper...
6.1 driving improvement education scotland
1. Education Scotland
…designed to propel the performance of
our education system from good to great
Bill Maxwell, transitional CEO
2. The 3-step Improvement Framework
1
changing
the world
2
creating
the conditions
3
making the improvement
3. step 1 - changing the world
• Curriculum for Excellence set out high
level vision and purpose of education
• Product of broad national debate – strong
engagement, consensus and ownership
• Theory of reform derived from best
international evidence – OECD, research
– strategy specifically appropriate for a ‘good’
system striving for ‘excellence’
4. Steer from the top
excellent
outcomes
for …from the sides
learners
after Hargreaves
& Shirley, 2011
Build from the bottom
5. step 2 – creating the conditions
• Teacher workforce reform – raising level of
professionalism and leadership
• Replacement of previous framework of
curriculum and assessment with less
prescriptive, outcome-focused guidance
• Broad engagement in programme to develop
curriculum and assessment framework – phased
implementation
• Reform of inspection and use of data/targets
6. step 3 - executing the change
• High professional trust and autonomy
combined with
• High professional responsibility for improvement
and for demonstrating outcomes
• Enabled through carefully balanced and
coherent national support & pressure which is:
– focused on enhancing professionalism and leadership
– providing the infrastructure for a ‘learning system’
– actively gathering intelligence and sampling provision
– promoting benchmarking amongst providers
– intervening proportionately where necessary
7. The aim: a ‘learning’ education system that generates and spreads
excellence and innovation
broad national guidance
local
interpretation, i
nnovation &
development
knowledge applied and
spread in developed in
accessible Better
practice
formats outcomes
for
learners
external most evaluated
research & successful through action
intelligence practice research and
identified inspection
8. A new style of integrated improvement
agency designed to provide a balance of
support and pressure in coherent and
flexible ways
10. Education Scotland – providing carefully balanced support and
challenge to promote and support a ‘learning system’ across Scotland
broad national guidance
local
interpretation, i
nnovation &
development
knowledge applied and
spread in developed in
accessible Better
practice
formats outcomes
for
learners
external most evaluated
research & successful through action
intelligence practice research and
identified inspection