What is Good Teaching? WIGT: a Framework for Observing and Improving Teaching and Learning, Aligned to the Ofsted Inspection Process

Clements, Heather

ISBN 10 : 1904806856 ISBN 13 : 9781904806851

Editeur : Imaginative Minds, 2013

Synopsis

What is Good Teaching? (WIGT) is a framework for observing and improving teaching and learning, fully aligned to the Ofsted inspection process. The Toolkit is more than just a lesson observation tool, it s a system for monitoring and mentoring for improved teacher performance and can be used at classroom, department or whole school level. It is a unique quality standard for teaching and learning that models what teaching will look like if it is outstanding, good or requires improvement. Uniquely however, it manages to make the implicit qualities of excellent teaching and learning explicit (what outstanding teachers often do without realising or being able to relate it to others) and enables observers and the observed to recognise strengths and areas for development. The skills of these teachers can then be used to inform other teachers in the school. Used consistently it enables everyone to have a clear understanding of Ofsted s expectations and support the drive towards outstanding teaching and learning for every child. The toolkit includes a series of formats which allow for easy recording of insightful judgements about the observed teacher/s performance. The system is based on what teachers can do rather than what they can t do and is therefore very unthreatening. However, it makes very clear how far they have to travel to reach the next standard level. The Toolkit includes: Teaching quality standards for all Key Stages including the Foundation Stage Formats for teacher self evaluation Formats to enable pupils to evaluate their own learning A framework to support student/pupil support work scrutiny Materials to support the development of a whole school policy for teaching and learning A manual to guide the lesson observer A pen drive/USB with all the pages so that they can be easily photocopied and a Powerpoint explaining how WIGT should be used The toolkit will ensure that the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) are confident to make judgements on the quality of teaching and learning. It will enable paired observations to moderate judgements, ensuring the school achieves the consistency that Ofsted expects, leading to sustained and embedded good practice.

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À propos de l'auteur

Heather Clements (MSc) trained as a primary teacher in the late 1970s having had an earlier career in fashion retailing. Coming into teaching as a mature student Heather set a 10 year goal for her first headship which she achieved in 1990 to become headteacher of an all through primary school with nursery in Buckinghamshire. After 11 years as a successful headteacher, during which time Heather was seconded to the local authority and mentored several new headteachers, Heather became a primary adviser taking on responsibility for the new primary curriculum. In this role Heather developed many of the ideas and principles which still underpin her work today. She has a passion for empowering schools to understand and improve themselves and within this for supporting teachers and school leaders in their drive towards achieving outstanding teaching and learning. Heather went on to become Head of School Improvement in Harrow and latterly Director of Schools before becoming an independent consultant in 2011. The WIGT toolkit has been developed and refined over almost 10 years to the version we have today. It was the subject of Heather s masters degree research and has been used extensively and tried and tested in three local authorities and has underpinned Heather s national training for schools and school leaders

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Imaginative Minds
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1904806856
• ISBN 13: 9781904806851
• Reliure: A anneaux
• Nombre de pages: 89
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible