LEARNER DEVELOPMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT - ACCOUNTABILITY TOOLS
The teachers have an electronic personalised development plans at their disposal as their main mean of tracking pupil performance. Indeed, the plan will be linked to:
An electronic portfolio
It is very important for the work completed by the learners to be shared across the school in a seamless and transparent way, even if they are not electronic artefacts.
For instance, in everyday life, people now take pictures with their phone and can upload them straight away to the social networking platform of their choice. The same way, if the work is the creation of a non-electronic artefact, the teacher, parents or pupils are able to take a picture of the object and upload it the school’s learning platform in very few steps. |
An electronic feedback/marking system
It is very important for the teachers to be able to mark or feedback on the piece of work. However, and given the importance of co-construction of learning, it is also important to enable learners to share their work with the other learners if they wish to get feedback from the whole school community or even the whole Connected School network.
In addition, each time learners do some work, help other learners, participate in the school life or any other relevant activities, they get experience points which will enable them to access more activities, entitle them to more privileges in the school and many other motivational tools. |
All of this enables to the teacher evaluate the progress of the classes they teach, but also their home-classes from Preparatory School.
Parents are able to follow the progress of their children and to help with their extended learning opportunities (homework) Home-teachers and Parents are able to easily and seamlessly communicate about a learner’s progress. This is very much important when the learner is “automatically flagged” due to attendance, behaviour and/or attainment concerns related to his or her electronic personalised development plans. The relevant member of the inclusion team will also get involved and link with the Local Authority (UK) if there is a need.
If the home-teacher does not succeed to help the learner, the teacher responsible for mentoring will pair that teacher with a successful teacher to discuss the best way to improve the situation (e.g. lesson observations, extra training opportunities, learner swaps, and so on)
If a whole group of learners is underachieving, their home-teacher will follow the same route as just mentioned. If despite a wide range of support, things does not get better, the leadership will need to get involved through one of the vice-principals and / or even the principal since he is the one who is ultimate accountable to the governing body.
At the end of the day, all staff will need to work and be able to help deliver the school’s very high expectations. That will be made clear in their job description.
Parents are able to follow the progress of their children and to help with their extended learning opportunities (homework) Home-teachers and Parents are able to easily and seamlessly communicate about a learner’s progress. This is very much important when the learner is “automatically flagged” due to attendance, behaviour and/or attainment concerns related to his or her electronic personalised development plans. The relevant member of the inclusion team will also get involved and link with the Local Authority (UK) if there is a need.
If the home-teacher does not succeed to help the learner, the teacher responsible for mentoring will pair that teacher with a successful teacher to discuss the best way to improve the situation (e.g. lesson observations, extra training opportunities, learner swaps, and so on)
If a whole group of learners is underachieving, their home-teacher will follow the same route as just mentioned. If despite a wide range of support, things does not get better, the leadership will need to get involved through one of the vice-principals and / or even the principal since he is the one who is ultimate accountable to the governing body.
At the end of the day, all staff will need to work and be able to help deliver the school’s very high expectations. That will be made clear in their job description.
