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Staged intervention strategies: St Luke's High School

Staff outline this school's staged intervention strategy, which is aimed at meeting the learning, social and emotional needs of all learners. Find out about the practice and outcomes of the strategy. St Luke's High School has developed a staged intervention strategy to ensure that students' individual needs are met, whilst providing its students with more choices and more chances. The Headteacher and staff outline the staged intervention strategy, discuss how it supports pupils and teachers, and reflect on how it helps to promote inclusion across the school.

Learning together through self-evaluation: Cumnock Academy

This video explores an secondary school's self-evaluation programme, which aims to open up learning and empower students by encouraging staff to develop and share good educational practice through peer review. Cumnock Academy has taken new, self-evaluating steps to open up learning within the school and empower the students who learn there. The Headteacher, staff and students outline the methods of self-evaluation used at the school, how involving the students empowers both them and their teachers, and how staff are benefiting from sharing educational practice.

Observe, reflect and develop learning: Dunbar Grammar

Watch as staff and students from a secondary school discuss the development and impact of their self-evaluation programme, which incorporates the views and observations of stakeholders at all levels. Dunbar Grammar School has developed self-evaluation techniques and practices to open up, develop and improve the quality of young people's learning. The Headteacher, staff, parents and students discuss different methods of self-evaluation and how these have enabled everyone to learn together. This film also reviews some of the approaches taken to promote pupil voice and staff review the benefits of Assessment is for Learning across the school.

Posted on 17 June 2009 under Dimension 1: Learning, Broad area 4: People, Broad area 1: Learning and teaching, Journey to Excellence, Assessment and Achievement, Topics, Dimension 1: Learning, Broad area 4: People, Broad area 1: Learning and teaching, The Journey to Excellence, HMIE, Partners, Curriculum.
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Reviews that revolutionise: Fairview School

Learn how this new school for children with severe and complex enduring needs has been empowering parents and improving learning through a carefully planned process of communication and evaluation. Fairview School has taken specific steps to support and promote communication and evaluation between parents and staff. Staff and parents outline the introduction of new parent/teacher discussion sessions, the reasons why this form of partnership working empowers staff and parents, and the success of the programme and the benefits it brings to their child's learning.

Best foot forward with dyslexia: Rossie Secure Accommodation Services

Listen to staff from a secure accommodation service describe the strategies that bring positive change for young people with dyslexia and other learning needs and whose previous learning experiences have been negative. Rossie Secure Accommodation Services focuses their educational format on dyslexic style learners. The staff outline the steps taken to ensure that all pupils receive an enriching and positive learning experience, as well as discussing the increased number of learning options provided at Rossie Secure and how it empowers young people.

Maximum support for maximum gain: Eastwood High School

Explore the methods used by this secondary school to support learners with dyslexia. Hear about the different strategies used, the benefits of using ICT and the training provided for staff and parents. Explore the methods used by this high school to support dyslexic style learners. Staff, parents and students discuss the different strategies used, the benefits of using ICT and the types of training provided for staff and parents.

Rural inspirations that empower: Wallace Hall Academy

See how this rural secondary school's redeveloped curriculum has improved the quality of pupils' learning experiences by introducing creative methodologies in the classroom that promote active involvement. Discover how this rural academy inspired pupils' learning by introducing creative methodologies in the classroom. Staff, parents and students explain how the school's integrated curriculum and active progress tracker system allowed for new learning experiences that involve the community.

Transformation to an enriched community: Torphichen Primary School

Find out how parents, students and teachers jointly transformed their school following an HMIE report. Staff and parents describe how students now have an enriched environment and learning community. Find out how parents, students and teachers collaboratively transformed their school following a HMIe report. Staff and parents discuss how, through distributive leadership and the addition of active learning and creative curriculum work, the students now have an enriched school environment and learning community.

Distributive empowerment for teachers and students: St Mary's RC Primary School

Find out about how this primary school uses distributive leadership to empower staff, pupils and parents, enabling lessons to develop dynamically and children to explore their areas of excellence. See how this primary school uses distributive leadership to empower staff, pupils and parents in all curricular areas and activities. Staff and parents explain that by encouraging the students in their artistic pursuits, they can further flourish in academics.

Helping dyslexic style learners achieve their goal: Lochyside RC Primary School

Witness this primary school's journey to excellence as it develops its awareness of dyslexia and seeks to overcome spelling and reading difficulties with interactive lessons and physical activities. Discover how this primary school maximises the strengths and talents of young people to overcome difficulties with spelling and reading. Staff and pupils discuss the use of interactive teaching methods, physical activities, early identification of issues and raising awareness throughout the school.

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