Gathering the evidence
Sources of evidence
Some of the sources you can use in self-review are:
- Analysis of student achievement data
- Review of documentation (policies, procedures, guidelines)
- Observation of practice against agreed criteria
- Questionnaires and surveys (students, staff, parents)
- Interviews (students, staff, parents)
- Analysis of statistics (attendance, roll numbers)
- Audit of resources
- Anecdotal feedback
- Use of continuums (basic, developing, integrated) against set of ideal outcomes
- Meetings (minutes of consultation meetings)
- Use of external review (ERO)
See resources:
Student classroom experience questionnaire (Word 2007 17 kB)
Student learning review survey (Word 2007 63 kB)
Annual department review (Word 2007 28 kB)
School systems review checklist (Word 2007 333 kB)
SWOT tool (Word 39 kB)
Reflection exercise
- As a first time principal, what do you know about the school and the community?
- How do you know? What evidence do you have for the judgments you have made from first impressions?
- What sources of evidence are currently available?
- What further information or evidence might you need in order to get a more complete picture of the school?
- What level of review is appropriate – strategic, regular, or emergent?
- What are the most appropriate tools or sources of evidence to use as the basis of the review?
