School Improvement Services

The Education Audit and School Improvement Process is a systematic process which strives for dialogue  and inquiry. Some indicators that are possible have been listed below. 



Frequency
Qualitative
Quantitative
Monthly
·       Reporting
·       Timetable

o   Students

o   Support Staff

o   Transport

o   Training

o   Admin.

o   Financial

·       Action research design

·       Collection of Fee

Quarterly
·       Appraisal System

·       Full/Recruitment of staff

·       Job descriptions

·       Teacher Profiles

·       Quarterly Meeting with the Board

·       Quarterly projection
·       Quarterly Report
o   Achievements
o   Challenges
o   Decisions Needed
·       Data on what parents whose children are in school think a good school should offer
·       Identification of variables which affect admission
·       Identification of variables amongst the above, which can be impacted by the School Improvement Plan and their integration into the SIP.

·       Curriculum Framework

o   Design Principles for Method

o   Design Principles for Content

·       Curriculum

o   Content

o   Method

·      Community / Parents involvement
·       Increased student Academic achievement
·       Increased content knowledge for teachers - measured through testing
·       Increased fluency in teachers for spoken English - within 6 months
·      Parents’ feedback measured

Bi Annually

·       Appraisals

·       Teachers retention


·       Appraisals
Annually
·       Curriculum review and finalization Draft 2
·       Ownership of curriculum by teachers - within one year

·       Creation of budget

·       Audit

·      Dialogue with other schools
·      Increase self dependence

Ongoing

·       Mentoring Mechanism

§  Remote
§  On site

·       Documentation

·       Photographic

·       Video

·       Curriculum Card Update

·       Minutes of Meetings

·       Student Profiling

·       Family Unit Profiling

·       Parent Management System

·       Community Ownership System

·       Organization of exposure trips, events, competitions, celebrations

·       Repair & Maintenance of the school building

·       Ongoing Training
·       Learner Profile

·       Assessment

·       Action research design

·       Accounting of Petty Cash

·       Vouchers as per budget heads

·       Ongoing expenditures

·       Full/ Recruitment of staff

·       Leave Sanctions and Records.

·       Monitoring System


·       Once

·       Academic

·       Recognition

·       Open University

·        



·       Administrative

§  Recruitment of staff

·       Job descriptions

·       Process of Recruitment

·       Final authority on hire & fire

·       Leave Sanctions and Records

§  Appraisal system

·       Teacher Profiles

·       Monitoring System

·       Mentoring Mechanism

o   Remote
o   On site

§  Timetable

·       Teachers

·       Students

·       Support Staff

·       Transport

·       Training

·       Admin.

·       Financial

·       Appraisal

§  Reporting

·       Quarterly Meeting with the Board

o   Quarterly projection
o   Quarterly Report
§  Achievements
§  Challenges
§  Decisions Needed

·       Monthly report on indicators

·       Staff at all levels only reports to LI

§  Documentation

·       Photographic

·       Video

·       Curriculum Card Update

·       Minutes of Meetings

·       Student Profiling

·       Family Unit Profiling

 

·       Logistical

§  Transport for children

§  Transport for teachers

§  Management of material

§  Parent Management System

§  Community Ownership System

§  Uniform Distribution

§  Collection of Fee

§  Organization of exposure trips, events, competitions, celebrations

§  Repair & Maintenance of the school building

§  Stationery & Learning Material

§  Organisation of meetings

§  Printing work

 

·       Academic

§  Recognition

§  Open University

·       Curricular

§  Curriculum Framework

·       Design Principles for Method

·       Design Principles for Content

§  Curriculum

·       Content

·       Method

o   Parent Management System
o   Ongoing Training
o   Learner Profile

·       Assessment

·       Goals

o   Meet National standards (RTE & NCF)
o   Increased enrolment
o   Graduates join Fabindia School, Bali

§  Quantitative Indicators

·       Annually

o   Curriculum framework document - within a year
o   Ownership of curriculum by teachers - within one year

·       Measured Quarterly

o   Increased student Academic achievement
o   Increased content knowledge for teachers - measured through testing
o   Increased fluency in teachers for spoken English - within 6 months
o   Data on what parents whose children are in school think a good school should offer
o   Identification of variables which affect admission
o   Identification of variables amongst the above, which can be impacted by the School Improvement Plan and their integration into the SIP.

·       Increased constructive contact with parent community

·       LI curriculum for the schools - from day 1

§  Qualitative Indicators

·       Action research design

·       Financial

§  Creation of budget

§  Decisions on outlay

·       Decisions on expenditure

·       Income schemes

§  Accounting of Petty Cash

§  Vouchers as per budget heads

§  Staff payments

§  Daily/Monthly/Annually expenditures

§  Annual Audit




CREATING A DEPARTMENT FOR LOGISTICS
Transferring logistical arrangements to a central support system at a school can be difficult. While the administrative and logistical responsibilities that burden the teacher are supposedly what prevent the teacher from delivering high-quality teaching in the classroom, it can also be a source of tremendous power and function as viable excuse for not making an adequate theeffort to teach.

Also, differentiating tasks that are best done by the teacher and those best kept out of his or her way tends to ruffle territorial feathers. It can also be very like trying to spilt hair. In addition, the job description of the logistical resource person can end up being exceedingly challenging.
A school office could be staffed in a variety of ways.

A fully staffed school office could comprise several peons, a fully functional accounts office, often a branch of a local bank, a Vice Principal who assists the Principal in policy matters, stands in for the Principal whenever possible and advises the curriculuar staff, the Asssistant Vice Principal looks after the everyday running of the school, and supervises the Heads of school, as well as takes meetings with parents as a line manager for the Heads of School. None of these people manage the curriculum of the school. They manage the logistics, administration, HR and routine running of the school's facilities to support the teaching and curricular teams.