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Journey To Excellence

Part 5 - The Journey to Excellence

 

 Part 5 - The Journey to Excellence - Exploring excellence in Scottish schools

An online digital resource for professional development which contains movies which exemplify aspects of excellence across a wide range of education sectors and partner agencies, summaries of educational research and the perspectives of well-known national figures and educational professionals and researchers.



Parts 1 and 2 - How Good is our School? - The Journey to Excellence

How Good is our School? - The Journey to Excellence

Part 1: Aiming for Excellence
Explores the concept of excellence and what we mean by ‘learning’ and by ‘barriers to learning’. Introduces the ten dimensions of excellence.

Part 2: Exploring Excellence
Explores each of the ten dimensions in detail, gives practical examples drawn from real schools and demonstrates the journey from ‘good’ to ‘great’.

Part 3 - How Good is our School? and The Child at the Centre

 How Good is our School?

Presents a set of indicators for school self-evaluation, organised within a quality framework which is the same as the framework used by early years settings, education authorities and children’s services                                       

 The Child at the Centre    

Presents a set of quality indicators for self-evaluation in early years settings which is the same as the framework used by schools, education authorities and children’s services.

Part 4 - Planning for Excellence

 Part 4 – Planning for Excellence – a guide to improvement planning for delivering excellence

Shows how schools can use the dimensions of excellence alongside the quality indicators in Part 3 to plan for, and deliver, excellence.


The Journey to Excellence Ten Dimensions Poster

The Journey to Excellence Ten Dimensions Poster
(Gaelic Version)