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Videos to Support Schools with their SSE Process form 2016 – 2020

The inspectorate has produced some new videos to support schools as they begin to implement the second cycle of SSE from 2016 – 2020.

An Overview of SSE 2016 – 2020 from the Chief Inspector

In this video, the Chief Inspector, Harold Hislop outlines the rationale and importance of SSE and discusses some of the key emphases in the second cycle of SSE from 2016 – 2020.

Continuing Implementation of SSE 2016 – 2020

In this video, Deirdre Mathews, Assistant Chief Inspector talks about continuing the implementation of SSE in the second cycle. The video outlines what remains the same and what the key differences are and also explores some of the challenges faced by schools in their implementation of the SSE process.

Webinars

Looking at Our School 2016 – A Tool for Reflecting, Self-Review and Evaluation

This webinar is presented by Deirdre Mathews and Brian Mac Giolla Phádraig from the Inspectorate’s Evaluation Support and Research Unit. It is suitable for use by primary school leaders and groups teachers who wish to have a more in-depth understanding of Looking at Our School 2016 and how it might inform reflection, self-review and evaluation. It examines the two dimensions of the framework; Leadership and Management and Teaching and Learning.

Looking at Our School 2016 – The Quality Framework – An Introduction

This webinar introduces Looking at Our School 2016 – A Quality Framework. It provides an overview of the structure and content of the framework, and it explores how the framework will inform both internal and external evaluation. This webinar might be used as a CPD resource for principals, in-school-management teams or by whole-school staffs.

Circulars and Guidelines

Circular 0040/2016

Issued in June 2016 outlining the requirements for post-primary schools, in their continuing engagement with school self-evaluation of teaching and learning from 2016 to 2020.

0040/2016
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Circular 0039/2016

Issued in June 2016 outlining the requirements for primary schools, in their continuing engagement with school self-evaluation of teaching and learning from 2016 to 2020.

0039/2016
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Circular 0016/2018

Issued in March 2018. It clarifies how primary schools should re-engage with the SSE process between now and 2020. It amends the numbers of areas of focus that schools are expected to engage in. All other guidance and advice contained in Circular 0039/2016 remains valid.

0016/2018
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SSE Guidelines

Primary

The inspectorate has developed revised SSE Guidelines that take account of circular 0039/2016 and the feedback received from schools and the education partners. These guidelines are designed to support primary schools in their engagement with the second phase of school self-evaluation between 2016 and 2020.

School Self-Evaluation Guidelines 2016-2020 Primary
These revised Guidelines have been prepared by the Inspectorate to provide practical support to schools in continuing school self-evaluation. They reflect feedback from schools and the education partners on the original Guidelines and more broadly on their experience of the school self-evaluation process to date.
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Post-primary

The inspectorate has developed revised SSE Guidelines that take account of circular 0040/2016 and the feedback received from schools and the education partners. These guidelines are designed to support post-primary schools in their engagement with the second phase of school self-evaluation between 2016 and 2020.

School Self-Evaluation Guidelines 2016-2020 - Post-Primary
These revised Guidelines have been prepared by the Inspectorate to provide practical support to schools in continuing school self-evaluation. They reflect feedback from schools and the education partners on the original Guidelines and more broadly on their experience of the school self-evaluation process to date.
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Looking at Our School 2016

Looking at Our School 2022 A Quality Framework for Primary Schools
This document provides a set of standards against which primary schools and special schools can consider how well they are performing in relation to teaching and learning and leadership and management. It replaces the previous version published in 2016.
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Looking at Our School 2022 A Quality Framework for Post-Primary schools
This document provides a set of standards against which post-primary schools can consider how well they are performing in relation to teaching and learning and leadership and management. It replaces the previous version published in 2016.
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