1. Towards An Empowered System

2. Purpose • Explore the empowered system guidance. • Reflect on your role in an empowered system. • Provide feedback on the development of the empowered system guidance.

3. Discuss • What do we mean by ‘empowerment’? • What would empowerment look like in your context?

4. An Empowered System An empowered system is one that grows stronger and more confident, working in partnership to lead learning and teaching that achieves excellence and equity for all learners. Empowerment and collaboration for improvement happen at all levels in an empowered system. The jigsaw reflects eight key partners who work together in an empowered system to improve outcomes for children and young people.

5. Jigsaw For Scotland's learners, with Scotland's educators

6. How has this come about? • Education Reform Joint Agreement between Scottish Government and local authorities (COSLA) published in June 2018. • The joint agreement aims to support empowerment through collaboration rather than legislation. • Actions being taken forward by the School Empowerment Steering Group chaired by Gayle Gorman in capacity as Chief Inspector of Education for Scotland.

7. Who is represented on the Steering Group? • Association of Directors of Education in Scotland (ADES) • Association of Headteachers and Deputes in Scotland (AHDS) • Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) • Education Scotland (ES) • Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) • General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) • National Parent Forum Of Scotland (NPFS) • Scottish Government (SG) • School Leaders Scotland (SLS) • Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE)

8. Three Workstreams

9. Workstream 1 - Empowerment of Schools • Guidance to support empowerment for each section of the empowered system diagram published as agreed drafts, including the Headteachers’ Charter for school empowerment. • Development of each section of the guidance has been led by relevant partner organisations in consultation with stakeholder groups. • Guidance published as agreed drafts until June 2020 and feedback is welcome until the end of March 2020. https://education.gov.scot/improvement/learning-resources/an-empowered-system

10. Click on the Jigsaw sections to explore the guidance

11. Workstream 2 – Local authority self-evaluation framework • Improving school empowerment through self-evaluation: towards an empowered system. • Piloted with three local authorities – Inverclyde, Shetland and Fife. • Published as agreed draft June 2019. https://education.gov.scot/improvement/learning-resources/an-empowered-system

12. Workstream 2 – Local authority self-evaluation framework

13. Workstream 3 – Evaluation strategy • Three components of strategy: • Self-evaluation • Peer review and challenge • External evaluation • Evaluation questions align to the six themes of the Joint Agreement: • Improvement, curriculum, funding, staffing, parent and community engagement and learner participation • Published June 2019. https://education.gov.scot/improvement/learning-resources/an-empowered-system

14. National thematic inspections

15. Six Dimensions of Empowerment “The following dimensions of empowerment are emerging as features of practice within and across Scottish schools:” • Autonomy • Professional Learning • Participation and engagement • Collaboration • Resources • Impact

16. Discussion What does empowerment look like in your context in terms of the following dimensions? Autonomy Collaboration Professional learning Resources Participation and engagement Impact To what extent are all the following contributors empowered in your context? Parents and Carers Teachers and Practitioners Learners Support Staff School Leaders Partners

17. Engagement • Guidance sections currently published as agreed drafts. • Feedback on draft guidance can be submitted through Education Scotland’s National Improvement Hub. • Examples of practice and useful resources can also be submitted through the National Improvement Hub. • Feedback and suggestions to be received by end of March 2020. • Final version of the resource by end of June 2020. https://education.gov.scot/improvement/learning-resources/an-empowered-system

18. Any questions?