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Standards and Quality Report 2002-03
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School Development
Plan Projects
The
HMI HGIOS
report ‘How Good is our School – Self
Evaluation using Quality Indicators’ is
used for the Action section of each of the projects and targets for the
following school session. For 2002/03, the Lionel
School Development Plan will contain two main projects focused on the
Curriculum and
Resources and with three other projects on
Resources,
Support for pupils and
Management, leadership and quality assurance.
For 2002/03, the five projects will be:
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Project 1 - Curriculum |
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Action 2002/03: |
To review
the courses and programmes relating to 5-14 Environmental Studies. |
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Aim of the school: |
To
provide a balanced, broad-based,
timetabled
curriculum, which
will ensure that all pupils master basic skills in language and number,
introduce them to various fields of knowledge, and prepare them
for entering the adult world. |
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Project 2 - Resources |
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Action 2002/03: |
To implement the recommendations of the National
Opportunities Fund for Information and Communications Technology,
whereby all teachers will access formal training for curricular use of
computers. |
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Aim of the school: |
To optimise our provision of resources,
ensuring that we develop the best possible accommodation and facilities, and
that these are made widely available to the school and the wider community as
appropriate. We will also ensure that school staff have opportunities to
develop their careers through Continuing Professional Development and Quality
Assurance programmes. |
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Project 3 - Resources |
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Action 2002/03: |
To review
the arrangements to ensure health and safety throughout the school. |
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Aim of the school: |
To optimise our provision of resources,
ensuring that we develop the best possible accommodation and facilities, and
that these are made widely available to the school and the wider community as
appropriate. We will also ensure that school staff have opportunities to
develop their careers through Continuing Professional Development and Quality
Assurance programmes. |
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Project 4
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Action 2002/03: |
To assimilate the priorities of the Education
Department Curriculum Support Plan into the Lionel School Plan through
in-service training. |
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Aim of the school: |
To
support all our pupils
by providing a caring, well-ordered, happy and secure environment, promoting
mutual respect and co-operation among teachers, pupils and parents, fostering the social and moral
welfare of our pupils, and providing curricular and vocational guidance.
We will also promote effective links with Comhairle Nan
Eilean Siar, other educational agencies, statutory establishments and
organisations, and with employers. |
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Project 5 -
Management, leadership and quality assurance |
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Action 2002/03: |
To update sections of the Lionel School Handbook
according to the review dates, and thereafter to publish them onto the
school website. |
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Aim of the school: |
To
provide sound school management,
by maintaining high quality standards in the school through effective
consultation, communication, evaluation and monitoring, and by promoting
professional competence and commitment of staff through development planning. |
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