Archived news 2010 - 2011
Leadership, Inspection and School Effectiveness Conferences
3 May 2011
As part of a series of ‘Leadership and Management’ issues events designed for school principals, the Regional Training Unit (RTU) organised one Post-primary and two Primary conferences in February / March 2011, on ‘Leadership, Inspection and School Effectiveness.’
More information on these conferences can be found at the links below:
Dissemination of the findings from the Inspection of Level 3 Priority Skills Areas
11th February 2011
The Education and Training Inspectorate organised a ‘Dissemination of the findings from the Inspection of Level 3 Priority Skills Areas (2009/2010) and follow-up inspections of Level 2 Priority Skills Areas (2008/2009)’ on 14th December 2010. This interactive day provided an excellent opportunity for those who attended to consider ways to improve the delivery of the learning experiences in these areas. The main presentations from the day can be found here: Priority Skills Area Level3 Presentations
Invitation for applications for the Appointment of Associate Assessors
6th December 2010
The Education and Training Inspectorate wishes to appoint Associate Assessors to support inspection and other aspects of policy advice for the Department of Education.
Further details and application forms can be found here: Application for Associate Assessor
The Release of the Annual Business Report
2nd September 2010
The third annual report on the business of the Education and Training Inspectorate focuses on the range and quality of the work of the Inspectorate over the business year 2009-2010.
A link to the document mentioned above can be found here: Annual Business Report 2009-2010 Business Year
Launch of the revised Together Towards Improvement
1st September 2010
The revised Together Towards Improvement (TTI) document, a resource to support schools in the process of self-evaluation has just been released. TTI is divided into three main sections: The Quality of Leadership and Management; The Quality of Provision: and The Quality of Achievements and Standards. Each section has a number of key questions with a set of quality indicators which the user can amend as required.
Links to the documents mentioned above can be found here: Together Towards Improvement
Launch of the new Education and Training Inspectorate Website
1st September 2010
The Education and Training Inspectorate website has been redesigned from the ground up to make it more intuitive and user friendly, providing easier access to the content and publications that users require.
