An Outstanding Inspection

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An Outstanding Inspection
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One Amazing College
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Islington

• 33 of school population bilingual
• 49 of school population entitled to free school
  meals
• 45 of school students obtained 5 A-C GCSEs
• Unemployment about 8 (Greater London 4.5)
• Islington is the 8th most deprived local
  authority area in England (4th in London)
• 32 of children live in lone parent families
  (double London average)
• 89 of students from areas of socio-economic
  deprivation

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Vital Statistics 2004/05
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Key Strengths

• Consistently good teaching
• Outstanding support
• High quality accommodation and teaching resources
• High retention and pass rates for 16-18 year olds
• Successful promotion of equality and diversity
• Excellent management and clear strategic direction

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Becoming strategic and businesslike

• First consider the Soft Ss
• Shared values
• Management style
• Staff culture
• Skills

Determine what will make us successful for our
students

• Then the Hard Ss
• Systems
• Strategy
• Structures

Process Management How to make us
successful Managing the culture to realise our
shared values
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The Tools

• Teachers console
• 1700 student PCs
• 11 ratio PC staff

Assistive technology - excellent
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College Intranet
Intranet is well maintained, with good resources
to support learning
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College Intranet
Induction is well planned
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Candi Online Database

• MIS provides reliable data which are used
  effectively
• Students prior experience and educational
  achievements are on the Intranet used for
  target setting

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Studentweb home page
E-Learning strategy is good with clear plans to
develop further the Intranet for teaching and
learning
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Studentweb Learning Centres

• Online Student Induction to Learning Centres

Sufficient PC access for independent
study Resources are very good
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Studentweb Learning Centres

• Online Student Induction to Learning Centres

Easy access to resources Good technical
support
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Studentweb Learning Centres

• Image Search - SCRAN

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Studentweb - Careers

• Islington e-folio
• An on-line version of the Islington Sixth Form
  College 'Good Website Guide 2005/06' which is
  researched by Mick Towner, one of the HE Advisers
  at the College.

Careers support and guidance is very good
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VLE - BTEC National Diploma in Forensic Science
In the best lessons teachers use ILT
effectively Teachers make good use of ILT to
illustrate complex information
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Small-scale E-Learning Development Projects
Interactive calculator

• To familiarise students with the different keys
  on the calculator
• The calculator is colour coded i.e. all the
  number keys are a light blue
• The four basic operators are a darker blue
• The calculator has a screen display
• There is also a help facility ? On the calculator
  that explains how to use it

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E-Learning Champions

• Role of the E-Learning ChampionThe role of the
  E-Learning Champion is to encourage/mentor staff
  to use technology in the management and delivery
  of the curriculum and to encourage the use of ICT
  for teaching and learning.

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E-Learning Team
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Staff Training Materials

• Classroom of the Future Teachers Console

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The Next Stage Good to Great

• Some planned developments
• New VLE
• Online enrolment
• Online registration

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Picture Credits

• Slide 1 photograph of students Sonia Davda
• Slide 2 all photographs James Brittain
• Slide 5 photograph of students Sonia Davda