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Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Introduction & Vision and Principles Of background strategic priorities Planning Building the Aligning Plans vision 4 7 13

Section 4 Section 5 Section 6 Review Of Consultation Performance and Phase 2 outcomes improvement Summary Report profile

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Section 7 Section 8 Section 9 Delivering for the Measurement Governance and region: the next plan Reporting Plan phase

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Appendice 1 48 Appendice 2 55 Appendice 3 59

Follow us @ #FVWLric Plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional Improvement 3 Section 1 Introduction & background Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional Improvement

4 Introduction The Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative (RIC) is ambitious to achieve excellence through raising attainment in all Curriculum for Excellence areas with a particular focus on numeracy and literacy. Our Improvement Collaborative will focus on closing the povertyrelated attainment gap by ensuring that every child engages with the highest standards of learning and teaching to develop a range of skills, qualifications and achievements to allow them to succeed and achieve a high quality positive and sustained destination when they leave school. Our approach will be shaped by teachers, practitioners, pupils, parents and partners working together with a common purpose to give all our children and young people the highest quality educational experience and best outcomes for life. | Introduction and background | Introduction Section 1

Elaine Cook Lead Officer for Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative Depute Chief Executive, West Lothian Council

Robert Naylor Anne Pearson Kevin Kelman Director of Children’s Chief Education Officer Chief Education Officer Services Clackmannanshire Council Stirling Council Falkirk Council

Follow us @ #FVWLric Plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional Improvement 5 6 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Section 2 | Introduction and background plan andat thisstagereviewed thescopeand In September2018, wepublishedphase2of the make improvements inperformance. data asananalysistooltosupportstrategies to underpinning thestrategy hasbeenthe useof priorities of eachworkstream theme.Also work of ourCollaborative andsupportingthe Learning wouldbecentraltobuildingthe stakeholders itwasagreed that Professional and Childcare. Through consultation with focus: Numeracy, Literacy, EarlyLearning priorities whichwere agreed asanimmediate This introduced theoverarching themesand (phase 1)wasdevelopedinJanuary2018. As afirststep,our regional improvement plan Improvement Framework. authority improvement plansandtheNational based onschoolimprovement plans,local formulate aregional improvement plan, It wasagreed that eachCollaborative should Background

This phaseoftheplanhasbeeninformed by: Clackmannanshire: national andlocalplansadviceforFalkirk, West Lothian,Stirlingand Lothian ImprovementCollaborative andtakes accountofthefollowing This Regional ImprovementPlanisfortheForthValley andWest shaped bylocalneeds. of acollectiveandcohesivesupportpackage inform thedesignanddelivery theimprovement prioritieswithintheirrespectiveregionsinorderto identify Scotland agreedthat regionalimprovementplansshouldbedeveloped“ In September2017, theScottishGovernment, localgovernmentandEducation Regional Improvement Collaboratives (RICs):InterimReview, November2018 The review of theForthValley &West LothianRegionalImprovement Plan(Phase2) School Improvement Plans2019-2020 Integrated Children’s ServicesPlans Local OutcomeImprovement Plans Regional Improvement Collaborative plan2018-2019 Education Reform-Joint Agreement (ScottishGovernment,June2018) 2019 National Improvement Framework andImprovement Planfor ScottishEducation

” (National ImprovementFramework, 2018). build onanddevelopplanstoachieveourvision a fullerrangeof functionshasbeenreflected to As wemoveintothisnextiteration of theplan, with priorityworkstream aimsbeingachieved. phase 2sawanincrease inthepaceof progress establishment of adedicated fulltimeRICTeam, of four localauthorities.Asaresult of the governing theplanasaregional collaborative arrangements andformalised ourapproach to and priorities.We alsoreviewed governance focus onImprovement Collaborative aims a teamof peopletoberecruited tosolely from the ScottishGovernment.Thisenabled reach of planningwiththeadditionof funding Collaborative. support theworkof theRegionalImprovement (Senior RegionalAdvisor)wasappointedto from Education ScotlandledbyJackieHalawi In April2019, aRegionalImprovement Team of a fully progressive collaborative. which Section 2 Vision and strategic priorities Building the vision Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional Improvement

7 8 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Section 2 | Vision and strategic priorities university andCommunityLearningDevelopmentteams. our LocalAuthoritiesandEducation Scotland,andpartnerssuchasourcolleges, Collaborative. Itwillalsoinform RICwork- stream teamswhoincludeleadsfrom school andeducational establishmentsthroughout ourRegionalImprovement Our planisintendedtobeusedbyleadershipteamsandpractitionersinevery people. and soachieveourvisionof excellence andequityfor ourchildren andyoung the qualityof learningandteachingineveryschooleducational establishment, This approach tocollaboration iscentraltoourownCollaborative’s aimtoimprove countries includingNorwayandCanada. This isbasedonextensiveresearch into collaborative cultures inEducation in approach toworkingtogether effectively asaRegionalImprovement Collaborative. Kong University, whosupportstheuseof Collaborative Professionalism asthe Professor at theUniversityof OttawaandaDistinguishedVisitingProfessor at Hong from Professor AndyHargreaves, Research Professor at BostonCollege,Visiting During ourannualconference ‘It’s aGoodTimetoCollaborate’ inMay2019, weheard other. will buildeffective relationships andworkincreative collaboration witheach commitment andbuildingstrong relationships witheachother. OurCollaborative The principlesof our RIC are underpinnedbyshared valuesof respect, particular focus onclosingthepoverty-related attainment gap. Achieving equity: the rightrangeof skills, qualifications andachievementstoallowthemsucceed; standards inliteracyandnumeracy, setoutwithinCurriculumfor excellence levels,and Excellence throughraisingattainment: Improvement Collaborative Vision for theRegional Education inScotland: is foundedinthetwinaimsofNational ImprovementFramework for The visionfortheForthValley andWest LothianImprovementCollaborative ensuringeverychildhasthesameopportunitytosucceed,witha ensuringthat everychild achievesthehighest opportunity to opportunity to has the same has thesame

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Follow us @#FVWLric on specificareas (based on data information andanalysis): all children andyoungpeople. We willlookat thetotalityof thecurriculumbutwithaclearfocus ples of curriculumdesignwillsupportouraimstobuildanexcellent andequitablecurriculumfor tive (national adviceprovided byEducation Scotland,September2019). Afresh lookat theprinci In doingthis,wewillreview ourapproach todevelopingCurriculum inlightof therefreshed narra Learning Excellence in Achieving workforce ofthefuture. contribute toandsucceedintheyoung achievements that will enablethemto and attributes, qualifications and equip youngpeoplewiththeskills with meaningandpurposethat will Our visionaimstosupportlearning Successful Learners Health and Health and Well Being

Contributors Effective Numeracy Responsible Responsible Citizens Literacy Educational Skills Educational Skills (in particularSTEM) 21st Century 21st Century Individuals Confident Confident - - 9 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Section 2 | Vision and strategic priorities 10 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Section 2 | Building the vision acknowledged self-generating improvement of collaborative professionalism. We have school leadersshapeanddeveloptheculture would like ittoevolveasourpractitionersand In consideringournetworkparticipation, we work canbeundertaken. characteristics where relevant collaborative neighbourhood groups based onsimilar meet. Thisisbeingsupportedbyidentifying technology andfacetoopportunities by buildingextensivenetworks usingdigital establishments, practitionersandpartners Our visionistoconnectschools,educational Connecting and howtoenableitsgrowth. understanding of system wideimprovement led byastrong leadershipteamwithadeep Our RegionalImprovement Collaborative is and considered inanydevelopmentwork. where all stakeholders’ voicesare listenedto to buildaninclusiveandreflective culture We have fostered aconsultative approach Building Collaboration approach tocollaboration. progress andensureaholistic meet onaregularbasistoshare consists oftheworkstreamleaders, Our ConnectTeam’s membership developing aimsandimplementation. provide acohesiveapproachto connected andinter-wovento Our workstreamprioritiesare joint plan. ofour this isbasedonapartnershipoftrustandcommitmenttothedelivery we havebuilt strongrelationships witheachotheracrossthefourcouncilsand Since theestablishmentofImprovementCollaborative inNovember2017, people. positively onoutcomesfor children andyoung will improve learningandteaching,impact and have theabilitytomake connectionsthat Collaborative. Practitioners are encouraged work closelytogetherandacross ourRegional leadership where practitionersandofficers Central toourethosisoneof empowered and youngpeople’soutcomes. is thekey toreaching improvement inchildren empowered systemwhere partnershipworking We are supportingthedevelopmentof an and developmentinworkingtowards ouraims. roots initiated, andwenurture theirgrowth collaborative teamsthat inmanycasesare grass

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11 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Section 2 | Vision and strategic priorities 12 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Section 2 | Building the vision 3-18, theImprovement Collaborative hashad Literacy for children andyoungpeopleaged quality marked initiatives inNumeracyand To supportthedeliveryof afullrangeof its useintheclassroom. practice onlearningandmonitoringprogress of participants, aswellembeddingreflective approach andhighqualityinteractionwith structure that supportsaconsistentdelivery learning environment. There isaframeworkand research basedontheprinciplesof avisible Our coursedesignershave beeninformed by educational establishmentsandpartners. informed through consultation withschools, offer hasbeendevelopedbypractitionersand The ForthValley andWest LothianRICCLPL constructed. that isinnovative innature andcarefully bespoke programme of professional learning Government’s fundingtodesignandcreate a taken theopportunitysupportedbyScottish Our visionfor CLPLisambitiousandwehave Career Long Professional Learning development of our colleagues and enable collaborative practice to take place. development ofourcolleaguesandenablecollaborative practicetotake place. A centralprincipleoftheImprovementCollaborative isthat wevaluethecontinuous analysis tosupportevaluation. We are working collated overviewof CLPL uptake, andstatistical Improvement Collaborative, aswellprovide a of allprofessional learningactivitiesacross the established that willsupport theco-ordination University. We envisageasystembeing Advisers andconsultantadvicefrom Stirling Educational Psychologyteam,Improvement including theImprovement Collaborative’s quality improvement strategy byanexpertteam participants willbesupportedinevaluating each Our workstream teamsandAcademy expertise. deep learningsupportedbypedagogical work inaninspiringenvironment that promotes spaces for professional trainersandlearnersto Literacy Academywithphysicalclassroom the foresight tocreate bothaNumeracyand capacity. in buildingconfidence, expertise,andleadership CLPL basedona‘Training theTrainer’ approach to produce asustainablemodelof deliveryof Section 3 Principles Of Planning Aligning Plans Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional Improvement

13 14 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Section 3 | Principles Of Planning | Aligning Plans planning Principles ofplanning

Our Planwill: account theNational ImprovementFramework asfollows: Each LocalAuthorityhassetouttheirimprovementprioritiestakinginto A bottomupapproach –theneedsand We are focused onstrengthening themiddle We take aholisticapproach toimproving Children andyoungpeopleare at theheart support continuousimprovement in make cleartoHeadTeachers andHeads make clearhowschoolswillaccessthe local communityplanninginformation. draw ondata andinformation from other be basedonadetailedanalysisof thelatest The voiceof teachers, parents, pupils, curriculum designanddevelopment. support them. of Establishments what is being provided to support for improvement theyrequire. key sources, includinghealth,justiceand within theregion. relevant data oneducational performance planning andreporting sought, valuedandlistenedtoat allstagesof communities andthethird sectorwillbe establishments willremain at theforefront of improvement of schoolsandeducational across the region -leadershipat alllevels outcomes for children of what we do are at the heart of what we do young people Children and Children and

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Ideas andInnovation willbeencouraged. Activity willsupportadditionalityacross We willpromote localdiversity Ongoing improvement basedon Decisions willbebasedonevidenceand build collaborative partnershipsthrough will supportthedevelopmentof high work towards providing sectorandsubject improvement collaborative educational establishmentsandtheregional outcomes for children measurement plans,relating toimpactand of changewillbethenorm,withclear improvement methodologyandtheory best international research andpractice research, takingaccountof arangeof the innovative projects withawideningrangeof quality learning,teachingandassessment curriculum areas. specific supportandadviceinalleight

National, Regional and Local Plans

National Priorities

The overarching key strategic priorities set out Closing the attainment gap between the in the National Improvement Framework are most and least disadvantaged children and reflected in all local authority and school plans. young people These are, as set out in the National Improvement in children and young people’s Improvement Framework: health and well being Improvement in attainment particularly in Improvement in employability skills and literacy and numeracy sustained, positive school-leaver destinations for all young people. | Principles Of Planning Aligning Plans Each plan is also focused on the national drivers for improvement: Section 3

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Improvement inemployabilityskillsandsustained,positiveschoolleaver destinations for all Improvement inchildren’s andyoungpeople’shealthwellbeing Closing theattainment gapbetweenthemostandleastdisadvantagedchildren Improvement inattainment, particularlyinliteracyandnumeracy Improvement inemployabilityskillsandsustained,positiveschool-leavers destinations for all Improvements inChildren andYoung People’shealthandwell-being. Closing thegapbetweenmostandleastdisadvantaged children particularly innumeracy. Improvements inattainment includingnumeracyandliteracy. Support youngpeopletofurtherdevelopskillsandknowledgewhichallowsthemfulfiltheir Improve children andyoungpeople’smentalhealthwellbeing. Raise attainment for everychildandenablethemtomake excellent progress through theBroad The attainment gaprelating topoverty, additionalsupportneedsandlooked after children and Skills andattributes development:Improve attainment andpositivedestinations for Falkirk’s Wellbeing, equalityandinclusion:Improve processes tosupportattainment andpositive Raising attainment and achievement:Raiseattainment for everychildandyoungperson young people young people. literacy, healthandwell-being,positive destinations, earlylearningandchildcare. potential inboththeircareers andinwiderlife. General Education. young peopleisreduced. young people. destinations for Falkirk’s vulnerablechildren andyoungpeople. enable themtomake excellent progress through theirlearningjourney3-18years. system toachieveexcellence andequityfor all. Towards anempowered, connected,self-improving Achieving Excellence andEquity Prosperous, Healthy, Achieving,Resilient Learning toAchieve Regional Priorities

In considering each of the Local Authority priorities, and the National Improvement Framework, Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative will continue to focus on the following:

Improving attainment in literacy and Closing attainment gaps between the most numeracy for children and young people and least disadvantaged children and young aged 3-18 years. people for numeracy and literacy.

In addition, this year there will be a priority focus on the following:

Improvement in health and wellbeing of The four Local Authorities are sharing plans, children and young people. building connections with each other and Improvement in curriculum developments engaging with the newly formed Regional | Principles Of Planning Aligning Plans and learning and teaching to support Improvement Team (Education Scotland)to employability skills and sustained positive maximise partnership working to achieve the destinations. aims of local and regional priorities.

In addition, each Local Authority is developing their plans for working with Education Scotland’s Section 3 Regional Improvement Team.

Improvement in health and wellbeing of children and young people

Follow us @ #FVWLric Plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional Improvement 17 18 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Section 3 | Principles Of Planning | Aligning Plans development planning and planning and of the STEM of theSTEM strategy Support Support Regional Improvement Team (Education Scotland) The Regional Improvement Team (Education In initial discussions between the RIC Directors Scotland) for Forth Valley and West Lothian and the Regional Improvement Team is working with each local authority and will (Education Scotland), areas of support were provide an overview of their work with each requested based on the work stream priorities and identify areas that could be progressed Subsequently, the Regional Improvement Team in a collaborative local, regional or national produced an action plan for Session 2019-2020 approach. which has been agreed with the RIC Directors and The overview of improvement priorities for each is included in the Forth Valley and West Lothian Local Authority has been collated and provides Improvement Collaborative Regional Improvement detailed plans for partnership working. Plan, Work Steam plans 2019-2020

The Core Ask of Education Scotland | Principles Of Planning Aligning Plans Commission reports for each Local Authority Provide ‘data literacy’ expectations of HMI on a PEF overview to inform progress with school inspections. reducing the poverty related attainment gap. Provide support for the RIC CLPL Section 3 Provide detailed analysis and narrative of programme- facilitators, links to expertise. recent inspection reports for the 4 LAs with Attend and contribute to established work RIC overview. stream meetings Supporting new work streams: Health and Well Being Provide ‘data literacy’ expectations of HMI Commission reports for each Local Authority school inspections. on a PEF overview to inform progress with Provide support for the RIC CLPL reducing the poverty related attainment gap. programme- facilitators, links to expertise. Provide detailed analysis and narrative of Attend and contribute to established work recent inspection reports for the 4 LAs with stream meetings. RIC overview. STEM Support planning and development of the STEM strategy.

Curriculum Support digital requirements of the RIC Support assessment and moderation strategy virtual campus. and planning. Support specific subject networks eg. Computing, Social Sciences. Supporting established work streams Numeracy Collaborate with the Numeracy team to Support in developing the numeracy specific validate whole class approach to teaching Pupil Support Worker course. numeracy at P1 and P2. Literacy Sharing of ES’ strategies and mechanisms for Sharing of ES’ research-based plans and sharing practice across wider audiences. priorities in Literacy.

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20 Follow us @#FVWLric place are: Some of theplannedactivitieswhichhave taken develops collaborative professionalism. authorities andbesupportedwithlearningthat network anddeveloprelationships across local become more involvedwiththeworkof theRIC, to provide practitionerswith theopportunityto A rangeof engagementeventshave taken place strategy includedinthisplan. in theupdated Communication andengagement the summaryreport of phase2andnextstepsare RIC priorities.Detailsof progress are provided in working collaboratively witheachotheronthe networks of practitionerswhoare engagedin the workof theregional collaborative, andbuild This wasdevelopedtoincrease awareness of Communication andEngagementStrategy. In phase2,theleadteamcreated a Governance Planwascreated. Anupdated with key peopleinvolvedingovernance,a To address point1,through consultation Government andEducation Scotland: Collaborative inOctober 2018from theScottish feedback provided totheImprovement The following areas were highlightedin Review ofPhase2

Communication andEngagementStrategy 3 2 1 Feedback onthePhase2Plan reviewofPhase2progressisattached inAppendix1. A summary ‘It’s aGoodtimetobeTwo’, 12thFebruary2019, Leadership andImprovement Methodology 250 EarlyYears practitionersconference. practitioners. and February2019, 6daystrainingeventfor 30 Leading for Improvement), December2018 Advisers- RICSCLIP(ScottishCoachingand programme delivered byNational Improvement Widen partnershipworking progress More information ontrackingperformance could bestrengthened Provision of Governancearrangements throughout theworkstream plans. are discussed inthesummaryreport and have beenestablishedanddeveloped.These To address point3, anumberof partnerships targets for eachproject. track andmonitorprogress, andsetrealistic improvement measures toidentifybaselines, with eachworkstream tosupporttheuseof the RICsImprovement Advisorswhoworked To address point2,advicewassoughtfrom this plan. version of theGovernance Planisincludedin University).

A seriesof 4HeadTeacher meetingspersession Local Authoritiesinvitedeachothertoeventsfor The CLPLProgramme hasdelivered two ‘It’s aGoodtimetoCollaborate’, 29thMay Helix eventfor allsecondary schools(May2019. Sir JohnJones(15thJune2019);STEM@the March, 2019);TheFalkirk LearningFestivalwith example, theWest LothianPEFConference (15th and challengeinlearningteaching. self- evaluation, evidencingprogress andpace 70 practitionersattending each)withafocus on symposiums (NovemberandDecember2018, and Professor AndyHargreaves (Boston Professor MarkPriestley(Universityof Stirling) included DrElaineCook(FV&WLLeadDirector), work-stream priorities.Keynote speakers establishment, conference engagingwiththe representation from everyschool/educational 2019, 350teachersandmiddleleaderswith meetings tookplaceinMay2019. leading onthethemesfor eachsession.Thefirst planned witheachlocalauthorityhostingand (Primary/Early Years andSecondary)are being

21 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Section 4 | Review Of Phase 2 Summary Report Budget Spend and Recruitment Planning

In October 2018, the Regional Collaborative There are seven areas of budget spend: was successful in its bid for funding to support Developing the work of the RIC the delivery of the phase 2 plan. Funding was Leading the work of the RIC used to recruit a full time team of lead people Numeracy to develop and progress the aims of the plan. The lead Director and lead Development Officer Literacy for the Improvement Collaborative have both Early Learning and Childcare been funded from the grant, and from February Improving performance 2019 the following posts have been appointed Career Long Professional Learning to support the work stream priorities: Lead As well as recruitment of staff, funds have been Quality Improvement Officers – Numeracy (2), used to research, develop and launch a bespoke Literacy (1), CLPL (1); Performance Officer (Data programme of professional learning for the

| Review Of Phase 2 Summary Report | Review Analysis); Support Officers for Early Years (4, FV&WL Improvement Collaborative which will one for each Local Authority); Data Coaches be ready to launch in September 2019. (4, one for each Local Authority); Numeracy Pedagogues (2); Business Management Support (0.5). Section 4

Work Stream Progress in Phase 2

A summary of each work stream’s progress is provided in the summary report (Appendix 1).

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22 Section 5 Consultation outcomes

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said o You We We We We did Primary andEarlyYears HeadTeachers Secondary HeadTeachers morning Middle leadersandteachers Early Years Conference for 250 Calendared 4Primary/EarlyYears and Session 19/20 4 SecondaryHeadTeachers meetingsfor (May 2019) and Headsof Establishmentmorning (June 2019) practitioners (May2019) Engagement Conference for 300 practitioners (February2019) You said We did with otherschoolsandstaff acrossourRIC? What wouldbeyourpreferredmeansofcommunication to engage 67% Seminars & events 58% Networks & Officer Teams. Secondary, 10%AdditionalSupportNeeds were providedfrom76%Primary,14% approximately a29%response.Responses responded totheconsultation. Thisis 64 schoolsoreducational establishments actions taken isprovided: ofkey findingsand Lothian. Asummary establishments inForthValley andWest undertaken withschoolsandeducational 2019, In January afullconsultation was 38%

media Social Provided digitalplatform linking tiles Created andlaunchedFV&WLRICBlog Launched You Tube channel(July2019) Launched twitteraccount(February Created Numeracy, Literacyand CLPL Launched 18Curriculumnetworks across theRegionalCollaborative (February 2019) 2019) currently with848followers (May 2019) networks at theEngagementconference (secondary subjects)(February2019) 28% Glow blog 27% platform Digital We What areas of professional learning would you like to be offered asked through the support of our RIC?

You 73% 61% 59% 50% outcomes | Consultation said Developing the Learning & Using data Empowering Curriculum Teaching for analysis & leadership

Assessment & improvement Section 5 Moderation 42% 41% 41% Aspects of Aspects of Digital Literacy Numeracy platform

Development of a Numeracy Academy 3-18 We (details in the Numeracy plan) launching start did of Session 19/20. Development of a Maths Strategy-National Provide a Curriculum development 5 level, (details in the Numeracy plan) starting in programme (4 days) for senior leaders led August 2019. by the University of Stirling-September Development of a Literacy Academy 3-18 2019 launch. (details in the Literacy plan) launching during Launch of 18 Curriculum networks in West Session 19/20. Lothian (February 2019) covering full range of Assessment and Moderation event led subjects in the senior phase. Being developed by Education Scotland and assessment to open up to all 4 local authorities through co-ordinators. Microsoft teams- September 2019. Provision of Data Analysis session at the Preliminary discussions and plans developed regional conference (May 2019) and with Forth Valley and West Lothian Colleges development of 4 session course for the RIC to support a STEM strategy (details in the CLPL programme (Session 19/20). STEM plan). Appointment of 4 Data Coaches – primary Support of various Curriculum areas in the and secondary- to support practitioners FV&WL CLPL programme including STEM, in using data for improvement and improve Numeracy, Literacy, H&WB. confidence in data literacy. Agreement to focus on PSE development in Partnership programme in collaboration partnership with Education Scotland and the with Stirling University-Systems level change, new H&WB RIC work stream team. empowering leadership. Partnership agreement with Winning Bespoke FV&WL RIC Columba 1400 Scotland Foundation (WSF) to provide programme (3 cohorts) for Head Teachers, Numeracy Mindsets programme (1 year Education Officers, Education Scotland RIC course with 75 practitioners starting in team. September 2019); Co-designing Literacy Improvement Methodology programme (6 Mindsets in partnership with WSF and the days)- with the National Improvement Team. University of Strathclyde (Session 19/20).

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said o You We We We We did Shared theoutcomesof theSocial Undertook preliminary research of work Create aprogramme of professional Create aprogramme of professional Studies programme whichWest its aimsare setoutinthephase3plan. H&WB workstream willbeformed and (H&WB). Theoutcomeisthat anew Collaborative onHealthandWell Being being undertaken currently across the learning tosupportLiteracy(See Numeracy (SeeAcademy). learning tosupportMaths and collaboration? Which curriculumareaswouldbenefitfromregional 39% 72% Well Being Sciences Health & 31% 61% Expressive Numeracy & Numeracy &

maths Arts Collaborative. development.

Develop theuseof Curriculumnetworks Shared theprogress of theSTEMstrategy throughout theImprovement Phase 3planfor CurriculumandSTEM inform theImprovement Collaborative’s RAISE PrimaryScienceproject. Thiswill for Falkirk inparticulartheworkof the the Improvement Collaborative. 19/20 withcollaboration wideningacross programme willbeextendedtoSession of Curriculum inSession2018-19. The Lothian ledwithitsPrincipalTeachers 30% 59% Languages Studies Social

47% 27% Technologies RE/RME

We Please provide suggestions of how the RIC could support future asked improvements for each of these priorities

You outcomes | Consultation said Learning from More grass Alignment of key Section 5 roots involvement people with a?? other schools

Key comments on the following themes: Sharing good practice: Sharing interventions to trial in class through resources from the Pupil Equity Fund. We did: The PEF Leads from each Local Authority met and shared the key strategies which have worked and were being used successfully in schools. These are being discussed with schools in each council. Each Local Authority has also invited colleagues to attend their annual PEF Conference in Session 2018/19.

Numeracy: Support teaching methodologies; share evidenced based improvements; focus on pedagogy; drive to improve attainment. We did: Numeracy report available from Phase 2, summary report and phase 3 plan.

Literacy: Develop a writing culture; provide a literacy audit tool for validated self -evaluation; use Education Scotland colleagues to validate literacy developments; focus on pedagogy; build consistency of reading skills across schools/clusters/local authorities; practitioner led professional reading that has been effective in reducing reading gaps. We did: Summary report available from phase 2 and phase 3 plan. Examples to support Reading development available on the FV&WL RIC blog.

Follow us @ #FVWLric Plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional Improvement 27 28 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Section 5 | Consultation outcomes development inNovember2019. Ferres Laevers, Universityof Leuven,Belgiuminvitedtoholdaconference tosupportEarlyYears measures. Froebel trainingwasdelivered throughout theImprovement Collaborative. Professor Conference provided trainingon‘learningthrough play’andaself-evaluation toolkitof progress development andtodeveloptheirstrategies togetherfor theEarlyYears expansion. TheEY We did: numeracy andliteracy;highqualityCLPLsuchasFroebel training. providing guidanceandtrainingonEarlyYears toraiseattainment in ‘learningthroughplay’ Early Years: In listeningtoourstakeholders, wehave begunto address thefollowing questions: We did: of data forimprovement. Build confidenceinusingdata forimprovement: strategies. practitioners tojointeventssupporttrainingintheuseof moderation andassessment a RegionalImprovement Collaborative team.Theyhave shared approaches andinvited We did: holistic assessments/benchmarked. moderated; moderate beyond thelocalcouncilcontext;create examplepiecesandbankof Moderation: delivered inSession19/20. University hasdevelopedaleadershipprogramme tosupport theCurriculumandthiswillbe each other’sschools.Theneighbourhoodgrouping of schoolsissupportingthisinitiative. Stirling has beenreached sothat seniorandmiddleleaders cansupporteachotherwithreviews andvisit professional learningandongoingreflection andmonitoring of itsuseinpractice.Anagreement Collaborative’s PrincipalEducational Psychologistteam.Thisissupportingevaluation of We did: Networkmeetingswithworkstreamfocus. leadership capacity(middleandHT); stakeholders; visitotherschools;shadowing;shareimprovementmethodologies;building Career LongProfessionalLearning: You said We did Moderation andAssessmentco-ordinators from eachLocalAuthorityhave established Aself–evaluation modelhasbeendevelopedinpartnershipwiththeImprovement TheELCC teamshared resources andstrategies toreduce overlapof resource Range of trainingprovision provided andnewprogramme developedfor Session19/20. Robust assessment;reducingworkload bysharingpreparation ofresources; Providebankofholisticassessmentsinliteracyandnumeracywhichhavebeen Self-evaluation inpractical waystoinvolveall Providetrainingat arangeoflevelsintheuse

We What would you want your school to gain from being part of our asked RIC? | Consultation outcomes | Consultation You 91% 69% 59% said Learning from Improving Closing the other schools’ performance poverty related good practice together attainment Section 5 gap 58% 58% 55% Moderation of Working on Gaining a Curriculum for self- evaluation different Excellence on with each other perspective on a wider scale our work

funds have been used to research, develop and launch a bespoke programme of professional learning

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said o You We We We We did Supporting positivementalhealthof staff Approaches tomeetingadditional Inclusion, progress andachievement Create neighbourhood HWBprofiles Sharing expertiseinSEBN Leads from eachLAhave metandformed New H&WBTeam willprogress thisask. RIC CLPLprogramme supportedbyUnions New RICTeam beinglaunchedSession Initial HeadTeacher meetingfacilitated Performance Team developingH&WB SEBN leadshave mettoshare expertise. Education Scotlandinput. supporting 4sessiontraining coursewith a teamtoshare strategies. CLPLprogramme profile andneighbourhoodgroups withinit. to buildresilience support needs our RIC? What elsewouldyouwantyourschooltocollaborate onaspartof worked well teams.

Performance Team updating RICProfile Curriculum DHTs group establishedfor the CLPL programme supporting4session 18 Curriculumnetworks establishedinWest Practitioner andHTmeetings;RICBlog Innovative waysof schooling-structure Family learning Well- being/nurture initiatives whichhave Network withinsubjectareas Good parental practice-sharing Efficiency andnotto reinventthewheel Share DYW andGIRFEC practice H&WB Team’s plan. GIRFEC willbeshared through thenew Curriculum andSTEMstrategy for theRIC. to includeDYW data. Thiswillinform new University of Stirling. RIC. Developmentprogramme beingledby part of theNumeracyAcademy. input. NumeracyTeam providing trainingas training coursewithEducation Scotland in September2019. Lothian andbeingexpandedacross theRIC Curriculum networks andworkstream sharing resources. Microsoft Teams files for of the schoolday You said We did | Consultation outcomes | Consultation We Please add ideas that you have to support/contribute to the development of the Regional Improvement Collaborative. What asked added value would there be from your experience? Section 5

You establishments working together more closely said Align inset days Expand college links to increase breadth Hosting visits from other colleagues in the curriculum Opportunities for school leaders Discuss flexible curriculum and range of and teaching staff to meet and discuss qualifications being developed improvement priorities Establish quality improvement Pilot interventions and/or conduct small partnerships- engage in school tests of change, evaluate findings evaluation from different perspectives Structured approach to Special Needs

Agreements in place to work with Forth We Valley and West Lothian Colleges on did Curriculum, STEM and Numeracy, Virtual Campus developments. Neighbourhood schools groups identified. Discussion about Virtual Campus Validated Self Evaluation teams being being progressed. Scoping visit to E-Sgoil created. undertaken. Phase 3 plan developed to take forward. Head Teacher & Heads of Establishment meetings arranged-4 per session. Agreement to undertake programme of Validated Self Evaluation reviews together. Improvement priorities shared. Team of Quality Improvement Officers A range of projects being undertaken across developing framework for Session 19/20. all of the work streams. Initial meeting taken place and new plan being developed. Draft document produced with possible alignment agreed for Session 19/20. 20/21 under current discussion.

Follow us @ #FVWLric Plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional Improvement 31 Section 6 Performance and improvement profile Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional Improvement

32 Follow us @#FVWLric rates withintheregion rangedfrom 93%to ratings thantheScottishaverage. In2016/17 Collaborative region achievedhigherquality within theForthValley andWest Lothian 2010/11 and2016/17, allLocalAuthorities expansion of provision. Notably, between there isaneedtomaintainqualitywiththe good basedonCare Inspectorate reports but The qualityof provision across theregion is services. providers andthrough somechildminding week centres, private andvoluntarysector stand-alone localauthorityextendedday50 provision ismadethrough nurseryclasses, Across theregion EarlyLearningand Childcare three andfour yearolds. provided across theCollaborative for 7,875 Early LearningandChildcare placesare and 217AdditionalSupportNeedsTeachers. Primary Teachers, 2306SecondaryTeachers The teachingworkforce ismadeupof 2425 Appendix 2. detailed picture of ASNschoolsisattached in school pupilsand9%of Scotland’sschools.A Schools. Thisisjustunder10%of Scotland’s 29 Secondaryand16AdditionalSupportsNeeds services tonearly68,000 pupilsin173Primary, The Collaborative provides core education Profile of Forth Valley and West Lothian Region Early Years 484,700 orslightlylessthan9%ofScotland’s population. communities inallfourauthorities.TheCollaborative hasatotalpopulation of Stirling, throughurbanandpost-industrialmining,steelmanufacturing Collaborative geographywhichrangesfromruralhighlandandlowlandin of 3070squarekilometres.StirlingCouncil’sareacovers70%theoverall The ForthValley andWest anarea LothianImprovementCollaborative serves from 71%to79%. region equivalentpercentages currently range Within theForthValley andWest Lothian developmental milestonesat thesereviews. approximately 72%of children inScotlandmet motor, visionandhearing).In2015/16 & communication, gross motor, fine behavioural, attention, speech, language developmental domains(social,emotional, concern ordisorder againstaselectionof developmental status andtorecord any Government in2013toassesschildren’s Reviews were introduced bytheScottish 92%. 100%, compared totheScottish average of allocated across theregion. a significantamount of PEFfundingbeing schools ineachof the otherLAs,aswell Challenge (SAC) authorityandthere are SAC Clackmannanshire isaScottishAttainment Falkirk 11%,Stirling andWest Lothianboth7%. 15% of theirdata zones inthiscategory, to SIMD2016, withClackmannanshire having the 15%mostdeprivedinScotlandaccording Collaborative region 60data zones fallwithin Across the ForthValley andWest Lothian 33 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Section 6 | Performance and improvement profile 34 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Section 6 | Building the vision 90%. Thisrepresents, onaverage, everypupil attendance drops from S1toS2S3around average. However, across allfour authorities’ collaborative isalsoinlinewiththenational In S1-S3 overallattendance across theregional stages. national average at around 95%for allprimary regional collaborative isbroadly inlinewiththe Attendance at PrimarySchoolacross the and Further education in2017/18islinewith proportion of schoolleavers enteringHigher increased to94%in2017/18. Itisnotedthat the the national average (93%) andbothhave the regional collaborative wasthesameas destination onleaving school in2016/17across The percentage of schoolleavers inapositive 2017/18 butare belowthe national average 3,4 and5have increased from 2015/16to Clackmannanshire’s performance inquintiles performing betterthanthenational average. deprived) withonlyWest LothianandFalkirk below thenational average inquintile1(most SIMD quintiles2-5. However, itissignificantly young peopleisabovethenational average for average tariffpointscore for ourchildren and Across the regional collaborative asawholethe four authorities,asitisfor Scotlandasawhole. P1 toP4andagainP7. Thisisthecasefor all the expectedlevelsinnumeracydrops from However thepercentage of pupilsattaining stages across allfiveSIMDquintiles. from 2016/17 to2017/18. Thisisalsotruefor all and numeracy. Eachhasalsoshownanincrease all stagesinreading, writing,listening&talking marginally betterthanthenational average for collaborative asawhole are inlinewith,or The recorded CfE levelsacross theregional analysis of patterns of attendance across the be undertaken toprovide amore detailed missing onedayof schoolinten.Work will Attendance Positive Destinations Senior Phase(allS4Leaversin2017) Attainment: BroadGeneralEducation quintile 3andslightlydecreasing inquintile5 in quintiles2and4, remaining thesamein national average. West Lothianhasincreased 3,4 and5for thesame periodandisabovethe 2017/18,while Stirling hasincreased inquintiles 5 Falkirk have increased from 2015/16to except inquintile4. Inquintiles2,3,4 and the Literacystrategy. identified isReadingandthiswillbea focus of numeracy, across theregion. Anotherearlyarea seek todriveupattainment levels,particularlyin identify interventionstoaddress thisdrop and targets of theregional collaborative hasbeento 7 from 2016/17 to2017/18. Oneof theearly has demonstrated improvements inP1,4 and Numeracy intheForthValley andWest Lothian improvement. informs theiranalysis,strategy andplanning for the workstream performance measures and below links thedata setswithintheprofile to Government BenchmarkFramework. Thetable includes anarrative andlinks totheLocal in thePerformance Profile (Appendix3).This the Improvement Collaborative isattached A fullinsightintotheperformance data for initiatives toimprove attendance rates. the successof PupilEquityFunded targeted collaborative. Thiswillbecross-referenced with qualifications. of our youngpeopletoattain higherlevel case withtheaimof drivinguptheaspiration undertaken tobetterunderstandwhythisisthe compared to27%)respectively. Work willbe the national figure of 41%andbelow (24% national average inallquintiles. from 2015/16to2017/18butremains abovethe Follow us @#FVWLric planning andtarget specificoutcomes. The three, in-depthdata willberequired tosupport RIC. Aseachnewworkstream forms inphase developed adata packfor thewideruseof the data andprogression updates. Theyhave each teamitodrawtogetheragreed baseline overview. ThePerformance Team works with levels andHMIreports have provided agood ideas andplans.NumeracyLiteracyCfE information for theteamstodeveloptheir inform priorityareas totarget, andtoprovide and overseeshared data toanalyseand The Collaborative has worked tocollate Driver –Performance Information National Improvement Framework between data analysisandbroadercollaborative inquiry. the data andwiderperformanceinformation andensurethat thereisabalance attainment data. ItisapriorityfortheCollaborative tomake intelligentuseof all availableevidenceonperformancewithintheregion,includingschool the ForthValley andWest LothianCollaborative willplanonthebasisof In linewithnational guidanceonDevelopingRegional ImprovementPlans,   Measures ofsuccesswillbe:  improvement.   What dowe want to achieve?

the centre is reduced. the centre isreduced. and effective planning. as basedongooduseof data andevidence across theCollaborative willberecognised more confident indata literacy. gain adeeperunderstandingof based onimprovement methodology. sources are fit for theintendedpurpose, information andensure that evidence designed tomaximisethequalityof External feedback on planning and reporting External feedback onplanning andreporting Resources andsupportfor data analysis at Practitioners across theCollaborative are Evidence isusedacross theCollaborative to Improvement planningwillbecarefully

     What willwedo? this information tosupportthefocus of their Performance Profile). Eachworkstream is using strengths andareas for development(section5, of qualityindicator evaluations withkey secondary schools.Theseprovide asummary 2016-March 2018for special,primaryand collated inspectionreports from September The Performance Team have summarisedand a data impactassessment. RIC data sharingagreement, andhascompleted team isalsosupportingthedevelopmentof a project.

the povertyrelated attainment gap. partnerships across theCollaborative. across theCollaborative. economic andattainment schools. Share evidencebasedapproaches toclose Develop subjectandcurriculumarea Develop SchoolImprovement Partnerships Identify familiesof schoolsbasedonsocio- Gather data andestablishbaselines.

35 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Section 6 | Vision and strategic priorities Section 7 Delivering for the region: the next phase Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional Improvement

36 Follow us @#FVWLric Priorities oftheRIC STEM Curriculum & Developing the Curriculum: Health andWell Being Childcare Early Learningand Literacy Numeracy Priority Focus Plan havebeenprioritisedandagreed: school improvementplans,thefollowingwork-streams forthe2019-2020 Improvement Framework andtheStrategic Priorities,aswellananalysisof the availableperformancedata fortheregion.Taking accountoftheNational The ForthValley andWest LothianCollaborative hascarriedoutananalysison Performance information School improvement progress Assessment of children’s Teacher professionalism Parental engagement Performance Information progress Assessment of children’s School Improvement Professionalism Teacher Performance information School improvement progress Assessment of children’s Teacher professionalism Performance information School improvement Teacher professionalism progress Assessment of children’s Performance information School improvement Teacher professionalism NIF Drivers

who provide support and arangeof otherstaff on supportingteachers with arelentless focus range of professionals To bringtogethera numeracy learning experiencesin to deliverhighquality which buildstaff capacity learning approaches Develop collaborative in numeracy related attainment gaps reduce thepoverty Raise attainment and Work StreamAims attainment gap close thepovertyrelated raise attainment and Develop pathways that people for allchildren andyoung equitable andaccessible and ensure that it is Develop theCurriculum Inclusion. Wellbeing, Equalityand evaluation: Ensuring Support schoolswith learning engagement andfamily Develop parental Review PSEprogramme communities. people, staff andschool of children, young health andwell-being Support positivemental FVWL RIC in establishmentsthe very goodqualityELC experience goodor aged 2-3yearsoldwill 100 %of children By theendof 2020, educational attainment and youngpeople’s to improve children Lindsey Duncan Lynne McBain Peter Valentine Work StreamLead Leigh Watson Gillian Campbell Judith Edwards 37 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Section 7 | Delivering for the Region: The Plan, Phase 3 38 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Section 7 | Consultation outcomes Information Performance Professional Learning Career Long Priority Focus Curriculum development.Theseworkstreamsare: Numeracy, Literacy, EarlyLearningandChildcare,Health andWell Beingand activity intheregion.Thesethemessupporteachofpriorityfocusareas Two overarchingworkstreamssupportoverallimprovementandcollaborative Teacher professionalism progress Assessment of children’s School improvement Performance information Performance information progress Assessment of children’s Parental engagement School improvement School leadership Teacher professionalism NIF Drivers Evidence isusedacross methodology based onimprovement intended purpose, sources are fit for the ensure that evidence of information and Maximise theuse people children andyoung deliver excellence for and communitiesto head teachers,parents To empowerteachers, streams by eachof thework- being taken forward of theNIFwhichare To address expectations Work StreamAims confident indata literacy Collaborative are more Practitioners across the of improvement a deeperunderstanding the Collaborative togain Michael Davis Stefan Wyroslawski Work StreamLead Section 8 Measurement plan

Follow us @ #FVWLric Plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional Improvement 39 40 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Section 8 | Measurement plan progress Key Indicators andmeasures to evidence Improvement inattainment NIF Strategic Prioritiesofthe destinations skills andsustainedpositive Improvement inEmployability Early LearningandChildcare Literacy Collaborative inrelation tothefourkey strategic prioritiesoftheNIF. being tracked acrosstheForthValley andWest LothianImprovement a comprehensiveandconsistentapproachwithkey performanceindicators measures willbeusedtoassessprogressofRICpriorities.Thisprovide In linewiththe2019National ImprovementFramework, abasket of

Performance data andprofile Literacy plan Numeracy plan STEM plan Curriculum developmentplan Collaborative Partnerships Early LearningandChildcare plan Health andWell Beingplan Performance data andprofile Health andWell Beingplan Subject networks CLPL plan Early LearningandChildcare Plan Numeracy Plan Literacy Plan Performance data andprofile Subject networks CLPL plan Early LearningandChildcare Plan Numeracy Plan Literacy Plan RIC Prioritised Activityofthe 3.2 HMIereports and literacy Closing thegapdata for numeracy and 6 Closing thegapdata for levels5 3.2 HMIereports Level 5, 6and7awards Maths award data Numeracy CfE levels Literacy CfE levels Teacher professional judgement: Measures Leaver Destinations Participation measures Achievement Awards SCQF 4, 5,6 and7awards Developmental milestones Health andwell-beingsurveydata Exclusion rates Attendance rates Levels 5and6awards Section 9 Governance and Reporting Plan

Follow us @ #FVWLric Plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional Improvement 41 42 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Section 9 | Governance and Reporting Plan bottom up. leading from themiddle,collaboration and model that effectively reflects theprinciple of The Collaborative has developedaGovernance Collaborative hasbeen agreed andestablished. The structure for theImprovement Governance andReporting the “ask”. Engagementgroups are comprisedof and engagementgroups helpingtodevelop schools andpractitioners,withthereference responsible for developingthe“offer” to the leadershipandworkstream groups are The Governancestructure ensures that Scotland andtheScottishGovernment. that willretainlocalaccountability, workinginpartnershipwithEducation West LothianImprovementCollaborative hasagreedamodelofgovernance and thereportofsubsequentjointSteeringGroup,ForthValley and andtheDeputyFirstMinister,In linewiththeagreementbetweenCOSLA shared on thenextpage. in November2018andtheupdated versionis The firstRICGovernanceplanwasproduced RIC. colleagues are alsoupdated ontheworkof the education committeesof eachcouncil.Centre and tolocalelectedmembersviatherelevant Collaborative torespective ChiefExecutives The LeadOfficer reportsonthe progress ofthe practitioners andwiderstakeholder groups. Governance Plan August 2019 Governance Arrangements

Each Local Authority has its own unique set of circumstances. The experiences and learning from the SAC and PEF inform the way we work in partnership with each other.

The Forth Valley & West Lothian Regional revised plan submitted to the regional board. Improvement Collaborative aims to improve It has been agreed by the four Local Authorities outcomes for children and young people in line that lead roles will be aligned to provide coherence with the National Improvement Framework for to the work that is being undertaken on a regional Education: basis. The Chief Executive Officer, RIC Lead | Governance and Reporting Plan and Reporting | Governance Excellence through raising attainment: Director and RIC Lead Development Officer will ensuring that every child achieves the sit within one local authority for an 18 month basis highest standards in literacy and numeracy, which will then be open to review. Any change set out within Curriculum for Excellence would involve discussion with Education Scotland Section 9 levels, and the right range of skills, before approval of a new RIC Lead director. qualifications and achievements to allow Funding: Forth Valley & West Lothian Grant them to succeed and The Scottish Government has given the RIC a Achieving equity: ensuring every child has the grant for 1 year from 1st August 2018 to July same opportunity to succeed, with a 31st 2019. It has been agreed that monies will particular focus on closing the poverty sit separately from the ‘Lead’ local authority for related attainment gap. auditing purposes. A report on the use of grant Each Local Authority is responsible for the funds has been produced and sent to the Scottish provision of education for children and young Government (July 2019). people in terms of planning and delivery and will Staff employed to support the work of the be accountable for attainment and achievement Improvement Collaborative do so on a outcomes. The Improvement Collaborative will secondment basis and are line managed by provide ‘added value’ to the work of each local their local authority Lead Director. They remain authority and will engage in an annual review accountable to their local authority. which is informed by robust evaluation and a

Strategic and Operational Leadership

The work of the Improvement Collaborative Reporting will be supported by a number of strategic and The Regional Board will receive reports on the operational teams. The purpose and role of each progress of the Improvement Collaborative team within the governance arrangements are as from the Regional Lead Director and will meet follows: biannually (March & September). Chief Executive 1 Regional Board Membership Officers will be responsible for political reporting Chief Executive Officers and Education arrangements and sign off the plan in their own Spokespersons of Falkirk, Clackmannanshire, West local authority. The Chief Inspector of Education Lothian and Stirling. Scotland will be involved in signing off the annual plan and will be updated on progress through the Purpose Education Scotland Regional Adviser. The Regional To share the vision of the Collaborative. Lead Director will attend the National Council To drive the success of the FV&WL RIC plan. of RIC Lead Officers and will share progress of To support and facilitate collaborative projects RICs at a national level. and working together. To oversee the RIC grant allocation from the Scottish Government.

Follow us @ #FVWLric Plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional Improvement 43 2 Lead Directors Team 3 Lead Directors Team Membership Membership Relevant Director/Chief Education Officer with Regional Improvement Collaborative Lead responsibility for Education from each Local Development Officer; Lead Quality Improvement Authority. The RIC Lead Development Officer and Officer from each work stream- Numeracy, Senior Regional Adviser from Education Scotland Literacy, Early Learning & Childcare, Health are also members of this team. and Well Being, Curriculum, CLPL(Career Long Purpose Professional Learning); Performance Team Lead Officer; representative from the Communication To provide direction for the vision and aims of Team. the Improvement Collaborative. Purpose

| Governance and Reporting Plan and Reporting | Governance To support the Connect Team (work stream leads) in shaping and delivering outcomes To add value to the work of each Local for each priority. Authority. To ensure that all partners and stakeholders are To bring coherence across the priority work streams and work collaboratively to plan and Section 9 fully consulted and engaged in the development of the Improvement develop themes for improvement. Collaborative. To use information from the RIC Performance To share key developments in Local Authorities Profile to inform the direction of focus and to and consider opportunities for collaborative identify areas requiring improvement to support working that will support improvement achieving excellence and equity aims. outcomes. To further develop the Communication and To evaluate the overall performance of the Engagement strategy in collaboration with the Improvement Collaborative and support a Communication Team. robust measurement plan. To inform practitioners, leaders and partners To facilitate clear communication between the about the work of each work stream. key groups leading the work of the To support and develop a culture that Improvement Collaborative. empowers practitioners and develops To review and report on the impact of the grant systems leadership capacity by delivering on progress in achieving outcomes. quality professional learning programmes and providing opportunities to lead the growing Reporting range of projects supporting the Improvement The Lead Directors team reports to the regional Collaborative priorities. board. It meets every six weeks and receives Reporting updates on progress of the work streams from the RIC Lead Development Officer. Formal reports The Connect Team reports to the Lead Directors will be produced from each work stream quarterly Team. It meets monthly and will produce quarterly which will be presented to the lead directors reports for the Lead Directors Team. It will team for evaluation of progress. The evaluation also provide updated plans on an annual basis. of progress will be supported by the Performance Reporting will be supported by data from the Team. Each director will present regular progress Performance Team. of the Improvement Collaborative to elected members at each local authority’s committee meetings. Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional Improvement

44 4 Work Streams 5 Performance Team Membership Membership Work stream Lead Quality Improvement RIC Performance Officer; data analyst from each local Officers; practitioners & Education authority; input from RIC data coaches (1 for each local Officers representing each local authority; authority) representative from the Performance Team; Purpose representative from the Communication To provide a full Performance Profile for the Team (both will attend aligned with the venue Improvement Collaborative. which rotates); RIC Improvement Advisor; To provide data, analysis and narrative for the Care Inspectorate (ELCC Team); Numeracy regional profile including performance. pedagogues (Numeracy Team); Forth Valley

To provide data to inform work stream progress Plan and Reporting | Governance & West Lothian College representative; linked and next steps. Education Scotland Officer. To support the development of workstream Purpose measurement plans. To support the development of ‘the Ask To support and build confidence in practitioners Section 9 and the Offer’ of the RIC. using data for improvement. To create and produce driver diagrams Reporting and action plans for each priority. The Performance Team reports to the Lead Directors To clarify overarching aims and provide Team. The team is supported by the National Analytic Team detail of what is to be achieved. (Scottish Government). To develop measurement plans Communication Team that demonstrate baseline measures, The Communication Team comprises an IT/Digital Learning tracking and monitoring of progress, lead from each local authority with input from local authority targets and outcomes. Communication Officers. The role of the team is to develop To reflect on and act on the analysis the RIC digital platform that provides a communication provided by the Performance Team portal for collaboration across the four local authorities. to develop robust processes to A digital sharing agreement will support communication measure, collect and collate data throughout the Improvement Collaborative. which will be analysed to inform The team will work with work-streams to develop relevant progress. communication media for example, twitter, webinars, and To co-ordinate and monitor blogs. They will also support strategies for PR in advertising progress of sub-teams leading on professional learning opportunities and RIC events. the range of related projects Engagement Groups for each priority theme. Reference Groups have been formed and comprise Early To communicate the work of the group Years, Primary and Secondary Head Teachers. Practitioners to all stakeholders and partners and build and Pupils groups will be formed in Session 2019-2020 to collaborative networks to support consult on current and evolving priority themes, and support developing themes. building the scope of the Improvement Collaborative. To engage with stakeholders on the Professional Associations meet with the RIC Lead Director work and progress of projects and inform and Lead Development Officer, and a formal calendar of next steps from feedback through RIC engagement meetings is established. Consultation events/evaluations and meeting with RIC reference groups. Widening Collaboration Reporting As the scope of the Improvement Collaborative expands, new groups are forming and will be considered in the wider The work streams – report to the RIC planned vision. Projects led by Education Psychology Teams, Lead Development Officer. They will meet CLD, ASN, Local Authority PEF Teams and Finance Teams are monthly with diaries agreed for the year. established and developing. Groups not directly leading on priorities will be included as ‘self-generating RIC teams’ and welcomed to spread the collaborative nature of the region.

Follow us @ #FVWLric Plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional Improvement 45 46 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Section 9 | Governance and Reporting Plan Improvement Collaborative Forth Valley &West Lothian Regional Lead Officers Work Stream Connect Connect Community Learning &Development Educational Psychology Improving Performance Lead Directors Team Communication Regional Board Finance CLPL Early Learning &ChildCare Health &Well Being Curriculum Numeracy Literacy Membership of Teams

Clacks Falkirk Stirling West Lothian Strategic Board Nikki Bridle Kenneth Lawrie Carol Beattie Graham Hope CEO Cllr Graham Cllr Adanna Cllr Susan McGill Cllr David Dodds Education Chair Lindsay McCue Elected members People Education Children & Policy Committee Executive Young People Development & Committee Scrutiny Panel RIC Lead Director Elaine Cook Lead Directors Team Anne Pearson Robert Naylor Kevin Kelman | Governance and Reporting Plan and Reporting | Governance RIC Lead Development Siobhan McGarty Officer

Connect Team Numeracy CLPL ELCC Literacy Section 9 Work Stream Lead Peter Valentine Stefan Judy Edwards Lindsey Duncan Quality Improvement Lynne McBain Wyroslawski Officers Performance Performance Michael Davis

Partners

Education Scotland University of Stirling Forth Valley College West Lothian College Winning Scotland Foundation Gateway- CPD Manager La Salle Education (Mathematics); Maths Recovery Council; Edgehill University; Oxford University Press Scottish Book Trust

Follow us @ #FVWLric Plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional Improvement 47 Appendice 1 Forth Valley & West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative Summary Report Phase 2, 2018-2019 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional Improvement

48 Follow us @#FVWLric learners inbuilding areading culture. At the skills inpedagogiesrequired toengage developed approaches tobuildpractitioners’ Asubgroup of theLiteracyTeam has across theImprovement Collaborative. have identifiedbestpracticeandare sharing FV&WL RICBlog)tosupportpedagogy. They have developedadigitalsharingspace(onthe confidence inprofessional judgement.They pack for Readinginorder to build practitioner team todevelopahighqualitymoderation Literacy QAMSOshave worked with thelead identified: the Improvement Collaborative, 3aimswere consideration of current strategies throughout Through consultation withpractitionersand as anarea for improvement from 3-18. Excellence (CfE) levelsandidentifiedReading The LiteracyTeam reviewed Curriculumfor quality literacylearningexperiencesfor all. which buildstaff capacitytodeliverhigh develop collaborative learningapproaches The aimof theLiteracyworkstream isto available from theNumeracyteam. approach increased. Afullreport of theproject is all children supportedbythisimprovement progress. Theattainment outcomesfor nearly throughout theproject andsupportedintracking and understanding.Thestaff were coached who hadgapsintheirNumeracyknowledge strategy tosupportchildren inPrimary2 being trainedinaspecificnumeracyintervention each localauthority. Theproject involved staff undertaken withanumberof schoolsfrom Methodology, asmallscaleproject was Using theprinciplesof Improvement numeracy. to deliverhighqualitylearningexperiencesin learning approaches whichbuildstaff capacity early tofirstlevel,anddevelopcollaborative reduce the povertyrelated attainment gapfrom The aimsof theNumeracy workstream are to The FV&WL prioritiesfor 2018-2019: 2 1 Literacy Numeracy Judgement Developing Teachers’ Professional Building aReadingCulture currently at theresearch/scoping phase. Literacy Academywhichis underdesignandis Literacy planhasexpanded toincludea lead officer inJuly 19, thescope ofthe With theappointmentof afulltimeLiteracy and developanational award. Improvement Collaborative toaccredit reading into apilotwith40schoolsfrom across the The ScottishBookTrust andhasentered The teamhasestablishedapartnershipwith been created andshared withpractitioners. currently usedacross thefour authoritieshas A frameworkof successfulinterventions supporting testsof change. of CLPL, networkingopportunitiesand of practitioners through collaborative delivery teachers inreading whowill developcapacity to becomelead number of teacherswithineachlocalauthority attitudes andskills.Theyhave identifiedasmall approaches todevelopingpositivereading Collaborate’, theteamshared research based FV&WL Conference, ‘It’s aGoodTimeto deliver thetrainingprogramme. pedagogues have been appointedandwill programmes. 2fulltimeNumeracyexpert a physicalclassroom spacefor thetraining been designedwithasiteidentifiedtocreate and Maths Recovery. ANumeracyAcademyhas include EdgeHillUniversity, LaSalleEducation including teachingandsupportstaff. Partners training andcontinuoussupporttopractitioners been commissionedtoprovide highquality for Session19/20. Arangeof partnershave developed andisready for implementation substantial collaborative offer hasbeendesigned, Numeracy andMathematics. Theresult isthat a a rangeof interventionstrategies todevelop considerable research anddevelopmentof The leadNumeracyteamhasundertaken 3 Early Vocabulary Development 49 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Appendice 1 Early Learning and Childcare

The aim of the Early Learning and Childcare practitioners from across the 4 local authorities

Appendice 1 Appendice work stream is to achieve 100 % of children showcased examples of good practice in aged 2-3 years old experiencing good or very working with 2 year olds. The workshops good quality ELC in establishments in the focussed on music and early literacy, increasing Regional Collaborative by the end of 2020. practitioners knowledge in speech and The ELCC team undertook an analysis of language development, increasing parental inspection reports across the Improvement engagement through quality conversations/ Collaborative and gauged that on average, the improving educators skills in engaging with quality of learning and teaching was good. They families, flexible and responsive planning , developed a framework to support educational improving outcomes for children using personal establishments in using self-evaluation learning plans and increasing expressive arts effectively to identify areas for improvement experiences for two year olds. and plan strategically to implement change. The team has shared their approaches to the The team led a conference in February 2019 expansion programme for Early Years and (It’s a Good Time to be Two) with significant supported each other with current challenges input from HMIe colleagues and Improvement and future planning. They devised remits and Advisors. This supported 250 practitioners in appointed 4 Support Officers who will support developing their understanding of improvement each local authority in developing Early Years methodology and self- evaluation indicators pedagogy, as well as linking with the work of used by HMIe during the inspection process. A each of the Improvement Collaborative’s work market place showcasing organisations such streams. as the Scottish Childminding Association and Bookbug, and a series of workshops led by

Career Long Professional Learning

The aim of the work stream is to address programme (launching September 19) has expectations of the NIF which are being taken been developed by a team of approximately forward by each of the work-streams, and 40 facilitators and partners from a range of empower teachers, head teachers, parents and organisations including Education Scotland, communities to deliver excellence for children Stirling and Strathclyde Universities, Forth and young people in the Regional Collaborative. Valley and West Lothian Colleges, Police The CLPL work stream undertook an analysis Scotland, Teaching Unions, school leaders, of recent inspection reports throughout the RIC Community Learning & Development Improvement Collaborative. They identified the officer team, Educational Psychologist team. areas of Learning, Teaching and Assessment as The facilitators have collaborated together at a a focus for improvement and developed a series series of conferences to design and agree the of professional learning activities to address format and standardise the approach to the this key indicator determining school progress. programme. 140 practitioners attended 2 symposiums and The themes of the programme aim to address provided positive reflective feedback on the NIF priorities and include the Numeracy usefulness of the events. Academy, development of a Literacy Academy, With the appointment of a full time lead for Health and Well Being sessions, STEM, family CLPL, the momentum of the work stream learning, parental engagement, and additional plan increased and the lead team developed a support needs. Participants will be able significant RIC CLPL offer. This was designed to access the programme through a new to address the priorities of the RIC and the system which will enable signing up, support outcomes of the Improvement Collaborative professional review and development, and consultation in January 2019 ie. the ‘ask and provide analytical data for the CLPL team. offer’. The new and bespoke FV&WL CLPL Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional improvement Improvement

50 Follow us @#FVWLric Feedback onthePhase2Plan four localauthorities. being reviewed bylegalteamsineachof the currently inprogress, andadraft versionis Data SharingAgreement isrequired. Thisis For theprofile tobefullypopulated, aRIC comparative figure insome of themeasures. able todemonstrate progress withat leastone They have collated relevant data andare now within theNational Improvement Framework. of performance measures that alignwiththose The Performance Team hasdevelopedasuite Governance planandan‘Achievements to group withintheGovernanceplan.The reporting mechanismisexplainedfor each Authority). Themembership,purposeand and Education Spokespersons of eachLocal a newRegionalBoard (membership:CEOs of each RICgroup includingthecreation of has beenwrittenwhichprovides anoverview outcome is that aFV&WL RIC Governance Plan Spokespersons andtheleadDirectors. The the ChiefExecutive Officers,Education Collaborative have beendiscussed between The Governancearrangementsof the of theRegionalCollaborative inSession17/18. key data anddevelopingtrends from thestart The Performance Team hascreated aprofile of processes. development of their aims andmeasurement by Improvement Advisorstosupportthe Each of theworkstreams hasbeensupported literacy. Collaborative are more confident indata practitioners across theImprovement gain adeeperunderstandingof improvement; used across theImprovement Collaborative to on improvement methodology;evidenceis sources are fit for theintendedpurpose,based use of information andensure that evidence The aimof theworkstream istomaximisethe Developing thePerformanceProfile Strengthening Governancearrangements Performance Information attainment gap. attainment andclosingthepovertyrelated are demonstrating improvements inraising based progress of interventionstrategies that ‘next practice’schoolswhowillshare evidence under earlydevelopmentisadirectory mapof work stream priorityaims.Afurtherdata set also provide progress measures for eachof the overview withahighlinesetof measures, and The aimof theprofile istoprovide aprogress West Lothian)tookuptheposition. Elaine Cook(DeputeChiefExecutive Officer, Falkirk) completedhis tenure asRICLeadand Robert Naylor(Director of Children’s Services, been completedandonthe1stMarch 2019, and willthenbereviewed. Thefirstperiodhas will sitwithinoneLAfor an18monthperiod Director andRICDevelopmentOfficer roles It hasbeenagreed that theCEO, RICLead meetings. Members at eachof theLA committee Date’ paperhave beenshared withElected Numeracy andLiteracyproject. schools andprovide analyticalsupportfor each Coaches from eachlocalauthoritytoidentify data. Theteamare alsoworkingwiththeData confidence inpractitionersusingandanalysing CLPL programme. Thisisdesignedtobuild offer for Session19/20aspart of theRIC in May2019. Theyhave alsodeviseda4session Conference, ‘It’s aGoodTimetoCollaborate’ and seniorleadersfor example,at theFV&WL of CLPLactivitiesfor practitioners,middle The Performance Team hasdelivered arange their priorities,aimsandstrategy. Each workstream hasusedthedata toinform 51 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Appendice 1 Communication & Engagement Strategy

The Communication and Engagement Strategy The top area of professional learning that

Appendice 1 Appendice was launched in October 2018 and is supported schools and educational establishments by the creation of a RIC Communication Team. would like to be offered through the support As well as sharing the phase 2 plan, a range of of the RIC is Developing the Curriculum communication updates have been provided (73%). to schools and educational establishments The main curriculum areas that would through e-bulletins, power-point presentations benefit from regional collaboration are for inset meetings, and the RIC lead team H&WB, Numeracy and Maths, and Languages. regularly attending Head Teacher and Local 91% of respondents asked for learning from Authority Officer meetings. other schools’ good practice. The new FV&WL RIC Digital Platform was The Improvement Collaborative’s Primary launched on the 12th February 2019 and and Secondary Head Teacher Reference provides information and updates about the Groups were established in February 2019, work of the RIC. This is supported by a RIC and have met to discuss the outcomes of the twitter feed and You Tube. Consultation, as well as provide feedback on A FV&WL RIC Consultation on the ‘Ask and proposals to take the ‘Offer’ forward. They also Offer’ of the RIC was carried out in January act in a consultancy role about collaborative 2019 with a full analysis and Summary paper developments with Head Teachers, Heads of being produced to highlight key outcomes. Key Establishments, practitioners and partners. points from the summary include: The RIC Development Officer and Lead 64 schools/educational establishments Directors keep partners updated on RIC responded (29%) progress and have attended meetings with A significant ask is for schools to share good teaching and non-teaching unions, Ed Psych practice especially PEF interventions and to teams, CLD and FE/HE. be supported in building confidence in the A range of engagement events have taken use of data for improvement place which provided practitioners with the Professional Learning asks: Self- evaluation in opportunity to become more involved with practical ways to involve all stakeholders; visit the work of the RIC, network and develop other schools; shadowing; share relationships across local authorities and improvement methodologies; building be supported with learning that develops leadership capacity (middle and HT); collaborative professionalism. A series of FV&WL Moderation- provide bank of holistic RIC themed conferences are being developed assessments in literacy and numeracy; for Session 19/20 to widen engagement with moderate beyond council context; create work stream projects and build collaborative example pieces and a bank of holistic networks and partnerships. assessments/benchmarked. The preferred means of communication to engage with other schools and staff across the RIC is to develop a seminar/RIC events programme and build up networks. Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional improvement Improvement

52 Follow us @#FVWLric and considerhowitwillbedevelopedfor theImprovement Collaborative. undertaken for example,avisittotheE-Sgoil in theWestern Islestolookat theirvirtualcampus organisation for allfour localauthorities.Arangeof scopingandresearch activitieshave been system tosupporttheco-ordination andevaluation of CLPLhasbeendevelopedwiththeGateway and research supportfrom Stirling University. AnewCPD(career longprofessional learning) The granthaspaidfor professional learningactivities,theWinningScotlandFoundation project, each post.To date, thefollowing postshave beenappointed: (to runfrom August1st2018–31stJuly2019)anddevelopedarecruitment plantoenliststaff to The FV&WLRegionalImprovement Collaborative received agrantof £899270inNovember2018 Numeracy expertPedagogues(2) Business Manager(0.2) Comms Officer (0.2) ELCC Officersx4(FT) Data Coach(FT) Data Coach(FT) RIC Performance Officer(FT) CLPL lead(FT) Literacy lead(FT) Numeracy leads(FT) Development Officer Improvement Collaborative Lead Director Improvement Collaborative Lead Post The RICGrantandRecruitment West Lothian West Lothian Lothian Clacks/Falkirk/Stirling/West Stirling, Clackmannanshire Falkirk West Lothian West Lothian Stirling West Lothian Clackmannanshire West Lothian West Lothian West Lothian Falkirk Local Authority August 19 March 2019 February 2019 March 2019 July 2019 March 2019 August 2018 March 2019 Aug 2018-Feb 2019 Start Date August 2019 March 2019 March 2019 August 19 53 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Appendice 1 Building Collaborative Relationships

Appendice 1 Appendice A number of partnerships are developing across the RIC:

Communication & Engagement Strategy

Principle Educational Psychologists have The Winning Scotland Foundation (WSF) completed a joint numeracy project together presented a successful pitch to a representative and they are formalising work with the RIC group from the FV&WL Improvement Numeracy team to be built in to the next stage Collaborative and as a result their project has of the RIC plan. They are also supporting the been developed with the Numeracy team. This professional learning programme with course entails a 1 Year training programme (Masters delivery and consultation advice about self- level accredited by Glasgow Caledonian evaluation processes. University): Numeracy and Growth Mindset, Exploring common themes has led to a being offered to teams of practitioners/senior partnership agreement being developed with leaders. A cohort of 75 teachers will begin the Forth Valley and West Lothian Colleges to programme in Session 2019-20. The WSF and support a joint STEM strategy. This will focus on the FV&WL RIC have also started a joint project skills development at Primary Science level and to co-design ‘Literacy and Growth Mindset’ with collaboration with the RIC Numeracy Academy support from Strathclyde University, and are at to develop research based approaches to the early stages of a joint venture to develop Numeracy learning and teaching in schools and Science Mindset. colleges. To support collaborative networking, a directory A collaborative partnership has been established of people has been created which is informing with the University of Stirling. The outcome the RIC map being designed and developed by from discussion is that the collaboration entails: the Communication and Performance teams. The mapping has aligned neighbourhood Consultancy on a range of issues including 1 school groups and supported the first joint early years; numeracy; literacy; curriculum; Head Teacher meetings in May and June 2019. pedagogy and assessment, children’s rights and A series of 4 meetings have been arranged participation; and STEM. for Session 19/20 where each local authority Research services, including baseline data 2 will host and lead a Primary/Early Years and generation and analysis, evaluation and Secondary meeting to build collaborative research to understand process/dynamics. partnership working together. A 4 day programme of curriculum 3 This summary report along with detailed development through critical collaborative reports from each work stream, feedback from professional enquiry, aimed at senior/middle practitioner events and consultations will inform leaders with responsibility for curriculum in their planning for the next phase. schools. A 6 seminar programme plus recall session 4 of professional learning in promoting system level change through enhancing pedagogical practices. Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional improvement Improvement

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Appendice 2 Workforce planning

The workforce plan provides an overview of the current commitment in terms

Appendice 2 Appendice of officer time and requirements of the plan for Phase 3. This also reflects the work done during the period from August 2018 until the end of July 2019.

It is anticipated that officers will be able to is needed within the collaborative to provide commit more of their time to the work of the further analytical support and so a Performance collaborative as individual authorities re-profile Officer has been appointed to this work on their existing activities and commitments to a full time basis (seconded). As part of the established processes in line with both the second phase of the plan, a full time Regional priorities already identified and further work- Improvement Collaborative Lead Development streams as they emerge. In addition there will Officer was appointed and supports the be a commitment of time, both from promoted development of the plan and co-ordinated staff and front-line practitioners from across approach to delivery. the four council areas, as collaborative work- A collaborative wide workforce profile streams continue to develop. workforce provides a profile on a sectoral basis. The Lead Directors Group oversees project From this profile the collaborative identifies management and administrative support. future staffing needs to assist with planning for The Improvement Collaborative has worked project delivery on areas such as ELC expansion with both the Scottish Government Analytical (4 Support Officers have been appointed in Services Team and with the Improvement August 2019, one from each Local Authority); Service to assist with the development of subject specific shortages to inform curriculum the Regional Improvement Plan. It has been planning; and CLPL needs to ensure succession recognised that additional dedicated capacity planning for management and leadership roles.

Role Responsibilities Time Commitment Lead Director Lead the strategic development of the 0.5 week Elaine Cook (West Lothian) Improvement Collaborative and Chair the Lead Directors Team. Provide updates to the Depute Chief Executive Officer Scottish Government, Education Scotland and the Forth Valley & West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative Board. Core Leadership Team Directors/ Work with the Lead Director to promote and 6 weekly Lead Directors Chief Officers embed a collaborative culture. Team meetings. Elaine Cook (West Lothian) Drive progress through oversight and Monthly update to Anne Pearson direction of the themed areas of focus, Extended Leadership (Clackmannanshire) and support development of new priority Team in own local themes for development in the next phase authority. Kevin Kelman (Stirling) of the plan. Estimate of 1 day per Robert Naylor (Falkirk) fortnight dedicated to the work of the collaborative. Lead Development Officer Provide an overview of the Collaborative Full Time Siobhan McGarty (West Lothian) to build coherence throughout the RIC plan. Provide guidance with a framework to develop the next phase of the plan. Connect the range of work streams and lead groups to further develop the strategic direction of the RIC. Develop the Communication and Engagement strategy to widen awareness and develop effective communication across the RIC. Lead next consultation about the current work of the RIC. Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional improvement Improvement

56 Follow us @#FVWLric Yvonne Lindsay(Clacks) Support Officer Team: Judy Edwards Manager Lead Service Early Learning&Childcare Team: Leigh Graham(Clacks) Nicola Roberts (Stirling) Kimberley Robinson (Falkirk) Stuart McIntyre(West Lothian) Data CoachTeam: Judy Edwards(Stirling) Adrienne Aitken (Clacks) Kay Robertson (Stirling) Susan Thompson(Falkirk) Lothian) Maureen McNaughton(West Lothian) Rendle, PTNumeracy(WestMary (West Lothian) Lynda Stewart,PTNumeracy Lead QIOPeterValentine Lead QIOLynne McBain Numeracy Team: Pupils/Practitioners/Parents Primary/Secondary Establishment: EarlyYears/ Head Teachers andHeadsof Reference Groups Elaine Craigen,(Falkirk) Marion Cochrane(West Lothian) Emma McFarland (Clacks) Jacqui Burns(Stirling) Carolyne McDaid(Stirling) Carol Turnbull (Falkirk) Lead QIOLindseyDuncan Literacy Team : Michael Davis(West Lothian) Performance Officer Lindsey Duncan(West Lothian) Stefan Wyroslawski (Stirling) Peter Valentine (West Lothian) (Clackmannanshire) Lynne McBain Judy Edwards(Stirling) Quality Improvement Officers Work Stream Lead Role and Childcare plan. actions setoutintheEarlyLearning Support theLeadQIOtodeliver the plan. the Gap’prioritiesidentifiedinLA local authoritytosupportthe‘Closing out ineachplan.Work withinown and Literacytodelivertheactionsset Support theLeadQIOsfor Numeracy actions setoutintheNumeracyplan. Support theLeadQIOtodeliver the Improvement Collaborative. development of the‘Ask andOffer’ of and future planning, supportthe Provide feedback on current the Improvement Collaborative. development of the‘Ask andOffer’ of and future planning,supportthe Provide feedback oncurrent towards improvement targets. evidence progress and working Develop measurement plansthat best practicetoscale. evidence this.Planapproaches totake Identify successfulpracticeand the samecharacteristics. schools and“families”of schoolswith specialist advice/supportfor individual professional learningprogramme and Design, developandplana team. action planswitheachworkstream Lead thedevelopmentanddeliveryof each of thethemedareas. to developdetailedactionplansin Gather andanalysedata andevidence Responsibilities collaborative. dedicated totheworkof the Estimate of ½dayperweek 6 weeklymeetings Each QIOisFull Time Time Commitment part tofulltime. Support Officersrange from collaborative. dedicated totheworkof the Estimate of ½dayperweek 6 weeklymeetings Time Each Data CoachisFull PT Numeracy-Full Time collaborative. dedicated totheworkof the Estimate of ½dayperweek 6 weeklymeetings collaborative. dedicated totheworkof the Estimate of ½dayperweek 6 weeklymeetings 57 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Appendice 2 Role Responsibilities Time Commitment Career Long Professional Learning Support the Lead QIO to deliver the actions 6 weekly meetings

Appendice 2 Appendice Team: set out in the CLPL plan. Estimate of ½ day Lead QIO Stefan Wyroslawski per week dedicated Rhona Jay (Falkirk) to the work of the collaborative. Laura Baird (Falkirk) Sandra Logan (Stirling) Anne Hutchison (Clackmannanshire) Iain McDermott (West Lothian) Performance Team: Support the Lead Officer to deliver the 6 weekly meetings Lead Officer Michael Davis actions set out in the Performance plan. Estimate of ½ day per Siobhan McGarty week

Communication and Engagement Develop and enhance a digital platform 6 weekly meetings. Team for the Improvement Collaborative. Project work which Lead: Siobhan McGarty Support the RIC with media developments, is estimated as ½ day digital learning including the design and Malcolm Wilson (Falkirk) per week during peek implementation of the RIC Virtual Campus. periods of development. Laura Compton (West Lothian) Vicki Sherry (Stirling) Lorna Murdoch(Clacks)

Education Scotland Advisers Support the work of each work stream and Time allocations to be Attainment Advisers the overarching RIC plan. established. Improvement Advisors

Administrative support Provide admin support to the lead director Full Time Claire Tough & development officer

Business Support Support the business needs of the 1 day per week Yvonne McDonald (West Lothian) Improvement Collaborative.

Communication Support Support the communications and media Commissioned work West Lothian Comms Team needs of the Improvement Collaborative. approximately ½ day per week NEW TEAMS to be established: Establish new teams and leads to take plans 6 weekly meetings. Lead: Siobhan McGarty forward. Estimate of ½ day Curriculum devpt; STEM; per week dedicated to the work of the Health and Well Being collaborative. Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional improvement Improvement

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Appendice 3 Communication and Engagement Strategy

It is a priority of the Improvement Collaborative to further develop and

Appendice 2 Appendice communicate the vision of what we aim to achieve and how we will do this together.

Learners

Learning environments

Local Authorities working together

What have we achieved so far?

A phase 2 Communication and Engagement The governance plan created in phase 2 plan has supported a range of strategies also helped to formalise and plan for regular to raise awareness of the work of the work stream meetings, build coherence to Improvement Collaborative, and engage planning across the priority areas and practitioners and partners with developing improve communication links between work priorities. streams and associated partners. The plan was used to respond to the ‘Ask’ The RIC blog has supported the sharing from practitioners throughout the RIC. of RIC developments and collaborative As a result, an increased number of face to professionalism between practitioners across face engagement events took place with an the Improvement Collaborative. increasing number being planned for phase 3. Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional improvement Improvement

60 Learning environments Learners Follow us @#FVWLric shared values and aims shared values andaims RIC culture basedon development of a This supportsthe vision andambition. rationale of theRIC, the purposeand understanding about There isa shared opportunities. CLPL andnetwork have accesstoRIC work of theRICand understanding of the knowledge and will have asound All practitioners communication. teams ensuringclear between strategic Effective planning priorities of theRIC improvement to achievethe collaboratively and workingtogether professional learning RIC, &engagein of theworkof the will buildknowledge learning communities Practitioners, and provision. planning and will inform future RIC stakeholders and askof the picture of theneeds An uptodate the RICplan. staff are familiarwith learning community All schoolsand Role establishments. all schoolsandeducational The planwasshared with Responsibilities consult role. authority andproviding a membership from eachlocal Years andSecondary)with established (Primary/Early HT Reference groups basis. and isproduced onatermly launched inOctober2018 A RICnewsletterwas effective planningstrategy. (November 2018)supported The RICGovernanceplan beyond theRIC. working togetheracross and RIC andengagespeoplein the uptodate workof the each priority, communicates development of theworkof 2019, that supportsthe and launchedFebruary platform hasbeencreated A digitalcommunication Improvement Collaborative. of the‘Ask andOffer’ of the support thedevelopment current andfuture planning, Provide feedback on work streams and Education Build partnershipsbetween RIC workstreams. that willengagepeoplewith and othermediachannels to supporttheuseof twitter of theRICBlog.Continue Develop theuseandscope collaborative. dedicated totheworkof the Estimate of ½dayperweek 6 weeklymeetings insets withstaff. power-points tosupport HT meetingsandprovide and partners.Discussat educational establishments, plan withallschools, Share the2019-2022 Time Commitment Improvement Collaborative. message andvisionof the to progress theshared and consultwithmedia Review theRICbrand established. reference groups tobe Practitioner, Pupil,Parent email. with practitionersthrough basis andshared directly produced onamore regular The RICnewsletterwillbe Scotland links. reps tosupport the Connect workstream Communication team collaborative. dedicated totheworkof the Estimate of ½dayperweek 6 weeklymeetings Heads of Establishments Head Teachers RIC developmentofficer Time Commitment Media team Communication team Parent Councils Pupil Councils Practitioners Establishments Head Teachers &Headsof RIC DevelopmentOfficer Scotland team Digital team,Education Communication team 61 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Appendice 2 Role Responsibilities Time Commitment Time Commitment

Build partnerships Two engagement events held: 4 HT/Heads of RIC lead officer

Appendice 2 Appendice and progress the It’s a Good Time to be Two Establishment meetings RIC Development officer implementation of planned for Session (February 2019) with 250 HT Reference groups work stream plans. practitione RIC Head Teachers 2019-2020 (Secondary; Local Authority senior and Heads of Establishment Primary/Early Years). education teams meetings held in May/June Neighbourhood groups of 2019 for Secondary and schools identified based on Primary/Early Years. similar characteristics and will support collaborative Agreement that each local networking. authority will host a meeting next session. New team of local authority partners – Education rs; It’s a Good Time to Officer teams and Heads of Collaborate (May 2019) with Education will be established 300 practitioners. with a focus on quality improvement. Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 plan 2019-2022 Collaborative Regional improvement Improvement

62 work stream plans. implementation of and progress the Build partnerships Role 300 practitioners. Collaborate (May2019)with rs; It’saGoodTimeto next session. authority willhostameeting Agreement that eachlocal Primary/Early Years. 2019 for Secondaryand meetings heldinMay/June and Headsof Establishment practitione RICHeadTeachers (February 2019)with250 It’s aGoodTimetobeTwo Two engagementeventsheld: Responsibilities improvement. with afocus onquality Education willbeestablished Officer teamsandHeads of partners –Education New teamof localauthority networking. will supportcollaborative similar characteristicsand schools identifiedbasedon Neighbourhood groups of Primary/Early Years). 2019-2020 (Secondary; planned for Session Establishment meetings 4 HT/Headsof Time Commitment education teams Local Authoritysenior HT Reference groups RIC Developmentofficer RIC leadofficer Time Commitment Follow us @#FVWLric 63 Regional Improvement Collaborative Plan 2019-2022 Appendice 2 Forth Valley and West Lothian Improvement Collaborative

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