Notes on Appendices

NON-MANDATORY MATERIALS DESIGNED TO ASSIST SELF-STUDY COMMITTEES IN THEIR WORK

Notes on the Use of these Appendices

• These are non-mandatory materials. Part Two Self-Study Committees A to G may choose to use some, all or none of them. (Exception: In Section B, the Vertical Subjects Rating Grid must be used. Once completed it should be attached to the Section B Vertical Summary Report.)
• Self-Study Committees may wish to choose some of the items in these appendices to guide their work – particularly while evidence is being gathered during the “SSC Preparation Step”. However, it is not intended that committees should spend too much time gathering mass evidence just for its own sake. Committees should spend the bulk of their time in analysis, reflection, evaluation and consensus building about improvement initiatives.
• Many of the items listed in these appendices, and other useful evidence, may already be available in the school - possibly in the form of a compiled manual or handbook. It is not intended that SSC’s should “re-invent the wheel” if appropriate documentation already exists.
• If any Committee decides to use one or more of the possible templates/tables shown in these appendices: