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Implementation

How might we monitor and evaluate our progress?

It is helpful if a school’s starting point is informed by sound data analysis as this will help identify strengths and weaknesses, set priorities for action, and monitor the effects of any changes made. It is best to use a range of sources of information in an attempt to obtain the complete picture. There is a lot to be learned, for example, through observation and discussion with staff and pupils both formally and informally.

Schools can analyse the data collected routinely, for example through incident logs, pupil attainment, attitude surveys and attendance data, while others have concentrated on observations both as part of the evaluation process and to improve the quality of learning and teaching. Questionnaires that are completed by pupils, staff, parents and carers and other members of the school community can all provide useful information about the impact of the work of the school to improve SEAL. These can be developed internally or be selected from the wide range of published tools that claim to profile, assess and sometimes measure social and emotional skills. Most of these are concerned with the skills of individuals; only a few attempt to get a picture of whole schools and classrooms.

When selecting assessment tools they should be examined carefully to ensure that they fit with the aims and ethos of the school and their approach to developing social and emotional skills. Try to select those that set out to measure the skills and competences of SEAL and have a positive focus.