The GA runs the SECONDARY GEOGRAPHY QUALITY MARK.
The Key Stage 3 Secondary Geography Quality Mark is a framework which has been developed by the Geographical Association to enable subject leaders to raise the standards of geography in school, supporting the teaching of quality geography and promoting department leadership and management.
The overarching strength of the Quality Mark is its capacity to act as an effective 'lever of change' for the development of geography in the schools that take part. Undertaking the Quality Mark engages all staff in the department in a process of reflection about how well the department is achieving its aims and where its priorities lie. The template is based on the whole school Self-Evaluation Form (SEF), well-honed by Ofsted, thus matching the generic SEF which each head teacher goes through annually in reviewing the school's work. Nothing could be more relevant to a subject leader's consideration of how to act next, to improve his or her department.
The whole team takes part in an ongoing process of curriculum review, identifying priorities for departmental CPD, sharing good practice around a framework for encouraging creative and critical thinking about curriculum making and developing a dynamic, relevant KS3.
The latest schools to be awarded the SECONDARY QUALITY MARK are:
This time, schools have also been able to put themselves forward as a "CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE". The schools on the list above that are marked with an asterisk * have achieved this additional recognition
In July I was involved in the moderation process, and experienced some outstanding examples of quality geography.
I hope to visit some of these schools over the next year...
If you would like to apply for the Quality Mark, contact Justin Woolliscroft or Julie Beattie at the GEOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION.
The Key Stage 3 Secondary Geography Quality Mark is a framework which has been developed by the Geographical Association to enable subject leaders to raise the standards of geography in school, supporting the teaching of quality geography and promoting department leadership and management.
The overarching strength of the Quality Mark is its capacity to act as an effective 'lever of change' for the development of geography in the schools that take part. Undertaking the Quality Mark engages all staff in the department in a process of reflection about how well the department is achieving its aims and where its priorities lie. The template is based on the whole school Self-Evaluation Form (SEF), well-honed by Ofsted, thus matching the generic SEF which each head teacher goes through annually in reviewing the school's work. Nothing could be more relevant to a subject leader's consideration of how to act next, to improve his or her department.
The whole team takes part in an ongoing process of curriculum review, identifying priorities for departmental CPD, sharing good practice around a framework for encouraging creative and critical thinking about curriculum making and developing a dynamic, relevant KS3.
The latest schools to be awarded the SECONDARY QUALITY MARK are:
This time, schools have also been able to put themselves forward as a "CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE". The schools on the list above that are marked with an asterisk * have achieved this additional recognition
In July I was involved in the moderation process, and experienced some outstanding examples of quality geography.
I hope to visit some of these schools over the next year...
If you would like to apply for the Quality Mark, contact Justin Woolliscroft or Julie Beattie at the GEOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION.
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