What providers have said about this discussion tool:

"Many staff had the impression that the SAR was a document produced solely for the board of governors and the LSC and that it was a descriptive document that did nothing more than take a month of managers time to write. So as part of the formal SAR process this year, peer review was introduced and the Professional Discussion Tool: Self-Assessment Surgery Project no. 1 - Judgment-Rich Text was used to help in this venture. Early indications are that this is producing a far more evaluative report than in previous years and has helped the curriculum managers to drill down to what the real strengths and issues are within their areas of responsibility. In fact it has been so successful with the curriculum managers we intend to use a similar process with the board of governors to help them consider their areas of responsibility."(Shane Langthorne, Vice Principle Curriculum and Quality, Thurrock Adult Community College)

Use this Professional Discussion Tool to evaluate the effectiveness of your self-assessment report. It will enable you to bring an objective eye to your report and help you to make a judgement about whether it is fit for purpose. It will also help you to avoid a weakness bullet such as:

  • overly descriptive and insufficiently evaluative self assessment

The five projects are:
  1. Judgement-rich text
  2. Target setting
  3. Milestone target setting
  4. Building judgements on firm evidence
  5. Coverage of the CIF