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| It routinely shares its expertise
| Staff meetings regularly feature teachers demonstrating or illustrating how they teach
| Collaborative planning involves teachers sharing their ideas on how work can be delivered. The department shares demonstration lessons with staff
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| It uses external support and challenge to enhance practice
| Teachers are regularly encouraged to attend external INSET. LEA school advisers are drawn in to contribute to school self-review processes
| The department uses the LEA KS3 consultants to observe lessons and provide feedback
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| It has a clear, operational focus
| The SMT signals clearly that certain items in meetings are significant in improving teaching and learning and ensures they are given significantly more time
| Meetings are focused on teaching and

learning issues. The team is clear about which items require only a little time. Administrative

items are given later slots in meetings
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| It has a well- developed set of priorities
| It has a clear and operational (not cosmetic) development plan which guides resource decisions and action taken
| The department has an action plan based firmly on an audit of teaching strengths and weaknesses. Resource decisions are based on declared priorities

of strengths and weaknesses
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| It elevates professional development to a continual process
| Individual teachers are enabled to watch colleagues teach on a regular and systematic basis
| An audit of each team member’s skills is used as a basis for termly review discussions and lesson observations
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