| Description | Paper on Consultation Mechanism for IAC - ED (SEIAG 04/06) for School Education Information Advisory Group (SEIAG) |
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| ISBN | (Web Only) |
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| Official Print Publication Date | |
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| Website Publication Date | February 04, 2005 |
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SEIAG/04/06
SCHOOL EDUCATION INFORMATION ADVISORY GROUP
(SEIAG)
CONSULTATION MECHANISMS FOR IAC - ED
Purpose
1. To outline the current mechanisms and set out the
planned revision of this approach. SEIAG members are invited to
comment at the meeting.
Details
2. There are currently two steering / advisory
groups. Initially these had separate functions and remits,
however over time the content of their work and the membership
has increasingly merged. Therefore the proposal is to merge the
SCOTXED Steering group and the SEIAG SCOTSTAT group.
3. The SCOTXED Steering group is happy for the
merger to take place and the SE would find it useful to bring
issues to one meeting rather than two. The issues in front of
SEIAG are
- Is SEIAG content for a merger with
SCOTXED Steering group to take place?
- How should the remit of this new
group be constructed - current remits attached at Annex A
Options include
§ Taking SCOTXED remit
§ Taking SEIAG remit
§ Constructing a new remit for the 'new' group
- Proposals for membership of new group
(Annex B contains current lists)
- Will current links to other steering
and advisory groups need to be re-evaluated
§ SCOTSTAT Board
§ SEIAG subgroups
§ SCOTXED Focus Group
§ SCOTXED Benchmarking group
- Timetable for meetings - need to fit
in with other advisory / steering group and SE decision
making and planning timetables
- Suggestions for the name for the new
group
Conclusion
4. Members of SEIAG are invited to consider whether
a merger with SCOTXED Steering Group is appropriate and if so,
to discuss the implications of this.
IAC - ED
December 04
Annex A
REMITS
A) SCOTXED STEERING GROUP
Remit
- To give strategic direction to the
scotXed programme:
o confirming the scotXed vision
o commenting on and approving scotXed Overview
Plan
- To assure scotXed's systems for
feedback and review
- To oversee alterations to the map of
data exchanges and data flows within the Scottish schools'
education system.
- To encourage effective links between
the scotXed programme and key educational developments
which will impact on use of MIS and data exchanges.
- To comment on and approve the
strategies used by the scotXed programme to promote the use
of MIS in schools.
- To further the cause of scotXed and
promote its activities with key players for education in
Scotland.
- To provide advice to SEED on the
impact of scotXed for resourcing in schools and LAs.
B) SEIAG
Aim of SEIAG
To provide a forum to allow partners in the school education
system to consider and identify the key strategic, statistical
and other information required, to promote the development and
use of good quality education statistics, and to ensure that
the net burden on data providers is minimised, whilst
maximising the value of the information collected.
Remit
The remit of the main SEIAG group, in fulfilment of the
above aim, is as follows.
To identify the key strategic statistical information on
education required by all interested parties, and develop and
implement a strategy for meeting these needs while minimising
the burden on data suppliers and maintaining high quality. This
will involve:
- Assessment of priorities in
development work and among competing demands on the
resources available, with the help of advice from the
SCOTSTAT Consultation Group.
- Making input to the education element
of the National Statistics Plan for Scotland, with the help
of advice from the SCOTSTAT Consultation Group.
- Through the Review subgroup,
reviewing existing data collections, and considering
proposals for new or changed collections, with an eye to
the opportunities offered by new technology. Considering
the implications of policy developments, such as the
National Priorities for Education, for statistical
requirements, and how to respond to these.
- Considering the arrangements for the
dissemination of the information collected, including the
feeding back of data to data suppliers, and for ensuring
that the risk of misuse of this information is minimised,
while bearing in mind the opportunities offered by new
technology at both the collection and dissemination stages,
with the help of advice from the SCOTSTAT Consultation
Group.
ANNEX B
MEMBERSHIP
A) SCOTXED STEERING GROUP
Ken Arthur/ Dave Jones | Association of Directors of Education in
Scotland |
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David Falconer | Scottish Qualifications Authority |
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Tony Conroy/ John Port | Learning and Teaching Scotland |
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Bill Drew | Careers Scotland |
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John Curley | Head of Secondary, Glasgow City Council |
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Ian Fraser | LA Senior Manager, East Renfrewshire
Council |
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Sandy Weston | Dundee City Council |
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Susan Mosher | Bishopbriggs High School |
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Helen MacPherson | The Royal High School |
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Carolyn Hutchinson | SEED Head of Assessment Branch |
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Alan Johnston | SEED Head of IAC Division |
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Heather Jones | SEED, Head of Pupil Support and
Inclusion |
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Neil MacFarlane | SEED, Implementation (New Educational
Developments) |
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Alison Kennedy | SEED, ScotXed, Programme Manager |
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Keith Nicholson | SEED, Head of Information Management Systems
Strategy |
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Gus Macdonald | SEED, ScotXed, Deputy Manager (Secondee) |
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Michael McLaughlin | SEED, ScotXed, Deputy Manager (Secondee) |
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Pete Whitehouse | SEED, Head of ASU Schools |
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George Wynne | |
B) SEIAG
Ken Arthur | Association of Directors of Education in
Scotland |
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Jane Clarke/Dave Jones | Association of Directors of Education in
Scotland |
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Ron Mitchell | Convention of Scottish Local Authorities |
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Tom Gilmour | Convention of Scottish Local Authorities |
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George Haggarty | Headteachers Association of Scotland |
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Frieda Fraser | Association of Head Teachers in Scotland |
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James Docherty | Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association |
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Chris Martin | Scottish Qualifications Authority |
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Ken Miller | Scottish Qualifications Authority |
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Marie McGhee | Scottish Qualifications Authority |
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Tony Conroy | Learning and Teaching Scotland |
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Nicki Georghiou | Scottish Parliament Information Centre |
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Alan Johnston (Chair) | SEED Head of Information, Analysis and
Communication |
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Pete Whitehouse | SEED Head of ASU Schools |
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Debbie Hall (Secretary) | SEED Assistant Statistician, Pupil Teachers
and Schools |
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Valerie West | SEED Statistician, Standard Tables, Targets,
Sport Culture |
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Emma Milburn | SEED Statistician, Qualifications and School
Leavers |
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Gary Sutton | SEED Statistician, School Statistics |
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Mal Cooke | SEED Statistician, Pupil Teachers and
Schools |
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Alison Kennedy | SEED ScotXed Programme Manager |
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Wray Bodys | HMIE HM Chief Inspector of Education |
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Kirsty MacLachlan | HMIE Statistician |
ANNEX C
SUB GROUPS TO SCOTXED STEERING GROUP
(A) GROUPS
- Data Requirements Task Group
- Implementation Task Group
- Benchmarking Task Group
- School to School & UPI Task
Group
- STACs Review Focus Group
(B) BOARDS
- ScotXchange on the Web Board
- School to School & UPI Board