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Improving Enterprise in Education
A report by HM Inspectorate of Education

Appendix 4: Improving Enterprise in Education: a self-evaluation tool

The CD included with this report provides an interactive self-evaluation tool which offers teachers, school managers and others with an interest in enterprise in education an enterprising approach to:

• evaluate the quality of provision in enterprise in education;
• relate the outcomes to relevant quality indicators from the third edition of How good is our school?, Curriculum for Excellence, and Determined to Succeed;
• produce an evaluative report on key areas with identified strengths and aspects for development; and
• gain a better understanding of the self-evaluation process and enterprise in education.

The CD has two main features:

• a resources area — which helps users access key national reference documents and provides links to the main websites relevant to enterprise in education; and
• the self-evaluation tool, where users can select from 13 topics to evaluate — nine based on HGIOS? quality indicators, and four based on the capacities of Curriculum for Excellence.

The CD has been designed to be used flexibly, to suit different users’ circumstances and aims. For example, it can be used:

• across all subjects, curricular areas and sectors — pre-school, primary, secondary, special schools and community learning and development;
• by individuals for curriculum development or continuing professional development;
• by groups of teachers such as departments or faculties, or by school management teams to support and focus discussion about enterprise in education;
• by an enterprise coordinator for auditing, reporting or planning purposes; and
• with groups and individual pupils, engaging them in discussing and evaluating experiences such as enterprising approaches to learning, entrepreneurial opportunities, vocational programmes, work placements and career education.

TO USE THIS INTERACTIVE CD-ROM

PCs

Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. If the CD does not start automatically, click on Start, then on My Computer. This will open up a window. Double-click on the Enterprise in Education icon.

Macs

Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. Within the window this opens up, double-click on the HMIE.osx icon.

• The green text on each screen provides important information and instructions.
• Follow the on-screen instructions to access the self-evaluation programme and useful resources and website links.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Windows

• Intel Pentium III 600MHz or higher
• Windows 2000, Windows XP or Vista
• 128 MB of free available system RAM (256 MB recommended)
• Adobe Reader or compatible software required to view PDF resource files
• Microsoft Word or compatible software required to view Word resource files

Macintosh

• Power Macintosh G4 450 MHz or higher
• Mac OS X 10.2.6, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5
• 128 MB or more of free available system RAM (256 MB recommended)
• Microsoft Word or compatible software required to view Word resource files

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