8.4.3 Oversight of teaching and learning

8.4.3 Oversight of teaching and learning

The Inspectorate engaged with management bodies and boards regarding governance and oversight of teaching and learning

The Inspectorate has engaged with management bodies and with boards of management regarding governance and their oversight of teaching and learning. Information arising from inspections, but predominantly from DEIS inspections, suggests that many boards require additional supports to discharge their oversight of teaching and learning in schools. In that regard, the Inspectorate has commenced engagement with a number of ETBs to provide inputs to clusters of boards of management on how to oversee the DEIS action planning for improvement process. It is expected that this engagement will continue and expand to working with other management bodies at both primary and post-primary levels.

The Inspectorate also engages with management bodies and professional leadership organisations as part of its work on the Department’s School Leadership Working Group (SLWG) which is described in Section 8.3 of this chapter.