External Validation
Once in a five-year cycle each school in NSW undergoes an external validation of the evidence of their school’s self-assessment of progress by an independent panel.
Throughout Term 3, 2020, our whole school team, teachers and Principal, supported by our admin team, at Mulbring Public School carried out a rigorous process of self-assessment, involving selection and analysis of artefacts to form high level, robust evidence sets which support school practice.
The evidence is annotated to describes the what, when, how and why, enabling us to reach on-balance judgements for each element of the School Excellence Framework.
The external validation process provides an assurance to the school and system that the progress being made aligns with the expectations articulated in the School Excellence Framework (SEF).
An independent panel determines whether the evidence presented supports the school’s assessment. The panel meeting provides an opportunity for the school leadership team to share their evidence with the panel and engage in meaningful discussions about progress and achievements using the School Excellence Framework (SEF).
Our panel meeting was held on Tuesday 15th September, 2020.
Some of the comments from the panel members were;
· Thank you once again for such a great experience and for sharing such a positive school journey.
· You have a dynamic team, obvious that your staff really know your students.
· You’ve built a great team.
· The learning culture that you’ve built is obvious and we can see how well you all work together.
