Invitation to Tender for Capacity Building for School Self-evaluation in Chongqing, China

UK school inspection and quality assurance system has a long-standing reputation worldwide. In China, assessment and quality assurance has led the new wave of education reform in the recent years. In order to promote UK-China exchanges and collaboration in this filed, we have developed a number of initiatives with partners and would like to invite tenders to provide services for Capacity Building for School Self-evaluation:

The British Council and the Chongqing Educational Evaluation Institute have launched a 2 year project to build effective model and stronger culture of school self-evaluation and improvement. The project has recruited about 30 local schools to pilot the self-evaluation framework/handbook developed by local experts based on UK Ofsted framework with contextual value-added
(CVA) measures.

The project includes a series of capacity building activities to: a) motivate and enable schools to conduct evaluation and make improvement as a result; b) support external inspectors/professionals to understand and play their roles in interfacing with and advising school self-evaluation and improvement.

Scope of Work:
Outcomes:
• Participants are equipped with the knowledge and skills required to conduct school evaluation in their respective roles.
• Participating schools are motivated to improve performance through self-evaluation and confident of doing so.
• Toolkits gained, with action plans discussed and assessed.

Outputs:
The appointed supplier is supposed to deliver at least Activities 2&3&4 or 5 and preferably all as below:

Activity 1: Provide consultancy to Chongqing school evaluation framework/handbook (2 contact days)
To provide consultancy to Chongqing Educational Evaluation Institute (CEE) who is developing a local school evaluation framework/handbook based on
UK Ofsted framework with contextual value-added (CVA) measures. Suppose it could be mainly managed through email or telephone communication and would not be necessarily visits.

Activity 2: Design and deliver 1-day training workshop for inspectors
To train local inspectors/evaluation professional so that they could understand and apply Ofsted framework to interface with and advise on school self-evaluation and improvement.

Report is to be submitted within 15 working days after the completion of the training providing evidence and suggestions against expected outcomes.

Activity 3: Conduct Mock inspection
To conduct mock inspection in one or two local schools with local inspectors /evaluation professionals by applying Ofsted framework.

Activity 4: Design and deliver two 2-3-day training workshops for project schools
The first workshop is to enable project schools to conduct self-evaluation confidently and effectively by applying Ofsted framework. Before the workshop, about 30 project schools are grouped to pilot self-evaluation by applying part of Ofsted framework based on their own understanding. So the reflection of the pilot could be shared and discussed at the workshop.

The second workshop is supposed to be a progression course to the first one with focuses on value-added (VA) measures and school improvement plan. Before the workshop, project schools are grouped to do the second pilot of the whole Ofsted framework.

Report is to be submitted within 15 working days after the completion of the training providing evidence and suggestions against expected outcomes.

Activity 5: Design and organise UK Attachment and Study Visit Programme
• To design and organise two-week attachment/shadowing programme for 1-2 project team core members (English speakers) so they have deep understanding and experience about UK school evaluation and quality assurance system.

• To design and organise one week UK study visit for about 10 delegates from local partner and project schools on school evaluation. Programme is expected to include: meeting with education authorities/Ofsted/academic professionals/senior practitioners, school visit, observing Ofsted inspection (if possible).