Spreading the Word in Falkirk November 2013 The

Spreading the Word in Falkirk November 2013

The objective of the Early Years Collaborative (EYC) is to accelerate the conversion of the high level principles set out in GIRFEC and the Early Years Framework into practical action. This must: • Deliver tangible improvement in outcomes and reduce inequalities for Scotland’s vulnerable children. • Put Scotland squarely on course to shifting the balance of public services towards early intervention and prevention by 2016. • Sustain this change to 2018 and beyond.

Who is involved? • Education – EY Practitioners, Headteachers, Educational Psychology, Family Support Workers • • Health – Third Sector – Police Scotland Social Work Health Visitors, Midwives, Aberlour, Barnardos,

conception to 1 year to 30 months to start of Primary school Start of school to 8 years * Leadership Scotland – the best place in the world to grow up

What are the Ambition & Aims of the Early Years Collaborative?

Ambition To make Scotland the best place in the world to grow up in by improving outcomes, and reducing inequalities, for all babies, children, mothers, fathers and families across Scotland to ensure that all children have the best start in life and are ready to succeed

Aim – Work Stream 1 To ensure that women experience positive pregnancies which result in the birth of more healthy babies as evidenced by a reduction of 15% in the rates of stillbirths (from 4. 9 per 1, 000 births in 2010 to 4. 3 per 1, 000 births in 2015) and infant mortality (from 3. 7 per 1, 000 live births in 2010 to 3. 1 per 1, 000 live births in 2015).

Aim – Work Stream 2 To ensure that 85% of all children within each Community Planning Partnership have reached all of the expected developmental milestones at the time of the child’s 27‐ 30 month child health review, by end of 2016.

Aim – Work Stream 3 To ensure that 90% of all children within each Community Planning Partnership have reached all of the expected developmental milestones at the time the child starts primary school, by end of 2017.

Draft Aim – Work Stream 5 To ensure that 95% of all children within each Community Planning Partnership have reached all of the expected developmental milestones at the time the child ends Primary 4, by end of 2021.

Leadership Provide the Leadership System to support quality improvement across the Early Years Collaborative. Timely delivery of all four workstreams stretch aims.

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT POLICIES • Getting It Right For Every Child • Early Years Framework • Equally Well • Achieving Our Potential • Curriculum For Excellence • Early Years Taskforce • Early Years Change Fund • National Parenting Strategy • Children And Young People Bill • Play Strategy

The Story So Far 3 “Away Team” Sessions at SECC 11 “Away Team” Meetings within Falkirk 5 “Home Team” Meetings within Falkirk http: //vimeo. com/78123079

Why do you need to improve? "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got. " Albert Einstein

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The Early Years Collaborative Method for Improvement provides a METHOD and a CULTURE to: ü learn from each other ü test ideas ü implement changes ü spread improvement

The Typical Approach Applied Science Approach Reinertsen JL, Bisognano M, Pugh MD. Seven Leadership Leverage Points for Organization-Level Improvement in Health Care (Second Edition). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2008. Available: www. ihi. org p 26

Aim Measures Changes Testing The Improvement Guide, API

“What’s next? ” “Did it work? ” “What will happen if we try something different? ” “Let’s try it!”

Cycles of Tests Build Confidence Constantly learning from data Proposals, theories, hunches, intuition Changes that will result in improvement

Setting an Aim • • • Explicit – “what is our target? ” Timed – “by when? ” Numeric – “how will we measure this? ” Unachievable (by hard work alone) Non-negotiable (once set)

Let’s Test!! Success Criteria • Understand rapid cycle PDSA testing. • Understand how theory and prediction aid learning. • See how to collect real-time measurement. • Appreciate the opportunity of collaborative learning.

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Key Points • • • Knowledge is gained through testing Tests should be small, rapid and sequential Theory and prediction preceding every test is evaluated afterwards, rather than the results Learning from other teams can accelerate learning and understanding. Measurement does not have to be hard and aids learning.

@eycollaborative #bestplacetogrowup EYCollaborative@scotland. gsi. gov. uk www. scotland. gov. uk/earlyyears Elaine Costello EYC Programme Manager