Guidelines Observation

Expert Assessment Guidelines Observation (Infrastructure and facilities, Human resources)

	Items		Observation points	Relevant Indicator
Infrastructure and facilities
1	External (campus, compound wall, playgrounds, security staff, external appearance of building, etc.)	1.1	Usefulness and attractiveness of campus	Facility maintenance
		1.2	Compound wall type and condition	Safety and security maintenance
		1.3	Security guard(s)	Safety and security maintenance
		1.4	Building type, access and maintenance status	Facility maintenance
		1.5	School name, and displays of logo, motto, vision, etc.	School’s vision and identity
		1.6	Adequacy and condition/utilization of playground and other outdoor sports and games facilities	Safety and security maintenance Facility maintenance
2	Corridors, stairs, balcony, terrace, elevators, etc.	2.1	Illumination, ventilation and size of corridors	Safety and security maintenance
		2.2	Protective barriers/parapets in elevated areas	Safety and security maintenance
		2.3	Auditory signals, certification, emergency alarm, etc. in elevators	Safety and security maintenance
		2.4	Fire extinguishers (Location, refill status, etc.)	Safety and security maintenance
		2.5	Cleanliness	Facility maintenance
		2.6	Displays (mandatory information, safety guidelines/ evacuation plans, rules and regulations, events, achievements, etc.)	School’s vision and identity Information management Code of conduct Safety and security maintenance Achievement orientation Professional development of faculty
3	Classrooms	3.1	Adequate number, Size	School’s goals and plans
		3.2	Ventilation, illumination	Safety and security maintenance
		3.3	Access to and within classroom	Classroom environment and culture
		3.4	Type and condition of doors, windows, furniture	Facility maintenance
		3.5	Displays	Classroom environment and culture
		3.6	Teaching-learning material (TLM)	Utilization of teaching-learning material (TLM) Teacher's level of subject expertise Teacher's level of pedagogic competence
		3.7	Variety and adequacy of resources in reading corner in classrooms	Utilization of teaching-learning material (TLM) Teacher's level of subject expertise Teacher's level of pedagogic competence
4	Laboratories	4.1	Adequate Size	School’s goals and plans
		4.2	Ventilation, illumination	Safety and security maintenance
		4.3	Type and condition of doors, windows, furniture	Facility maintenance
		4.4	Adequacy of equipment	School’s goals and plans
		4.5	Condition of equipment	Equipment maintenance
		4.6	Handling and storage of harmful chemicals, inflammables, electrical equipment	Safety and security maintenance
		4.7	Fire extinguishers	Safety and security maintenance
		4.8	Displays of safety guidelines	Safety and security maintenance
		4.9	Utilization of laboratories	Annual curriculum plan
5	Library	5.1	Adequate size of library	School’s goals and plans
		5.2	Adequacy of reading room	School’s goals and plans
		5.3	Adequacy of library resources	School’s goals and plans
		5.4	Maintenance status of library resources	Facility maintenance
		5.5	Technology use	Establishment of operational systems
		5.6	Displays	School’s vision and identity
		5.7	Utilization of library	Annual curriculum plan
6	Activity rooms	6.1	Adequacy of activity rooms	School’s goals and plans
		6.2	Ventilation, illumination	Safety and security maintenance
		6.3	Condition of equipment	Equipment maintenance
		6.4	Type and condition of doors, windows, furniture	Facility maintenance
		6.5	Evacuation plans in gathering rooms	Safety and security maintenance
		6.6	Fire extinguishers in gathering rooms	Safety and security maintenance
		6.7	Utilization of activity rooms	Annual curriculum plan
7	Head, Administration, Staff rooms	7.1	Adequate size of room(s)	School’s goals and plans
		7.2	Ventilation, illumination	Safety and security maintenance
		7.3	Type and condition of doors, windows, furniture	Facility maintenance
		7.4	Displays in Head's room	Self development/Academic excellence of the Head, School’s vision and identity Annual curriculum plan Annual assessment plan and process
		7.5	Displays in faculty room(s)	Self development of teachers Teacher's level of pedagogic competence Teacher's level of subject expertise School’s vision and identity
		7.6	Storage and handling of documents/records	Standard operating procedures and records
8	Healthcare facility	8.1	Cleanliness and hygiene	Facility maintenance
		8.2	Type and condition of doors, windows and furniture	Facility maintenance
		8.3	Access, ventilation, illumination	Safety and security maintenance
		8.4	Status of first-aid and general medicines	Safety and security maintenance
		8.5	Condition of equipment	Equipment maintenance
9	Kitchen, dining, drinking water facility	9.1	Cleanliness and hygiene of: Drinking water facility, Kitchen, Dining area and hand washing spaces	Facility maintenance
		9.2	Safety and security: Quality of water, Handling and storage of food materials, Handling and storage of inflammables (Gas cylinders, etc. in kitchen)	Safety and security maintenance
10	Sanitary blocks	10.1	Construction type and maintenance status	Facility maintenance
		10.2	Adequacy (separate blocks, adequate number in each block)	School’s goals and plans
		10.3	Water supply status	Facility maintenance
		10.4	Hygiene and cleanliness	Facility maintenance
Human Resources
1	Management committee member(s)	1.1	Approach towards head	Nature of committee's supervision
		1.2	Approach towards staff and students	Nature of committee's supervision
2	Head	2.1	Comfort level while dealing with Management	Representation to management
		2.2	Approach towards staff and students	Collaboration with stakeholders
		2.3	Approach towards visitors/parents	Collaboration with stakeholders
		2.4	Approach towards school identity materials, (Logo, anthem, uniform, etc.) code of conduct	School’s vision and identity Code of conduct
3	Staff	3.1	Approach towards head	Code of conduct
		3.2	Teachers' approach towards non-teaching staff	Code of conduct
		3.3	Approach towards students	Classroom environment and culture,
		3.4	Approach towards school identity materials, (Logo, anthem, uniform, etc.) code of conduct	School’s vision and  identity Code of conduct
4	Student(s)	4.1	Comfort level in campus	Classroom environment and culture Code of conduct
		4.2	Approach towards teachers and head	Code of conduct
		4.3	Approach towards non-teaching staff	Code of conduct
		4.3	Approach towards school identity materials, (Logo, anthem, uniform, etc.) code of conduct	School’s vision and identity Code of conduct