Evaluation of the Senior Subject Advisor Pilot Initiative 2007
This report is an evaluation of the Senior Subject Advisor (SSA) Pilot which operated in 2007. The SSA Pilot initiative ran from 22 January to 22 December 2007.
The development of this pilot was in response to a need identified in the sector to provide more support in the senior secondary school to promote effective teaching and assessment. The pilot provided funding for the secondment of 24 full time experienced and effective senior subject teachers to advisor positions, hosted in existing school advisory services institutions.
This evaluation sought to explore the effectiveness of the pilot in relation to the opportunities and challenges it presented the individual SSAs and the advisory organisations that hosted them. The evaluation also canvassed the opinions of teachers that experienced support from the SSAs.