3.7. Overvågning af udsatte elever

Essunga, a Swedish municipality, transformed the ranking of its schools from the bottom to the top of the national school league tables between 2007 to the top in 2010. Essunga has three elementary schools and one lower secondary school (grades 6-9). With 5,500 citizens, it is one of the smallest municipalities in the country. The increase in levels of achievement is attributed to a research-based approach of inclusive education. For years, the three elementary schools in Essunga had consistently experienced low educational levels. An increasing number of students were refugees or in “family placements”. In 2007, only 76% of students were eligible for upper secondary school and 20% of these were placed in special education classes. These results compelled political and school leaders and school staff to identify targeted measures to address these challenges. The municipality focused on interventions at school and in the local community to prevent school absence and increase attendance.

Projekt Forebyggelse af Skolenederlag (PSF) havde til formål at adressere manglen på inklusion og retfærdighed i uddannelsessystemet, ved at fokusere på sammenhængen mellem skolenederlag og inklusionspolitik. Det skulle undersøge påstande om, at inkluderende uddannelsesmålsætninger har indbygget et potentiale til at forebygge skolenederlag – både i relation til individet og til det overordnede system. 

To improve student success and prevent early school leaving, the Malmaskolan established a Student Health Team, comprised of a school nurse, a special education teacher, the principal, the school counselor, the leisure-time pedagogues, the study and career counselor, a social worker, the school physician and a school psychologist. Since 2005, this Health Team has been the core for the development of teaching at the school, and is a hub for both teaching and school development. They have open meetings thrice weekly where teachers can discuss issues, and where a wide range of potential measures to support students is identified.

Formålet med rapporten Nordic Projects to Combat School Dropout er at forbedre og inspirere til nye initiativer rettet mod unge og skabe berigende kontakt mellem aktører og organisationer i Norden.
Nordic Web Resource on Dropout from Upper Secondary Education var et projekt, der blev bestilt af Nordisk Ministerråd, og som blev gennemført af Nordens Velfærdscenter mellem 2012 og 2015. Formålet med projektet var at samle gode eksempler på initiativer, der havde til formål at øge andelen af unge mennesker i Norden, som fuldfører ungdomsuddannelser.
På den nordiske webportal blev der fremlagt et stort antal udvalgte projekter fra de nordiske lande. Initiativerne blev evalueret eksternt, og de viste positive resultater. Nogle aktiviteter blev udvalgt specifikt på grund af deres innovative karakter eller værdi som kilde til inspiration.
På trods af bureaukratiske og kulturelle forskelle mellem de nordiske lande, var status for unge i fare for skolefrafald, forbavsende ens. Forskellene var nogle gange større mellem kommuner og skoler end landene imellem. Ved at lære om vellykkede initiativer i de nordiske lande er det muligt at finde inspiration og værktøjer til at forbedre arbejdet med at hjælpe alle unge til at afslutte en ungdomsuddannelse.
I denne publikation beskrives ti projekter, der blev fremlagt på den nordiske webportal for god praksis. Nogle af projekterne er afsluttet, mens andre fortsætter. Nogle aktiviteter er blevet indarbejdet i det almindelige arbejde.

The toolkit developed as part of the valorisation of the findings by the Reducing Early School Leaving in Europe (RESL.eu) research project aims to support practitioners working with youth in identifying and monitoring students and schools in need of greater care and support. It is primarily focused on the situation of those young people who are at risk of school disengagement and early school leaving. The toolkit is primarily dedicated to school staff: principals, teachers, educators, pedagogical counsellors, class tutors and school psychologists. However, it might be also helpful for other educational specialists working in education policies and in alternative learning pathways.

Rescur –Surfing The Waves– var et tre-årigt program for livslang læring i Comenius-projektet, der udviklede en robusthedsplan for tidlig og primær undervisning i Europa gennem interkulturelt og tværnationalt samarbejde.

For Arvika, Centralskolan is a big school with students coming from the city centre and surrounding areas. Students are from very mixed backgrounds, including students from disadvantaged areas. Several years ago, the school had a significant number of students whose academic achievements after the 9^th grade were not sufficient for entering an upper secondary education. One of the key issues in Centralskolan, as well as in other surrounding schools, was that the student reading comprehension skills across various subjects were poor. Subjects of maths and science have been extra prioritised by Centralskolan as student results within those subjects were especially low. Therefore, the school has started practising an explicit teaching of reading strategies within specific subjects for grades 7 – 9. These reading strategies have been implemented together with scaffolding, which means that a teacher gradually empowers students to lead a reading and text comprehension exercise.

Teachers, social workers and community youth workers in Kungälv work together to identify high-school teenagers in or at risk of joining neo-Nazi gangs. They map local social structures and interrelationships to identify trouble spots and at-risk youth. The project then works with them to disassemble toxic activities and connects them to more positive relationships, activities and influences. The model also includes a wider spectrum of stakeholders committed to influencing society’s attitudes.

Research shows a connection between leaving education and destructive environments, so another important long-term project goal is to ensure that the participating students complete the compulsory nine-year school system, and continue onto upper secondary school.
Impact - Today, there are no active Nazi or white supremacist organisations in Kungälv and no informal gangs. The Kungälv Model was replicated in 20 other cities in Sweden in the 2015/2016 academic year, (with $1 million investment from Ministry of Labour, the National Agency for Youth and Civil Society Affairs, Natur & Kultur Foundation, and Skandia Ideas for Life).

The Kungälv model has been highlighted by the UN as a viable and appropriate strategy to counter extreme intolerance among youths.

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