5.3. Partnerskaber: Arbejdsgivere og virksomheder

The Joaquim Ruyra Elementary School is located in a disadvantaged suburban district of Barcelona. In the 2016-2017 school year, 92% students were immigrants representing 28 different nationalities (including Pakistan, Morocco, Georgia, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru, the Philippines, China, Bangladesh, Senegal, and the USA) or from minority background (Romani). The school has a 40% mobility rate.  

National and international press have referred to the school as the miracle school as it had achieved academic outcomes above the average in the Catalan standardised tests, outperforming elite schools in the Catalonia region.

All classes in the school feature group work 40% to 60% of the time. The groups mix students of different abilities, genders and nationalities.  The small groups are designed to ensure that no one is left out, and students are encouraged to participate actively.  Each group is facilitated by an adult (e.g. a classroom assistants, a parent).  Psychologists and special education teachers may also work in the classrooms, and they support volunteer parents, teachers and the students.  The extra support and student interaction are considered as essential for supporting and reinforcing children’s learning. 

Finland har udviklet innovative undervisningsmetoder og procedurer for at imødekomme individuelle behov ved hjælp af aktivitetsbaseret læring, undervisning i små grupper, oplæring på arbejdspladsen og forskellige læringsmiljøer for at mindske skolefrafaldet.

Manchester Communication Academy (MCA) works to improve outcomes for children, families and the community. This secondary academy opened in 2010 to serve one of the most disadvantaged inner-city neighbourhoods in England. From the outset, the academy’s sponsor, a large employer in the city, wanted the school to help to contribute to a vibrant and sustainable neighbourhood, and committed to addressing the many inter-related economic, social and physical challenges which characterise the neighbourhood. This mission has directly shaped the academy programme, which places equal importance on ‘teaching and learning’ and ‘social investment’. The school’s social investment department is a highly distinctive feature of its overall strategy for addressing the impacts of disadvantage on young people’s education and wider life chances.

Min uddannelse, mit job, min fremtid er et projekt, der har til formål at forebygge skolefrafald og tilskynde og inspirere eleverne til at fortsætte i skolen.

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.

Overgangsåret, der tilbydes af en række irske skoler, giver elever (i 15-årsalderen) mulighed for at erhverve en bred uddannelsesmæssig erfaring med henblik på at opnå større modenhed. Det finder sted efter afslutningen af Junior Cycle (det nedre trin af sekundærniveauet), og inden eleverne fortsætter med en videre uddannelse og/eller forberedelse til en erhvervsuddannelse. Det udgør et bindeled, der hjælper eleverne med at gå fra et meget struktureret miljø i Junior Cycle til et miljø, hvor de skal tage større ansvar for egen læring og beslutningstagning.

In the past, the Dutch School Inspectorate notified the Warande school about their students‘ low results. The school staff, however, were very much hesitant towards the test-driven-accountability-approach established by the Inspectorate. Therefore, the school team decided to re-define and interpret test-driven accountability in their own way. Instead of emphasising the learning results per se, they wanted to focus on the process of learning itself – starting from children’s needs and guiding them in their own development.

To be able to focus on children’s continuous development, the school also felt the need to integrate the child day care, kindergarten, elementary education and after school care. These issues ignited the need for organisational and pedagogical changes. Overall, the school has been innovative during recent years, and latest innovative approaches represent a continuity of this process and reflect the school’s innovative culture.

The school has been developing innovative practices of informal learning for six years (since 2011). The main aims of these innovative approaches were to improve the educational level of pupils and school performance, to promote their social competences and sensitivity to the surrounding community and to enhance cooperation between teachers. As the first step of the informal learning approach, the school aimed to create informal learning environments by renovating the school yard and make it suitable for the learning purposes. As a second step, the school designed various learning approaches connected to the yard and broader school community (e.g., focusing on environmental education, natural sciences, reading). In this process the school cooperated with external stakeholders (scientists, artists, craftworkers, museums, etc.).   

The school practices several innovative initiatives:

- The ‘Exercise company’ supports students to go through all the steps of setting up a company, from the creation of its administrative structure to its daily management, supporting students’ entrepreneurship competences. This project is regarded very positively by the whole school community and national authorities.

- The ‘Different school’ (‘Şcoala altfel’) programme significantly changed the relationship between students and teachers, thanks to its flexibility. Coupled with the participation in trainings of non-formal education by the teaching staff and practices acquired during Erasmus+ projects, it helped to reshape the educational process at the school.

- Teachers have been involved in curricular innovation dedicated to their particular field of study (tourism and economics) while members of committees set up by the Ministry of Education and the National Centre for the Development of Vocational Education (CNDIPT) contributed to the renewal of the national curriculum.