1.3. Direction de l’établissement scolaire

The project partners designed and implemented a new anti-bullying programme in schools in five EU countries. It drew on the experiences of existing programmes and practices originated by the project partners working in different cultural contexts.  It provided further evidence of effective approaches to the reduction of bullying in schools that will inform the development of improved child centred, whole school strategies for adoption at European level.

L’European Policy Network on School Leadership (Réseau européen pour le développement des politiques de direction des établissements scolaires - EPNoSL) a élaboré un outil permettant de susciter la réflexion, de recenser les défis et de hiérarchiser les domaines d’action prioritaires pour soutenir et améliorer la direction des établissements scolaires en matière d’équité et d’apprentissage. Il s’adresse aux décideurs politiques, aux autorités scolaires, aux intervenants des établissements scolaires, aux chercheurs ainsi qu’aux établissements de formation à la direction. La boîte à outils pour la direction des établissements scolaires est conçue pour étayer les analyses relatives aux différentes manières dont les programmes et les politiques en la matière interagissent et influencent la capacité globale des dirigeants et de leurs établissements scolaires à remédier efficacement et durablement aux défis en matière d’équité et d’apprentissage. Elle propose un éventail de matériel, de vidéos, d’études de cas et d’outils utiles concernant différents aspects de la direction des établissements scolaires.

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. 

L’objectif du projet MiCREATE est d’encourager l’inclusion de différents groupes d’enfants migrants en adoptant une approche d’intégration centrée sur l’enfant dans le domaine éducatif et politique. Né du besoin de revoir les politiques d’intégration actuelles, ce projet de recherche a pour objectif d’étudier en profondeur les processus contemporains d’intégration des enfants migrants en vue d’améliorer leur agentivité, leur participation et leur bien-être.

"Our School - My Future" was an ESL project initiated within the framework of the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for School Education. It aims to support cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices between schools from different countries across Europe.
Part of the problem of ESL is attributed to lack of support and guidance, disengagement from schooling, and secondary-level curricula which too often do not offer enough options for varied courses, alternative teaching pedagogies, experiential and other hands-on learning opportunities or sufficient flexibility and support.
The framework for this project was designed to focus mainly on in-school factors influencing ESL, such as teaching methods and curricular issues, positive/negative school climate, and the parents’ role as a contributing factor to ESL.
A distance education programme, “Promotion of healthy lifestyles and development of the students’ social skills through physical education and environmental activities” was offered to teachers from five partner countries. Some 65 teachers from Greece, Poland, Romania, Spain, and Turkey had the opportunity to participate in this training programme, along with six academics who are also members of the Hellenic Academy of Physical Education.

Le projet « Raising the Achievement of All Learners in Inclusive Education » (RA) (améliorer les résultats de tous les apprenants dans le cadre d’une éducation inclusive) visait à fournir des preuves de l’efficacité de différentes pratiques cherchant à améliorer les résultats scolaires et la capacité des établissements et des collectivités à inclure et soutenir tous les apprenants.

To improve students’ learning outcomes and the level of engagement with the school has developed a transformation project structured around seven key elements for school improvement: school climate, school image, academic excellence, methodological change, development of emotional intelligence, introduction of art in school and openness to the community. During the first years of the project, the emphasis was made on the two key areas: methodological change through the implementation of project-based learning and strengthening links of the school with families and communities.

Le projet Supporting Inclusive School Leadership (SISL) (soutenir une gouvernance scolaire inclusive) s’est interrogé sur la meilleure façon de promouvoir une gouvernance scolaire inclusive. Il a mis différents outils à disposition dans cet objectif. Dans ce projet, les objectifs d’une gouvernance adaptée à l’éducation inclusive sont la participation sans réserve à une éducation porteuse de sens, la réussite scolaire et le bien-être de tous les apprenants, y compris les plus susceptibles de faire face à l’exclusion.