1.3. Gestione scolastica

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.

The project goal is to provide a comprehensive analysis of best practices for preventing ESL in partner countries in the areas: of ESL monitoring systems; and, methods of counteracting ESL and reintegrating students.

Project partners were from Poland, the UK and Italy. Outputs include a report on ESL monitoring systems, a report on prevention and reintegration methods, and a training pack.

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.

Emerge chiaramente dall'esperienza irlandese che le iniziative educative sviluppate presso le scuole possono elevare il livello di istruzione degli adulti coinvolti e portare a un senso generale di maggiore responsabilizzazione nella comunità locale. Il coinvolgimento dei genitori, specialmente nelle aree di precarietà socio-economica, non va soltanto a vantaggio dei bambini e della scuola, ma è un aspetto fondamentale dell'apprendimento permanente [Parents as Partners in Schooling (I genitori come partner nelle scuole) - OCSE 1997]

Questa serie di indicatori strutturali per sistemi inclusivi nelle scuole e attorno ad esse possono essere utilizzati da dirigenti scolastici, insegnanti, genitori o altri partner scolastici per riflettere sull'inclusività della loro scuola. Gli indicatori sono redatti in forma di enunciati ai quali rispondere sì o no, che potranno guidare gli operatori scolastici nell'autovalutazione in una serie di aree pertinenti. L'inclusione nelle scuole è intesa come un ambiente di apprendimento che assicura sostegno e qualità, grazie a scuole e classi accoglienti che si prendono cura di tutti. Questo obiettivo si raggiunge evitando le discriminazioni, adottando un approccio olistico alle necessità dello studente (a livello emotivo, fisico, cognitivo e sociale) e riconoscendone i talenti e le opinioni.

Gli indicatori comprendono i seguenti settori chiave:

1. un approccio scolastico integrale ai sistemi inclusivi
2. qualità della leadership scolastica e dei docenti
3. promozione dell'integrazione sistematica di politiche e pratiche
4. un'attenzione multidisciplinare alla salute e al benessere
5. promuovere il coinvolgimento dei genitori e il sostegno delle famiglie
6. e rispondere alle necessità di individui e gruppi particolarmente vulnerabili

La scelta degli indicatori trae spunto da importanti documenti strategici del Consiglio dell'UE e della Commissione Europea, nonché da recenti dati -internazionali in materia di istruzione inclusiva.

Il presente strumento fa parte di una più ampia relazione sugli indicatori strutturali per sistemi inclusivi nelle scuole e attorno ad esse (in inglese), che fornisce un contesto generale e le spiegazioni relative a ciascuno degli indicatori.

Autori:
Paul Downes, Institute of Education, Dublin City University
Erna Nairz-Wirth, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Viktorija Rusinaitė, PPMI

In the school year 2015/16 the Schulzentrum Ybbs (a school center consisting of three vocational upper secondary schools) introduced a concept called IndY, which involves that 20% of the teaching time is intended for individualized learning. IndY aims at improving students’ expertise, motivation, self-responsibility, self-management, collaborative skills, emotional intelligence and learning methods.

La mia istruzione, la mia professione, il mio futuro è un progetto che mira a prevenire l'abbandono scolastico e ad incoraggiare e stimolare gli studenti a continuare la scuola.

The project focuses on the role of school leadership in actively structuring the educational process for learning and equity.

The project builds on the achievements of the Comenius Network “European Policy Network on School Leadership (EPNoSL, 2011-2014)”.

The project involved two intense job shadowing activities in Vienna and Berlin. Good practice and obstacles were identified though feedback forms, and solidified in collaborative analysis and evaluation.

Tools to support leadership action were developed and tested by the two school principals in everyday school life, and analysed through questionnaires/surveys and subsequently evaluated and summed up in bilateral groups.

The film produced by the partners can be found here:

https://youtu.be/UJR9Opwg4QM

The learning hub was implemented at the TGM (an upper-level secondary technical college) as a school experiment in the school year 2016/17. It has been implemented in the school’s Information Technology (IT) Department in two of the four classes in the first year (i.e. grade 9).

In the learning hub students study self-regulated 20 hours per week. Of these 20 hours, 9 hours relate to general education subjects (German, English and Mathematics) and 11 hours involve vocational education subjects (Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Media Technology, Network Technology). The other 6 school subjects (Geography, History and Political Education, Natural Sciences, Religion, Sports, Computer Workshop), which encompass 13 hours per week, are still taught by using traditional methods of teaching.