1. Il-governanza tal-iskejjel

L-objettiv tal-proġett MiCREATE huwa li jħeġġeġ l-inklużjoni ta’ gruppi diversi ta’ tfal migranti billi jiġi adottat approċċ iċċentrat fuq it-tfal għall-integrazzjoni ta’ tfal migranti fil-livell ta’ edukazzjoni u politika. B’riżultat tal-ħtieġa li l-politiki eżistenti dwar l-integrazzjoni jiġu rieżaminati, il-proġett tar-riċerka għandu l-mira li jeżamina b’mod komprensiv il-proċessi kontemporanji tal-integrazzjoni ta’ tfal migranti biex tittejjeb l-aġenzija, il-parteċipazzjoni, u l-benesseri tagħhom.

Il-proġett “Raising the Achievement of All Learners in Inclusive Education” (RA) kellu l-għan li jipprovdi evidenza ta’ prattika effettiva fiż-żieda tal-kisbiet u l-bini tal-kapaċità tal-iskejjel u l-komunitajiet biex jinkludu u jappoġġjaw lill-istudenti kollha.

In 2011/2012, the Dutch School Inspectorate concluded that student results in the Tjotter school were too low. The school used to have a negative pedagogical climate, and suffered from a loss of trust between school and parents. Eventually, the school staff lost confidence in the former school leader and requested the school board to appoint a new leader. With an arrival of the current school leader four years ago, innovative processes started. A common view of education and teacher mutual learning was established, in addition to the culture of continuous improvement.

Key interventions:

• improvement of teachers’ pedagogical and didactical skills: team schooling with subsequent follow up and monitoring within the learning community of teachers, individual coaching and change of personnel
• creating student portfolios to make students the owners of their learning process while students were also encouraged to participate in its formation
• other approaches being used at school: positive behaviour support; encouraging student participation and (direct) feedback on student’s results; ‘Teach like a Champion’; and HGW (Action Oriented Approach) for student differentiation.

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.

In-Netwerk Ewropew għall-Politika dwar it-Tmexxija Edukattiva- EPNoSL żviluppa għodda għar-riflessjoni fuq, l-identifikazzjoni ta' sfidi u l-prijoritizzazzjoni ta' oqsma għal azzjoni politika sabiex it-tmexxija edukattiva tiġi appoġġjata u mtejba għall-ekwità u t-tagħlim. Din tindirizza lil dawk li jfasslu l-politika, lill-awtoritajiet tal-iskejjel, lill-atturi tal-iskejjel, lir-riċerkaturi u lill-istituti għat-taħriġ fit-tmexxija. Is-Sett ta' Għodod għat-Tmexxija Edukattiva huwa mfassal biex jgħin fl-analiżijiet tal-modi differenti li politiki u programmi dwar it-tmexxija edukattiva jaħdmu flimkien u jinfluwenzaw il-kapaċità totali tal-mexxeja tal-iskejjel u l-iskejjel tagħhom sabiex jiġu indirizzati sfidi ta' ekwità u tagħlim fl-iskejjel tagħhom b'mod effettiv u persistenti. Dan jikkonsisti f'firxa ta' materjali utli, vidjows, studji tal-każijiet u għodod dwar aspetti differenti tat-tmexxija edukattiva.