1. Governação escolar

O projeto «A minha educação, o meu emprego, o meu futuro» tem por objetivo prevenir o abandono escolar precoce, bem como incentivar e inspirar os alunos a prosseguirem os seus estudos.

A UK Ofsted (inspeção escolar do Reino Unido) apresenta as razões subjacentes ao excecional desempenho continuamente demonstrado pela escola primária Eliot Bank. Este estabelecimento de ensino desenvolveu sólidos sistemas de monitorização e avaliação que lhe permitem saber o que funciona bem e o que pode ser melhorado. O processo de avaliação da escola envolve uma grande variedade de partes interessadas e de estratégias, mas o seu principal objetivo tem sido sempre o de assegurar que os alunos obtêm os melhores resultados possíveis. Os métodos de ensino estão em constante evolução, a fim de reduzir o insucesso escolar dos alunos em risco de não atingirem os níveis esperados para a sua idade.

No âmbito das disposições em matéria de garantia da qualidade estabelecidas no ensino e formação profissionais (EFP) na Croácia, foi desenvolvido um sistema de autoavaliação das escolas profissionais. A autoavaliação das instituições de EFP é acompanhada e avaliada pelo Comité de Qualidade, que é designado pela autoridade de gestão da instituição de ensino profissional. Para este efeito, é possível recorrer ao manual de aplicação do instrumento de autoavaliação, bem como a uma ferramenta na Internet designada «?e-quality?», que proporciona acesso fácil aos relatórios de autoavaliação.

To improve the school climate, a group of schools from the Learning Communities project decided to create the Brave’s Club. It is based on a “dialogical model of conflict prevention”. Since the Club started in 2014, it has made progress in eradicating school violence in both primary and secondary schools. This strategy is making it easier to bring together effective evidence-informed practices on preventing violence in classrooms in general, and more specifically, gender violence.

UNICEF Serbia and the civil society organisation Centre for Education Policy with the support of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development Republic of Serbia  implemented the project “Combating Early School Leaving in Serbia”.

This project aimed to contribute to decreasing drop-out and early school leaving of children and adolescents through development, establishment, and implementation of the school-based model for early identification of children at risk of dropping out and intervention in situations where dropping-out is taking place.

Combating drop-out and ESL in Serbia has been recognised as a policy priority area.  The Strategy for Education Development in Serbia 2020 (SEDS 2020) calls for the provision of high-quality education for all, an increase of students’ coverage and attainment at all levels of education by maintaining the relevance of education and increasing efficiency. The Strategy implementation is primarily focused on the development of human capital in Serbia, thus underlines importance of the inclusion of pupils from vulnerable and marginalised groups (Roma and children from poor families, children with disabilities and from rural areas etc.).

A Rede Europeia da Direção e Gestão Escolar – EPNoSL desenvolveu ferramentas para facilitar a reflexão, a identificação de desafios e a definição dos domínios de ação prioritários, a fim de apoiar e reforçar a liderança escolar em prol da equidade e da aprendizagem. Estas ferramentas podem ser utilizadas por decisores políticos, autoridades escolares, agentes educativos, investigadores e institutos de formação em liderança. O conjunto de ferramentas de liderança educativa destina-se a apoiar o trabalho de análise do modo como os diferentes programas e políticas de liderança escolar interagem e influenciam a capacidade globalmente demonstrada pelos dirigentes e as suas escolas para enfrentarem com eficácia e persistência os desafios que se lhes colocam em matéria de equidade e aprendizagem nos seus estabelecimentos de ensino. Inclui vários materiais úteis, vídeos, estudos de caso e instrumentos relativos a diversos aspetos da liderança escolar.

The CroCooS - Prevent dropout! project was developed in the framework of the EC proposal "Implementation of the European strategic objectives in education and training" under the Lifelong Learning Programme to support innovative policy solutions to reduce and prevent early leaving from education and training (ELET). The main aim of the CroCooS project, which was implement between 2014 and 17, was to contribute to the development of an institutional early warning system (EWS) for preventing early leaving from education and training. It also tested its applicability with national pilots focusing on contextual factors affecting the evaluation.
Regional needs addressed included: sensitizing the staff of each school on the need to address the problem of dropout; actively involving teachers in monitoring students and working with them; developing better relationships between students and teachers; strengthening pupils' sense of belonging to the class and the school; developing relationships of trust by being supportive and ensuring a safe school climate.

The Danish Production schools were created in the 1980s with the aim of combating youth unemployment. Production Schools offer alternative education opportunities to improve labour market integration. The fundamental aim of this type of school is to create a practical learning environment to support young people to complete and earn qualifications in general and vocational upper secondary education and/or maintain a job. The students are offered the opportunity to develop professional, social and personal skills through counselling, participation in practical work experience and production in different workshops ranging from areas such as metalwork, carpentry and textile work in theatre, media and music-based workshops. The focus is on social, personal and physical skills which are complemented by more formal knowledge and skills. Learning processes are organised through workshops and classroom teaching, but every young person is free to organise an individual course where they may challenge themselves and build their confidence.
The most significant challenge for production schools is to prepare and motivate “non-academic” students for the ordinary school system. The last legislative change in 2006focused the aims of Production Schools so that its most important task has been to build a bridge to vocational education and training through relevant practical and academic qualifications. In 2009, there were over 6,000 students in production schools. The student capacity at each school can vary from 20-25 to over 200. Generally speaking the schools are small, with half of the schools accepting fewer than 50 students. Today there are 78 Production Schools in Denmark.

The guidance report on “working with parents to support children´s learning“ is funded by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and focuses mostly on activities that aim to improve children’s learning directly. Thus, it reviews the best available research to offer schools and teachers four recommendations to support parental engagement in children’s learning. When it talks about ‘parental engagement’, ‘schools working with parents to improve children’s academic outcomes’ is meant. It is not a new study in itself, but rather is intended as an accessible overview of existing research with clear, actionable guidance. The guidance also draws on a wider body of evidence and expert input.