1. Guvernanţa şcolilor

Proiectul „Raising the Achievement of All Learners in Inclusive Education” (RA) și-a propus să ofere dovezi privind eficiența practicilor de creștere a rezultatelor și de consolidare a capacității școlilor și comunităților de a-i include și susține pe toți elevii.

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.

Obiectivul proiectului MiCREATE este să încurajeze incluziunea grupurilor diverse de copii migranți prin adoptarea unei abordări axate pe copil în scopul integrării copiilor migranți la nivel educațional și de politici. Apărut din necesitatea de a reexamina politicile de integrare existente, proiectul de cercetare vizează examinarea cuprinzătoare a proceselor contemporane de integrare a copiilor migranți pentru a consolida însușirea acestor procese de către copii, participarea și bunăstarea acestora.

The toolkit developed as part of the valorisation of the findings by the Reducing Early School Leaving in Europe (RESL.eu) research project aims to support practitioners working with youth in identifying and monitoring students and schools in need of greater care and support. It is primarily focused on the situation of those young people who are at risk of school disengagement and early school leaving. The toolkit is primarily dedicated to school staff: principals, teachers, educators, pedagogical counsellors, class tutors and school psychologists. However, it might be also helpful for other educational specialists working in education policies and in alternative learning pathways.

The ‘Complex Instruction Programme’ (CIP) provides equal chances for children from different social backgrounds. The method seeks to change children roles and responsibilities in active learning. CIP is based on four principles: (1) education involves a varied level of non-routine, open-end tasks to mobilise students of different abilities; (2) responsibility is shared, learners are responsible for their personal work while the group is responsible for individual achievements; (3) work is evaluated against set norms and roles; (4) hierarchy within the group - the status of the students is mobile. In addition, the school uses other innovative practices, such as a reading programme for the elementary grades where students regularly read aloud to each other in pairs, and then exchange their thoughts, and the ‘learning between generations’ programme where children draw their family trees and label each member with a special skill they have.

Since the mid-1990s, the Open Door school is strongly devoted to the Step by Step programme (SbS), which became the main driver to implement innovative approaches in the school. The SbS programme involves student-centred and game-based learning, with constant feedback. The school also organises two whole-school project months per year that end with a presentation day, often open to the wider public and parents. Classrooms are arranged according to different aspects of learning. As part of the innovation, the school applies “morning circles” which are involved around a certain theme. Each child learns to speak in a way that is to the point, and gets the chance to express what he or she thinks and feels. It’s also a useful approach to compensate the stress that students might have brought from home.

Rețeaua de politici europene în domeniul conducerii instituțiilor de învățământ – EPNoSL – a creat un instrument de reflecție, de depistare a dificultăților și de stabilire a domeniilor prioritare de acțiune politică pentru sprijinirea și îmbunătățirea conducerii unităților de învățământ, în vederea echității și a învățării. Setul de instrumente se adresează factorilor de decizie, autorităților școlare, entităților sau persoanelor implicate în activitatea școlară, cercetătorilor și institutelor de formare a cadrelor de conducere. Setul de instrumente pentru conducerea unităților de învățământ este conceput ca suport pentru analizarea modurilor în care interacționează diferitele programe și politici în domeniul conducerii școlilor și a modurilor în care acestea influențează capacitatea generală a directorilor și a unităților pe care le conduc de a soluționa în mod eficace și persistent problemele de echitate și de învățare în școlile lor. Setul cuprinde o serie de materiale, videoclipuri, studii de caz și instrumente utile pentru diferitele aspecte ce țin de conducerea unităților de învățământ.