3.7 Spremljanje učencev s tveganjem

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.

To improve student success and prevent early school leaving, the Malmaskolan established a Student Health Team, comprised of a school nurse, a special education teacher, the principal, the school counselor, the leisure-time pedagogues, the study and career counselor, a social worker, the school physician and a school psychologist. Since 2005, this Health Team has been the core for the development of teaching at the school, and is a hub for both teaching and school development. They have open meetings thrice weekly where teachers can discuss issues, and where a wide range of potential measures to support students is identified.

Cilj poročila z naslovom „Nordic Projects to Combat School Dropout“ (Nordijski projekti za boj proti osipu v šolah) je izboljšati pobude za mlade in jih navdihovati ter poglobiti stike med akterji in organizacijami v nordijski regiji.
The Nordic Web Resource on Dropout from Upper Secondary Education (Nordijski spletni vir podatkov o osipu v višjih srednjih šolah) je bil projekt, ki ga je naročil Nordijski svet ministrov, izvajal pa ga je Nordijski center za dobro počutje v obdobju 2012–2015. Cilj projekta je bil zbrati dobre primere pobud, namenjenih povečanju deleža mladih v nordijski regiji, ki zaključijo višje srednješolsko izobraževanje.
Na nordijskem spletnem portalu je bilo predstavljenih veliko različnih uspešnih projektov iz nordijskih držav. Pobude so bile zunanje ocenjene in so pokazale pozitivne rezultate. Nekatere dejavnosti so bile posebej izbrane zaradi njihovega inovativnega značaja ali njihove vrednosti kot vir navdiha.
Kljub birokratskim in kulturnim razlikam med nordijskimi državami je stanje, kar zadeva mlade, pri katerih obstaja tveganje opustitve šolanja, neverjetno podobno. Razlike so včasih večje med občinami in šolami kot med državami. S spoznavanjem uspešnih pobud v nordijskih državah je mogoče najti navdih in orodja za izboljšanje dela pri zagotavljanju pomoči vsem mladim, da zaključijo višje srednješolsko izobraževanje.
V tej publikaciji je opisanih deset projektov, ki so bili predstavljeni na nordijskem portalu za dobre prakse. Nekateri od teh projektov so bili zaključeni, drugi pa se še izvajajo. Nekatere dejavnosti so bile vključene v običajno delo.

Cilj projekta Preventing School Failure (PSF) je bil odpraviti pomanjkljivosti na področju vključenosti in pravičnosti izobraževalnega sistema s poudarjanjem povezave med šolskim neuspehom in vključujočimi politikami. Njegov cilj je bil preučiti dokaze, ki kažejo, da lahko politike vključujočega izobraževanja preprečijo šolski neuspeh - tako pri posameznikih kot v celotnem sistemu. 

Rescur Surfing the Waves je bil triletni projekt programa vseživljenjskega učenja Comenius, ki je z medkulturnim in mednarodnim sodelovanjem razvil učni načrt odpornosti za predšolsko in osnovnošolsko izobraževanje v Evropi.

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.

For Arvika, Centralskolan is a big school with students coming from the city centre and surrounding areas. Students are from very mixed backgrounds, including students from disadvantaged areas. Several years ago, the school had a significant number of students whose academic achievements after the 9^th grade were not sufficient for entering an upper secondary education. One of the key issues in Centralskolan, as well as in other surrounding schools, was that the student reading comprehension skills across various subjects were poor. Subjects of maths and science have been extra prioritised by Centralskolan as student results within those subjects were especially low. Therefore, the school has started practising an explicit teaching of reading strategies within specific subjects for grades 7 – 9. These reading strategies have been implemented together with scaffolding, which means that a teacher gradually empowers students to lead a reading and text comprehension exercise.

A report that contains research findings as well as interviews with dropouts. 379 young people who did not complete their upper secondary studies share their experiences in the report. The answers come from young people who were involved in European Structural Fund projects. They responded to questions about reasons for delays, what could have been done to prevent drop out and they share their vision of the perfect upper secondary school.