Okul idaresi

It is undeniable that medical, psychological, social, educational and legal interventions are required in a number of cases of truancy and early school leaving, but research also shows clearly that in all cases, school and teaching staff can have a decisive influence. This document comprises a checklist for self-assessment of schools, 59 detailed recommendations for improvement of school attendance, pupil engagement and school culture, as well as proposals for behaviour agreements and examples of questionnaires for teachers and parents. The recommended measures are primarily directed at the target group of teachers, principals and parents. The document has been translated from the manual by Nairz-Wirth, Feldmann, Diexer (2012): Handlungsempfehlungen für Lehrende, Schulleitung und Eltern zur erfolgreichen Prävention von Schulabsentismus und Schulabbruch.

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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.

'Kapsayıcı Eğitimde Tüm Öğrencilerin Başarısının Artırılması' (RA) adlı projede, başarıyı artırma ve okulların ve toplulukların tüm öğrencileri içermesi ve desteklemesi için kapasite oluşturma konusunda etkili uygulamalarıyla ilgili bulgu sağlanması amaçlandı.

Kapsayıcı Okul Liderliğinin Desteklenmesi (SISL) adlı projede; kapsayıcı okul düzeyinde liderliğin nasıl teşvik edileceği araştırıldı ve destekleyici araçlar sağlandı. Projede, kapsayıcı eğitim liderliği ile, anlamlı öğrenme fırsatlarına tam katılım, yüksek başarı ve dışlanmaya karşı en savunmasız olanlar da dahil olmak üzere tüm öğrenciler için iyi oluş (well-being) sağlanması amaçlandığı dikkate alındı.

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.

MiCREATE projesinin amacı, göçmen çocukların eğitim ve politika düzeyinde entegrasyonuna çocuk merkezli bir yaklaşım benimseyerek çeşitli göçmen çocuk gruplarının dahil edilmesini teşvik etmektir. Mevcut entegrasyon politikalarını yeniden gözden geçirme ihtiyacından yola çıkan araştırma projesi, göçmen çocukların failliklerini, katılımlarını ve refahlarını geliştirmek için çağdaş entegrasyon süreçlerini kapsamlı bir şekilde incelemeyi amaçlar.

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.

This project was set up more than 10 years ago to reintegrate students who refused to go to school. Since 2007, the programme has focused solely on students who suffer from school phobia, anxiety disorders or depression. The programme is unique in Austria and is publicly funded.