Values and Self-evaluation of Schools

in the Czech Republic

Stanislav Michekstanislav.michek@nuov.cz

15th April 2010, Helsinki

Content of presentation

Context of Czech Republic Evaluation on system level Evaluation on national level in Czech Republic WAY TO QUALITY - National project for school self-

evaluation

Context

information about Czech Republic educational system

Organisation of the education system

History milestones

Until 1989 – very centralised system From 1989

Founding schools by private or religion founders Demographic changes - decreesing of number pupils in

education 2001 – White paper (National Programme for the

Development of Education) 2001- 2003 Decentralization and autonomy of schools 2004 – New Education Act and Educational Staff Act

Curricular reform: Framework Educational Programmes – School Educational Programmes

New role of Czech School Inspectorate Self evaluation of schools

Principles of Education

Education shall be based on the principles of equal access of all citizens considering the educational needs of an individual; mutual respect, deference, toleration of opinions, and dignity

of all parties in education; free basic and secondary education of citizens free dissemination of findings arising from the results of

current knowledge of the world and in compliance with general goals of education;

the opportunity given to everybody to learn for all their life whilst being aware of having co-responsibility for one’s education.

Goals of Education

General goals of education shall be, in particular, as follows: the personal development of a human being who shall possess

knowledge and social competencies, ethical and spiritual values for their personal and civil life, for the execution of a profession or working activities, and for acquiring information and learning in the course of life;

acquiring general education or general and vocational education; understanding of and application of principles of democracy and a

legal state, fundamental human rights and freedoms along with responsibility and a sense of social coherence;

understanding and application of the principle of equality of women and men in society;

the formation of national and state citizenship awareness and respect for the ethnic, national, cultural, language and religious identity of every person;

knowledge of global and European cultural values and traditions, understanding and acquiring principles and rules arising from European integration as a basis for coexistence at national and international levels;

acquisition and application of knowledge of the environment and its protection arising from the principles of sustainable growth and of safety and the protection of health.

Statistics

  Schools Pupils Teachers

Nursery education 4 809 301 620 23 567

Basic education 4 133 816 015 59 492

Secondary education 111 1 795

46 734

secondary education with apprenticeship certificate

541 116 401

technical secondary education by a maturitní zkouška examination

911 283 594

general secondary education by a maturitní zkouška examination

373 117 477

Total   1 519 425 129 793

Founders of Schools

 

Ministry of Education

municipality regionprivate founder

religion founder

Nursery education 0% 96% 2% 2% 1%

Basic education 1% 89% 7% 2% 1%

Secondary education 18% 3% 65% 10% 5%

secondary education with apprenticeship certificate

5% 1% 78% 16% 1%

secondary education by a maturitní zkouška examination

0% 1% 72% 24% 2%

gymnázium 0% 0% 75% 25%

„Alternative Schools“

Nursery schools

Basic schools

Upper Secondary

schools

Special education

Associations

Montessori (AMS Schools) 47 16 1 3 16

Waldorf pedagogy 25 12 4 1 8

Dalton 7 22 3 - 2

Jena Plan (Petr Petersons school)

1 until 1999

1 until 1999 - - -

Didactics Programmes

Step by Step programme 35 18 - - 1

Health school – project support by WHO 15 36 - - 1

Reading, Writing, Critical Thinking - 56 2 - 1

Creative school (Tvořivá škola) 12 70 - - 1

Evaluation on system level

International comparative studies

Description of system: EURYDICE (The Information Network on Education in Europe) from 1996 ReferNET by CEDEFOP from 2005 TTNet (Teachers and trainers network) by CEDEFOP from 2005 OECD ReviewIndicators INES - Indicators of Education Systems by OECD from 1995 SEN/SENDDD – project Special Education Needs Statistic and Indicators

by OECD/CERI from 1996 EQARF – The European Quality Assurance Reference framework for

Vocational Education and Training from 2011 Student achievements CIVED - Civic Education Study 1999 PIRLS 2001, 2011 PISA 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012 TIMSS 1999, 2007, 2011Citizenships achievements ICCS - International Civic and Citizenship Education Study 2009 PIAAC - Programme for the International Assesment of Adult

Competencies by OECD from 2009

Evaluation on national level in Czech Republic

Monitoring of learning outcomes – national testing of pupils

Final exam in ISCED 3C

New Final Examination Project of National Institute of Technical and Vocational Education

(NUOV) Main objective

implement the standardized final examinations in fields of study completed with the apprenticeship certificate as a result into all school

Delivers Uniform tasks for all vocational training fields: Developed by

executive teams of teachers, representatives of the employer sphere and NUOV professionals.

Practical verification in the schools: From the school year 2009/2010, all schools will have the chance to use the uniform tasks for their final examinations.

Development of an information system on the new final examination: This system gathers all created uniform tasks; and also methodological materials and provides the schools access to them; in the future it will also enable the exchange of experience among teachers and experts.

Czech School Inspectorate

(1) The Czech School Inspectorate shall draw up strategic objectives for inspection activities and systems for evaluating the educational system.

(2) The Czech School Inspectorate at schools and school facilities registered in the Register of Educational Facilities and at workplaces where practicum or vocational training shall, within its inspections: acquire and analyze information on the education of children,

pupils and students, on the activities of schools and school facilities registered in the Register of Educational Facilities, and monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the educational system;

determine and assess the conditions, course and results of education in accordance with relevant school educational programmes;

determine and assess to what extent the school educational programme is met and whether it is in compliance with legal regulations and the framework educational programme;

perform state checks to determine whether legal regulations relating to provision of education and school services are met; state checks shall be executed in accordance with a special legal regulation;

perform a public-legal audit focused on the use of funds allocated from the state budget.

Public inspectorate reports

WAY TO QUALITY

National project for school self-evaluation

LEGISLATION

Education Act 561/2004 and Decree 15/2005 (225/2009) Self-assessment is mandatory for schools – included since

1.1.2005 They have to evaluate their schools every three years. Internal evaluation of schools is always focused on:

the school's goals; analysis of the way in which the school fulfils its goals; areas in which school achieves good results, and areas in

which it is necessary to improve the quality of education, including proposals for appropriate measures to be taken;

efficiency of the chosen measures.

WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT SCHOOLS NEED?

consultancy support further training methodology support financial support methodology guidelines of self-evaluation self-evaluation tools websites with good practice examples information about foreign approaches of self-evaluation

PROJECT WAY TO QUALITY

Self-evaluation: setting up system and supporting school in self-evaluation – Way to Quality

Duration: May 2009 – April 2012 Budget: 77 million CZK (2 986 811 EUR) About 200 employees (different contracts)

Supported by European Social Fund (ESF) and state budget from Operational Programme Education for Competitiveness

Project of Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Partners:

NUOV - National Institute of Technical and Vocational Education NIDV - National Institute for Further Education

Experts from: Faculties of education and educational institutes of Charles University

(Prague), Masaryk University (Brno), Palacky University (Olomouc), University of Ostrava, University of Pardubice

Founders and municipalities

WAY TO QUALITY

MAIN AIMS OF PROJECT

Methodical support in school self-evaluation as one of the steps in curricular reform

Supporting self-evaluation processes at schools as effective instrument of improvement in the quality of initial education

Link self-evaluation and external evaluation in discussion among schools, inspection and statutory authorities

Propose, verify and customize: Methods and procedures of self-evaluation Supporting systems for schools System of teachers and leaders continuous training

WAY TO QUALITY

PRIMARY TARGET GROUPS

Management staff and teachers of these schools:

Special nursery schools Primary schools Elementary schools of music and

arts Conservatoires Grammar schools Secondary vocational schools Secondary technical schools Language schools with state

language exam

507 schools expressed their interest in project activities

SECONDARY TARGETGROUPS

Pupils and students Experts in education Associations Organizations in education Decision makers Statutory authorities Inspectors Social partners (employers) Society (parents) Nongovernmental sector International partners

Key words as expression of the project value and principles

democratization of society, culture of trust and shared

responsibility, quality, effectiveness, accountability, sustainable development, decision-making based on

good-quality information, mental hygiene, patience

cultivation of the environment, sensitive pressure, partnership, respect and understanding, dialogue, consensus, reflection, professionalisation, reflection of foreign and domestic

experience,

WAY TO QUALITY

ADDED VALUE OF THE PROJECT

Before project: Self-evaluation is understood as

administrative and bureaucratic requirement from top.

Fragmented offer of the evaluation tools

Fragmented examples of good practice

Absence of consultation system supporting self-evaluation

Further training focus on management of schools

Sporadic exchange of experiences with self-evaluation

Absence of link between self-evaluation and external evaluation

After project: Self-evaluation is mostly

understood as fundamental activity of improving the quality of education and school.

Organized system of valid evaluation tools

Reviewed offers of examples of effective practice

Workable consultation system supporting self-evaluation

Complex offer of further training for stakeholders (leaders, coordinators, teachers, inspectors, statutory authorities)

Motivation for exchange of experiences with self-evaluation

Workable and consensus link between self-evaluation and external evaluation

WAY TO QUALITY

OUTCOMES OF THE PROJECT

A. Research and analyses Review of used methods, techniques, processes and

experiences of schools Review of stakeholders approaches to self-evaluation and

external evaluation Research of experience and attitude of target group,

questionnaires measuring added value of the project Analytical reports about self-evaluation in selected OECD and

EU countries

Attitudes to self-evaluation

N = 531 schools

Development of factors in depend of number of self-evaluation cycles

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Outcomes of project

B. Development and validation Databases of 30 valid self-evaluation methods, tools, techniques, e.g.:

Self-evaluation framework Good school – the tool for work with priorities Questionnaire of pupils´ motivation for achievement Questionnaire of pupils´ attitude to school Questionnaire of interaction of teacher and pupils Questionnaire of teaching staff climate (based on the

Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire) Questionnaire of teaching strategy of foreign language 360° feedback for middle management at school Observation list for „teaching to develop learning competence“ Teacher, pupils and parents survey School Educational Programmes analyses Documents analyses Teacher evaluation based on Teacher standards

Self-evaluation framework

Condition for education

Content and process of education

Educational results of pupils

Support of pupils, cooperation with

stakeholders

Leadership and school management, the quality of human resources work

Self-evaluation framework I

1. conditions for educationa. Demographic conditionsb. Personal conditionsc. Safety and hygienic conditionsd. Economic conditionse. Material conditions

2. Content and process of educationa. School educational programmeb. Planning of teachingc. Support teaching materiald. Realization of teachinge. Taking into account individual needs of pupilsf. Assessment of teachingg. Outside classroom activities

3. school support of pupils, cooperation with parents, influence of mutual relationships among school, pupils, parents and other persons on educationa. Schools climateb. Support of pupils systemc. Cooperation with parentsd. Cooperation with other institution

Self-evaluation framework II

4. educational results of pupilsa. Key competenciesb. Knowledge and skillsc. Attitudesd. Motivation of pupilse. Successful of graduates

5. Leadership and school management, the quality of human resources work, the quality of in-service training of educational staffa. Strategy managementb. Organization management of schoolc. Pedagogy governing of schoold. Professionalism and human resources developmente. Partnerships of school and external relationships

6. results of school work, especially with respect to the conditions of education and economic resourcesa. Quantitative analysesb. Qualitative analyses

Outcomes of project

B. Development and validation Categorized electronic database of 30 practice examples of

school quality management through self-evaluation processes covered all regions and types of schools in Czech Republic

Set of recommendations for schools and other stakeholders, how effectively do self-evaluation Recommendation for meta-evaluation – assessment criteria

for plan, process and report of self - evaluation Recommendation for approach of founders to self-

evaluation Recommendation for approach of Czech School

Inspectorate to self-evaluation Monolingual dictionary of relevant terminology in the area of

self-evaluation and quality

WAY TO QUALITY

OUTCOMES OF THE PROJECT

C. Supporting systems for schools and stakeholders Effective networks of cooperating schools based on activities as

workshops, school visits between schools and peer review Supporting network of advisers Call centre & electronic consultancy Information technology system supporting self-evaluation Publications, bulletins supporting self-evaluation

D. Further training Educational programs (school management, self-evaluation of school,

reflective practician) for managers, self-evaluation coordinators, teachers Professional trainers and tutors for self-evaluation Conferences for managers, self-evaluation coordinators, teachers,

inspectors, founders, decision makers Supporting study texts

Self - evaluation of independent schools

Private schools used different certificates About 104 from 290 schools have the quality certificate of

Association of Private Schools of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia (SSŠČMS)

About 30 schools obtained standards ISO 9001, ISO 9004 or ISO 14001

About 40 schools have IES Certificate (private company International Education Society)

Schools with same private founder benchmark themselves

Step by Step programme schools and Health school use self-evaluation and benchmarking

No different between public and independent schools in self- evaluation

THANK YOU

For more information

stanislav.michek@nuov.cz