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WELCOME TO SZEKSZÁRD!

WELCOME TO SZEKSZÁRD!. SZEKSZÁRD. county town population: 36000 people 8 secondary schools. Contents of the presentation. Short presentation of our school Motivations to start quality improvement Changing our system of education Milestones of our improvement journey

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WELCOME TO SZEKSZÁRD!

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  1. WELCOME TO SZEKSZÁRD! Elementary School & Boarding School N.2.

  2. SZEKSZÁRD • county town • population: 36000 people • 8 secondary schools Elementary School & Boarding School N.2.

  3. Contents of the presentation • Short presentation of our school • Motivations to start quality improvement • Changing our system of education • Milestones of our improvement journey • Our Quality Improvement Handbook • Benefits of applying self assessment Elementary School & Boarding School N.2.

  4. Elementery School & Boarding School N.2.78 Zrínyi St Szekszárd Tel: 06 74511450 Fax: 06 74512085 Elementary School & Boarding School N.2.

  5. In 1980’s: very popular, acknowledged school (about 1200 pupils) 3-4 classes in each grade missed opportunities (change of profile, improving training methods & technics) In 1990’s: reduction of pupils (about 400) in the old part of the town 2 classes in each grade (through of demographic wave, attractiveness of other schools) declining socio-cultural background (e.g. unemployment) more pupils struggling with learning difficulties and behavioural problems (about 15-20%) Short Presentation of the School established: in 1969 Elementary School & Boarding School N.2.

  6. Self-esteem Regaining lost prestige Self-control Is what we are doing any good? Are we efficent? Urge to prove Are we as goog as the others and can we achieve as much as they can? Loosened not every field of Education externalregulation, benefited from Excessive Control liberalization Motivations to start improvement Elementary School & Boarding School N.2.

  7. CHANGING OUR SYSTEM OF EDUCATION(FROM 1996, BASED ON MEASURING) Change of profile New forms of education New leadership New approach • English- Information Technology • Education with general syllabus • Grade „0” • (preceeding training focusing on remedial skills) Good old practice, innovative teaching staff Elementary School & Boarding School N.2.

  8. Milestones of the improvement journey • From 1996: • Participation in refresher courses • Participation in national „Comenius 2000” Quality Improvement Project (manged by The Ministry of Education) • Harmonization of partners (stakeholders) needs and operation of the school during the quality improvement process (based on EFQM/HPEQA) • Management of partner relations • Results of the „focus on partner” process Elementary School & Boarding School N.2.

  9. Participation in refresher courses • We learned, because • there was a need to have order (& system) inside the school • systematic arrangement is based on actual requirements and information • there was a need to have results and efficiency indicators which could be quantified, measured and compared • we needed realistic conclusions and goals Courses arranged by: Ö n f e j l e sz t ő I s k o l á k Elementary School & Boarding School N.2.

  10. Participation in the national „Comenius 2000” Quality Project • Comprehensive measurment of the partners’ needs • Intuitive recognition of partners’ needs • (only 2 measurements/assessments) Identifying the priority order of goals Working in teams • Before „Comenius 2000” Utilizing experiences in everyday work Definition of goals based on latent, altered needs of the society Communication of the results Elementary School & Boarding School N.2.

  11. Harmonization of partners’ needs and school • Leadership • preparing the list of partners • interviews with the head of minority self-governments, kindergarten masters • questionnaries for parents of would be elementary school pupils • socio-cultural examination questionnaries • Consulting hours by the school principal • The staff (working in teams led by quality improvement leader) • preparing the list of partners • interview questions and forms • questionnaries for direct and indirect partners • comparing the goals and results Elementary School & Boarding School N.2.

  12. Harmonization of partners’ needs and school • Keeping in touch with • direct partners • indirect partners • employees • children • parents • maintainer • self-government • (supporting body) • other institutions • and suppliers • educational • organizations • funds • indirect partners Elementary School & Boarding School N.2.

  13. Management of partner relations „Focus on partners” = adding the market survey results to everyday work • self-government of students • General Assembly of Pupils • school meetings • personal contact • vocational guidance before school starts • open houses • „Cup of Kindergarten Pupils” • „tasting the school” children after school started Elementary School & Boarding School N.2.

  14. Management of partner relations • Parents’ Association • socio-cultural measurements • measurement of parents’ needs and their degree of satisfaction • social worker in charge of protection of children • Parents-Teacher Conferences(e.g. preceding graduation from school) • Visits to pupils’ home • Joint programs with the families before school starts • handing over the shortened version of our Pedagogical Program to parents • open houses • giving information in local media • „open institution” (a chance to get personal information) parents after school started Elementary School & Boarding School N.2.

  15. Results of the „focus on partners” process Feel that we count on their opinion The relationship improved children parents Our prestige has improved Cooperation in Measurements assessments schools kindergartens Self-criticism Critical sense employees Elementary School & Boarding School N.2.

  16. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT HANDBOOK Short presentation of the school 1. Our quality improvement system 1.1. Purposes of our quality improvement system 1.2. Quality improvement policy of our school 1.3. Commitment of the school leadership 1.4. The quality improvement leader 1.5. The quality improvement staff 2. Specific features of our „focus on partner” operations 3. Self-assessment 4. Revision and modification of the Quality Improvement Handbook CONTENTS Elementary School & Boarding School N.2.

  17. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT HANDBOOK • Sample contract sheet for quality improvement works • Structure of the quality improvement staffs’ annual plan • Procedures of measuring the stakeholders’ needs and their degree of satisfaction • Filling forms, questionaires for measuring • Processing steps to identify stakeholders • Processing steps to assess stakeholders’ needs and measure the level of their satisfaction • Processing steps of formulating our improvement goals and priorities APPENDIX Elementary School & Boarding School N.2.

  18. Benefits of applyling self assessement • in-house system of evaluation and recognition • regular measurement of partners’ needs and degree of their satisfaction • long & medium term plans, goals, tasks Strengthens • our attitude and result-oriented approach Explores • problems and shortages Develops • new methods (added to the teachers’ practice) • sensitivity to understandng problems • sense of responsibility EFQM / KMD Elementary School & Boarding School N.2.

  19. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION! Elementary School & Boarding School N.2.

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