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EDUCATION FOR THE NEW AGE: TRADITION, REFORM, INNOVATION

EDUCATION FOR THE NEW AGE: TRADITION, REFORM, INNOVATION. Tradition and Reform in Secondary School. Use of ICT in Self-evaluation Process. Presented by: Katerina Marcheva, principal “St. Kl. Ohridski” Foreign Language School Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. SEKER Leonardo da Vinchi Project.

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EDUCATION FOR THE NEW AGE: TRADITION, REFORM, INNOVATION

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  1. EDUCATION FOR THE NEW AGE: TRADITION, REFORM, INNOVATION Tradition and Reform in Secondary School

  2. Use of ICT in Self-evaluation Process Presented by: Katerina Marcheva, principal “St. Kl. Ohridski” Foreign Language School Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  3. SEKER Leonardo da Vinchi Project • Transfer of innovations • Ref. No 2008-1-TR-LEO05-03199 • SEKER is a method for improving quality in education through a process of self-evaluation by teachers 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  4. States, participated in the project • Turkey – Contractor of the project • Three institutions • Slovenia - Coordinator • Three institutions • Bulgaria • One institution • Great Britain • One institution 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  5. Participants 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  6. QUTE First Leonardo da Vinchi project 2004-2006 SEKER Transfer of the results of a QUTE project 2009-2010 Background of the project http://www.self-evaluation.net/ 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  7. What isQUTE? • Abbreviation of methodology used tomade a FREE online self-assessment tool • Based onCommon Quality Assurance Framework(CQAF), part of Copenhagen process • The teacher is the centre of self-evaluation and QUTE is the tool for measurement of opinions and the creation of possibilities for improvements in his/her methods 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  8. QUTE and SEKER • QUTE, which was in turn based on a system for self evaluation developed in Slovenia • This perception is measured through an electronic questionnaire with the students responses aggregated into a single response which is then compared with the teacher’s 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  9. What is done in Bulgaria? • Organizational work • Involvement of the 15 educational organizations • Higher education – 8 departments in two universities (NBU and SWU) • Vocational schools – 1 mechanical school • Secondary schools – 4 schools • Primary schools – 2 schools 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  10. Training of the Administrators • Course on the 28-29 March 2010 • Individual work with the administrators and teachers in their schools • Technical help 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  11. Self-evaluation • The situation about self-evaluation in Bulgaria • Difference between self-evaluation in the university and schools • The use self-evaluation in the process of improving the quality of education 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  12. Our work with schools • Offered the information about self-evaluation and the benefit of using it in education • Presented the SEKER Project and our foreign partners • Introduced the QUTE system and steps of using it 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  13. Key part of the work • What is the quality? • 3 in 1 • External evaluation • Internal evaluation • Self evaluation • Indicators • Questionnaires 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  14. Indicators • Two main areas • Teaching process • School management • Examples 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  15. Indicators –teaching process 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  16. Indicators –school management • Organization of teaching process(timetable, supporting t, breaks, cooperation of teachers in creation of timetable, cover, supplying of teachers) • Communication (meetings, newsletters, minutes, open days – school promotion …) • Guidance (vocational guidance, training days for helping students, solving of problems, referral process..) • Support of new teachers (incorporation of new teacher in school, mentoring of new teachers, observations, feedback, additional training …) • Teacher training(continuous training, consultation, peer learning, goal setting …) • Environment (tidiness of classroom, teachers facilities, storage, funding of additional equipment …) • Evaluation of the staff (implementation of self-evaluation …) 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  17. Steps of theself-evaluation process • Agreement who will participate in the campaign (teachers of specific subject from school, teachers from different schools in region ...) and what will be topic of survey (CQAF recommendations) • Preparation of questionnaires (survey) according to CQAF recommendations. • Questionnaires are answered by students • The same questionnaires are answered by teacher • The teacher compare his/her answers to the aggregation of students answers • The teacher compares his/her answers to the aggregation of other teachers in the campaign • The principal / QA (Quality Assessment) quality group get the aggregation of students and teacher’s answers and prepare plan for improvements 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  18. Procedure of self-evaluation 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  19. Survey with students 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  20. How does it work? 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  21. Statements - positive 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  22. Two type of statements • Questions for the teacher • Counter questions for the students 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  23. Evaluation 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  24. Results 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  25. Using the data • The school principal or school quality assurance group can then analyse the final results. They get the averages of the teacher’s and students’ answers and compare them together. • Differences greater than 20% between opinions means potential problems • The extent of this distortion shows how great the problem is. 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  26. Documents • Instructions • List of participants • Analyses • Protocols • Reports 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  27. Problems and benefits • Problems • Technical • Software • Organizational • Human factor – behavioral • Benefits • From point of view of the learners • From point of view of educational institutions 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  28. Quality culture • part of organisational culture • covers the employees’ attitudes towork with quality • QUTE – SEKER is a method of implementing those attitudes 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

  29. Comments and questions 9th Fulbright International Conference, Bansko

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