Educational Environment Programmes

Year 2012-2013

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Increase social cohesion through intercultural education, equity and promotion of the use of Catalan

Educational cooperation initiative

Achieve educational success for all pupils.

EEP

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Educational Environment Programmes

•There are 96 Educational Environment Programmes in Catalonia

• 23,47% of Catalan schools are involved

…and 27,88% of Catalan students

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LIC Advisor

Representatives Educational Services

Schools

Regional Gov.

Department Stakeholders

Regional Services Director InspectorRegional Services Director Inspector

Education techniciansMunicipal

Representatives

MayorCouncillor for

Education

Representatives Associations

and local entities

Representative-institutional Committee

Operating Committee

Working groups, participation committees

LEVEL A

LEVEL B

LEVEL C

Department of Education Council

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Intercultural education

Social C

ohesion

Use

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ata

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Equ

ity

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Principles of the PlanPrinciples of the Plan

Sharing responsibilitySharing responsibility

Confidence, dialogue and consensus

Confidence, dialogue and consensus

Participation and coordination

Participation and coordination

Promoting local initiatives

Promoting local initiatives

Sharing expenses

Sharing expenses

Normalization andsustainability

Normalization andsustainability

Innovation andeducational quality

Innovation andeducational quality

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Personal time

Leisure time

School time

Class time

After-school time

Educational continuity

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Secondary school

Nursery

State funded private school

Pre-Primary and Primary school

Education Services

Municipalservices

Associationsentities

Sports Centres

Cultural centres Leisure centres

SpecialEducation school

Adults

Council

Performing Arts School

Families

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Aims1. To increase academic success

2. To improve schooling conditions

3. To boost participation in activities and spaces of coexistence within the school environment

4. To increase the social uses and spread of catalan language as a shared and cohesive language in regards to respect towards linguistic diversity

5. To promote the education of values civic engagement

6. To encourage education in leisure

7. To remark eLearning and networking of all educational agents in the territory

Improve links between families and schools Improve links between schools Improve links between schools and their environment.

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Support activities for school tasks

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Artistic activities

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Sport activities

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Workshops for families

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Initial assessmentDIAGNOSIS

Initial assessmentDIAGNOSIS

Assessment of thePROCESS

Assessment of thePROCESS

Final assessmentRESULTS

Final assessmentRESULTS

QualitativeQualitative QuantitativeQuantitative

Deferred assessmentIMPACT

Deferred assessmentIMPACT

ASSESSMENT INDICATORSASSESSMENT INDICATORS

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Initial Year Year Year Year Year YearPhase 1 2 3 4 5 6

Initial assessment

Process assessment

Cultural transformation

Final assessment

Annual assessments

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After 6 evaluations it has been proved that the EEPAs have achieved:

Educational Environment Programmes: Impact

73,15 79,03 77,97 82,94

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Percentatges de graduats d'ESO

PEE Tot Catalunya

An increase in the percentage of graduates in Compulsory Secondary Education. From the beginning EEP application through the 2010-11 academic year, this figure is higher in the schools involved in the EEP (4,82 points) than in other schools in Catalonia (3,91), although the former group presents more complexity.

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Educational Environment Programmes: Impact

Correction of the negative correlation between the percentages of school graduates and percentage of foreign students.

- The difference between the percentage of the total graduates and the percentage of students coming from other countries is almost 24 points.

- In the case of EEP students the difference is reduced to 20 points.

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After 6 evaluations it has been proved that the EEP have achieved:

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Educational Environment Programmes: Impact

Aligned action with the international educational agenda A substantial increase in community projects Closer interaction between parents and schools Growth in students and families’ expectations An increase in the social use of the Catalan language More equal and diverse participation of students in extra

curricular classes An increase in leisure time Growth in students participation A more pronounced feeling of belonging within groups in danger of

social exclusion A more favourable atmosphere towards cultural diversity Fewer social conflicts. A change in the work methodology among professionals and

educational agents

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Educational Environment Programmes: proposals for the 2012-2013 school year

Keeping the EEP means emphasising their added value:

Community projects that answer educational challenges Continuity and coherence between formal, informal and non-formal

education. New working culture and net learning More cohesively united territories Prospects of success for all students

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Key points in sustainability

Agreement

Human resources

Group work (different educational agents reflect upon a specific topic, they diagnose the needs and they elaborate a proposal for actions to carry out and evaluate its results)

Orientation and resources

Shared leadership between the local administration and the educational administration

An organization that ensures: Representation Effectiveness Reflection and community

learning.

A community plan facing educational challenges

Sustained actions

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