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1st QALLL CONFERENCEon Quality Assurance in Lifelong Learningfocussing on Vocational Education & Training and Adult Education

DARKO MALI: Quality rules and initiatives

Bled, March 24th 2011

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Our goals: •To collaborate in EQAVET Network and to inform stakeholders about activities and results •To provide active support to national debate and to development of national approach for quality assurance in VET•…•To support self-evaluation of schools as complementary and effective means of quality assurance

http://www.siqa-vet.si/

CPI as Slovenian National Reference Point for QA in VET

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VET providers level: •A quality assurance system description•A quality group composed by different stakeholders: teachers, students, companies representatives, parents•Quality report annually presented on website (based on self-evaluation)

National level:•National Quality indicators•Annual Quality report (based on quality indicators)•…

QUALITY RULES IN VET IN SLOVENIA

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Quality assurance initiatives

Promotion of peer-review

activities

Promotion of peer-review

activities

QUTE-software(SEKER, ROQET)

QUTE-software(SEKER, ROQET)

Monitoring

Monitoring

Recommendations for

implementing self-evaluation

Recommendations for

implementing self-evaluation

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Project QUTE – Quality in vocational education (2005-2006)

Project SEKER (TOI) – Self-evaluation in Konya region (2009-2010)

Main idea: to develop self-evaluation software for conducting surveys for teachers, pupils… and get results immediately

Results (www.self-evaluation.net):• Software for conducting surveys and analyze-

compare results• Self-evaluation manual (process, areas, indicators,

criteria…) • Questionnaires (for teacher, students, headmasters)

QUTE-software

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Methodology based on Peer-review manual (LdV project):

• External evaluation of schools as complementary method to self-evaluation

• Peers from schools and from institute (CPI)• Training for schools and peers

2 quality areas:• Self-evaluation process• Learning and teaching process

Results:• Criteria for areas• School reports• School improvement plans• Trained and experienced peers

Promoting Peer-review

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93 % of schools has a quality group

65 % of school has a quality report (based on self-evaluation) on website

Improvement plans are concerning:• Teaching and learning (41 %)• School management (18 %)• Pupil’s support (10 %)

26 % of schools managers are using quality report for planning

Commitment to quality on a da

Monitoring – main findings