1. “School evaluation as a path towards its development” Rzeszów, 22.04.2013 r.

2. School Evaluation in the Polish Education  The School Education Act of 7 September 1991 (with further amendments)  Regulation of the Minister of Education and Sport of 7 October 2009 concerning the pedagogical supervision Legal acts that regulate the school evaluation: Legal acts that regulate the innovation in education:

3. Pedagogical supervision

4. EVALUATION EVALUATION is a kind of applied (practical) social research. EVALUATION is neither control nor assessment.

5. Evaluation is conducted as: External – undertaken by the body responsible for pedagogical supervision Internal - undertaken by the school head

6. External evaluation Internal evaluation Carried out periodically Carried out by the evaluators’ team Can be as comprehensive or problem related Carried out at any time Focused of current problems of school Can be carried out with respect to certain Regulation

7. External evaluation External evaluation includes in particular: Collection and analysis of information on the school educational activities Definition of level of school performance in terms of requirements stated in the regulations on supervision.

8. Purpose of the external evaluation provides the information on: How does the school work in the fields referred to in Regulation? At what level the school meets the requirements given by the state and described in the Regulation? in two types: comprehensive – in all areas of school work selective – problem related, in particular aspects

9. Requirements have been formulated in four areas of schools activity: 1. Effects of teaching, upbringing and care as well as other school's statutory activities 2. Processes taking place in the school 3. Functioning of school in the local community, in particular in terms of cooperation with parents 4. School management External evaluation

10. Procedures: Inform the school - one month before the planned evaluation Meeting with the pedagogical council, familiarizing with the scope and timetable for evaluation Conducting the evaluation activities- no longer than 5 working days Present the results and conclusions on the meeting with the pedagogical council - 7 days after completion the evaluation activities at school Developed a report – no later than 7 days after, transmission of the report to the school and to the local authority Publication of the report on the internet

11. External evaluation Tools quantitative and qualitative methods Interview Lessons (all educational levels, not less than 6) School and it’s environment Extracurricullar activities Headmaster is free to choice what school documents he / she intends to share with evaluators. Survey Observation Analysis of documents Headmaster Teachers Students Parents Staff School partners Teachers (online) Students (online; my school, my day) Parents (paper) Headmaster (online)

12. Creating of the report REPORT Characteristics of the requires (17) Characteristics of the requirements on level B and D Description of criteria INTERVIEW with headmaster GROUP INTERVIEW: teachers students parents unpedagogical staff school partners and local authorities OBSERVATION OF THE SCHOOL OBSERVATION OF THE CLASSES ANALYSIS OF DOCUMENTS QUESTIONNAIRE: teachers students parents headmaster Conclusions

13. External evaluation is aiming at the assessment of meeting the requirements in relation to five following levels: 1.Level A – very high level of meeting requirements by the school 2.Level B – high level of meeting requirements by the school 3.Level C – average level of meeting requirements by the school 4.Level D – basic level of meeting requirements by the school 5.Level E – low level of meeting requirements by the school.

14.  Report points out the levels of meeting of all relevant requirements.  Report does not include one single assessment of school performance but the assessment of meeting of each evaluation requirement separately. External evaluation

15. If meeting of requirements from outside the "effects" area is assessed to be at the E level, the school is obliged to implement actions aiming at the improvement in the given area. External evaluation

16. Thank you for your attention HANNA STASICKA senior school inspector Thank you for your attention HANNA STASICKA senior school inspector