1. WE CREATE A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL TOGETHER
National Agency for School Evaluation
Jurgita Maslauskaite, Lithuania
, Porto

3. NATIONAL AGENCY FOR SCHOOL EVALUATION
The main task is to head self evaluation of the quality of school’s activities and to organize and coordinate external evaluation of the quality of schools’ activities all over the country.

4. HARMONY BETWEEN SELF-EVALUATION AND EXTERNAL EVALUATION
Unified system of indicators.
Self-evaluation recognizes and refers to the school’s external evaluation.
The aim of both evaluation systems is to evaluate and improve the quality of a school.

5. Framework of general school evaluation methodology (2009)
2. Teaching
and learning
4. Support
for students
1. School culture
3. Achievements
5. School
management
22 themes
67 indicators

6. EXTERNAL EVALUATORS Non-staff people teachers
headmasters and deputy headmasters
specialist of local/ municipal and regional educational departments
233 external evaluators

7. SCHOOL EXTERNAL EVALUATION AS A KEY TO FIND SUCCESS
Steps:
External evaluation
Identifying positive practice
Publishing and disseminating
Learning from successful practice

8. SHARING A SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE
The book “Methodology of self- evaluation at school” (Vilnius, 2008) was written together with teachers
The book contains recommendations from 33 Lithuanian schools how to do self-evaluation

9. Identifying a positive practice, publishing and disseminating it
20 Lithuanian schools share successful experience
The teachers write about their success formulas
There are 2 DVD disks with fragments of effective lessons and 2 lists with tasks for teachers (Vilnius, 2008)

10. LEARNING FROM SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE
Folders of filmed lessons
Lithuanian language. (The main focus is on the assessment of students)
Religion and art. (The main focus is on the interdisciplinary links)
Faith. (The main focus is how the teacher fulfils the plan of the lesson)
ICT. (The main focus is on students activities individualization)
English language. (The main focus is on the collaboration while learning). Every folder has DVD disk with filmed lesson, plan of lesson, list with tasks for teacher. (Vilnius, 2009)
Biology and Chemistry
History
Art
Mathematics
Physical
2012:
11. Geography
12. Technology
13. Primary education

11. WE CREATE SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL TOGETHER
FILM ‘FIND SUCCESS’ (Vilnius, 2010)
The film contains successful practice at 8 schools
The key question is how management of school influences teaching, learning and students achievements
We also involved parents and asked their opinion about school management

12. Learning from each other and together to improve teaching and learning
Folders of filmed lessons are given for each school
Meetings with the local municipalities and principals. Discussions and debates about the film.
We work further with the documentary (filmed lessons) during seminars and qualification improvement events. Schools and teachers also use this material for their own teaching and learning development
Schools as partners

14. Additional information

15. NATIONAL AGENCY FOR SCHOOL EVALUATION
Director
Deputy Director
Self-Evaluation of School
(Internal Audit)
(3 people)
Training and Accreditation of
External Evaluators
(2+3 people)
External evaluation of School
(External Audit)
(3 people)
Policy analysis
(6 people)
Data analysis
(1,5 person)
Accountant
Assistant
ICT specialist
Cleaner
Selection and Training
of School Heads
(3 people)

16. GOALS OF THE INSTITUTION
To do quality evaluation of activities of schools of general education.
To provide schools and school founders with methodological assistance and recommendations for improving quality of schools’ activities.
To perform education monitoring: analysis, evaluation, prognosis.
To work out recommendation for education managers.
To organize and implement activities involved in school heads selection and qualification development.
To coordinate Eurydice information network.

17. TASKS OF THE INSTITUTION
To head self-evaluation of the quality of schools’ activities and to organize and coordinate external evaluation of the quality of schools’ activities all over the country.
To select External evaluators, to organize their training and testing.
To provide data for monitoring of education.
To analyse state of education.
To produce education state surveys.

18. THE AIM OF EXTERNAL EVALUATION
To establish a climate aimed at school improvement and not at accusation.

19. THE CATEGORIES OF EXTERNAL EVALUATORS
An evaluator (minimum category)
A mentor of candidates for external evaluation (medium category)
A team leader of external evaluators (the highest category)
Each category is given for a three-year period.

20. AGREEMENTS 70 days before evaluation;
Survey of pupils and their parents opinion about their schools;
First visit;
3-5 days;
3-9 evaluators;
not less than 75 % of working time in school evaluators observe teaching and learning
+3 -2;
+10 -5;
Final Report

21. SCHOOL EXTERNAL EVALUATION AS A KEY TO FIND SUCCESS
After external evaluation:
schools ask feedback
we work together not only with schools but also with municipalities
the data of evaluated school is analysed
strategic plans are written

22. PUBLISHING
Agency publishes articles, information publications, other editions which highlight our activities, good experience of evaluated schools (for eg.: the survey of pupils and their parents opinion about: the school atmosphere, relations, emotional and physical stability; what lesson does the pupil see; social dialogue in the education)
Annual report – based on data of the quality of evaluated schools performance with the particular subject (for eg. support for students; school management).

23. EVALUATION LANDMARKS
It is neither the quality control nor search for the guilty.
Individuals are not criticised.
Personnel is not punished.
People are not humiliated.

24. THE CRITERION FOR EXTERNAL EVALUATION SUCCESS
Has it helped the school to improve the services provided to the children?

25. The quality is not possible to make without self evaluation and changes in management culture