Capacity Building for Integrative Supervision

at the Education and Teacher Training Agency

EC Phare 2005

in a nutshell Dr. Éva Gefferth

Team Leader

Overall Objective of the Project:

• To further quality assurance and higher standards in the educational system in line with the strategic goals set in the Education Sector Development Plan (2005-2010).

Specific Objective of the Project:

• To introduce EU standards of supervision with the aim of implementing external evaluation and self evaluation into the educational system.

““raise the bar and close the gap”raise the bar and close the gap”““raise the bar and close the gap”raise the bar and close the gap”

→ ‘Education for All’ – on very large scale

→ large number of change agents needed

→ self evaluation of school staff

→ reflective teachers / principals

→ big change – huge challenge

Change of school cultureChange of school culture

Collaborative

Outward looking – parents / community

With professional authority but not controlling

Life Long Learning for All

De-privatisation of classrooms

“It’s a process in which we, by using self-evaluation and reflections about our thoughts and actions, come to revelations which are sometimes painful, often exciting, and always useful for personal and professional growth and development”.

“Supporting people, expanding self-perception, developing communication skills, seeing perspective of other people, solving conflicts, improvement in dealing with stress at work.”

Target Groups:

Main and direct beneficiary - ETTA 15 senior advisers: 8 from the central office 7 from the regional offices

Osijek, Rijeka, Split, Zadar (subject diversity)

Final beneficiaries - students in the Croatian pre-school, primary and secondary schools

The main activities carried out by the TA:

Project duration: 4/2007-4/2009

Providing a training programme in integrative supervision for 15 ETTA senior advisors

Support to preparing a protocol for the introduction of

integrative supervision into the Croatian education system

Support to preparing a publication on integrative

supervision in education

Running dissemination events for major stakeholders

EC-Delegation in Croatia(Phare Programme Monitoring Unit)

EC-Delegation in Croatia(Phare Programme Monitoring Unit)

Ministry of Science, Education,and Sports

MoSES - SPO

Ministry of Science, Education,and Sports

MoSES - SPO

Beneficiary: ETTAImplementation Unit

(PIU)

Beneficiary: ETTAImplementation Unit

(PIU)

CFCA Ministry of FinanceCFCA Ministry of Finance

CBIS - TATTechnical

Assistance Team

CBIS - TATTechnical

Assistance Team

ETTA

Regional Centres

ETTA

Regional CentresAgriconsulting Europe SA

+ consortium partnersAgriconsulting Europe SA

+ consortium partners

Renata Ozorlić

Dominić

PIU head

Renata Ozorlić

Dominić

PIU head

Project Organisation Structure

Target group of 15 senior advisorsTarget group of

15 senior advisors

(training)(training)

Dr. Éva Gefferth:Team LeaderOverall Management;+ Liasee with EC and ETTA+ Trainer

Dr. Éva Gefferth:Team LeaderOverall Management;+ Liasee with EC and ETTA+ Trainer

Prof. dr. sc. Ljiljana IIgrić

Trainer

Prof. dr. sc. Ljiljana IIgrić

Trainer

Jasenka Pregrad, prof.

Trainer

Jasenka Pregrad, prof.

Trainer

Zdravko Bokulić, prof.

Trainer

Zdravko Bokulić, prof.

Trainer

Technical Assistance Team

Project GroupProject Group

Marina Ništ Mirela Skelac

Renata Ozorlić Dominić

Srećko Listeš

Dubravka Kovačević

Biljana Petljak Jakunić

Mirjana Kazija

Vesna Milić

Alka Požnjak Malobabić

Robert Cimperman

Sabina Marunčić

Majda Fajdetić

Tijana Vidović

Loranda Miletić

Ružica Ambruš-Kiš

The CurriculumThe Curriculum

Objectives: trainees qualified to implement supervisory

approaches in the area of education trainees have the skills to provide supervision

that leads to positive professional outcomes and stimulation for further work of the

supervisee trainees will be aware of ethics of supervision trainees will have developed professional supervisory identity and a need for his/her own continuous professional development in supervision

The CurriculumThe Curriculum

Key competencies of the supervisor personal: e.g. emotional consciousness

social: e.g. attentiveness, ability to support others

professional: e.g. ability to facilitate the process of self-reflection of supervisees

Certification criteria: 80% presence + tasks + competencies developed + LLL attitude

Contents of the training

Communication and rapport skills Group interaction Supervision as process of self-reflection

in a professional and methodical way Evaluation in supervision Learning theories (learning of adults,

life-long learning)

The Key Principles of the TA’s approach

1. Transfer of skills and know-how;

2. Participatory training techniques;

3. Quality approach to project management (commitment, transparency, sharing tasks and responsibilities);

4. Taking process monitoring (related to activities and outputs) seriously;

5. Transparency in partnership with stakeholders.

At the end of the 22 months’ implementationoutputs fully or nearly fully achieved:

330 hours’ education completed 14 senior advisors certified for integrative

supervision in education; A team of educated supervisors set up at ETTA; Pilot supervision groups of teachers throughout

Croatia in 2008; Protocol for the introduction of integrative

supervision into Croatian education system Publication on integrative supervision in education

Final evaluation of the trainingFinal evaluation of the training

Training objectives: “Distinctly formulated, measurable and achieved”

Overall style of delivery of the workshops: “We’ve got quality role-models.” “I learned a lot about leading by the way leaders did it.”

The structure of the training: “Empiric and reflexive style of learning was dominant”

Final evaluation of the trainingFinal evaluation of the training

Impact on changes in your regular work : “Quality embedding of new skills”

Impact on professional relationships with teachers and principals:

“I am peaceful, more secure and with many

ideas how to solve problems.“

“I integrate the approach wherever I can in

my work and it has large effect.”

and in the end we all hope that ……

……the final beneficiaries will experience the merits!

Thank you

for your attention