SCHOOL EVALUATION
GREECE
Sofia Saiti
School Advisor / Preschool Education
Structure of the Greek Education System
2012/13
Organisational Structure of the Ministry of Education
and Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports.
Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs,
Culture and Sports
Regional Education Directorates (13)
Directorates of Education (Prefecture)
Schools
Teacher’s teaching hours per week
(Primary) 2517/1997
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25 hours ( in 1, 2 or 3 seater schools)
24 (0-10 years)
23 (10 - 15 years)
22 (15 - 20 years)
21 (20 & more years)
20 (headmasters in 4 or 5 seater schools)
12 (headmasters in 6 or 8 seater schools)
10 (headmasters in 10 or 11 seater schools)
8 (headmasters in 12 & more seater schools)
Responsibilities of the school advisor
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Supervision
Observation
Peer teaching
Mentoring, supporting – pedagogical work
Training
Coordination, planning, program development,
surveys, educational studies,
Reporting (end of school year)-points out weaknesses,
difficulties, proposes ways of improvement
Educational reform
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New curricula (pilot implementation). upgrade of all-day school
Establishment of the Institute of Educational Policy (IEP)
(scientific, executive body of the Ministry of Education which
has an advisory and supportive role as far as the designing and
imlementation of educational policy issues on primary and
secondary education are concerned and on 4 pilars: Curricula,
Evaluation, Training, Research)
Reformed induction programme for newly appointed teachers
(app.100h divided into 3 phases)
School self – evaluation (2010-12 pilot implementation)
School advisor’s training – certificate of “guidance competency”
In this context, the educational reform cultivates the practice of
evaluation and feedback in order to identify potential areas for
change and improvement.
Evaluation of educational work
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Constitutes a major educational issue.
1982, the institution of the ‘inspector’ was substituted
by the school advisor
Lack of assessment since then. Lack of assessment
culture
The state has at times attended to pass laws that yet
remained nugatory.
The passage of the last law 3848/2010 on the selfassessment of educational work (AEE) has tried to
establish the view that assessment consists an
important scientific field of education with major sociopolitical dimensions
Self - assessement of educational work
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Evaluation
School Improvement
Effectiveness
Reflection / Feedback
Supervision
Internal evaluation (1) - primary and
secondary education
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Both external and internal evaluation are included in the law
(ν. 3848/2010, 4142/2013) - teachers’ evaluation has n’t taken its
final form yet.
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Project of Institution of Educational Policy
Pilot self-assessment of school units was applied to a number
of schools who accepted (550) and the procedure lasted for 2
years. (total number 2010-2011: Preschool: 6067, primary: 5377)
It is conducted once a year by the headmaster and the
educational staff of each school, in cooperation with the
school advisor and in some cases with the parents and
students as well.
Steps / Phases
First Year
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Initial assessment of the
overall profile (outlook) of
the school
Mutually acceptable goals
and priorities
Developing action research
in school
Selection, planning and
organization of action plans
(projects)
Submission of the annual
self-assessment report.
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Second Year
Realization of the action plans
(projects)
Utilization (exploitation), of
results
Submission of the annual selfassessment report
Results published on the school
website and on the Hellenic
School Networ
(Use of the Observatory (Centre) of AEE.)
Networking with other schools and
dissemination of good practices)
Tools / Sources for data collection
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Teachers calendar
Photos
Videotaping of teaching acts
Interviews with students and
parents
Observation forms
Questionnaires / Socialgram
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Teachers‘ meetings
(minutes)
Records from the meetings
with parents
Students
Data bases (e-school)
Subjects content
Comments/Views of all
involved
Curriculla guide
SCHOOL IDENTITY
Social and civil characteristics of students and school
Α. DATA
Sectors
1. Means & Funds
Indexes
School room, materials, hardware and financial resources
Staff
Β. PROCEDURES
Sectors
2. Leadership, Management
and Organization of School
Indexes
Management & Coordination of School Life
Resource Management
Support and development of human resources
3. Teaching & Learning
3.1 Development and implementation of teaching practices
3.2.Development & implementation of pedagogical practices and
assessment practices of students
4. Atmosphere and
4.1Relations between teachers-students and between students
relations at school
4.2. School and parents relations and partnerships with teachers - social
actors
5.Programs, interventions
and improvement actions
5.1 Educational programs and innovations, supportive and compensatory
interventions
C. OUTCOMES
Sectors
6.Educational
Outcomes
Indexes
6.1 Students attendance – leak
6.2 Students achievements and
progress
6.3 Personal and social development
of students
7. School outcomes
7.1 Fulfilling school objectives
«Authority for Quality Assurance in
Primary and Secondary Education»
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Independed administrative (established (4142/ 9-4-13). It
consists of a Department of a scientific personnel of 25
and administrative of 10
It will evaluate the quality of the school units self –
assessment and other entities’ work which are being
supervised by the Ministry of Education and the teachers’
evaluation process as well, with main purpose to ensure
the validity, the trustworthiness and the objectivity of the
evaluation process (every 4 years)
One or more committee of 5 experts will be established in
each Directorate of Education which will supervise the
evaluation process.
Thank you
Ευχαριστώ
Sofia Saiti
Primary School Advisor
Greece – Hepirus
sofiasait@yahoo.gr