Shared vision

Definition:

The whole school staff is involved in setting, owning, and implementing a joint vision; responsibility is distributed so that the staff is motivated to learn toward what they are held accountable to do.

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The school policy is clearly written in a document and everyone knows it

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The school policy is understandable but not written in burocratic terms

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The school activates periodical meeting with the students, explaining the school’ vision

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The school activates periodical meeting with the parents explaining the school’ vision

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The students are involved in the creation /modification of the policy

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The staff know well the school policy and keep adequate and consequential behaviors

Creating and supporting continuous learning opportunities for all staff

Definition:

Learning is planned and opportunities are provided for ongoing professional growth.

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An adequate learning and training program is negotiated with the teachers following their exigencies and proposals

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The teaching style of the single teachers is discussed and the innovations developed by one or by a team of teachers are adequately presented to the school community

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The students can express their opinions about the contents and the organization of the teaching activities

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Part of the internal training and focusing activities are dedicate to the sharing of the common vision of the school

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The organization of the school foresees time and adequate resources for the professional development

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Organizational and professional support is given to the teachers for a better pedagogical approach

Promoting team learning and collaboration among all staff

Definition

Teachers and school staff are expected to learn together and work together; collaboration is valued by the culture and rewarded.

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Moments of profound discussion about the learning activities and innovation in teaching are continually organized

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Moments of reciprocal support are regularly organized and scheduled

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All the staff feel to share the same educative approach

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The school allocates adequate time and resources for collaborative working and collective learning

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The school promotes collaborative working and collective learning focused on learning experiences, learner outcomes and/or staff practices

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Moments of training are dedicated to the staff for teach how to learn and to work together as a team

Establishing a culture of enquiry, innovation and exploration

Definition

All the school members gain productive reasoning skills to express their views and the capacity to listen and inquire into the views of others; the culture is changed to support questioning, feedback, and experimentation.

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The school leadership invites the staff to experiment and innovate in their practice

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A rewarding system is active for recognizing the staff innovative initiatives

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Investigation and innovation are concretely supported and encouraged

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Staff are encouraged being involved in discussions and focus groups to present they personal approach to the teaching

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Difficulties and criticalities are openly presented to the staff meeting and common solutions are encouraged

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The learning activity involves investigation and research

Embedding systems for collecting and exchanging knowledge for learning

Definition

Systems, also technology based, to share learning are created and integrated within the school; access is provided; systems are maintained

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An organized system is in place and well known by the staff in order to examine progress and gaps between current and expected impact of the innovations

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The school communicates through adequate tools and examples good and failed practices and the evidences are made available to all the staff

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The school regularly publishes evidences of best practices

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Training activities and meetings are dedicated to the capacity of the staff to analyse and use multiple sources of data for feedback

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The school develops plans based on learning from continuous self-assessment and the plans are adequately updated

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Staff regularly discuss and evaluate whether actions had the desired impact and change course if necessary

Learning with and from the external environment and wider learning system

Definition

The school is an open system, welcoming approaches from potential external collaborators.

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Periodical meetings (in presence or on-line) are organized in order to evaluate ant external opportunity

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The school assures projects and regular meetings in order to develops networks with external organizations and institutions

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The school organizes regular event for involving in specific educative projects parents/careers and the community as partners in the education process

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The school forms partnerships with higher education institutions, businesses and/or public or non-governmental organisations in efforts to deepen and extend learning

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The school encourages partnerships based on equality of relationships and opportunities for mutual learning

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ICT is widely used to facilitate communication, knowledge exchange and collaboration with the external environment

Modelling and growing learning leadership

Definition

The leadership in the school uses learning strategically for gaining better results and innovation

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The school leadership organizes regular meetings or events for sharing vision, goals and values

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The school leadership distributes tasks with a defined system of middles management

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The middle managers innovation, creativity and autonomy is assured being based in concrete and defined portfolios

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Regular meetings with the middle managers and the rest of the staff are assured to facilitate professional dialogue, collaboration and knowledge exchange

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The school leadership promotes a strong collaboration, that is well defined and designed in documents or projects , in order to promote regular cooperation with other schools, parents/careers, the community, higher education institutions and other partners

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The school leadership assures a strong involvement of the students in its decisions and programs