Transcript Group work in school - BBS

Group work in school
Formation of a group implementing
EFQM
Berufsbildende Schulen des
Landkreises Nienburg
• Location
Northern Germany
Lower Saxony
50 km north of Hanover
150 km southwest of
Hamburg
• Local town
• Nienburg
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32,000 inhabitants
Glass and chemical
industry
Rural environment
Our School
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3,500 students
220 teachers
10 administration staff
2 social workers
Full-time courses (five days a week)
Part-time courses (one or two days a week)
40 school types
50 courses of professional training
school leaving certificates on different levels from basic
school leaving certificate to a certificate which entitles
access to university
BBS Nienburg
• Departments
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Business & Administration, Health Care
Mechanics and Automotive
Electrical Engineering
Construction Technology (building, wood
processing, painting)
• Social Care, Body Care
• Agriculture, Nutrition, Domestic Science
• Sixth Form College (providing access to
university)
Procedure
• Step 1
• Assessment of the amout of
 work
 manpower (number of groups)
 time
Step 2
• Recruitment of colleages from
all seven departments
the staff association
the school management
= 32 colleagues
Step 3
• Training of this group in
EFQM standards
EFQM procedures
by an external management consultant
Step 4
• Definition of 13 fields of work for the
evaluation
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management
school policies and strategies
staff
external partnerships and resources
in-school processes
results (as far as students are concerned)
results (as far as staff is concerned)
results (as far as external stakeholders are concerned
key results
Step 5
• Assignment of all 220 colleages to
one of the 13 fields of work
according to their personal interests
and qualifications
Step 6
• Self-evaluation of the school
on two days
in all 13 fields of work
according to EFQM criteria
Step 6
Advantages of this procedure
• The school management made sure
that all departments are
respresented in each field of work.
• Critical points from the staff could
be considered, so that there were no
objections to the procedure.
Step 6
• The intended mixture of groups with
colleagues from all departments (who
often do not know each other) contributed
to a better identification with the school.
• The awareness of problems of the school
(beyond the own department) was raised.
Step 6
• Nearly all groups included members
of the school management and all the
heads of departments.
• All detailed questions about school
organisation could be answered
competently.
Step 6
• Basic organisational conditions
 There were no students in the school. The groups
could concentrate on their evaluation.
 The rooms for the group work were well equipped
(notebook, beamer, snacks, drinks).
 Coffee breaks after two hours and a buffet in
the main hall made further exchanges of ideas
possible.
Step 7
• Results
 The groups worked intensively and
effectively.
 The working atmosphere was stress-free
and constructive.
 All group members pointed out their
interest in the following development of
the school.
Step 7
All in all, the group
work on EFQM can be
regarded as an
undoubted success!