Transcript Diapositiva 1

THE SPANISH EDUCATION
SYSTEM
Inspectorate in
CASTILLA-LA MANCHA
September 2011
Education System in Spain:
 Population:
 Official languages: official and co-officials
Legal Framework:
Main aspects reformed in 2006:
o inclusion of basic skills in the basic education
curriculum
o establishment of a diagnostic assessment
o core curricula
o general organization of vocational training
o organization : specialized Language Education
and professional Music and Dance Education
Basic Principles of
Organic Act on Education
1. Quality education and Equal opportunities
2. Cooperation
3. Educational aims of the European Union
A tour through the Spanish
Education System:
– Pre-primary education
– Compulsory education
– Post-compulsory education/upper secondary and
post-secondary level
– Higher education
Administrative control:
– Central government
– Autonomous Communities
– Local Administration
– Schools
Central government
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General organization of the education system
Minimum requirements
Core curriculum
International Cooperation
Policies to Encourage and coordinate Research
General Planning of Education
High Inspectorate
Statewide General Diagnostic Evaluations
Policies on Financial Support
Ownership and Administration of Public Institutions
abroad
Autonomous Communities
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Administrative responsibility
Creation and authorization of institutions
Staff management
Curriculum development
Student guidance and support
Financial support and aids
Education inspection
Diagnostic evaluations in the Institutions
Local Administrations
• Provision of sites for building public
institutions
• Maintenance and refurbishment of preprimary and primary schools
• Planning extra-curricular and supplementary
activities
• Monitoring compulsory schooling
Types of schools:
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Public schools
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Private schools:
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independent
governmment dependent
(Publicly funded private schools )
Schools
Schools have:
• Organisational
• Pedagogical (Education Project)
• Management Autonomy
Public schools
• MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
– Head
– Director of studies
– Secretary
• GOVERNING BODIES AND TEACHER COORDINATION
OF SCHOOLS
– SCHOOL COUNCIL
– TEACHERS COUNCIL
TEACHING COORDINATION
•teams of teachers teaching the same year
•didactic coordination departments
Selection of Head
• Committee
• Requirements
• Appointed for four years
Quality in Education
• "The School quality comes from promoting
the progress of students in a wide range of
intellectual, social, moral and emotional
achievements, taking into account their
socioeconomic status, family environment and
previous learning. An effective school system
maximizes the capacity of schools to achieve
results.“ (J. Mortimore)
Quality in Act on Education
• Quality education for all students, regardless of their
condition and circumstances.
• Teacher’s role as an essential factor in the quality of
education. In-service training programmes.
• The dissemination of best practice in education and
school management.
• Social cohesion and equal opportunities.
• Plans to evaluate the teaching practice.
• Appropriate schooling and equal distribution of
students with special educational needs
• Material and human resources necessary to
provide quality education and guarantee
equal opportunities in education.
• Evaluation of the education system.
• The education inspection.
EVALUATION IN SCHOOLS
• International Evaluation: PISA (Programme for
International Student Assessment) by OECD
(Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development )
• General Diagnostic Evaluation System by the
National Institute of Evaluation
• Diagnostic Evaluation by the Autonomous
Communities
• Internal evaluation by schools (in 3 years cycles)
TYPE OF ASSESSMENTS
• Total Assessment in Education.
• Quality systems according to ISO 9001
standards.
• European
Foundation
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Quality
Management - EFQM Excellent Model.
INSPECTORATE IN CASTILLA-LA MANCHA
and QUALITY
• Purpose and scope:
– Inspection on all services, programs and activities in
schools.
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Supervision
Control
Assessment
Advise
Information
Collaboration
ARTICLE 148. INSPECTION OF THE
EDUCATION SYSTEM
• The education inspection encompasses all elements
and aspects of the education system, in order to
ensure that laws are complied with.
• The inspection ensures that all those who participate
in the processes of teaching and learning and in the
improvement of the education system and the
quality and equity of education fulfil there
obligations while having their rights guaranteed.
INSPECTORATE IN CASTILLA-LA MANCHA
Powers of Inspectors
Some of them:
• Visit and monitor public and private schools
(and facilities)
• Supervision the organization of schools
• Advise sectors of the educational community
• Write reports and proposals
• Participate in disciplinary actions
INSPECTORATE IN CASTILLA-LA MANCHA
Powers of Inspectors (II)
• To supervise and advise in the process of
internal evaluation of schools.
• Carry out external evaluation, programs and
services.
• Make proposals on:
– The network of centers and the map of teaching
– The needs of teachers and their distribution
– The schooling of students
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Mª Isabel Rodríguez
[email protected]