Escola
Secundária de José Estêvão – Aveiro – Portugal SEAT- LP Project

Activity report – 3rd
year
From September 2004 to June 2005 we have been developing two processes of different nature, though both related to the aims of the Project.
1-
School evaluation and Benchmarking
Benchmarking is the process of identifying, understanding and adapting the best
practices from organisations anywhere in the world to help our organisation to
improve its performance.
The organisations involved are the partner schools in the project, naturally, which have worked out together the areas to analyse, as well as the instruments to do so.
2-
School Internal Evaluation
As agreed on by the School Assembly, the school would benefit from a more thorough evaluation, which the team would be in charge of conducting until June 2005.
The team adopted the European Foundation for Quality Management as the reference model
for all the work done in this area.
The project team developed the third year activities according to the following calendar:
September 2004
School
evaluation and Benchmarking
- studying of the Final Report 2004 produced by the Project coordinator;
- first discussions about the Benchmarking concept;
- preparation of the next Project Meeting.
School internal evaluation
– computer registering of data from previously applied questionnaires;
– creation of first graphics;
– data analysis;
– first drafts for final report.
October 2004
School
evaluation and Benchmarking
- Project Meeting in Aveiro, during which the third year of activities was planned
School Internal Evaluation
- questionnaire to leadership organs;
- computer registering
- result
analysis.
November/December 2004
School
evaluation and Benchmarking
- translation of
questionnaires from partner schools;
- questionnaires
applied to students, parents and teachers as agreed on at the Project Meeting
in October.
School internal evaluation
- preparation of new questionnaires.
January 2005
School
evaluation and Benchmarking
- computer registering of data;
- result analysis and discussion.
School Internal Evaluation
- questionnaire applied to students;
- data analysis.
February 2005
School
evaluation and Benchmarking
- teachers’
exchange (1 teacher) to
- teachers’ exchange (2 Hungarian teachers) to
Aveiro
School Internal Evaluation
- questionnaires applied to teachers and aiding staff;
- data registering.
March 2005
School
evaluation and Benchmarking
- 2nd round of questionnaires applied, repeating the process from December;
- data analysis;
- report writing.
School Internal Evaluation
- result analysis;
- drafts for final report.
April 2005
School
evaluation and Benchmarking
- Final Project Meeting in
School Internal Evaluation
- result analysis;
- drafts for final report.
May/June 2005
School
evaluation and Benchmarking
- Activity Report.
School Internal Evaluation
- result analysis;
- revision of drafts;
- Final Report;
- presentation of the Final Report to the School Assembly.
Aveiro,