Creating a School as a Self-improving Organization: Modern Challenges Presenter: Ekaterine Kvirikashvili LEPL Public School #82, Director, Master of Education Management, Business Administration PhD student Tbilisi, 2017 Creating a School as a Self-improving Organization: Modern Challenges

Moving to Management Based on Self-Development at LEPL Public School #82, Tbilisi Future, when as P.Senge said only those organizations will be successful which will learn to be committed to people’s work and to use their ability to learn, has come. School Mandate Identifying needs Role of the director 12/7/2018

EFQM “Model of Perfection” Opportunities Outcomes Leadership People; Policy and strategy; Partnership and resources; Processes and Services; Outcomes for Colleagues; Outcomes for students; Outcomes for society; Outcomes of School; Teaching, creativity and initiatives; 12/7/2018

Activities for Preparation of Projects to Carry Out Changes at Departments To create strategic motivation for the head of a department as a leader. To form strategy and develop practical recommendations to a department head. To plan a project, to form monitoring, evaluation and accountability system at a department. To form evaluation system for achievements and evaluation of a department head. To decide on a course of action for a department. To determine responsibilities of a department head in the ongoing process of existing demands and challenges systematic analyses. To create systems for improving processes at a department and management. To form criteria of teachers’ effectiveness. To form system for self-evaluation and evaluation for department teachers. Administration and managing staff make programs in order to fulfil the aims indicating authors and responsible persons and deadlines. To form monitoring and evaluation mechanisms for strategic plan and course of action. 12/7/2018

Planned Activities to Achieve Aiming Efficiency of Self-development elements and characteristics # Planned Activities 1 Create reciprocally arranged and conjoint system of educational process according to departments. 2 Create efficiency and criteria of work. 3 Create evaluation system to achieve aiming efficiency and criteria effectiveness for short and long terms. 4 Create system of allocating hours for departments according to improving teaching and learning outcomes and other duties effective performance. 5 Inform the staff on finally agreed evaluation criteria, monitoring frequency, forms and encouragements. 6 Implement reciprocally agreed and conjoint planning system of learning process at departments according to forms 7 Interim research of achievements. 8 Correct planned activities for further work according to results. 12/7/2018

Dominant Strategy of Agreement   Forced Awarding Normative Types of people Only hands work Mind makes hands work Mind, hand and hear work together How do they perform their duties Indifferent, alienation (they would not do this work if they had choice) Accountable (They will do the work if they get benefit) Morale (They involve in the work for they think it is correct) Dominant aim of management based on outcomes Keep order by supervision Barter, monitoring of barter Form and improve strong system of cultural values

Effectiveness of Change of Program at School Support teachers in-service professional development Motivate teachers Establish professional development as a value Create self-learning and self-developing organization Develop learning process – improve students’ academic performance including STEM subjects 12/7/2018

# Indicators 1 Certified teachers % 2 Professional skills exams %   Exams in subjects % 3 Additional work at the Ministry LEPLs % 4 Bachelor degree % 5 Master/ MA student % 6 PhD/PhD student % 7 1st form candidate students 8 STEM discipline coverage according to standards% 9 Primary school students achievements in STEM subjects % 10 Secondary school students achievements in STEM subjects % 11 Students achievements in STEM subjects % 12 Additional time spent on a students (average hour). 13 Hours spent in a week on school activities at school (average hours). 14 Breaking the school rules by the students 15 Breaking the school rules by the employees 16 Initiatives (by teachers, other employees) 17 Complaints against the school 18 Teachers participating in planning the school budget% 19 Funding the learning and teaching supportive activities and recourses% 20 Bonuses % 2012 32% 39% 0,1% 9,3 85,2 3% 9%  50% 64%  98%  7% 14% 51% 5 11% 0,70% 1,10% 2013 41% 73% 5% 11,1 74,1 3% 8%  60% 60%  64%  97.3%  1 18% 58% 11% 1,20% 1,60% 2014 41% 73% 9% 12,5 80,3 5% 11%  85% 73%  57%  91.4%  2 2,8% 7% 59% 1 23% 1,80% 0,50% 2015 41% 73% 45% 9% 17,2 77,8 12% 90% 79.9% 91% 100% 4 3 2,60% 7% 59,20% 2% 0,60% 2016 46% 73% 69% 17% 12,2 81,8 9,09% 12,10% 98% 82% 100% 4 2,60% 6,40% 77% 2,10% 0,40% 12/7/2018

In our work guarantee for being competitive is not doing different things but doing our job in a different way. That is why in order to improve students’ academic performance we should use all the opportunities of development that we have, exchange each other’s practical experience and be successful in a different way! 12/7/2018

Thank you for your attention! 12/7/2018