1. COMPARISON OF QUALITY MODELS IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOLS
SÓCRATES. COMENIUS 1
COMPARISON OF QUALITY MODELS IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOLS
Naestved, 13 October 2005

2. Lacetània High School and Vocational Training of Manresa
1200 students
47 groups
107 teachers
11 auxiliary staff

3. Educational offer
Obligatory Secondary Education (OSE) 1st & 2nd cycle 13 groups 400 students (12-16 years)
Post-obligatory Stage 3 modalities 6 groups
200 students (16-18 years)
Vocational Training Middle Grade & Superior 28 groups Professionals Branches 600 students (16-22 years)
Business. MG & SG.
Vehicles. MG
Construction design. SG
Electricity & Electronics MG & SG
Metal MG & SG
Computer science SG Electromechanic maintenance MG

4. OSE 4 YEARS (12-16 YEARS) UNIVERSITY JOB MARKET Advanced Technician
VT. SG
2 YEARS
2000 h 20
Entry exam
20 years
18 years
PREPARATION
Technician 18 18
VT. MG
2 YEARS
2000 h
VT. MG. 1 YEAR
1300 H
POST-OBLIGATORY
STAGE
2 YEARS 17
Entry exam
PREPARATION 16
OSE
4 YEARS (12-16 YEARS)
1st
3rd
2nd
4rth

5. Educational Process Students and Graduate requirements students A P C

7. Internal organisation of the school

8. Pedagogical management
PEDAGOGICAL COMISSION
(pedagogical coordination)
DEPARTMENTS
(vertical coordination)
GROUP TEACHERS
(horizontal coordination)

9. Methodology of continuous improvement
CHECK DO
DOUBLE CHECK AND IMPROVE
PLAN P A C D

10. Planning of the educational process (P)
Organisation:
Managing team: planning of General Programation
Educational departments: programming of units
Documents:
General Programation of the school (annually)
Educational project of each department
Other documents: The center’s educational curriculum and the internal rules

11. The learning-teaching process

12. The educational process (D)
Management:
Pedagogic Comission: oversees the whole process
Departments: vertical coordination
Group teachers: horizontal coordination

13. Internal structure Every teacher belongs to a department.
Every teacher carries out his/her tasks within a group of teachers in charge of the groups/classes of the same level.

14. Departments Each department:
Manages the educational curriculum of the department
Prepares and checks the programming
Harmonizes contents and assessment
Proposes distribution of credits among its members
Chooses its head
Manages its budget
Meets every two weeks (aprox.)

15. Group teachers All the teachers who work with certain groups.
Analyse and diagnose individual and collective characteristics within the group.
Whenever possible, is the same group for two years.

16. Tasks of the group teachers
Follow-up of the learning process of every student
Exchange of programs and experiences
Coordination of dealing with students within the class
Coordination of activities inside and outside the school
Proposals of sanctions
Tutorial coordination.

17. How the group teachers are formed?
OSE: all the groups of the same level (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th)
Post-obligatory: all the groups of the same level (1st, 2nd)
Vocational Training: each branch.

18. Development of the educational process (D)
Documents:
Quality Plan of OSE/Post-obligatory stage/VT
Programming of the credits (by departments)
Procedure of welcoming new students
Procedure of harmonizing assessment criteria
Other procedures
Registres: all included in the Quality Plan
Especially: Follow-up of programming, assessment and counselling

19. Assessment of the educational process (C)
Organisation:
Teaching staff (classroom-related activities)
Group teachers /Assessment commitee (follow-up)
Pedagogical departments (design)
Managing staff (Pedagogical Comission) (process)
Auditors (system)

20. Assessment of the educational process (C)
Documents:
Manual of indicators (reference document)
Indicators of the management process
Indicators of results
Indicators of satisfaction (opinion polls)
Management registres (minutes of coordination meetings)
Reports on results and management analysis
Reports of internal and external audits

21. Revision and improvement of the educational process (A)
Organisation:
Group teachers: Quality plan, PCCs (Pedagogical Project of the Centre), RRI (Internal rules)
Pedagogical departments: Quality plan, PCDs (Pedagogical Project of the Department)
Managing staff: dinamizes and coordinates
Teaching staff: approves and carries out

22. Revision and improvement of the educational process (A)
Documentation:
Revision procedures:
PCC (Pedagogical Project of the Centre)
RRI (Internal rules)
Quality manual (revised by managing staff and quality comission)
Revised documents (contextualisation of the improvement):
Strategic plans and objectives of the course
Educational project of the centre
Curricular projects (design)
Internal rules

23. Advantages of the management model
Demanding continuous improvement.
Systemized management of the educational process.
Basic documents used as management tools.
Constantly increasing demanding level of responsibility to carry out what has been approved.
High level of interest and motivation, both individually and collectivelly as regards the management process.
Self-abiding belief in team work (debates, agreements and decision making).
Systemized follow-up of the students

24. Problems faced by the management model
Scepticism and reluctancy on behalf of the staff regarding the model.
New teachers and their adapting to the model.
The amount of time spent on adapting to the new model.
Problems concerning quick and fluent communication among all parties involved (especially group teachers).

25. LACETÀNIA . MANRESA