1. www.qalll.eu 1 st QALLL CONFERENCE on Quality Assurance in Lifelong Learning focussing on Vocational Education & Training and Adult Education DARKO MALI: Quality rules and initiatives Bled, March 24 th 2011

2. 1st QALLL Conference. VN NN. Bled March 24 th 2011 www.qalll.eu Our goals: To collaborate in EQAVET Network and to inform stakeholders about activities and results To provide active support to national debate and to development of national approach for quality assurance in VET … To support self-evaluation of schools as complementary and effective means of quality assurance http://www.siqa-vet.si/ CPI as Slovenian National Reference Point for QA in VET

3. 1st QALLL Conference. VN NN. Bled March 24 th 2011 www.qalll.eu VET providers level: A quality assurance system description A quality group composed by different stakeholders: teachers, students, companies representatives, parents Quality report annually presented on website (based on self-evaluation) National level: National Quality indicators Annual Quality report (based on quality indicators) … QUALITY RULES IN VET IN SLOVENIA

4. 1st QALLL Conference. VN NN. Bled March 24 th 2011 www.qalll.eu Quality assurance initiatives (Management) Quality commitment Self- evaluation activities (process, instruments...) Quality group Quality report Promotion of peer-review activities QUTE-software (SEKER, ROQET) QUTE-software (SEKER, ROQET) Monitoring Recommendations for implementing self-evaluation

5. 1st QALLL Conference. VN NN. Bled March 24 th 2011 www.qalll.eu Project QUTE – Quality in vocational education (2005-2006) Project SEKER (TOI) – Self-evaluation in Konya region (2009-2010) Main idea: to develop self-evaluation software for conducting surveys for teachers, pupils… and get results immediately Results (www.self-evaluation.net):www.self-evaluation.net Software for conducting surveys and analyze-compare results Self-evaluation manual (process, areas, indicators, criteria…) Questionnaires (for teacher, students, headmasters) QUTE-software

6. 1st QALLL Conference. VN NN. Bled March 24 th 2011 www.qalll.eu Methodology based on Peer-review manual (LdV project): External evaluation of schools as complementary method to self-evaluation Peers from schools and from institute (CPI) Training for schools and peers 2 quality areas: Self-evaluation process Learning and teaching process Results: Criteria for areas School reports School improvement plans Trained and experienced peers Promoting Peer-review

7. 1st QALLL Conference. VN NN. Bled March 24 th 2011 www.qalll.eu 93 % of schools has a quality group 65 % of school has a quality report (based on self- evaluation) on website Improvement plans are concerning: Teaching and learning (41 %) School management (18 %) Pupil’s support (10 %) 26 % of schools managers are using quality report for planning Commitment to quality on a da Monitoring – main findings