The sounding board members also received an update on the development trajectory. After literature research and extensive data collection like class observations, interviews and a focus group, the first sounding board meeting gave their input on the first concept of the instrument. This first concept was piloted in the school with a twofold purpose: to try out the content and organisational set-up of the instrument and to enable the trained school coaches to practice working with the Quality Card.
The 5 out of 6 St. Maarten P&ASVE schools/institutes who where piloting the Quality Card, where mostly enthusiastic and showed an unexpected pro-active attitude; while discussing the outcomes of their self evaluation the school team planned for action on those areas they felt need improvement. To name a few: school safety, team building, management guidelines for better recognizing teacher' strengths, regular team meetings and student care. A number of schools mentioned the importance of an evaluation by students while another school would like to use this instrument for other types of Education as well.
After the pilot, a suggestion form was filled-in by the team members of all the pilot-schools. Based on these and the outcomes of the pilot, a final concept was made and after the input of the sounding board meeting, the final Quality Card P&ASVE will be presented.
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This initiative is financed by Dutch Development funds, through USONA.