Philipsburg:--Today the Quality card Preparatory& Advanced Secondary Vocational Education (P&ASVE) and its guideline have been presented to Mrs. Claudette Labega, head of the department of Education of St. Maarten. The importance of structural internal Quality care has been recognized and the St. Maarten school boards took their responsibility by supporting their schools with a practical tool: the Quality Card P&ASVE, especially developed for and in cooperation with the St. Maarten schools and institutes for Preparatory and Advance Secondary Vocational Education (in Dutch: VSBO en SBO). It is a self evaluation instrument focusing on the level of the teacher, team and management. If used correctly it is a practical tool to determine strong and weak points in the Quality of Education of the SXM PSVE School or ASVE institute and an excellent starting point for improvement.
A pilot showed the instrument can have a great impact, especially if the complete school team is involved. Specific details on yearly use will be discussed with all school boards& management.
Selected coaches from the schools as well as the SBO Service Centre followed an extensive training& coaching trajectory in order to keep supporting the schools in the future. They received a certificate and are officially entitled ‘Quality Card P&ASVE Coach'.
With the finalizing of this project, St. Maarten can thank all the involved parties, DERPI for the initiation and USONA for the funds.
For more information, please contact DERPI (5420164), the Service centre SBO or Vanderzwan Educational Research& Development (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).