The impact of self-assessment on the strategic planning of schools in the Autonomous Region of Madeira

• Autor(a) principal: Freitas, Albertina Maria F. C. N. Oliveira de
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34632/investigacaoeducacional.2023.15922

Under the motto “The best schools are those that improve”, the Regional Directorate of School Administration (DRAE), an organization of the Regional Secretary for Education, Science and Technology of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, has encouraged and supported schools to implement the Regional Education System Quality Assessment process in what self-assessment is concerned. This process has demanded a huge investment from both authorities and schools (in terms of human resources, training and time) whose ultimate objective is to improve the quality of educational services. Considering the relevance that schools' structuring documents assume in strategic planning, it seems clear to us that their strategy must reflect their intention to improve, that is why it was decided to observe the impact of the work carried out through the analysis of schools' strategic documents. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the coherence between the diagnosed situation, the strategy outlined for improvement and its respective operationalization; to observe the consistency and sustainability of the proposals prepared; to gather information in order to reinforce/reformulate support to schools in their improvement process. For the purpose, a set of analysis criteria was established for each document and their articulation and documents from 16 schools were analyzed. This communication intends to report the conclusions gathered through the study.