| Theme |
An initiated and structured assimilation method |
| Category |
Peer learning |
| Principals |
The chairpersons of the teams that were integrated and led the process when we started the EFQM assimilation, support the teachers who will lead a certain team in the improvement of a specific topic”. Supporting the change-leading teachers“What I am going to do is that those teachers who are familiar with the model, will expand their knowledge slowly by means of organized meetings with the other teachers who were less involved”. Dissemination by a fan method“The quality coordinators and the chairpersons that were more involved will present cases and problems later in the year and will demonstrate to the teachers how things can be handled by means of the EFQM language and thus, assimilate all the instruments that we have already learnt”. Demonstration |
| Quality coordinators |
“We conduct open conversations with the teachers, give examples, explain the benefit of the model to the staff and thus create an instructive discourse among the teachers”. Open and instructive discourse“We demand from the teachers a new way of conduct, new terms and new way of thinking to which they have not been accustomed before. So, the very change at school requires investment, mutual learning”. Mutual learning“We always have teachers who object and our aspiration is to involve the teachers so that they demonstrate less objection, be partners, one helps the other, listen to other people’s difficulties, shares…”. Teachers’ involvement in the change“I don’t think that today there are teachers who object and do not want to cooperate in this issue. But there was exhaustion that affected. Now things have settled down and teachers started collaborating with each other, speak with the same terms. We as the management support this and try promoting it”. Moderation of objections“We have talented people who want to change. We identified these people, recruited them and they led the process together with us. They help other teachers, talk with them, try solving problems”. Problem solution |
| Teachers |
“Always during talks with colleagues, teachers indicate what should be improved, how to improve”. Teachers’ conversations“The teachers want to help, they care about the others”“I think that this is assimilated more among those who were involved. They continue because they have already internalized all the language, the thinking, everything. Therefore, I think it is important that these teachers help other teachers to understand and learn the model better”. Developing a school language of change “There is more collaboration in the teams, more discourse about the model. That is something more human. If you see how the teachers act, then yes, there is a big change and it helps us a lot to understand the new language”.“It greatly helps us when we talk about it with our colleagues. Thus, things seem simpler and more understandable, less demanding and difficult”. |
