Report on the Assessment of the Preschool Institutions’ Self-Evaluation Practice

One of the objectives of the ECEC Project is the enhancement of the self-evaluation process.

In order to improve the self-evaluation methodology and practice as a basis for future planning, it was necessary to investigate the existing self-evaluation practice as well as the use of its results in the enhancement of practice and the development of competencies of employees in preschool institutions.

The sample consisted of 6 preschool institutions from Belgrade, from the central urban area, the outskirts and the suburban municipalities, of different size and numbers of facilities and groups. The evaluation was conducted between June and November 2019.

Different techniques were used for the evaluation purposes: focus groups with the employees in kindergartens, some of which were members of self-evaluation teams, interviews with PIs’ principles, reviews and analyses of documents of the PI that have to do with self-evaluation, reporting and planning.

The basic purpose of this activity was the assessment of self-evaluation practice in PIs and giving recommendations for the improvement of such practice. The following aspects were evaluated: understanding of the self-evaluation purpose; methodology of the self-evaluation process; improvement of the self-evaluation practice from the perspective of PIs; horizontal learning and reflective practice in PIs.

The Report on the Assessment of the Preschool Institutions’ Self-Evaluation Practice includes: the results of the assessment analysis, the recommendations for the improvement of self-evaluation practice, and the annexes: questions for the focus groups with the practitioners, questions with the interviews with PI principles, workshop for children themed ”The Kindergarten I want”.

The Report in Serbian is available here.