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School Self-evaluation Post-primary School Stories
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St Joseph’s Secondary School, Rush, County Dublin is a co-educational school which participates in the DEIS action plan. Drawing on key elements of school self-evaluation the school has developed a Student Voice project to inform, direct and support the implementation of action planning for improvement. The four video clips below provide principal, teacher and student views of the project. They deal with the development of authentic Student Voice, students’ views of teaching and assessment and how the SSE process supports both student and teacher learning.
In this video the principal of St Joseph’s Secondary School outlines the school context. She also discusses the involvement of students in the SSE process.
In this video the teacher facilitating the Student Voice project and the students involved discuss their experiences of authentic Student Voice. Students also discuss their feelings about assessment in secondary school and their feelings about working with others in class.
Here, the teacher facilitating the Student Voice project discusses the process of gathering evidence. The value of gathering evidence as a way of learning for students and teachers is also highlighted.
In this video teacher and student perspectives regarding actions taken as part of the process are presented. In addition, student and teacher perspectives of the monitoring and evaluation of Student Voice are discussed. Finally, the next steps for the Student Voice project are explored by students and their teacher.