New Study Visit Portugal 2013

For the fifth consecutive year, the Portuguese Inspectorate of Education is hosting a Study Visit (SV) focused on the Impact of School Evaluation for Quality Improvement addressing education experts.

Participants in the SV will visit schools that were evaluated by the Inspectorate and will become aware of the effects that the external evaluation had on school life.  For more details on the SV, please see attachment with then Info letter written by our Senior Chief Inspector.

SV is included in the CEDEFOP’s catalogue (http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/publications/21004.aspx ) as Study Visit 35 (page 67) and participants may apply for a grant in the scope of the EU Lifelong Learning Programme (http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/news/21066.aspx ).  It will be held in Faro (the main city of the region of the Algarve) from the 25th to the 29th November 2013.

We believe that this activity may be of interest for you and, for sure, it is of interest for us to exchange and discuss information on actual practices. Therefore, I kindly request you to disclose this information among potential participants.