Development of a model for engaging school community work in basic education

OKM021:00/2021 Development

Promoting school engagement and preventing school attendance problems (SAP) are the priorities in engaging school community work (SKY). The essential goal of the program is to produce a national model for tackling SAP. The main focus is on preventive actions at school level. The national model will be prepared on the basis of local pilots and developmental assessment work.

Project status

15.2.2021 Term starts
20.5.2021 Ohjausryhmän kokous Completed 28.5.2021 Orientaatiowebinaari myönteisen rahoituspäätöksen saaneille Completed 1.6.2021 Webinaari sidosryhmille Completed 10.9. – 30.9.2021 Toisen vaiheen erityisavustushaku auki 31.8.2021 - 30.9.2021 Completed 21.9.2021 Ohjausryhmän kokous Completed 16.12.2021 Talviwebinaari Completed 31.1. – 18.2.2022 Poissaoloihin liittyvän HE lausunnoilla Completed 1.2. – 25.11.2022 Perusopetuslain 26§:n muutos Completed 2.5. – 25.11.2022 Perusopetuslain 26§:n 2 momenttiin kohdistuvan muutoksen valmistelu Completed 12.5.2022 Kevätwebinaari Completed 8.3. – 14.6.2023 Yhteisellä koulutiellä. Käsikirja perusopetuksen oppilaiden läsnäolon tukemiseen ja poissaolojen vähentämiseen Completed 4.5.2023 Sitouttavan kouluyhteisötyön päätösseminaari Completed
31.12.2023 Term ends

Basic information Completed

Project number OKM021:00/2021

Case numbers VN/1791/2021

Set by Ministry of Education and Culture

Term/schedule 15.2.2021 – 31.12.2023

Date of appointment

Relation to the Government Programme

Marin

Strategiset kokonaisuudet Osaamisen, sivistyksen ja innovaatioiden Suomi

Tavoite Children and young people will feel well

Action Improving low-threshold services for children, young people and families in connection with early childhood education and care and comprehensive school education

Contact person
Minna Polvinen, Opetusneuvos
tel. +358 295 330 262
[email protected]

Contact person
Erja Vitikka, Opetusneuvos
tel. +358 295 330 058
[email protected]

Goals and results

General objectives
• To create and consolidate a national model for engaging school community work in cooperation with stakeholders.
• To support pupils' attachment to school and to reduce school absences.
• To strengthen the capacity of schools to support the achievement of basic skills and learning outcomes through the reduction of absenteeism and the strengthening of school engagement.
• To develop and stabilize indicators for the national statistics for monitoring pupils' absences.

Summary

Promoting school engagement and preventing school attendance problems (SAP) are the priorities in engaging school community work (SKY). The essential goal of the program is to produce a national model for tackling SAP. The main focus is on preventive actions at school level. The national model will be prepared on the basis of local pilots and developmental assessment work.

Starting points

The Finnish National Agency for Education has published a survey about the current situation in municipalities struggling with SAP (https://www.oph.fi/fi/tilastot-ja-julkaisut/julkaisut/kouluakaymattomyys-suomessa). According to the survey there is a multitude of different local models to tackle SAP in the absence of national guidelines. Absences are often addressed too late and the models have not sufficiently taken into account preventive measures and early intervention. National monitoring of absences is currently lacking. The national SKY-model which is created as a result of the development work aims to improve these aspects.

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