Magazine - ESHA

HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS
1. Focus on Students achievement
A High Performance School is a safe and healthy school where
students are challenged to perform at their best. Students are
stimulated by professionals to grow, to explore, to investigate and
to experiment. Students are challenged at school to continuously
improve on their previous best by permanently increasing the level
of performance. High Performance Schools are focussed on the
realisation of highest achievements in the control and application
of knowledge and lifetime skills for all students. Students are taught
how to own their learning process by preparing their development
in a learning portfolio in partnership with teachers and focused
on learning goals and achievements. The development of self-
awareness and authenticity create the self-confi dence needed to
participate life and feel more confi dent to handle complex situations.
In High performance Schools excellent knowledge is considered to
be a basic tool but focus also on the development of Meta cognitive
strategies as element of 21st century skills of children. Students
are educated in problem solving, thinking, and cooperation and
to live healthy lives based on personal values and environmental
responsibility. High Performance Schools ensure that parents and
pupils are active partners in the learning process. They support
a direct role in accountability strategies and the development of
programmes that meet individual needs. Alpha, Beta and Gamma
will be taught integral based on context and global perspective.
2. Excellent Education
The education in High Performance Schools exceeds the current
curriculum and challenges involvement at all levels; which means
integration of different disciplines and the synchronisation of edu-
cation with the needs of the students. Within High Performance
Schools relevant evidence based data will be used to measure results
and serve the initiation of change to excellent achievements.
44 ESHA MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2011