A FRAMEWORK TO ARRIVE AT AN ACTION PLAN FOR THE EVALUATION AND RECCOMENDATIONS OF THE MID -TERM E & Y REPORT
St. Maarten

*Abbreviation sheet at the end.
AEF Evaluations
FBE
1.The pre conditions for
the successful
implementation of FBE
have been created. The
follow-up must lie in the
complete, integrated
execution in practice.

AEF Recommendations

Feasibility

Actions for sustainability
or improvement

Responsible Dept. / Div in
MECYS

Organize result – oriented
synchronization and
consultation

Yes. -School boards and
inspections play a role in
ensuring compliance with
the law and the expected
practice in the class rooms

Workshop for school
boards on
operationalization of the
Landsverordening
Funderend Onderwijs in
practice.

DERPI

INSPECTION

Control actions by the
inspection.

2. School Development
Plans are insufficiently
used as a measure for
guidance and
professionalization of
boards and school leaders.

Focus on the effective use
of School Development
Plans .

3. The education and
training of teachers was

Map development needs
of personnel

Arrange for technical
knowledge within the
innovation process

Internal quality control will
be improved with follow
up training sessions
Yes - The current
Concentrate on
management training and
implemented SDP in
workshops for School
upcoming workshops and
Boards are in place
trainings.
Control actions by
inspection

Yes .Reorganization of the
Teacher training and

More training in making
In-service training plans

DERPI
DERPI

INSPECTION

DERPI /SCHOOLS BOARDS

useful, but needs
structural attention.

4. There is sufficient
learning materials
provided ,however, the
use of the material
including ICT could be
more efficiently used.

upgrading institute.
Reorganize USM to be a
teacher training and
upgrading institution

Translate curriculum into
practice
Clarify the role of
Inspection and the V&V
system

Yes. 90 % of teachers
improve thei r pedagogic
and didactical
competencies

Measures to deal with the
shortage of teachers will
be put in place
Continue workshops of
integrating ICT in all
subject areas and
curriculum workshops
continue.

*USM / MINISTRY.
MINISTRY
DERPI

DERPI
EXAMINATIONS DIVISION

Assistance of the
instructional coaching for
all teachers.
Developing curriculum
plans in the Dutch
language

5. The Care structures are
developing with the help
of the SCC ,among other
things. Urgent
implementation of a
digital STS is of the
essence.
6. Foundations have been
made for a sustainable

Install the STS in schools

Yes. Implementation of
STS

Development social
studies text books for
SXM
Training of staff to use the
STS efficiently

DERPI
DEPI, BAK,MINISTRY.
DIV. SSS

Institutionalizing Student
Care in Division Student
Care
Clarify the role of
Inspection in the V&V

Yes. Continued reviewing
of the applicability of the

Set up a structure of
communication between

MINISTRY

financial system,
agreements about
disbursement and
development must follow.

system
Organize result – oriented
synchronization and
consultation.

V&V structure, systems
and procedures

Develop the V&V system
further
7. Teacher quality is a
major threat for the
sustainability of the
innovations.

8. Targeted control of
management, inspection
and this government is
very important.

Map development needs
of personnel .
Arrange for technical
knowledge within the
innovation process

Clarify the role of
Inspection and the V&V
system.
Organize result – oriented
synchronization and
consultation

9. Improve internal and
external communication

Yes. Make use of the
Landsverordening
Funderend Onderwijs FBE
and a Teacher appraisal
and evaluation system and
an In-service training
system to improve teacher
quality.
Yes. There is an active
inspectorate
Management training is in
place

school boards, those in
charge of innovations and
the controller and
inspection to review
financial matters in
education

Fully implement the law
on FBE.
Actively look for new
teachers and ensure that
they are retrained
Implement the Teacher
appraisal and evaluation
system.
Inspection play a more
active role in this process
Inspectorate devise ways
and mean for greater
control and reporting/
sharing of information to/
with other departments
and division in the ministry

INSPPECTION
DERPI
DEPT. EDUCATION

MINISTRY

Dept. EDUCATION
INSPECTION

INSPECTION
CONTROLLER

Financial control is in
place
Yes .

Assist school boards with
making and implementing
a communication plan.
The Ministry develops a
communication plan that

DERPI

MINISTRY

10. Further introduction of
12 community schools

No suggestions made

12. No official language in
education policy

An island language policy
for schools is needed

13. Non conformity of all
schools to the FBE
infrastructural
requirements
14. Improved quality and
organization of ECEC

Maintenance and
exploitation costs needs to
be taken care of.
Improve transition process
for ECEC to FBE

involves all stakeholders in
education.
No not feasible
Consolidate the 5
community schools and
improve them , one per
school board and advise
school boards to develop
the idea in their other
schools or combine school
within school boards to
form one large
community schools per
School board
Yes .
Put in place the language
in education research that
has been pending for
more than 1 year.
Compliance is not feasible The new schools and the
in all cases
additional classrooms that
are being built will be in
compliance.
Conditionally. On
Legislation is put in place
condition that there is
to provide subject subsidy
subject subsidy in place
for day care center.
Organize information and
workshop sessions for ECC
and FBE Cycle 1 teachers
around matters dealing
with transition.

SCHOOL BOARDS
Dept YOUTH

DEPT EDUCATION

MINISTRY

DERPI
Dept. EDUCATION
VROMI
MINISTRY
VSA
DEPT. YOUTH
DEPT EDUCATION
SIFMA/ DERPI

VSBO / SBO
1. Vocational education is
developing. There is an
impressive ambition to be
realized in a short period.
The size of the target
group for vocational
training is questionable

Emphasize the liaison and
interaction in the field
Focus on developing
continuing education

Yes. Through better
communication.

- Information campaign for
motivating Vocational
education.

Dependent on establishing
an SBO management
structure that is a joint
Public / private
partnership and
ownership.

A governments decision
about the reorganization/
improvement of
vocational education and
the transition from VSBO
to SBO – compulsory or a
choice.
Research and advise on
the implications for V&V
system and study
financing.

DERPI

DEPT. EDUCATION
CONTROLLER
STUDY FINANCING

Activities to combine SBO
with YDP.
Set up a responsible
organizational structure
for the SBO school
2. Preliminary vocational
training is crucial within
continuous learning, but
there is not yet a proper
connection between FBE
and VSBO, VSBO and SBO.
3. An adjustment to the
curriculum to reflect what
society and the business
community needs, as well

Focus on developing
continuing education

Yes.

Finalize AGO curriculum
Referral Committee AGO
in process.

DERPI
DEPT. OF EDUCATION
DIV. EXAMINATIONS

Monitor the requirements
of the labour market on a
structural basis.

Yes . If a full functioning
ROA is put in place and is
the SBO school is in place.

-Development of the ROA

MINISTRY

Information campaign for
motivating Vocational

DERPI

as continuing education
could be better.

4. The care structures are
present and the
awareness of its necessity
has grown, but the
structures are not
developed professionally
enough.
YDP
1. There is a positive
impact from the approach
used to evaluate the
underprivileged youth.
Results of an effective
Care structure is evident.
2. YDP has developed
strongly in a short period
of time. Clear exit
qualifications and a youth
register needs to be
developed still.

Focus on developing
continuing education.

education

Prioritize targets and
measures.

Training for teachers in
specific aspects
Teachers follow training
P.G.
Training teache rs in test
construction
Assurance of Student
Tracking System

Prioritize targets and
measures.

Yes. In collaboration with
the Division Student
Support Services

-Implementation School
Language Policy
Introduction of processes
and the availability of
experts from the Div. SSS

Realize a clear framework
for evaluating the pre conditions of the youth
that come into the
program
Establish targets and
positive communication

Yes.

Yes

DERPI
DERPI / DIV .
EXAMINATIONS
DERPI
DIV. SSS
DEPT. EDUCATION

Review and up- date the
Intake process and data.

DERPI
DEPT YOUTH
LABOUR DEPARTMENT

Develop closer ties and
agreements with SBO .
Provide more training in
entrepreneur ship. Pay
more attention to data
keeping and data analysis
in the program

DERPI
DEPT YOUTH
LABOUR DEPARTMENT

3. Even the most
vulnerable target group
needs to be reached on a
sustainable basis.( The
question is how do you get
them to participate.)

This will be dependent on Focus also on those who
structures for Social
are difficult to reach
Services, Labour and Youth
Affairs
More after care to
promote examples of
success

DERPI

DEPT YOUTH

Create more interest by
students, parents, schools,
business for vocational
education through the use
of an information
campaign.
Attention will be given to
teenage mothers
4. Connection with the
labour market is arranged
well but needs to be more
structural. This is also the
case in relation to
vocational training.

Establish targets and
positive communication

Conditional. This will be
dependent on structures
for Social Services, Labour
and Youth Affairs and the
VSBO and SBO schools
and the establishment of a
ROA

Cooperation PSVE /SVE

DERPI

information campaign

DEPT YOUTH
DEPT. EDUCATION
DEPT. OF LABOUR
ROA

ROA is actively involved in
the process.
Ensuring that the
curriculum at the SBO
school is reflective of the
needs of the labour
market.

COMPULSORY
EDUCATION
1. The first phase of CE is
implemented.
2. The CE officer is not
able to cope and
guidelines are
insufficiently adapted to
the local situation.

Establish the legal grounds
for a compulsory
education law.

3. At present there is
insufficient embedding of
a quality structure (
inspection)

Arrange an organizational
liaison with the inspection.

Yes .

Implementing plan
More truancy officers
Training

INSPECTION

4. There is lack of
monitoring information
about the target group
5. The presence of a care
structure in schools is a
precondition and is at the
moment insufficiently
structured.

INSPECTION
DEPT OF EDUCATION

INSPECTION

Establish the legal grounds Yes . school boards will
for a compulsory
implement a care system
education law.
for student of CE

INSPECTION
DIV SSS
DEPT EDUCATION

IOV
1. DERPI has been able to
firmly establish the
innovation from an
administrative level. In

Organize a Release and
Maintenance plan for post
2012 as well.

Yes

More personnel for after
2012

DERPI

particular, by providing
additional capacity to the
process. The practice of
attracting additional
capacity to implement the
OJSP has given it a major
boost.
2. A sustainable basis for
continuing the innovation
process (or consolidation)
is not permanently
invested and is needed.

Develop a strategic agenda
for the future together
with the educational field.
Organize a separate
strategic, tactical and
operational guidance
structure for sustaining
and to continue
innovations in education.

Ministerial clarity on the
role of DERPI as per it
describe task will be
needed

Institutionalize
innovations in the
educational system

Abbreviations.
DERPI – Division for Educational, Research ,Planning and Innovations
Ministry – The Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports
INSPECTION – The Division for school Inspection
DIV SSS – Division for Student Support Services
DEPT EDUCATION – Department of Education
SIFMA - Foundation for the Training and Resource Center for Early Childhood Care and Education
ROA – Raad van Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt.

Ministry
DERPI