LUXEMBOURG – SCRIPT

SCRIPT

Service de Coordination de la Recherche et de l’Innovation pédagogiques et technologies
33, Rives de Clausen
L – 2165 Luxembourg
www.script.lu

CIDREE representative:
Mr Luc Weis, director
Phone +352 2478 5191Fax +352 2478 5137
luc.weis(at)men.lu

CIDREE National Coordinator:
Ms Daniela Hau
Phone +352 247 75996
Fax +352 247 85137
daniela.hau(at)men.lu

Institutional size:
70

Introduction:
The SCRIPT is an entity of the Ministry of National Education, Childhood and Youth. It was created by the law of October 7, 1993 and restructured by the laws of February 6, 2009 and March 14, 2017.

The SCRIPT is one of the driving forces of educational development in Luxembourg, responsible for an ever-increasing multitude of missions.

The SCRIPT’s prime mission is to promote, implement and coordinate initiatives and research aimed at pedagogical and technological innovation throughout the Luxembourgish education system, as well as the development of quality assurance mechanisms in both, the area of education and in the field of teaching practice.

In consistence with the expansion of missions, the number of employees is increasing steadily. In addition, SCRIPT is working closely with many external, national and international partners. At the SCRIPT, which identifies as an applied research institute, the expectations and quality standards in relation to precision and accuracy are imperative for the work of all its contributors. Furthermore, the SCRIPT is required to respect all ethical norms and aspects prevailing in the world of research.

In the context of its missions, the SCRIPT also works in close collaboration with research institutes and thus coordinates its activities concerning the area of education in Luxembourg.

Key functions

In order to accomplish all its missions, the SCRIPT is subdivided into the following six divisions, each focusing on specific fields of action:

  • Division of educational and technological innovation
    The Division of educational and technological innovation serves as an ‘incubator’ to new projects, which are carried out following the principles of project management. Their origins may lie in education politics, the demand of the sector, and in the initiatives of the staff members or any national or international partner. Innovation projects are carried out in partnership with teachers and educators of schools and other educational structures, any other entity of the ministry as well as the scientific world. In order to efficiently improve the development of education quality, the identification, documentation and the spreading of best practice examples has proven to be of paramount importance alongside the networking between schools, for instance in the context of innovation days or pilot projects.
  • Division of the coordination of initiatives and educational programs
    The Division of school development guarantees the monitoring of elementary and secondary schools in their general approach to school development and more precisely in the establishment of a school development plan. What’s more, this division collaborates with different services, educational structures as well as other national and international stakeholders in school development. School development aims at increasing each learning provider’s pedagogical autonomy and at supporting them in the establishment of their respective, specific profile. Learning providers are empowered in their process of improving education as well as learning atmosphere through the adoption of a culture of observation and critical thinking, while also making sure to guarantee self-evaluation with respect to various criteria which are essential to these schools’ development. The key elements required for school development are the baseline mapping, the definition of one or more coherent objectives, the planning of steps as well as the constructive use of the outcome of auto-evaluation activities.
  • Division of curriculum development
    The Division of curriculum development assists the national commissions for elementary school and secondary school in their task of curriculum development and adaptation. In order to further institutionalize the process of curriculum development, this division coordinates the work of the national commissions, guarantees the implementation and supervises the coherence and consistency of the curriculum. The division works in close connection with the various stakeholders contributing to guarantee the scientific framework of the curriculum development. It also works in collaboration with the recently installed National Curriculum Council.
  • Division of the development of teaching materials
    The Division of the development of teaching materials objective is to flank and support the processes of elaboration, editing and distribution of didactic material which is innovative, adapted to the national context and in coherence with the curriculum both on elementary and on secondary level. In order to guarantee a differentiated and efficient methodological approach, one needs to have access to material which is coherent and adequate and which caters to the needs of up-to-date learning. Digital society, increasing heterogeneity and mutation of the population and the labor market force our education to continuously revise and adapt all kinds of content in order to adapt them to the challenges posed by society and the needs of our youth. This division conceptualizes and elaborates innovative didactic material with a communicative approach and playful elements in a multilingual learning environment from early age on. This material may be used in class as complementary tools to foster autonomous work or with the aim to facilitate differentiation. They might also easily be used with the aim to initiate recently immigrated students to languages. The development of digital material, apps or learning platforms constitutes a main and constant objective of this division.
    Pre-primary, primary and secondary education.
  • Division of data analysis
    The Division of data analysis is commissioned to collect and analyse data on the quality of our educational offer through the means of the school report or in the context of a project. The results of the surveys can be consulted during the elaboration of a school development plan or before making decisions aiming to improve the school’s organization. What’s more, this division organizes national and international standardized tests. The standardized tests elaborated by the Luxembourg Center for Educational Testing (University of Luxembourg) and the common tests are used as instruments of formative or summative evaluation or in the process of orientation of individual students. The international tests like the OECD’s PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), the IEA’s ICILS (International Computer and Literacy Study) generate results which help with the governance of our educational system.
  • Division of school development
    The Division of school development supports schools in their overall school development approach and more specifically in the development and implementation of a School Development Plan (PDS). In addition, the Division collaborates with the various services, educational structures, national and international partners that contribute to the development of academic quality. School development aims at increasing each learning provider’s pedagogical autonomy and at supporting them in the establishment of their respective, specific profile. Learning providers are empowered in their process of improving education as well as learning atmosphere through the adoption of a culture of observation and critical thinking, while also making sure to guarantee self-evaluation with respect to various criteria which are essential to these schools’ development. The key elements required for school development are the baseline mapping, the definition of one or more coherent objectives, the planning of steps as well as the constructive use of the outcome of auto-evaluation activities.

Educational sectors covered
Pre-primary, primary and secondary education.

Current educational priorities/projects

  • Development of digital skills
  • Implementing of school development plans in primary and secondary education
  • Setting up and implementing a national monitoring strategy
  • Multilingual education
  • Diversification of the school system and international schooling
  • Support to children with specific needs
  • Development of innovative didactic material with a communicative approach in a multilingual learning environment
  • Reform of vocational training.

Further information
www.script.lu

 

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