The Interim Evaluation Report of the ERASMUS+/KA2 "Stress free eu schools" Project

1. E. P. ERASMUS+ / KA2 – Partnerships
Project Title: “Stress-free E.U. Schools
Interim Evaluation Report
Drafted by: Yiannis Zarkadas, Project Coordinator
Partnerships
free E.U. Schools”
Interim Evaluation Report
Drafted by: Yiannis Zarkadas, Project Coordinator

2. Executive Summary
The interim evaluation of the “Stress-free E. U. Schools
first year of the life cycle of the works of the project.
It has been designed in order to reflect
based on questionnaires that had been produced by the coordinating school and forwarded to partner schools
where they should be filled with the responsibility of the schools coordinators after consultation with the
members of the ERASMUS + Team of each School.
Apart from this, the Heads of the partner schools were asked to provi
date and their point of view on the project aims and objectives.
In order to provide for the Steering Group of the project a clear view of the evaluation of the project, all partners
have agreed to put five axes of the project under examination:
A. The impact on its selected target groups,
B. The dissemination process
C. The coordination of the project
D. The implementation of the common work program, and
E. The overall assessment
The implementation of the project works scores the same with the overall assessment and the coordination
seems quite satisfactory for all partner institutions.
free E. U. Schools” Project has been carried out right after the end of the
first year of the life cycle of the works of the project.
reflect the views of the ERASMUS+ Teams of the partner schools and it has been
based on questionnaires that had been produced by the coordinating school and forwarded to partner schools
filled with the responsibility of the schools coordinators after consultation with the
of the ERASMUS + Team of each School.
of the partner schools were asked to provide their comments on the project works to
date and their point of view on the project aims and objectives.
In order to provide for the Steering Group of the project a clear view of the evaluation of the project, all partners
f the project under examination:
The impact on its selected target groups,
The coordination of the project
The implementation of the common work program, and
The graph indicates how the
ERASMUS + Teams evaluated
the project works for the first
year of its life cycle.
One can easily observe that
main issue of the project is t
dissemination procedure.
All schools evaluate with their
highest scores the impact of the
project
internal impact on their pupils,
teaching staff and parents and
care givers.
ementation of the project works scores the same with the overall assessment and the coordination
ory for all partner institutions.
Project has been carried out right after the end of the
partner schools and it has been
based on questionnaires that had been produced by the coordinating school and forwarded to partner schools
filled with the responsibility of the schools coordinators after consultation with the
de their comments on the project works to
In order to provide for the Steering Group of the project a clear view of the evaluation of the project, all partners
The graph indicates how the
ERASMUS + Teams evaluated
the project works for the first
year of its life cycle.
One can easily observe that
main issue of the project is the
dissemination procedure.
All schools evaluate with their
highest scores the impact of the
project focusing mainly in the
internal impact on their pupils,
teaching staff and parents and
care givers.
ementation of the project works scores the same with the overall assessment and the coordination

3. Presentation of the findings
Impact of the project
the average of the individual scores of each category: AVERAGE (95, 95, 85)
The internal impact achieved one of the highest
that all partner schools have done quite a remarkable work internally, in relation with the objectives of the
project.
Dissemination of the project
fully operational during the first year of the project due to technical
it. All partners had agreed that all languages of the project should be represented to the
should a site with five different language profiles. P
auto-translation between languages since
Regarding the dissemination events, more effort should be given to increase the participation of audiences from
selected target groups.
The overall score is the average of the individual sco
Coordination
The coordination of the project is an attempt to evaluate the coordinating institution as a body and the
coordinator of the partnership as an individual.
For this purpose, the following aspects
 Clearly defined project work plan
During the first year of the project works the
impact of the project focused
to the pupils and the staff and at a secondary
level to the parents and care givers.
The project seems to achieve significant impact
on the pupils and the teachers of the partner
institutions.
The overall score for the impact of the project is
he average of the individual scores of each category: AVERAGE (95, 95, 85) = 91,67
one of the highest scores of the interim evaluation, which can lead to the conclusion
uite a remarkable work internally, in relation with the objectives of the
Dissemination of the project seems to be the
only aspect that faces problems. It achieved the
lowest score above the points of examination of
this evaluation report.
Both the implementation
events and the project website seem to fall low
on the evaluation of the ERASMUS +
Regarding the website of the project, it was not
first year of the project due to technical difficulties about the multilingual character of
that all languages of the project should be represented to the
should a site with five different language profiles. Partners had also agreed that they should avoid
between languages since the out coming result is not always acceptable.
Regarding the dissemination events, more effort should be given to increase the participation of audiences from
average of the individual scores of each category: AVERAGE (65, 75
The coordination of the project is an attempt to evaluate the coordinating institution as a body and the
coordinator of the partnership as an individual.
lowing aspects have been put under examination:
lan
During the first year of the project works the
of the project focused mostly internally,
to the pupils and the staff and at a secondary
level to the parents and care givers.
to achieve significant impact
on the pupils and the teachers of the partner
The overall score for the impact of the project is
scores of the interim evaluation, which can lead to the conclusion
uite a remarkable work internally, in relation with the objectives of the
Dissemination of the project seems to be the
only aspect that faces problems. It achieved the
lowest score above the points of examination of
this evaluation report.
implementation of the dissemination
and the project website seem to fall low
the evaluation of the ERASMUS + teams.
Regarding the website of the project, it was not
about the multilingual character of
that all languages of the project should be represented to the website; therefore there
had also agreed that they should avoid the option of
not always acceptable.
Regarding the dissemination events, more effort should be given to increase the participation of audiences from
65, 75) = 70,00.
The coordination of the project is an attempt to evaluate the coordinating institution as a body and the

4.  On time delivery of project
management docs (meeting agendas
and Training Events draft program
 On time delivery of project reports
 Quality of project management
documents
 Quality of project reports
 Communication with the coordinator
 Communication and collaboration
among partners
In all the above mentioned categories it
that the coordinating institution complies fully
with its role since it achieves quite high scores in any one of them.
Some more effort could be given to the communication with the coordinator, since there is some room for
improvement in this category, and the delivery of the project reports.
The overall score is the average of the individual sco
93,57.
Implementation
by this task. During the first year of the project there have been implemented, with the inclusion of the
Meeting, three (3) Transnational Meetings, which indeed have been organized and implemented quite well.
The organization of the Short-Term Joint Staff Training Events
expected to score higher (remark from the project coordinator).
been organized two (2) STJSTE, the first one in Italy, hosted
second one in the UK, hosted by St. Luke
infrastructure and for each one there had been a clearly defined Training Program, whic
close cooperation with the project coordinator and the schools coordinators, and to which all partners have
agreed upon with no comments on them. Anyway, there arises a need for more in depth examination on the
partners’ opinions about this result.
The deliverables of the project to date
under development it seems that all partner school have high expectations on the final results.
(meeting agendas
and Training Events draft programs)
On time delivery of project reports
Quality of project management
he coordinator
ommunication and collaboration
it seems
that the coordinating institution complies fully
with its role since it achieves quite high scores in any one of them.
Some more effort could be given to the communication with the coordinator, since there is some room for
improvement in this category, and the delivery of the project reports.
average of the individual scores of each category: AVERAGE (95,
The implementation of the project reflects the
individual partners’ contribution to it as well as
their point of view on the work that has been
carried out during the first year of the project
life cycle.
Four aspects have been put under examination
and starting with the organization of the
Transnational Meetings it seems that all
partners have obtained quite good experiences
e first year of the project there have been implemented, with the inclusion of the
Transnational Meetings, which indeed have been organized and implemented quite well.
Term Joint Staff Training Events - STJSTE achieved quite a good score, although it
expected to score higher (remark from the project coordinator). During the period under examination there hav
been organized two (2) STJSTE, the first one in Italy, hosted by the Istituto Comprensivo di Alba Adriatica and the
second one in the UK, hosted by St. Luke’s School of Redbourn. Host institutions provided with all the necessary
infrastructure and for each one there had been a clearly defined Training Program, whic
close cooperation with the project coordinator and the schools coordinators, and to which all partners have
agreed upon with no comments on them. Anyway, there arises a need for more in depth examination on the
date have achieved quite an acceptable score (85%) and since they are still
under development it seems that all partner school have high expectations on the final results.
Some more effort could be given to the communication with the coordinator, since there is some room for
5, 100, 90, 95, 95, 90 , 90) =
The implementation of the project reflects the
contribution to it as well as
their point of view on the work that has been
ried out during the first year of the project
Four aspects have been put under examination
and starting with the organization of the
Transnational Meetings it seems that all
partners have obtained quite good experiences
e first year of the project there have been implemented, with the inclusion of the Kick-off
Transnational Meetings, which indeed have been organized and implemented quite well.
achieved quite a good score, although it
During the period under examination there have
by the Istituto Comprensivo di Alba Adriatica and the
Host institutions provided with all the necessary
infrastructure and for each one there had been a clearly defined Training Program, which has been designed in
close cooperation with the project coordinator and the schools coordinators, and to which all partners have
agreed upon with no comments on them. Anyway, there arises a need for more in depth examination on the
achieved quite an acceptable score (85%) and since they are still
under development it seems that all partner school have high expectations on the final results.

5. Finally, the implementation of the parallel activities (visits to sites of cultural interest, etc) have achieved a quite
acceptable score (80%), although (remark from the project coordinator
higher one, since the partners who hosted
heritage and the history of their regions.
The overall score is the average of the individual sco
Overall assessment
School coordinators were asked to discuss with all the members of the ERASMUS+ Teams of t
to incorporate the opinion of their head teacher in their final assessment.
It seems that the score that the project implementation has achieved in this indicator is quite high, taking into
consideration that the more essential work of the project will or has just started by entering the second year of its
life cycle.
on of the parallel activities (visits to sites of cultural interest, etc) have achieved a quite
remark from the project coordinator) they were expected to achieve a
the partners who hosted transnational activities have made their best to
heritage and the history of their regions.
average of the individual scores of each category: AVERAGE (90
The overall assessment represents an
indicator through which the members
of the partnership can express their
view about the way the project works
proceed.
School coordinators were asked to discuss with all the members of the ERASMUS+ Teams of t
to incorporate the opinion of their head teacher in their final assessment.
the score that the project implementation has achieved in this indicator is quite high, taking into
consideration that the more essential work of the project will or has just started by entering the second year of its
on of the parallel activities (visits to sites of cultural interest, etc) have achieved a quite
) they were expected to achieve a much
r best to present the cultural
90, 85, 85, 80) = 85,00.
The overall assessment represents an
indicator through which the members
of the partnership can express their
about the way the project works
School coordinators were asked to discuss with all the members of the ERASMUS+ Teams of their Schools and try
the score that the project implementation has achieved in this indicator is quite high, taking into
consideration that the more essential work of the project will or has just started by entering the second year of its