A presentation kindly offered by the principal of Havukoski school during our visit at the school premises as part of our Erasmus+ KA1 project

1. How does our school respond to the
challenges of Curriculum 2016
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Euneos seminar 5.9.2017

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4. Values
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Commitment
”Hard working”
Respecting each others
”The way of speaking to others and
about others”
Community
”Sharing knowledge, excitement
and caring”
Safety and comfort
”School of a good order and
discipline”

5. Our strategy
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Vantaa basic education
A Ecosocial civilisation
B Well-being
Havukoski School
Transvercal competence (Conseption of learning)
1. Linguistically aware school
2. Participation and involvement
3. Taking care of oneself and managing daily life

6. Distribution of lesson hours
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Vantaa basic education
Subject
Grade Vantaan basic educ.
distribution of lesson hours
National minimum
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Mother tongue and literature 7 7 5 5 4 4 3 3 4 42 42
A1 -language 1 ⁱ 1 ⁱ 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 18 16
B1 -language 2 2 1 1 6 6
Mathematics 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 32 32
Env. and natural sciences total 31 31
Environmental studies 2 2 3 3 2 2 14
Biology and geography* 2 3 2 7
Physics and chemistry* 1 3 3 7
Health education 1 1 1 3
Religion/ethics 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 10 10
History and social studies* 1 2 2 1 3 3 12 12
Artistic and practical studies 62 62
Music 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Visual arts 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 9
Crafts 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 11
Phusical education 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 20
Home economics 3 3
Optional artistic and social studies 2 2 2 2 3 11
Guidance councelling 0,5 0,5 1 2 2
Optional studies total 1 1 1 2 3 3 11 9
Total 20 20 22 24 25 25 29,5 30,5 30 226 222
Optional A2 -language 2 2 2 2** 2** 2** 12 12
Optional B2 -language 2*** 2*** 4 4

7. Excample timetable student
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8. Excample timetable teacher
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11. Developing our school
• Moving School
• Jopa2 – from basic education to profession
• The Programme to address child and family services (LAPE)
Developing student welfare
• Nova Schola3 Finlandia
• International school projects ”ICT World” and ”How can I
improve my education system and help others acces it”
• Taidetestaajat ”Art testers” (Culture and Arts to students)
• Innovative learning environments in crafts teaching
• Nuori näyttämö – Young Theater
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12. Toward a learning community
• More extensive learning environment
• Open and flexible learning areas.
• School building should support and
promote learning
• Havukoski School was built 30 years ago
 Renovation 2018-2019
• Return August 2019  CULTURE
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13. Cooperation
• Whole community
• Teacher – teacher, teacher – social worker, teacher – social worker etc.
• Crossing borders (subjects, multidisciplinary learning modules etc. )
• Assistants, social worker, psychologist, school nurse, housekeeper,
cleaners etc.
• Student association
• Timetables, resources
• Towards co-teaching
• Culture must change
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14. Utilizing technologies
• Wlan
• Chromebooks (90), tablets (115), laptops (17), PC’s
• Printing ”follows you”
• Intra
• Google Drive
• Wilma, Primus, Kurre
• Digital learning materials
• Internet, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp etc.
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15. Utilizing technologies
• ICT tehnologys is in use daily.
• Know-how students/teachers (Opeka and Oppika –
inquiry)
• Vision 2020
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16. Transversal competence
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17. Multidisciplinary learning
modules
• At least one multidisciplinary learning module during the school year
• Themes of interest to the students and that are suitable for cooperation
between the different subjects and teachers.
• Students receuve feedback on their work during the learning module.
Their skills are accounted for as part of the subject-specific grades
• In Havukoski we dont have any kind of special multicisciplinary week.
• We try to bring it toi alla subjects, alla schoolyear.
• Every subject, every course, larger projects
• Grade 6 Learning skills, 7 Unique me, 8 Energy, 9 Work
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18. Moving School
• More activities during school days
• Increasing students welfare, both mentally and
physically
• Facilities
• Teaching ideas + training for teachers
• Events
• Morning and after-school clubs
• Planning new school yard
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19. Every pupil has the right to
educational support
• 370 students, intensified support appr. 20%, special
support 4%
• 2 special needs teachers, 3 special class teachers, 4
special needs assistants
• Every teacher is also ”special needs teacher”
• Linquistically aware school
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20. Linguistically aware school
• Finnis as a secong language (S2) 25%  Year 2020 est. 1/3 of students
• Increasing fast
• Vantaa is one of the fastest growing towns in Finland
• Many come from abroad
• Even finnishborn students have difficulties understandin academic
language used in learning
• Acts:
• Awareness of the situation – every teacher is also a language teacher
• Adjusted materials
• Teacher training
• Cooperating with language-teachers (russian, somalia, arabic, estonia
etc.)
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21. Well-being
• Research made autumun 2016.
• What are the challenges?
• Students
• Staff
• How do we manage? Is there too much work?
• So we need some training?
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22. Students show their learning in
versatily ways
• Tests are not dissappearing completely
• Versatile ways of assessment
• Self evaluation
• Continuous feedback and ancouragement
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23. Students act as active learners
• Students will have more influence in managing the
school
• Planning courses
• Self evaluation
• Student association – principal/vice-principal
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24. Teachers in Finland – trusted
professionals
 Teaching is a popular profession in Finland.
 The applicant numbers are many times higher than the
intake to teacher education programmes.
 The teaching profession has a high status in Finland.
Teachers are also quite autonomous in their work, as
the system is based on trust rather than control.
 Master´s degree
 Teachers have a lot of professional freedom and
opportunities to influence their work and the
development of their schools.
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25.  Teachers are not evaluated through external or formal
measures.
 The principals of the institutions are also pedagogical heads
and thus the quality of teaching is their responsibility.
Development talks annually with principal.
 Most teachers’ working hours are based on teaching duties.
The teaching duties vary between 16 and 24 weekly 45-
minute lessons according to the subject.
 Continuing teacher education in encouraged in Havukoski
School
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26. Recruiting teachers in Finland
 Education providers (local authorities and school)
are responsible for employing their teaching staff.
They also determine the types and number of posts
needed.
 Teachers are recruited in an open process.
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27. Administarive work depend on
teachers positon
• Some teachers take part on administrative work as
members of executive group of the school
(principal, vide-principal and 4 teachers).
• Every teacher is a member in one team.
• Most of pour teachers are class teachers. That
means they are responsible of the communication
and co-operation between the school and parents.
• All the teachers take part in student welfare.
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