What is an educational project?

The aim of an educational project is to provide students with a quality school environment. It also explains the needs and intentions of the school.

1- Policy orientations

A school’s policy orientations lay out the institution’s priorities. They must be clear and precise. Here’s an example:

• Improve the reading skills of all students.

2- Challenges

A challenge is a core question, idea, or topic of debate in a particular area. In an educational project, the challenges are determined by the community and indicate a school’s priorities. They shed light on issues specific to the school:

• Success for all students
• Prevention and support for success
• Student safety
• Etc.

3- Environment

Taking their environment into account allows schools to better define their community’s expectations and their students’ needs. This involves examining a number of factors:

• The socio-economic context
• Organizations that provide support to students
• The number of students using daycare services
• The family status of students
• The student pass rate, by subject and level
• The pass rate for MEES uniform examinations
• The average number of students, by level of education and sector
• The number of students in academic transition
• The percentage of students with special needs
• Etc.

Here are two examples to give you a better idea of the objectives an educational project might contain:

• Challenge : Physical and psychological well-being of students
  Policy orientation : Provide a healthy, safe environment.
  Objective : Offer 60 minutes of physical activity per day.
  Target : 60 minutes by 2022.
• Challenge : Optimizing success for all students.
  Policy orientation : Improve the mental math skills of all students.
  Objective : Improve students’ results in mental math by 10 percent.
  Target : 10 percent increase by 2022.

A school’s educational project must align with its school board’s commitment-to-success plan and the strategic plan of the Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur (MEES). Schools are responsible for creating their own based on their values and certain mandatory elements, including those mentioned above (policy orientations, challenges, environment, etc.).