What is ?

The Education Stoplight is a self-assessment tool that allows the main agents of education (students, parents/guardians, and teachers) to reflect on their educational context, set their own goals, and design solutions. The Education Stoplight considers education as a multidimensional concept, meaning that its success does not rely on school resources or factors alone. The goal is to activate the potential of every actor to achieve educational success in a holistic way.

How does it work?

The self-evaluation survey is conducted using a mobile. Students, teachers and parents complete a survey that is divided into dimensions and indicators. All indicators have four features: (1) they use stoplight colors to represent participants’ strengths in green and areas for improvement in yellow and red; (2) they provide images and simple texts in order to be understandable; (3) they are adaptable to the local context; and (4) they are actionable, achievable and aspirational, enabling participants to become the central agents in their path to educational success.

The Education Stoplight seeks to: Allow students, parents/guardians and teachers to self-assess their learning, pedagogical, and engagement conditions, develop personalized plans to harness their strengths, and achieve their aspirations with the support of a mentor. Provide a platform where they can collectively find solutions to their common challenges.

As the protagonists of education, students assess their conditions through six dimensions: 1) Learning practices 2) Educational tools 3) Health and Well-being 4) Resources and environment 5) Safety and Security 6) Interiority, motivation and participation.

Parents and guardians assess their engagement and support to students through four dimensions: 1) Health and Well-being 2) Commitment and Communication 3) Learning conditions 4) Discipline and Affection

Teachers evaluate their teacher-learning process, tools and wellbeing through four dimensions: 1) Health and Well-being 2) Teaching practices 3) Ethics and Continuous Learning 4) Resources and Environment.

Implementation steps

1) Students, teachers, and parents/guardians take the self-assessment survey. With an easy-to-use platform that works offline with georeferenced data available. Then, they get to the identification of priorities.

2) Identify the main areas that affect their learning or teaching process.

3) Design strategies and implement solutions with the support of a mentor.

4) Track their progress to achieve their goals.