What does school improvement capacity mean to us?

School improvement capacity is a school’s capability to react to internal and external challenges in a competent manner, and to develop school and classroom opportunities in such a way that pupils are able to learn more effectively and attain their learning goals successfully.

School improvement capacity comprises

the capacity of individual actors in schools, in particular teaching staff and specialists, and school administrators (e.g. competence, motivation, capabilities)
the capacity of individual teams within the school (e.g. cooperation, interdisciplinary exchange)
the capacity of the school as a whole (e.g. collective learning)