Transcript The Spanish Education System - INTEF

The Spanish Education
System
Pre-Primary
 Children aged from 3 to 6
 Free and offered to all children
 Not compulsory for families
 Mostly in primary schools
 5 hours a day –same as primary-
Primary school
 Students aged from 6 to 12
 Organized in three two-year cycles
 Specialists for Foreign language, Music
P.E. and, optionally, religion
 School timetable
 School starts at 9 and finishes at 14
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 From 9 to 12:30 in the morning
 and from 15:30 to 17:00 in the afternoon
E.S.O.
–Secondary Obligatory Education
 Students aged from 12 to 16 (two
cycles)
 Religion optional
 First cycle: Most of the students do one
second foreign language but those with
learning disdvantages have a Maths or
Spanish support class
 Second cycle: One two hours a week
optional subject per year
E.S.O.
 School year finishes in June
 Students who fail any subject, can be
examined in September
 Students who pass all subjects or fail
two or less, promote –fails have to be
retaken Those who fail more than two
subjects can repeat the whole year
once
Bachillerato
 Secondary non compulsory education
 Students from 16 to 18
 Diploma in ESO is required
 There are 3 different modalities, each
one with two options
 Religion is optional
 One optional subject per year
 Students promote with less than two
fails. Failed subjects have to be retaken
Vocational training
 In some secondary schools
 Three levels:
 Low.- Offered to those 16 year old
students who did not get the diploma of
ESO
 Medium.- Diploma in ESO is required
 Includes work training in companies
 4 terms or 2 year courses
 High.- Diploma in Bachillerato is required
 Includes work training in companies
 4 terms or 2 year courses
Vocational initiation
Pre-Primary
3 years
Primary
6 years
Without
diploma
Vocational training
Medium level
E.S.O
4 years
Vocational training
High level
Bachillerato
2 years
P.A.U
University
Types of schools
Centros públicos.- Public schools
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Either Primary or Secondary
Depending on the Education Authority
Teachers are selected by an exam and can move to
different schools by a system of points
Schools do not select teachers. Education Authorities
provide staff and budget
The School Board, integrated by teachers, pupils, parents,
non teaching workers and a representative of the Local
Administration, manages different aspects of the school life
One Director together with a Secretary and one or more
‘head of studies’ run the school and can change every three
years. They are elected by a group of people including
school and Education Authorities representatives
Centros concertados.- State supported schools
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Either Primary or Secondary. Most of them join Primary and
ESO
Depending on the owner. The Government provides an
ordinary budget and teachers’ salaries
Teachers are selected by the school owner –it can be a
company or a religious orderOne Director together with a Secretary and one or more
‘head of studies’ run the school. They are designated by
the owner
Schooling is free for students. The Government pays
The contract obliges the school to follow some rules –about
selection of students, timetables, number of students per
class… and of course the general curriculum-
Centros privados.- Private schools
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Either Primary or Secondary. Most of them join both levels
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Depending on the owner.
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Teachers are selected by the school owner –it can be a
company or a religious order-
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The owner decides how to manage the school as a
company
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The students pay for all the school expenses
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Since school is compulsory under 16, all schools must
follow, at least, the common curriculum – subjects,
contents and timing- fixed by the Education Authorities-.
Teaching as a job
To become a teacher….
• You need your University degree and a
special one-year-course for teaching
• You have to pass a competitive exam which takes place every two years- to ‘win’
your place
• You can get a temporary contract if they
need more teachers before the exam, and
you can continue with it if you don’t pass
the exam
Teaching in secondary
35 hours a week
– 5 free organization hours
– 5 monthly computed hours –breaks,
assesement meetings, staff meetings– 25 hour-working week at school
involving 27 periods of 55-minutes:
• 17 teaching periods
• 10 complementary periods – library, duties,
attention to parents, meeting with the
pedagogist,…
School daily life…
…at the IES Saavedra Fajardo
In the morning…
• Ordinary courses start at 8:25 and finish at
14:25
• There is a break from 11:10 to 11:40
• Students stay in the courtyard during the
break. Only those students over 18 studying
2nd year of Bachillerato are allowed to leave
the school during breaktime
• There is a canteen where the students can
buy their breakfast if they wish
In the afternoon
• There is an afternoon shift for those
students that follow official music or drama
studies in the morning
• Extra curricular courses or workshops take
place in the afternoon as well
• Retaking classes for those who failed
• AIL programme is also completed in the
afternoon –once a week• The afternoon shift starts at 3:30 and
finishes at 21:00
Rules
• Students are not allowed to use mobile
phones, mp3 or similar in school
• Smoking and alcohol are also forbidden
• Teachers do “duty” hours which means
keeping a peaceful atmosphere during
school time
• Teachers do ‘duty’ during breaktime too,
keeping an eye on the students in the
courtyard
School institutions
• Claustro de profesores.- All the teachers in the school
• Equipo directivo.- The director, the secretary and four
‘heads of studies’
• Departments.- One for each area, to which all the teachers
of the subject/s of the area belong
• Junta de delegados.- One students’ representative per
class. Elected every year
• CCP.- The director, two heads of studies and heads of all
departments
• Consejo escolar (School Board).•
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Director, two heads of studies and secretary
7 teachers.3 parents of students
4 students
1 non teaching staff
1 representative of the Town Council