Transcript Romanian Education System

Romanian Education System
R O M A N IA
Clu j
TR A N S ILVA N IA
Sight of Cluj
Streets in the night
Cluj Art Museum
Cluj Botanical Garden
Cluj by night
Buildings of Cluj
Tailor Tower
Technical University
Streets of Cluj
Cluj County School Inspectorate Building
Summary
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The Education System in Romania
Priorities of the Education Policy
Cluj County School Inspectorate
Expertise in Project Implementation
Structure of the Education System
Age
Grade
Educational Levels
Post-graduate education
Higher Education
>19
Post-high school (post lyceum)
18
XIII
17
XII
16
XI
15
X
14
IX
13
VIII
12
VII
11
VI
10
V
9
IV
8
III
7
II
6
I
5
Preparatory
4
Middle
3
Beginner
Lyceum
Upper Cycle
Lyceum
Upper Cycle
Completion Year
Lyceum
Lower Cycle
Arts and Trades
School
First cycle of lower secondary
(gimnaziu)
Higher education and postgraduate education
Post-secondary
non-tertiary education
Upper secondary education
Lower secondary education
Primary Education
Primary education
Pre-primary Education
Pre-school education
Curriculum Framework
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National Curriculum
- Seven Curricular Areas:
• LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
• MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCE
• PEOPLE AND SOCIETY
• ARTS
• PHYSICAL EDUCATION
• TECHNOLOGIES
• COUNSELLING AND GUIDANCE
- Core Curriculum (75%)
- School-based Curriculum
School Educational Offer
- Extracurricular activities
- Special Needs for students with
deficiencies or high performance capacity
Class size, school year & timetable
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Class size - depends on the educational
level:
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School year:
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15  20  25 … 30
34 to 36 weeks
starting date: September 15th
ending date: June 15th
Timetable:
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50-minute classes / 10-minute breaks
Morning or afternoon classes
Priorities of the Education Policy
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Equal and improved access to education
High educational standards and training for a knowledgebased society
Decentralizing of the education system
Turning education into a basic tool in the modernisation
process of Romania
Envisaging the investment in human resources as the most
profitable long-term investment
Reconstruction of rural education
Combining excellence and general education in an efficient
way
IT contribution to education
Enhancing the European dimension of education
Institutional development of permanent education
Governance of the Education System
Ministry of Education
NCC
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NSAE
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PEEAC
NCPTST
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NCTVETD
NCTEAD
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NCE
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County School Inspectorates
TTH
LDC
LCSS
Schools
Other
units
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NCC – National Council for
Curriculum
NSAE – National Service for
Assessment and Evaluation
PEEAC – Pre-university Education
Evaluation and Accreditation
Commission
NCPTST – National Centre for Preuniversity Teaching Staff Training
NCTVETD – National Centre for
TVET Development
NCTEAD – National Council for
Textbooks Evaluation, Approval
and Distribution
NCE – National Centre for
Excellence
CSI – County School Inspectorates
TTH – Teacher Training Houses
LDC – Local Development
Committee for Social Partnership
in VET
LCSS – Local Council School
Service
Cluj County School Inspectorate
General
Inspector
Administration
council
Deputy General
Inspector
Curriculum &
inspection
Inspectors:
•pre-school education
•primary education
•education for
minorities
•rroma education
•special education
•extra-school activities
•curriculum subjects
Advisory board
Control & audit
Legal counselor
Accounting
Secretariat
Deputy General
Inspector
Development &
community
Administrative
staff
ICT development
Services:
•school network &
enrolment
•teaching norms &
retribution
Deputy General
Inspector
Evaluation &
prognosis
Inspectors:
•management &
evaluation
•private education
•educational
alternatives
•teaching staff mobility
•professional
development
•European programs
•gifted students
The main objectives of the
Cluj County School Inspectorate
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To ensure coherence between the national strategy and local
education process;
To develop the implementation of local and regional
programs;
To set up public education units – kindergartens, primary
schools, gymnasiums and art and trades schools;
Together with the local public administration, to ensure high
educational standards, as well as the development of the
material resources in all schools, according to the present
national standards;
To supervise, monitor, support and evaluate the activity of
teachers of all subjects at pre-university level
To organize in-service teacher training courses for school
teachers and managers in collaboration with the Teacher
Training House
To develop curricular and extracurricular projects and
activities at the local, regional, national and international level
Summary
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The Education System in Romania
Priorities of the Education Reform
County School Inspectorates
School Management
Resources
Curriculum
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National Curriculum:
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Core Curriculum (75%)
Differentiated Curriculum – grades 9 & 10
School-based Curriculum
Schools’ Educational Offer:
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Differentiated Curriculum – grades 9 & 10
School-based curriculum
Extra-curricular activities
Teachers
 Initial training:
 Higher education for secondary
education
 Pedagogical Lyceum for pre-school &
primary
 Professional development:
 On the job confirmation (definitivat)
 Didactic grade II
 Didactic grade I
Class size, school year &
timetable
 Class sizes - depend on the educational
level:
 15  20  25 … 30
 School year:
 34 to 36 weeks
 15th of September starting date
 Ending date in June
 Timetable:
 50 min. classes / 10 min. breaks
 Morning or afternoon classes
Priorities of the Education
Reform
 Ensuring access to and improving quality
of education for everyone
 Rural area
 Disadvantaged groups (Rroma minority and
SEN)
 Developing human resources for the
knowledge society
 The eLearning initiative
 Reform of compulsory education
 Development of the TVET
County School Inspectorates
Administration
council
Deputy General
Inspector
Curriculum &
inspection
Inspectors:
•pre-school education
•primary education
•minorities education
•rroma education
•special education
•extra-school activities
•curriculum subjects
General Inspector
Control & audit
Legal counselor
Accounting
Secretariat
Deputy General
Inspector
Development &
community
Administrative staff
ICT development
Services:
•school network &
enrolment
•teaching norms &
retribution
Advisory board
Deputy General
Inspector
Evaluation &
prognosis
Inspectors:
•management &
evaluation
•private education
•educational alternatives
•teaching staff mobility
•professional
development
•European programmes
•gifted students
County School Inspectorates
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To monitor the organization and operation of the preuniversity education network and to inspect schools;
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To ensure compliance with the law in the organization,
management and provision of education;
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To set up public education units – kindergartens,
primary schools, gymnasiums and art and trades
schools;
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To propose to the Ministry of Education the local
school network under their jurisdiction and the
students’ enrolment plan;
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To ensure, jointly with the local public administration, school
attendance for the duration of compulsory education;
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To ensure that schools are adequately staffed with teachers
in accordance with the provisions of the Teaching Staff
Statute;
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To organize and guide the teaching staff's continuous
training and professional development, research work and
other complementary activities in pre-university education;
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To ensure, jointly with the local public administration, the
educational conditions as well as the development of the
material resources in all schools, according to the national
standards;
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To coordinate admission competitions and graduation
examinations in education units, as well as other school
competitions;
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To monitor all pre-university education activities and services
provided by economic agents, foundations, associations,
religious denominations and other natural persons or legal
entities in the area under their jurisdiction;
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To identify any infringements of the law and take such measures
as the law provides;
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To coordinate and guide the activity of libraries in the education
units under their subordination;
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To coordinate and monitor the activity of the Teaching Staff
House.
School Inspection
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Why?
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To support schools and teaching staff to
improve education & training activities
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To support evaluation of the quality of the
educational offer and the school
performances of the students – at local,
county and national level – by providing
accurate information to the decision
makers through the inspections reports
School Inspection
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What?
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The school performances of the students in
comparison to the national educational
standards;
The school’s methods to encourage and
support students’ personal development;
The quality of the teaching staff activities;
The quality of the management and the
efficiency in using the resources;
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The quality of the curriculum, the quality of
the extra-curricular activities and the ability
of the school to implement the national
curriculum;
School-parents relationship;
School-local community relationship;
Compliance with the in-force legislation,
procedures, rules and regulations;
Students’ attitudes towards the education
offered by the school.
School Inspection
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How?
Phases of the school inspection
Selection of the school, establishment of the objectives of the inspection and
nomination of the inspection team
Pre-inspection activities:
•in school: meetings of the inspection team coordinator with the director and the teachers’ council to inform
on and to plan the inspection
•in CSI: meetings of the inspection team to establish roles and to plan the activities
Inspection activities:
•school’s documents analyze
•lessons observation (55% - 65% of the total time spent in school by the inspection team)
•group discussions (personnel, parents, students)
•regular meetings of the inspectors
Post-inspection activities:
•verbal report of the inspection team coordinator to the director, heads of departments and inspected teachers
on the preliminary results of the inspection
•written report of the inspection team on the results of the inspection
•verbal report of the director to the administration council and the parents, based on the inspection’s written
report
•improvement plan elaborated by the director and approved by the inspection team coordinator
•implementation of the improvement plan
School Inspection
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School Inspection
Quality Ensuring
System:
National
monitoring
&
evaluation
Compliance
with the
established
PR&R
Quality of
school
inspections
Local
monitoring
&
evaluation
Well
trained
inspectors
School management
Director
Administration
council
Teachers’ council
Heads of departments
Heads of commissions
Chief accountant
Chief secretary
Librarian
Teachers’ assistants
Deputy director
Counsellor
School administration
ICT development
Educational projects
and programmes
School administrator
Administrative staff
Students tutors
Projects coordinators
Teachers
School management
Director’s responsibilities:
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To plan, organize, coordinate, monitor and
evaluate the entire educational process in
the school and the institutional development
of the school
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To manage the human resources of the
school
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To manage the financial resources of the
school
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To administrate the school
School management
Main papers to be elaborated by the director:
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The medium term (4-year) institutional
development project of the school
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The semester and annual evaluation reports
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The annual management plan and the
semester implementation programmes
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Financial & material resources development
projects
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Annual school’s budget project
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