I S S U E Center for Professional Development Kikinda

- The Place of your new knowledge -

Cooperat ion with The

Insti tute for Evaluat ion

of Qual i ty of Education

The Institute for Evaluation

of Quality of Education

from Belgrade and CSU

K i k i n d a s i g n e d a

cooperation agreement.

The agreement was signed

by the Director of the

Institute Dragan Banićević

and director of CSU

Dobrivoj Martonoši and the

goal of this agreement is

to enable and encourage

collaboration between the

two institutions.

The cooperation will be

realized through the

i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f

c o u r s e s , t r a i n i n g s ,

researches and testing

projects. The cooperation

implies joint research,

exchange of experience

and knowledge, the design

and development of

specialized seminars,

courses, training, and

other forms of continuing

education. The two

institutions will exchange

information and will deal

with publishing and other

forms of cooperation in the

future .

Foreword...

Newsletter No . 10

October - December

2012.

T he end of year is a good time to summarize the results obtained and our

results in 2012 were:

-compared to last year in CSU Kikinda we have increased the number of accredited

seminars held and the number of users of our services. In the Center 69

accredited seminars were held and 50 outside the Center. 1390 users have

attended our seminars in the building of the Centre and 920 outside of the Center,

which makes the total 30.898 hours of accredited training;

-nearly eight thousand people passed through the premises of the Centre from

preschool to the elderly ages. There were various activities, seminars, lectures,

panel discussions, presentations, meetings, events, promotions, exhibitions, film

screenings and performances held;

-we have hosted ministers, ambassadors, politicians, actors, writers, teachers,

educators, artists, retirees, students, pupils...

-we tried to keep you informed about important events. We believe that

communication with founders, donors, funders and users was good, but it will even

better in the coming year.

The plans for next year are very ambitious and very real, because we have a well

planned budget. We have a goal and we will try to fill it.

The employees of CSU

Kikinda wish

HAPPY NEW YEAR

to all our customers,

colleagues and dear friends.

During his visit in Kikinda, Regional

Secretary of Education, Administration

and National Communities Andor Deli

with his co-workers visited our

Institution. After touring the Center, a

meeting was held which was also

attended by Mayor Savo Dobranić.

Director Martonoši presented the work

of the center, the ways of our financing,

and projects that are in progress. This

was an opportunity to reach an

agreement on further cooperation

between CSU Kikinda and provincial

secretariat as well as future plans that

include the expansion of activity and

increase our income.

D e c e m b e r 1 6 t h ,

T h e V i s i t o f t h e M a y o r

The Mayor Savo Dobranić

visited CSU Kikinda on

Sunday December 16th. The

Director Dobrivoj Martonos

informed Dobranić about our

plans for the next year, about

the work of the RC & CSU

Network and projects

planned for the next four

years.

Although Sunday is officially

a non-working day, in our

Center were three seminars

in progress with more than

80 participants and 10

lecturers.

November -December

2012, Seminar :

Grading of students

Within the project "Support to

quality assurance of system

of final exams at the national

level in primary and

secondary education" in CSU

Kikinda in November and

December, a seminar titled

"Grading of students" was

realized for four groups of

participants. The seminar

was realized by the Institute

for Evaluation of Quality of

Education. The seminar was

attended by colleagues from

elementary schools in

Zrenjanin, Novi Bečej, Žitiste,

Kovačica, Pan-čevo, Izbište,

Gudurica, Alibunar, Starčevo

and Kikinda.

December 20 t h , Visit of the Regional Secretary

Head of the School Administration

Zrenjanin, Staniša Banjanin has held a

meeting with the directors of elementary

and secondary schools in CSU Kikinda.

The topic was the Regulation on

evaluation of the quality of the institution.

Evaluation of educational institutions will

be conducted by the Ministry of Education

through continuous quality control.

Evaluation will be achieved through

professional and pedagogical supervision

that will be conducted by educational

advisers. External evaluation of the

education system of Republic of Serbia is

envisaged by the Regulations on

professional and pedagogical supervision,

which in Article 3 defines key areas, areas

of evaluation, indicators of achievement

and levels of quality of the institution.

-Although the work of the school

administration is primarily advisory, it is

also controlling. During school

inspections, we will not give anymore

advices, we will determine whether the

schools respects the standards based on

which we measure the quality of work -

external evaluation, Banjanin said.

Banjanin emphasized the importance of

CSU Kikinda and the possibility of

teachers in the region to improve

professionally. This is particularly evident

at teachers and school principals from our

community, because they have a greater

opportunity to exchange information with

the relevant people from ministries and

school administration and to prepare for

external evaluation.

December 14 t h . 2012, The meeting of the school Directors with the

Head of the School Administration Zrenjanin

Seminars...

October 28th, Piano brain

teaser - starting school for

piano

Seminar in the field "Art" with

catalog number 851

delighted the participants in

CSU Kikinda. The seminar is

accredited by the Music

School in Subotica and the

author Mirna Mirkov Stes

implemented the program for

20 participants. Part of the

training was designed for

working with students.

October 27th, Seven steps to

prevent addiction

A one-day seminar, which is

accredited by the CSU

Leskovac, aims to raise the

level of knowledge about the

harmfulness of psychoactive

substances. The authors and

implementers of the seminar

are Vanja Ilić and Gordana

Stanković.

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October 20th, Learning

through play using interactive

electronic exercises

Seminar with catalog number

509 is accredited by RC

Smederevo. The authors are

Nevena Perić, Slavica

Gomilanović, Sonja Miletić

and Jugoslava Lulić. The

subject is identification of the

importance of learning

through play and fast

feedback for the quality of

learning, and respect for

different levels of

achievement in creating

exercises.

CSU Kikinda is for the third time

organising classes for the most talented

kids in our community. The project

"Work with talented students" began as

a pilot project of CSU Kikinda and local

government, and this year it was

financed by the Swiss Agency for

Development and Cooperation and co-

financed by parents. This year, through

project we provided funds for 20 classes

from six subjects: mathematics, physics,

chemistry, Serbian, English and German

Language. Following the public call, on

November 13th a meeting was held with

professors who were interested in

working with talented students and who

have until December 1st selected 105

students. Teachers have formed 15

groups from students in the higher

grades of elementary schools and

designed advanced training programs

from they subjects.

On 6th of December, PTA meeting was

held at which were presented to parents

the project implementation schedule

and the teachers who implement it.

In this way, CSU Kikinda promotes and

rewards above average work and

achievements of students and teachers,

and teachers will later in roundtables

and professional groups, present their

work to colleagues who did not

participate in the program.

Project: Work with gifted children

Mathematics Physics Chemestry Serbian

language

English

language

German

language

Fifth grade 10 - - 10 - -

Sixth grade 6 - - 4 - -

Seventh grade 4 7 5 3 13 7

Eighth grade 7 6 5 4 8 6

Tabular overview of the number of students per subject:

The third International mind festival was

officially opened on Thursday, October 18th,

in the Assembly of Kikinda. In the presence of

competitors from three schools in Kikinda:

Technical School, Grammar School "Dušan

Vasiljev," Economic and Trade School, the

festival was opened by Miloš Latinović,

Deputy Mayor of Kikinda and Mato Groznica,

Assistant of Provincial Secretary for

Education, administration and national

communities.

In the previous two rounds of the

competition, the winners of the mind festival

were from our town, Danica Božin, Grammar

School pupil and Dejan Knežević, technical

school pupil, and it was quite logical that the

third cycle begins in Kikinda.

That Kikinda was not accidently spawned two

winners became obvious very soon when

students access the contest. In an hour, all

the creativity, logical thinking and talent

came to light through the more than one

hundred original works, among which we can

anticipate certain finalists. Imagination has

no limits, and this is precisely the basis for

the creation of innovative solutions in

different areas which enriches the daily lives

of all points on the Earth. Self-confidence,

determination to accept new challenges and

readiness to measure abilities and skills with

other competitors, adorn these students and

this is already a good reason not to worry

about the future of generations to come.

The competition resumes in secondary

schools in Vojvodina and 4 more regions

where there is a successful cross-border

cooperation - Istria (Croatia), Csongrád

(Hungary), Timiş (Romania) and Bratislava

(Slovakia).

The third cycle of The mind festival

Photo exhib it ion "Yad

Vashem - Jerusalem "

H i s E x c e l l e n c y t h e

Ambassador of Israel Josef

Levi, opened the photo

exhibit "Yad Vashem -

Jerusalem" at the National

Museum, that was organized

by CSU Kikinda. Photos were

taken during the stay at the

International School for

Holocaust Studies in Israel

from 15th to 22nd of July

2012 and the authors were

the participants from Serbia

and the Serbian Republic.

Ambassador Levi at the

opening of the exhibition

spoke about the sad fate of

the Jews, the eve of an

unprecedented pogrom

during the Second World

War and the memory of the

Holocaust victims.

Before the opening of the

exhibition the Mayor Savo

Dobranić hosted a reception

in his office for the

Ambassador Joseph Levi

and then his Excellency

visited CSU Kikinda to get

acquainted with the work

and activities of the Centre.

December 12ft 2012, Founding Assembly of

the Alliance for School Sport Kikinda was

held

Physical education teachers from schools in

the municipality of Kikinda held a founding

assembly of the Alliance for School Sport in

CSU Kikinda. On the initiative of the

Association of Teachers and Parents and in

coordination of the female youth handball

club and judo club, this association was

formed which president will be Dragana

Radak, and Secretary Jelena Krvopić.

Delegates of all the schools in the

municipality of Kikinda will be members of

the association . The founding Meeting was

attended by Dragana Dukić, a member of the

Council of the Municipality of Kikinda charge

of Youth and Sports who is satisfied with the

creation of the Alliance.

-Department for Youth and Sports at the very

beginning of their work, defined the school

sports as a priority over the next four years.

Alliance was formed because of the

possibility of easier applications for calls for

proposals by ministries and secretariats. In

addition to assisting in the formal

organization of the competitions we think it is

very important to

pay special

attention to dealing

with sport of

children who

otherwise would not

compete but have

physical education

at school.

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October 3-4th

2012,

Seminar: Improving the

performance of

entrepreneurs

W i t h i n t h e p r o j e c t

"Improving the performance

of entrepreneurs" General

A s s o c i a t i o n o f

Entrepreneurs Kikinda

organized a two-day

seminar at CSU Kikinda.

The aim of this seminar is

to inform entrepreneurs for

easier business operations

in small and medium-sized

enterprises.

On the first day, dipl.ecc

Svetlana Kozić held a

lecture about marketing for

small and medium-sized

companies. She is the

President of the Section of

female entrepreneurship

and owner of Agency

"Markers consulting" and

a l s o t h e P r o j e c t

Coordinator.

In marketing, entrepreneurs

are primarily received

information about the use of

social networking on the

Internet and about services

in the area of marketing that

i s o f f e r e d b y t h e

Entrepreneurs Association.

About taxes and incentives

f o r bus inesses and

entrepreneurs , spoke

dipl.ecc. Jasna Marinkov, a

member of the supervisory

board OUPK. This project is

being implemented with

financial support of the

Municipality of Kikinda and

t h e Se c r e t a r i a t f o r

Economy.

Обука из енергетске ефикасности

In October and December, in CSU

Kik inda , was cont inued the

implementation of the project "Education

and Training for the development of

energy balance, projects and measures

in the field of energy efficiency and

energy management staff at the

subjects and objects of local government

Kikinda." Training is intended for public

institutions in our community (25 of

them) which are the largest consumers

of energy and the goal is to train how to

cut spending. After this training,

participants will be able to compete with

projects from this field at governmental

and international funds. Value of the

project is 1.114 million dinars and it is

funded by the Swiss Agency for

Development with the support of

Municipality of Kikinda.

The lecturers are eminent professors

from the Faculty of Mechanical

Engineering in Belgrade: prof. dr Miloš

Banjac, doc Maja Todorović, Dejan

Đukanović, Bratislav Ilić, Radoslav Galić

and dr Milan Ristanović.

Project Coordinator Karolj Damjanov

says that for local community is

important that local experts have been

trained. The project is implemented by

the Regional Centre for Socio-Economic

Development Banat from Zrenjanin in

partnership with the Municipality of

Kikinda.

Training in energy efficiency

In CSU Kikinda CSU a one-day seminar

was held in the organisation of

association Artesa and with the

financial support of Municipality of

Kikinda and the Provincial Secretariat

for Energy and Mineral Resources AP

Vovjodina.

The aim of the seminar is to acquaint

the public with the professional

possibilities of using renewable energy

sources in agriculture and to highlight

the existing solutions for the use of

agricultural biomass in Vojvodina.

Experts from Slovakia, from the town of

Martin, have extensive experience in the

application of new technologies for

e n v i r o n m e n t a l a n d e c o n o m i c

production of heat and electricity using

b i o m a s s . Pa r t i c i p a n t s w e r e

representatives of public and private

companies in Kikinda and the

presentation was a unique opportunity

to establish cooperation in order to

attract new investment in the use of

agricultural biomass as an important

and readily available source of

renewable energy in Vojvodina.

October 11 t h 2012, Renewable energy -transfer of experiences f rom

Slovakia

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Т ourist Organization of Kikinda and

CSU Kikinda have during November

organized an event titled "November - a

month of owls in Kikinda" in order to

promote Kikinda as the largest owl

habitat on the planet. At the press

conference, which was held on

November 2nd, Director of TO Marijana

Iličin and Director of CSU Dobrivoj

Martonoši have announced the event

and the events that followed.

The idea of the event was to promote

Kikinda and to educate the youngest

about the importance of the owls and

this phenomenon.

On Tuesday November 6th in the Center

lecture was held on topic "Why are owls

special" and "Vulnerability and

protection of owls in Serbia." The lecture

was held by Milan Ružić and Dimitrije

Radišić from organization “Center for

the Protection of Serbia owl."

On November 7th, as part of this event,

lecture was held on topic: "Is there life

on other planets? Is there a black hole?

What is a supernova? ". Speakers were

Dr. Milan S. Dimitrijević on a subject

"Astronomy and Astrology" and Doc. Dr.

Petar V. Vuca on "Life Path of Mileva

Marić." In the audience were, among

others, students from elementary

schools, members of the section and

interested in nature and science.

November - the month of owls in Kikinda

Every Wednesday during

November in the CSU

Kikinda a projections of a

film by Jovan Memedović

"Kikinda – The Owl City"

were held. This film were

seen by more than 400

pupils form primary and

secondary schools.

The projections were well

attended. "Extra ticket"

was asked...

A screening for our

youngest citizens-

preschoolers was also

organized.

Everyone was

enthusiastic and full of

personal experiences with

the "wise" residents of our

city.

Story in Pictures

The finale event was held on Friday, November

30th in the CSU Kikinda. During the day, pupils

of primary and secondary schools presented

their works they have designed on the theme:

owl. The closing event was opened by Mayor

Savo Dobranić who praised the commitment of

all involved in the project and said that we are

on track to take advantage of what nature has

given us.

The theme was more than

inspiring, so on Friday a

number of successful works

were presented. In addition to

drawings, masks, souvenirs, a

film and video games could be

seen, and music could be

heard with additional

choreography and also

cookies could be eaten in the

shape of an owl. Elementary

school students from the city

and the students of all four

high schools have shown that

they are really very creative and the story of the owls

come to life in our community. The majority of the work

can easily become a souvenir. A high school graduate

Nikola Tepavac, a young inventor, has made a large

mechanical wings that is presented in an owl costume. All

participants have received a gift from the Tourist

Organization - owl hats, which were made by women from

the Women's Association.

CHECK THE WORKS OF PUPILS!

WE THANK ALL OF PARTICIPANTS OF

THIS EVENT!

WE WILL HANG OUT ALSO IN 2013

EVENTS

SEMINARS...

November 25th, Development

of verbal communication

Seminar with catalog number

1002 is accredited by RC

Kanjiža. The seminar was

realized in Hungarian

language, and was attended

by twenty colleagues who

teach in Hungarian. The

seminar was realized by Marta

Terteli Telek and Marta Gutaši.

November 24th, Effective

operational planning of

German languageclasses

through improvement of

teacher competence

The publishing house Data

Status, accredited a seminar

under number 818. The

authors and implementers of

the seminar are Nevena

Vraneš and Biljana Bukinac.

The specific objective of the

seminar is to improve the

competence of teachers for

effective operative planning of

German language classes.

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November 10th, Contemporary

methods in an integrated

courses in physics and

chemistry in primary and

secondary education

One-day seminar with catalog

number 684 is accredited by

the Faculty of Sciences in Novi

Sad, and the authors are

Dušanka Obadović and

Mirjana Segedinac while

implementers were Darko

Kapor and Dušanka Obadović.

October 25 t h , Presentat ion of the

Fund "European Af fai rs "

In CSU Kikinda, the Fund of AP Vojvodina

«European Affairs" held a presentation on

topic "Possibilities of financing through EU

funds", in the organisation of the Municipality

of Kikinda. Attendees had the opportunity to

get acquainted with the activities of the

European Union towards the countries of the

Western Balkans, with capacity building for

the use of the new programming period.

Representatives of the funds spoke about

the activities of the Office of Vojvodina in

Brussels and the opportunity to represent

municipalities and cities. The conclusion was

that only good planning of joint activities and

getting to know the open calls for proposals

can provide access to EU funds.

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The Ministry of Education, Science and

Technological Development began the

project "Support to the development of

human capital and research." Within this

project, the Institute for Evaluation of

Quality of Education aimed at revision of

educational standards wich will be the basis

for the new curriculum. Initial activities

include discussion group meetings of

teachers in primary schools in 10 courses for

which there are standards of achievement. In

the CSU Kikinda on November 28th and 29th

meetings were held where teachers gave

their contribution through discussion and

completing surveys and take the opportunity

to propose changes in the areas where they

are not satisfied. For participation in this

work teachers will receive 1 point for

professional development at professional

conferences.

November 28-29 t h , Revis ion of educat ional standards

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CSU Kikinda sent an offer for cooperation to women's

associations, the Association of Pensioners and Gerontology

Center for the organization and implementation of training in

foreign languages and computer skills. This offer is intended

for members of these associations, and for all interested

citizens.

We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can it be, in a

world where half the things a man knows at 20 are no longer true at 40 - and half the things he

knows at 40 hadn't been discovered when he was 20? .

Arthur C. Clarke

November 5 t h , Of fer for l i fe - long learning

Projects

SEMINARS

October 20-21st, Pedagogical

assistance program in the

artistic expression of children

with disabilities and children

from marginalized groups

The topic of the two-day

seminar with the catalog

number 336 is to assess the

needs of early detection and

diagnosis of children with

disabilities with the help of

visual expression and it is

intended for class teachers

and educators in preschool.

The authors are: Zagorka

Markov, Miroslava Kojić and

Dragan Mandić.

November 3-4th, Using Solid

Edge CAD software

application

Seminar with catalog number

727 is accredited by RC

Kanjiža. Its aim is to identify

and use the new technology

of computer program package

"Solid Edge CAD."

" Inclusion in practice-from words to deeds !"

After the basic training that was held from

September 28th until 30th at the Center for

Professional Development Kikinda, the

coverage of participating primary schools in

the project «Professional orientation at the

transition to high school» from municipality

of Kikinda, has reached 100%. In addition

to schools from Kikinda, in 2012/2013.

school year primary schools from Padej,

Ostojićevo, Čoka, Novo Miloševo and

Kumane joined to the project.

In this cycle, the honor to be a mentor

school was given to elementary school, "Dr

Đorđe Joanović" from Novo Miloševo, whose

representatives, along with teachers of

mentoring schools from Sombor, Erdevik,

Ruma, Sremska Kamenica, Subotica, Vršac

and Melenci attended a three-day

accredited training "Mentorship in the

implementation of the program professional

orientation"which was held at CSU Kikinda

from 19th until 21st of October.

With the inclusion of an increasing number

of primary schools in the program

"Professional orientation at the transition to

high school," there was a need for

additional support in the implementation

process, in order to, on the one hand,

maintain the quality of the program, and on

the other, overcome obstacles that arise in

practice, in order to ensure the

sustainability of the project. For this reason,

at the municipal level we are working on the

establishment of the team for support to

professional orientation , which will include

all relevant stakeholders, such as

representatives of local government, the

National Employment Agency, the Regional

Chamber of Commerce, basic schools,

mentor schools, entrepreneurs, Parents

Council, peer teams and youth Office.

With the work of this team, among others,

the schools were acquainted at the

mentoring meeting on December 5th. On

this occasion a joint action was designed

"Decoration of a PO Christmas tree", which

was carried out in the town square on

December 20th. For this occasion, pupils

are made in workshops with teachers New

Year's decorations that symbolized certain

occupations. The action was supported by

the Volunteers of the Youth Office and

everything was covered in the local media.

"Professional orientation at

the transition to high school "

In the continuation of this project, which is implemented by the CSU Kikinda in partnership with elementary school «Feješ Klara”

and with financial support of SDC, several activities was carried out:

-In October, at the workshop of professional associates of RC and CSU Serbia held in RC Kanjiža, the project was presented to

colleagues and professional associates of SDC. It was evaluated as a very successful.

-On Saturday, November 10th in elementary school “Feješ Klara” a workshop was held as part

of the project "Inclusion in practice-from words to deeds ". Associates of CSU Kikinda, Divna

Dančula and Dijana Branković did the practical part of the project with teachers and parents

who are involved in working with students. The workshop topic was - dyslexia, dysgraphia,

dyscalculia and practical examples are made how to adjust the teaching to children with

disabilities.

-On December 22nd, there was another consultative meeting with teachers, educators and

parents of students who are identified with learning disabilities.

Center for Professional Development Kikinda, 23, Nemanjina St., 23300 Kikinda

Тel: 0230/404-830; email: csukikinda@gmail.com; web: www.csu.rs

The results of work of CSU Kikinda in 2012

SEMINARS...

December 22-23rd,

Organic Chemistry under

the spotlight

Seminar with catalog

number 674, is accredited

by the association

"Creative Learning" from

New Belgrade, and the

authors are Ružica

Kovačević, Dragana Milić,

Miomir Ranđelović and

Olgica Srdić.

December 24th, Assistive

technology - application in

school

The seminar of school for

elementary and secondary

education "Milan Petrovic"

from Novi Sad, was

attended by elementary

school employees from

"October 6th" from Kikinda.

The aim of this seminar is

to empower teachers for

inclusive education by

adopting practical

knowledge in the field of

assistive technology and

universal design. Author

and implementer of of the

seminar is Mirjana Lazor.

Professional development of RC and CSU employees

Professional Development Project - PDP this

year enters its final phase. For this reason, the

cooperation between all stakeholders has

been intensified, to ensure the successfull

implementation of all planned activities. At

meetings held in Kragujevac (November 20-

22nd) and Smederevo (December 11-13th)

professional consultants on the project Hugo

Sager and Raisa Venäläinen, underlined the

importance of accreditation seminars by

regional centers and the promotion of

cooperation with schools and other

stakeholders of the education system.

In Smederevo was elected a new Managing

Board of The Network of RC and CSU Serbia.

Chairman of the Board for the next four years

will be director of CSU Kikinda Dobrivoj

Martonoši. In this way, to CSU Kikinda has been

given trust for their results. In 2013 will be

carried out training workshops for employees of

RC and CSU in the field of adult education, the

EU legislative framework in the field of

education, planning, and monitoring of

professional development and training in project

planning and project implementation.

2012.

Accredited

seminars

held at the

Centre

Number of

participant

s

Realized

hours

Accredited

seminars

held

outside the

Center

Number of

participant

s

Realized

hours

Other

activities

for

Teachers

Number

of

participan

ts

Realized

hours

Other

seminars

Number of

participant

s

Other

activities

Number of

participant

s

In total 69 1390 18370 51 1134 13784 113 2282 5398 41 1007 46 2287

2012 2011 2010.

(September—December)

Realized accredited hours in

total 32.154 18.307 9.610

Number of realized accredited

seminars 120 51 27

Number of beneficiaries of the

Centre 8.100 6.060 2.500

Comparative analysis of the work of Kikinda CSU for the period 2010 -2012