Programa SOCRATES - COMENIUS - Acção 1Seminário de Contacto - Herning, Dinamarca - 01 a 05 de Maio de 2002

COMPASS CONTACT SEMINAR1 - 5 MAY 2002

HerningDENMARK

Portugal

Geographical Localisation:Meridian EuropeArea: 92 065 km2

Population: 9 927 556 inhabitants (1998)Capital: LisbonOther important cities: Aveiro, BejaBeja, Braga,Bragança, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Évora, Faro,Funchal, Guarda, Leiria, Ponta Delgada, Portalegre,Porto, Santarém, Setúbal, Viana do Castelo,Vila Real, ViseuIndependence date: 1143Political Regime: constitutional republicMoney: EuroOfficial language: PortugueseMain religion: Catholic

School Group of Cuba

Educational Territory of the School Group of Cuba

In this area, the organisation of the School Group of Cuba,encloses the following modalities of the teaching system :- Pre-elementary School;- Elementary School (1st, 2nd e 3rd stages);- Special modalities of education:

* Teaching for children with special needs;

* Teaching for Adults:(1st, 2nd e 3rd Stages)* Teaching for Adults by separated units ).

Extra-School Education:Learning to read;Socio-educational courses (Cooking,

Computers,...).

School Group of Cuba

Administrative and Managing Organs,Establishment Co-ordination,Structures of Educational Organisation andSpecialised Systems of Educational Support

Administrative and Managing OrgansAdministrative and Managing Organs

Managing CouncilManaging Council Administrative CouncilAdministrative Council

School AssemblySchool Assembly

Administrative and Managing OrgansAdministrative and Managing Organs

School AssemblySchool Assembly

Teachers 6 elements;

Educational Auxiliaries 2 elements;

Students 1 element;

Parents 2 elements;

Autarchy 1 element.

The President of the M.C. and the President of the Pedagogic Council

Administrative and Managing Organs

Managing CouncilManaging Council

One President;

Two vice-Presidents.

Administrative and Managing Organs

Administrative CouncilAdministrative Council

One President- (President of Managing Council);

One Vice-President- (One of the Vice-Presidents of the Managing Council);

One Secretary- (Head of the Administrative Services).

Pedagogic CouncilPedagogic Council

Curricular Department Curricular Department

Pre-elementary School and 1st stageCouncilPre-elementary School and 1st stageCouncil

Teachers responsible for a class CouncilTeachers responsible for a class Council

Local CouncilLocal Council

Class CouncilsClass Councils

1st and 2nd Stage Disciplinary Area Council1st and 2nd Stage Disciplinary Area Council

Administrative and Managing Organs Middle Stage

Administrative and Managing Organs Middle Stage

Establishment Co-ordination

Local CouncilLocal Council

- Local Council co-ordinator , sitting at the Pedagogic Council;- Remaining teachers and Educators teaching locally;- Representative of the respective Autarchy;- Representative of the parents.

Pedagogic Council Pedagogic CouncilLanguages CurricularDepartment

Exact and Natural Sciences Curricular Department

Expressions Curricular Department

Humane and Social sciences Curricular Department

Parents

Educational Auxiliaries

Group of Teachers helping children with special needs

Adults Teaching

Teachers responsible for a class Council

President of M.C.Local co- ordinators:-Cuba-Faro do Alentejo-Vila Alva-Vila Ruiva

Assessor of Adult Courses

President of the Teachers Council:Pre-elementary and 1st stage

AutarchyAutarchy

Educational Orientation Structures

Languages Curricular CouncilLanguages Curricular Council

Formed by the following teachers:

1st Group of 2nd Stage (Portuguese)2nd Group of 2nd Stage (Portuguese/French)3rd Group of 2nd Stage (Portuguese/English)8th A Group of 3rd Stage (Portuguese)8th B Group of 3rd Stage (Portuguese/French)9th Group of 3rd Stage (English)

Educational Orientation Structures

Exact and Natural Curricular DepartmentExact and Natural Curricular Department

Formed by the following teachers:

4th Group of 2nd Stage (Science/Mathematics)1st Group do 3rd Stage (Mathematics)4th A Group of 3rd Stage (Physic-Chemistry)7th Group of 3rd Stage (Economy)11th B Group of 3rd Stage (Natural Sciences)

Educational Orientation Structures

Humane and Social Curricular DepartmentHumane and Social Curricular Department

Formed by the following teachers:

1st Group of 2nd Stage (Portuguese/History)RMR of 2nd and 3rd Stages (Catholic Education)10th A Group of 3rd Stages (Philosophy)10th B Group of 3rd Stages (History)11th A Group of 3rd Stages (Geography)

Educational Orientation Structures

Expressions Curricular DepartmentExpressions Curricular Department

Formed by the following teachers:

5th Group of 2nd Stage (Visual Education)EDM of 2nd Stage (Musical Education)TM of 2nd Stage ( Manual Work) EDF of 2nd and 3rd Stages (Physical Education)5th Group of 3rd Stages (Visual Education)12th s Groups of 3rd Stages (Technological Education)

Educational Orientation Structures

Teachers Council pre-elementary and 1st StageTeachers Council pre-elementary and 1st Stage

Formed by all educators and teachers of the 1st Stage, placed in the School Group of Cuba.

Educational Orientation Structures

Teachers Council of the 1st and 2nd StagesTeachers Council of the 1st and 2nd Stages

Expressions-1st Stage-5th Group of 2nd Stage-Musical Education-Technological Education-Physical Education-Group of Teachers helping children with special needs

Environment Study-1st Stage-1st Group of 2nd Stage-4th Group of 2nd Stage-Group of Teachers helping children with special needs

Portuguese-1st Stage-1st Group of 2nd Stage-2nd Group of 2nd Stage-3rd group of 2nd Stage-Group of Teachers helping children with special needs

Educational Orientation Structures

Teachers responsible for a Class CouncilTeachers responsible for a Class Council

- One element of the Managing Council.

-5th A- Fernanda Rito-5th B- Rosário Tomaz-5th C- Bárbara Sousa-6th A- Margarida Soeiro-6th B- Belmira Estevens-6th C- Luís Figueira

-7th A- Jacinta Pato-7th B- Carmo Carocinho-8th A- Conceição Mousinho-8th B- Ana Paula Urze-9th A- Ricardo Rodrigues-9th B- Zulmira Pacheco-9th C- José Palma

Educational Orientation Structures

- Group of Teachers helping children with special needs

Class CouncilClass Council

- Teacher responsible for a class;- Remaining class teachers;- Students representative;- Parents Representative.

Educational Orientation Structures

CubaCuba:- Aliete Prazeres (1st Stage)

Base SchoolBase School:- António José Fitas Caeiro (2nd Stage tutor of student);- Cláudia Isabel Balsinha Barradinhas (1st Stage)

Faro do AlentejoFaro do Alentejo:-Maria Leonor dos Reis Ventura (1st Stage).

Group of teachers helping children with special needs

Vila AlvaVila Alva: Maria Fernanda Fialho Costa Anico (1st Stage).

Group of Schools of Cuba

Educational Project of the School

Educational ProjectMain Objectives:

- To improve the quality of the diligence and funcionating of the school;

- To prevent the unsucess and the early leaving of school;

- To promote actions aimed at the formation of all the teaching community;

- To assure a true articulation of all the involved in the teaching process thus avoiding the evil mechanisms that withdraw the students away from school;

- To incentive a connection school-environment,thus promoting a suitable teaching to the social, economic, cultural and surrounding environment reality;

- To involve a long and qualified culture of school.

Group of Schools of Cuba

Human Resources

Human Resources

Number of teachers:

Kindergarten Teachers 8

Teachers of 1st Stage 21

Teachers of 2nd Stage 20

Teachers of 3rd Stage and Secondary 26

TOTAL 75

Human Resources

Educational Auxiliaries:

Administration 7

E.A. 22

Kitchen 5

Night Police 2

Socio-Cultural Animator 1

Projects in the making

Group of Schools of Cuba

Projects the making

- Project Quality XXI;

- Schools Promoting Health;

- Project Open Door;

- Project “wwwebidecuba.pt”;

- Class Projects .

Support and complementary aid to the 1st Stage

Group of Schools of Cuba

Support and complementary aid to the 1st Stage

Pre-elementary:1 hour of Musical Education

1st Stage:9 hours of Visual Education9 hours of Musical Education9 hours of Computers5 hours of English

Extra Curricular Activities

Group of Schools of Cuba

Extra Curricular Activities

School Sport:

- Badminton;- Football;- Volleyball;- Basketball;- Handball.

Multi-media Club:

- Library/Mediateca;- Video;- Computers/Internet;- Journalism.

School Achievement of 2000/2001

Group of Schools of Cuba

School Achievementof 2000/2001

% of students that passed

10080

9894 88 92

9885

100

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

1st stage 2nd stage 3rd stage

1st years 2nd years 3rd years 4th years 5th years6th years 7th years 8th years 9th years

School Network - 2001/2002

Group of Schools of Cuba

School Network2001/2002

1st Stage 200

2nd Stage 104

3rd Stage 121

Pre-elementary 092

TOTAL 589

2nd Stage Adult Teaching 015

3rd Stage U.C. 013 .

Secondary Adults Teaching 044.

School Calendar - 2001/2002

Group of Schools of Cuba

Basic and Secondary

Term Beginning End

1st 17th September 18th December

2nd 3rd January22th March

3rd 8th April

29th June

School Calendar - to the year 2001/2002Regular Teaching

Interruptions Basic and Secondary

1st ........................2nd ........................3rd ........................4th ........................

    29th October to 2nd November.    19th December to 2nd January.    11th to 15th February.    25th March to 5th April.