Romanian Education SystemRomanian Education System

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Sight of Cluj

Cluj Art Museum

Cluj Botanical Garden

Streets in the night

Cluj by night

Tailor Tower

Technical University

Buildings of Cluj

Streets of Cluj

Cluj County School Inspectorate Building

Summary

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

>19

Post-graduate education Higher education and post-graduate educationHigher Education

Post-high school (post lyceum)Post-secondary

non-tertiary education

18 XIII LyceumUpper Cycle Upper secondary education 17 XII Lyceum

Upper Cycle16 XI Completion Year

15 X LyceumLower Cycle

Arts and TradesSchool

Lower secondary education

14 IX

13 VIII

First cycle of lower secondary(gimnaziu)

12 VII

11 VI

10 V

9 IV

Primary Education Primary education8 III

7 II

6 I

5 Preparatory

Pre-primary Education Pre-school education4 Middle

3 Beginner

Curriculum Framework

National Curriculum- Seven Curricular Areas:

- Core Curriculum (75%)- School-based Curriculum

School Educational Offer- Extracurricular activities- Special Needs for students with deficiencies or high performance capacity

• LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION• MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCE• PEOPLE AND SOCIETY• ARTS• PHYSICAL EDUCATION• TECHNOLOGIES• COUNSELLING AND GUIDANCE

Class size, school year & timetable

Class size - depends on the educational level:• 15 20 25 … 30

School year:• 34 to 36 weeks• starting date: September 15th • ending date: June 15th

Timetable:• 50-minute classes / 10-minute breaks• Morning or afternoon classes

Priorities of the Education Policy

Equal and improved access to education High educational standards and training for a knowledge-

based 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

County School Inspectorates

NCC NSAE

PEEAC NCPTST

NCTVETD NCTEAD

Schools

TTH LDC

LCSS

NCE

Other units

• NCC – National Council for Curriculum

• NSAE – National Service for Assessment and Evaluation

• PEEAC – Pre-university Education Evaluation and Accreditation Commission

• NCPTST – National Centre for Pre-university 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 InspectorateGeneral

Inspector

Deputy General Inspector

Deputy General Inspector

Accounting

Legal counselor

Secretariat

Curriculum & inspection

Evaluation & prognosis

Inspectors:•pre-school education•primary education•education for minorities•rroma education•special education•extra-school activities•curriculum subjects

Inspectors:•management & evaluation•private education•educational alternatives•teaching staff mobility•professional development•European programs•gifted students

Administrative staffICT developmentServices:•school network & enrolment•teaching norms & retribution

Control & audit

Administration council

Advisory board

Deputy General Inspector

Development & community

The main objectives of theCluj County School Inspectorate

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

The Education System in Romania Priorities of the Education Reform County School Inspectorates School Management Resources

Curriculum

National Curriculum: Core Curriculum (75%) Differentiated Curriculum – grades 9 & 10 School-based Curriculum

Schools’ Educational Offer: 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 InspectoratesGeneral Inspector

Deputy General Inspector

Deputy General Inspector

Accounting

Legal counselor

Secretariat

Curriculum & inspection

Evaluation & prognosis

Inspectors:•pre-school education•primary education•minorities education•rroma education•special education•extra-school activities•curriculum subjects

Inspectors:•management & evaluation•private education•educational alternatives•teaching staff mobility•professional development•European programmes•gifted students

Administrative staffICT developmentServices:•school network & enrolment•teaching norms & retribution

Control & audit

Administration council Advisory board

Deputy General Inspector

Development & community

County School Inspectorates To monitor the organization and operation of the pre-

university education network and to inspect schools;

To ensure compliance with the law in the organization, management and provision of education;

To set up public education units – kindergartens, primary schools, gymnasiums and art and trades schools;

To propose to the Ministry of Education the local school network under their jurisdiction and the students’ enrolment plan;

To ensure, jointly with the local public administration, school attendance for the duration of compulsory education;

To ensure that schools are adequately staffed with teachers in accordance with the provisions of the Teaching Staff Statute;

To organize and guide the teaching staff's continuous training and professional development, research work and other complementary activities in pre-university education;

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;

To coordinate admission competitions and graduation examinations in education units, as well as other school competitions;

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;

To identify any infringements of the law and take such measures as the law provides;

To coordinate and guide the activity of libraries in the education units under their subordination;

To coordinate and monitor the activity of the Teaching Staff House.

School Inspection

Why?Why?1. To support schools and teaching staff to

improve education & training activities

2. 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

What?What?1. The school performances of the students in

comparison to the national educational standards;

2. The school’s methods to encourage and support students’ personal development;

3. The quality of the teaching staff activities;4. The quality of the management and the

efficiency in using the resources;

5. The quality of the curriculum, the quality of the extra-curricular activities and the ability of the school to implement the national curriculum;

6. School-parents relationship;7. School-local community relationship;8. Compliance with the in-force legislation,

procedures, rules and regulations;9. Students’ attitudes towards the education

offered by the school.

School InspectionPhases 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

How?How?

School Inspection

School Inspection Quality Ensuring System:

Nationalmonitoring

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Localmonitoring

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Well trained

inspectors

Compliance with the

established PR&R

Quality of school

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School managementDirector

Deputy director Counsellor

Chief accountant

Heads of commissions

Librarian

Chief secretary

School administrationICT development

Educational projects and programmes

School administratorAdministrative staff

Students tutorsProjects coordinators

Heads of departments

Teachers’ assistants

Administration council Teachers’ council

Teachers

School managementDirector’s responsibilities: To plan, organize, coordinate, monitor and

evaluate the entire educational process in the school and the institutional development of the school

To manage the human resources of the school To manage the financial resources of the

school To administrate the school

School managementMain papers to be elaborated by the director: The medium term (4-year) institutional

development project of the school The semester and annual evaluation reports The annual management plan and the

semester implementation programmes Financial & material resources development

projects Annual school’s budget project

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