Cross - Cultural Walk in the Streets of Europe

1. Cross - Cultural Walk in the Streets of Europe ROMANIA

3. Sight of Cluj Streets in the night Cluj Art Museum Cluj Botanical Garden Cluj by night

4. Buildings of Cluj Tailor Tower Streets of Cluj Technical University

5. Cluj County School Inspectorate Building

6. Summary • The Education System in Romania • Priorities of the Education Policy • Cluj County School Inspectorate • Expertise in Project Implementation

7. Structure of the Education System Compulsory

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Ministry of Education NCC NSAE PEEAC NCPTST NCTVETD NCTEAD NCE County School Inspectorates TTH LDC LCSS Other units Schools Governance of the Education System • 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 – TeacherTraining Houses • LDC – Local Development Committee for Social Partnership in VET • LCSS – Local Council School Service

12. Administration council General Inspector Advisory board Control & audit Legal counselor Accounting Secretariat Deputy General Inspector Deputy General Inspector Deputy General Inspector Curriculum & inspection Evaluation & prognosis Development & community • Inspectors: • management & evaluation • private education • educational alternatives • teaching staff mobility • professional development • European programs • gifted students • Inspectors: • pre-school education • primary education • education for minorities • rroma education • special education • extra-school activities • curriculum subjects • Administrative staff • ICT development • Services: • school network & enrolment • teaching norms & retribution Cluj County School Inspectorate

13. 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

14. Experience in Project Implementation • A. Experience in: • Initiating and writing projects • Project monitoring and implementation • Evaluation and assessment • Teacher training • Writing and publishing educational materials

15. B. Projects: • “Education 2000+” – line “School & Community” – 2001 • “Intercultural Education in Multicultural Communities” – project in EU program “Measures of Confidence” – 2002 • “The school – an essential factor in the promotion of intercultural values” – part of the program: “Development of interethnic relationships in the South-East of Europe” - 2004

16. Intercultural Education Is not Compensatory education Additional to regular school activity NO A new minority – oriented discipline Turning education into an exclusive falk education An extension of the curriculum for teaching target cultures

17. Intercultural Education Is Sensitizing students for the idea of respect for diversity, tolerance and solidarity Something that addresses all pupils, regardless of their ethnicity Yes The creation of an intercultural climate A new approach to the value of cultures and an attempt to adapt the school to the intercultural diversity Establishing an intercultural school policy

18. The Poem of ColorsThe Colored Man When I am born, I am black. When I grow up, I am black. When I`m sick, I`m black. When I go out in the sun, I`m black. When I go out in the cold, I am black When I die, I`ll be black. But you, When you are born, you are pink. When you grow up, you are white. When you get sick, you are green. When you go out in the sun, you are red. When you go out in the cold, you are blue. When you die, you turn purple. So, why do YOU call me colored?!

19. The Project Team Mariana Dragomir Tünde Peter Daniela Sălăgean Silvia Ţinică is looking forward of meeting you in ROMANIA