COUNTY SCHOOL INSPECTORATE

OF IASI 2009-2010

General SCHOOL Inspector

Prof. Liliana Romaniuc

Deputy general SCHOOL

inspector

Prof. CONSTANTIN ŞERBAN

Deputy general SCHOOL

inspector

Prof. MARIANA POP

OUR TEAM

Inspectors: 32 + 3 Administrative staff: 11

MISSION STATEMENT ISJ is a public institution which promotes consulting,

coordinating and control activities at the highest professional

standards, for educational institutions in our county and

aiming to make a contribution regarding: Increasing the quality of education School improvement School effectiveness

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CORE VALUES

Truth Professional competence Dignity Responsibility Integrity Improvement

ETHICAL CODE OF CONDUCTq Law supremacy

Objectivity Professional competence Integrity Respect Independence Confidentiality

STRATEGIC TARGETS

2009-2010

1. Assuring the quality of the educational services

2. Assuring equal chances for all students3. School decentralization4. Teachers professional development 5. promoting and sustaining extracurricular

activities6. Getting the Romanian educational system

aligned with the European educational systems

Schools

302 schools 53 – kindergartens 163 – lower secondary schools 21 – higher secondary schools 26 – vocational schools 38 – SAM (professional schools) 1 tertiary education school

7 schools for special needs students 25 private schools, mainly kindergartens

Students

Total: kindergarten: 27 771 primary schools: 38 976 lower secondary schools: 38 517 higher secondary schools : 30 111 SAM (professional schools) (10th grade): 2 709 completion year: 2 355 tertiary schools : 2 103

Personnel

Teaching staff 9 673 Teachers aids 1 015 Non teaching staff 2 407

MAINE ACTIVITIES• Implementation of national policies• School inspections• Supervising the school management• Teachers placement • Teachers career advancement • Organizing the national exams• Students distribution in schools• Budget distribution according to the needs• Relationship with local communities

SOME OF OUR PROBLEMS…

Centralization : rigid, inflexible and resistant system Lack of students’ motivation Learning focused on information not on competences/skills Lack of parents’ involvement Huge differences between urban and rural schools Differences in the quality of the educational services/schools Little interest for lifelong learning No interest for educational research Teachers motivation – law salaries

SOME OF OUR PROJECTS

Quality of education – Monthly debates regarding quality of schooling, education

Students’ voice – Students Association Parents involvement in school – County/National Parents

Association Teachers training – Regional projects for training teachers Decentralization – Making the process understood by people National networking – Regional networks of Counties School

Inspectorates International relationships – SICI affiliation

SOME OF OUR DREAMS…

Better teachersBetter schools Better studentsBetter communities Better Romanian society Better European Union

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.

(Carl Rogers)Education makes people easy to lead,

but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.

(Henry Peter Broughan)

Thank you for your attention!