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Short History of The Technical College Turda

The municipality on the Aries River, namely Turda, is located on the international highway E60, between the towns of Cluj and Targu Mures, at the foot of the Apuseni Mountains, and being endowed by nature with attractive surroundings, such as: The Aries Valley, Turda’s Gorges, The Salt Lakes, The Salt Mine. In a quiet district named Turda Noua, located in the North – Western part of this locality, next to a beautiful natural park it is located the Technical College, ready at any time to welcome the guests.

During 1921-1922 the Glass Factory was built in Turda. Due to the fact that in this factory mainly foreign experts were working , it was necessary to set up a school in order to teach our people to work in the domain of glass-manufacturing. Therefore the school for glass- manufacturing apprentices was founded in 1936, which functioned without a didactic status during the first school year in a building ,on the factory premises.

In 1948, the year of the Education Reform, the Ministry of Light Industry builds up the “Professional and Technical School Centre Turda” .Founded in the year 1948 and having had different names, The Turda Technical College is well-known not only due to a fifty–three year-existence, but mainly due to the distinct position which holds in the municipality’s social – cultural landscape, since it is the only educational institution with such a profile.

COLEGIUL TEHNIC TURDA

THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE TURDA

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Respecting its period of existence but viewing reality through the eyes of truth, we must point out that the school we are presenting has ceased to be an „experimental” one, becoming a long time ago an „experienced” one, being ready at whatever time to compete with similar schools. The interest in the Technical College from Turda has outrun the municipality’s perimeter, the pupils coming from the whole territory of the Turda–Aries–Valea Ierii area. Their orientation towards this college is explainable both due to the wide range of professions, attractive and accessible both for boys and for girls (a list of the professions, profiles, handicrafts is to be found below), but also due to the rich, modern basis and also because of the competitive human staff. The institution has qualified teaching staff, which covers all the sectors and domains of activity.

School profile A. Highschool

Mechatronics (bilingual English-Romanian)

CAD Technician ( Auto– CAD)

Technician Clothes Designer

Technician in Administration

Technician in Economics Activities

Technician Laboratory Chemist

Technician in Financial and Commercial Activities

Electronics-Automations

Electro technics

Chemistry and Environmental Protection

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B. Vocational School

Car Mechanic

Car Electrician

C. Post –graduate school

Analyst-Programmer

Computer Assistant

D. Foreman School

Mechanic,

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Management- Headmaster, Boards

When speaking about the management of the school we speak

about an Administration Board having six members as teachers, the

mayor’s representative , three persons local council representatives, a

parent and a student.

Also, there is a council for the curriculum that consists of the

Chiefs of Curricular Areas and Boards from school. The council

decides through an action plan the activities which must be done for

the well development of the teaching process. In our school there are

the following Curricular Areas: Language and Communication,

Mathematics and Science, Man and Society, Sports and Arts,

Technologies. The Methodological Boards are: Romanian and Modern

Languages , Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Social

Sciences and Religion, Mechanics and Mechatronics, Electronics ,

Electrotechnics, Clothes Design, Chemistry and Environmental

Protection and the Head-teachers Board.

The school is run by a Headmaster and a Deputy Headmaster.

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The silver medal at the International Olympics of the Environment Project—Turkey, Istanbul

Mentiune (5th place) for International Olympics, Mechatronics 2012 in Germany

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HEADMASTER

Mateescu A. Dumitru.-Mathematics Teacher., Titular teacher, by competition at The National College “Mihai Viteazul”, headmaster at Technical College Turda.

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The Board on Quality Obtaining long term quality on the development of the curriculum of vocational and technical school requires a careful planning and organization which is being done according to the eight principles of quality. The members of the management elaborate on the mission, vision and values and are models of a culture of excellence. At the level of The Technical College Turda a Board of Ensuring the Quality was formed by teachers and members of the ruling team: the headmaster- Dumitru Mateescu, as responsible and coordinator of ensuring the quality and the teachers members: Oprea Daniela, Crina Dumitru, Gabriela Raita, Therefore a frame was created where the implementing of the quality ensuring instruments could be discussed , along with a functional group to supervise the taking place of the activities. This functional group is responsible for the self-evaluation process, for planning improvement and ensuring quality, for evaluating competencies. The management team and the teachers attended some training courses which were held at The Technical College Turda where information were given about the quality ensuring in education and professional training, performance indicators , principles of quality , criteria of observing the teaching and learning process. Activities Evaluation Self- evaluation exercises took place at The Technical College Turda , each teacher being given a teaching/ learning observation worksheet for self-evaluation according to the performance indicators of the quality principle. Discussions took place as a result of this exercise where examples of good practice were debated , a self – evaluation report was made and an improvement plan. This way the quality system undergoes a process of constant improvement which is part of the quality improvement strategy which was settled by the school. The recommendations regarding the quality improvement are put into practice and supervised for their efficiency.

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School Staff The number of all the teachers of the school: 89

From whom:- Titular teachers : 49 =55.05%

Qualified teachers: 87 = 97.75%

General Culture Teachers:

Total number : 50

From whom Titular teachers: 28= 56% ( from the whole number of

General Culture teachers)

Technical/ Specialty Subjects Teachers :

Total number:22

From whom Titular teachers:14= 63.63% ( from the whole number of

Technical/ Specialty Subjects teachers )

Instructor Foremen:

Total number:17

From whom Titular teachers:8 = 47.05( from the whole number of

instructor foremen).

Teachers with the “Definitivat” Exam: 33 = 34.83% ( from the total

number).

Teachers with The Second Didactical Grade: 16= 17.97%( from the

total number).

Teachers with The First Didactical Grade: 24= 26.96% (from the total

number).

Teachers with Doctor’s degree: 5= 11 % (from the total number).

Methodology teachers: 5, from whom:

-of general culture: 2

- of specialty subjects: 3

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Students

The 9th Graders:

Mechatronics /Mechatronics Technician – Bilingual Class

Technician Designer CAD



The 10th Graders:


Technician Image Text Processing Operator




The 11th Graders:






Technician Laboratory Chemist

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The 12th Graders :





Technician in Industrial Chemistry

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Educational vision- Aims

The main aim of the Technical College is to provide

its students with a thorough education and with a wide

cultural horizon, united harmoniously to a specialized

technical instruction, performed at the highest

standards, and also to equip them to achieve their full

potential as individuals and members of society.

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General Aims

In pursuing this aim, the school will work with parents

and the wider community to:

Provide opportunities for students to acquire the

knowledge, skills and experience that will

enable them to adapt to a fast – changing

world.

Provide an environment in which students are

encouraged to develop inquiring minds, to

question and argue rationally and to show

application to tasks both physical and

intellectual

Provide opportunities for students to develop skills

in language and to acquire scientific and

aesthetic understanding, so that they may

comprehend ideas, concepts and essential

problems

Encourage students to develop moral values which

embrace responsible personal conduct, care for

other people, the family and the community

Respect, understand appreciate and benefit from

the diversity of race, religion and culture, and to

develop their spiritual awareness

Form, diversify and enhance the technical training

in general and the training of speciality in

particular

Find the most adequate forms, methods,

procedures to apply the technical–applicable

potential, to educate students to recognize and

value their achievements both in and out of

school

Make the students sensitive in appreciating and

protecting the environment, and to encourage

them to fight against pollution of any kind

Promote the educational offer of the school

Adapt the curriculum to the student’s individual

needs

Reintegrate the students in the process of

learning

Improve the assessment

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Good Practice Example-

School Internal Evaluation

Teaching and learning activities focused on students

Teaching and learning focused on students: refers to learning not to teaching; teacher’s role is to coordinate learning; she/he has the role to teach students to understand the way they learn; she/he offers learning opportunities to individuals in an environment

that helps them learn best; she/he determines students to assume the responsibility of their own

education. Thus the desire to stimulate changing and to reappraise

teacher’s role is ascertained. So, changes occur not only referring to teacher’s role but also changes that impose a new vision regarding teaching-learning environment.

The main tendencies as part of the teacher’s role modifications are as follows:

in class teachers become more like the organizers of the teaching-learning environment and those who facilitate the teaching-learning processes than the information transmitters.

they have to use, among others, the information and communication technology

in class they work more like members of a teachers team responsible of the same student, and not individually joining his/ her contribution to that of the team

considering that school will function more and more as an open cooperating environment, they will no longer work solely with the institution personnel, but will have to cooperate with community members, firstly with parents and colleagues from other schools and from abroad.

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Multiple comprehension

Puzzle

Cassettes

Handworks

Texts

Support materials

Literary meetings

Orbital studies

Small groups learning

Group investigations

Individual study

Interrogation strategies

Interest centers

Interest groups

Homework

Journals

Teachers will adapt the lessons in order to answer students’ needs, they will establish learning individual targets when neces-sary, they will adapt the teaching strategies to answer their own teaching styles, they will use active and differentiated teaching strategies using a variety of educational strategies and class man-agement, as:

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European Projects

1. EXPLORING EUROPE: BELGIUM & ROMANIA

Linguistic Comenius Project

http://www.ctt.ro/comenius/index/

Our project is developed on three levels: linguistic; technical; social. The aim is to improve the students knowledge of foreign languages (English) and to get some survival knowledge of a new language (flemish and romanian) to become aware of the importance of communication between different and unknown cultures. To realize the second (technical) aim we were compare in detail the technical requirements for passenges cars (safety and eviromental). For the social level we will follow a car mechanic in detail for one week during work and after work. We will specifically investigate the kind of work he/she does, work conditions, wages, job satisfaction, stress level, degree of specialization, possibilities for further education. Both schools will compare these aspects and make together a web page and a CDROM in English. The project also involves two weeks students exchange, during which the students will get to know eachother and their respective culture. We aim to do this through social cultural and educational activities which will be organized The expected impact of the project was to get know eachother, to create intercultural awarness, to create a European conscience, to prepare students for future European citizenship.

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2. Arion : The changing role of heads of school Hamburg, Germany –Mateescu Dumitru

Bilateral Programs

“ France Roumanie – en route pour l’Europe”

http://ctt.ro/bilaterale-2/

Partners:

The Technical College Turda- Romania

The Highschool Jean rondeau Saint Calais- France

Taking place: in the school years 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-

2008

The project objectives ( for target groups: students and teachers)

Cognitive acquirements about crossing culture and European

citizenship

Developing attitudes about accepting cultural diversity

Developing the necessary habits for living together in a multicultural

society:

Refusing discrimination ,intolerance, acknowledging and rejecting

prejudices

Promoting the European dimension of education.

Stimulating attendance and proactive behaviour

Developing the constituents:

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http://ctt.ro/bilaterale-2/

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DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

PHARE

Phare TVET RO 2006/ 018-147.04.01.02.01.03.01. Technical and Vocational Education and Training

modernization Project The human capital development in Romania through the initial technical and vocational education and training (TVET) modernization was an important priority for the Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation in the last years. An important support to reach the modernization goals was provided by EC through pre- accession founds. Two Phare TVET multi-annual programmes (2001-2003 and 2004- 2006) were implemented in the last five years in order to continue the reform process started with the Phare VET RO 9405. The main aim of the Phare TVET projects was to ensure a system of initial vocational education and training capable to provide to young generation better chances for employment on a free European labor market, in order to contribute to the economic and social development of Romania and to create opportunities for lifelong learning. The Phare TVET 2004-2006 programme was also meant to ensure a holistic approach and to strengthen the articulation between the technical and vocational schools and higher education (HE) in the perspective of lifelong learning. TVET and HE have a key role in the process of social and economic development in Romania through the way they react and contribute to the challenges of a knowledge-based society as well as to the globalization process, in particular during the actual economic crisis. In order for the Romanian TVET and HE system to be able to play this major role, the system itself is undergoing fundamental changes.

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"PRACTICE TO LEARN, LEARN TO PRACTICE!"

HRD / 60 / 2.1 / S / 20143 is a national program initiated and

developed by SC EDU-TIM European Consulting LLC and co-financed

from the European Social Fund Operational Programme Human

Resources Development 2007 -2013. It is the first educational project

dedicated to promoting internships for the pupils and the students

from Romania, to acquire the necessary skills for integration into the

labour market in accordance with EU directives. S.C. EDU-TIM

European Consulting LLC is starting in October 2009, the beneficiary

of the subsidy contract with the Managing Authority for the Sectoral

Operational Programme Human Resources Development Ministry of

Labour, Family and Social Protection, for practical projects to learn,

learn to practice !. The project was submitted to open call between

8th of July and 30th of December 2008, Priority 2, area of

intervention 2.1. Contract identification number is POSDRU / 60 / 2.1

/ S / 20143.

The Technical College of Turda took part in this project.

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"CAREER CARAVAN”

The main objective of the project is to provide flexible routes for the

transition from school to working life in order to increase employability

of 3500 future graduate students in pre-universitary education.

This will be achieved through the realization Career Caravan - flexible

and mobile event designed at the school level that includes a mobile

exhibition and educational seminars, support for the pupils in the

final year of high school vocational schools from 42 school units.

Career Caravan is visiting for 2 days each school and addresses

students in order to:

a. Inform them and raise awareness on issues related to progressive

insertion in the labour market ;

b. the presentation of career development routes in conjunction with

the requirements and the conditions of the labour market,

c. knowing and becoming familiar with the various institutions

involved with different roles in the labour market,

d. increased interest in the development of the "culture" of the citizen

of the economically active, of the employee.

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"„SKILLS FOR JOBS”

" Skills for Jobs " project , developed in partnership by the County

Agency for Employment Cluj, Romania Inceptus Association, aims,

through the specific and personalized implemented activities,

facilitating access to the labor market for students in the target group.

The "Skills for Jobs' which addresses a target group consists of at

least 20,000 students of classes IX th and X th and comes as a viable

solution to reduce unemployment, in the context of a statistical NEA

made on 31st July 2014 wihith shows that 16.70% (77 008 young

people) of the total unemployed population is age group ˂ 25 and

that the largest share of the total registered unemployed at the County

Agency for Employment (72.48%) are the unemployed who have no

education and those with primary education or secondary education.

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"„VIA—VOCATION, INTERESTS, SELF DEVELOPMENT

Project objectives

SC Profiles International SRL runs f a project the "VIA - vocation,

interests, Self development and path to a professional success.

between July 1 st, 2010 - June 30th, 2013

The project aims at providing premises for students' transition to

higher levels of education or the labor market through access to

information and guidance and counseling activities.

Specific objectives that will contribute to the overall objective are:

O1. Providing the tools for knowledge and self-knowledge of pupils

and students for a correct identification of educational and career

options;

O2. Development and implementation of the counselling services to

pupils and students by using modern methodologies and ICT tools for

the correct educational and vocational guidance, in order to correlate

more efficient their psychological profile and their career aspirations;

correction of wrong choices made reorientation through counselling.

O3. Student increased access to information to pupils and students

in order to seek accurate information about professions and

professional fields sufficient knowledge of economic realities and the

professional skills and rewards ; the objectives of dynamic

educational and vocational routes; providing materials necessary

materials for proper career guidance;

O4. Empower pupils / students with methods and techniques / tools

that enable searching / getting a job.

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Text written by: Mateescu Dumitru Translated by Daiana Rusu

Contact

Technical College Turda

Turda

Piata Basarabiei Nr. 48

Judet Cluj , Romania,

www. ctt.ro

E-mail: [email protected],

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