CLUJ COUNTY’S SCHOOL INSPECTORATE ROMÂNIA THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH, YOUTH AND SPORT CLUJ COUNTY’S SCHOOL INSPECTORATE The Cluj County’s School Inspectorate Cluj County School Inspectorate is the guarantor of balance and performance in harmonizing relations between teacher - student - parent community scored perfect circle P-ţa Ştefan cel Mare nr. 4 400192 Cluj-Napoca tel/fax: 004-0264-594672 / 004-0264-592832 www.isjcj.ro, cluj@isjcj.ro

ensuring human resources for education Cluj County School Inspectorate operates as an institution de-concentrated through an own unit under the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports. Local government in education and training, it acts in the following areas: legitimacy compliance management education policies at the school network, providing the quality education and the development of educational infrastructure, ensuring human resources for education organization of the national assessment monitoring the educational activities in the county schools

MISSION OF CLUJ COUNTY SCHOOL INSPECTORATE Cluj County School Inspectorate supports schools in the county to develop existing partnerships and identifying new partnerships and community projects, advises schools to develop human resources by ensuring access to lifelong learning and non-teaching staff, depending on the needs identified.

OUR PRINCIPLES ARE: The principle of equity and equality Quality principle The principle of relevance to individual needs and socio- economic development The principle of efficiency and financial management The principle of decentralization The principle of transparency and public accountability The principle of respecting the rights and freedoms of children, youth and adults The principle of independence of ideologies, religions and political doctrines

OUR PRINCIPLES ARE: The principle of lifelong learning The principle of inclusive education, differentiated / individualized The principle of respect for cultural diversity The principle of respect for the cultural identity of national minorities The principle rationale decisions based on social dialogue The principle of participation and responsibility of parents The principle of supporting and promoting the teaching staff to access and career development The principle of the teacher staff mobility

OUR VALUES ARE: Education, Communication, Participation, Continuity, Stability, Equity, Efficiency, Respect, Professionalism, Dignity, Honesty, Quality, Morality, Competence

STRATEGY We act in the following priority areas: 1. Achieving a stable education system, equitable, efficient and relevant 2. Achieving the necessary steps in the allocation of financial resources necessary for implementation of educational policies in Cluj County 3. Implementation of early education in the county schools university 4. Decentralization of school education and increasing school autonomy 5. Introducing a competency based curriculum 6. Implementing a performance-based pay system in accordance with the law 7. Monitoring of modernizing the legal system to ensure stability and predictability of the education system and ensure equal access to education opportunities 8. Proving education in order to obtain new skills, widen and improve specialization

SCHOOL NETWORK 218 schools with the Legal Personality:43 grădiniţe 43 kindergartens 3 schools with grades I-IV 99 schools with grades I-VIII 61 schools, colleges, school groups Two schools of arts and crafts 10 units of special education: A school group 2 high schools 6 schools with classes I-VIII A nursery Private schools - 44 Units with alternative education (Waldorf, Step by Step Montessori) Palaces and children's clubs: 6 Sports Clubs: 1 The County Resource Center and Educational Support The Center for High Performing Youth

RESULTS FROM NATIONAL ACADEMIC COMPETITIONS 285 involved students 250 winners 37 pupil with the fist prize 33 students with the second prize 37 students with the third prize 97 entries 46 special awards 6 pupils at international competitions /olympiads

FORMAL AND NON-FORMAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES Projects and educational programs that help students to develop a proactive behavior Partnerships that provide educational supply conjugation with the educational needs of the school community; Competitions and festivals at local / regional / national / international focused on the skills, talents and interests of students Attractive alternative leisure activities in the children's clubs and in the Children Palace

EU Programmes for education and training Cooperation with schools in European Union countries through bilateral / multilateral school partnerships by Lifelong Learning Programme Cooperation with the National Agency for information, training, monitoring, dissemination and valorisation, exploitation of results Increasing Network up to 17 EUROPEAN SCHOOLS Cooperation with the Institute of Education Sciences in the field of online eTwinning partnerships Cooperation with the National Europass for Europass Mobility documents Projects financed by the PHARE dedicated to improving access to education for disadvantaged groups

EU Programmes for education and training Continuous training of teachers through continuous training courses / study visits funded by the Comenius / Grundtvig and Transversal Programme - Key activity 1.1 Mobility projects and partnership projects by the Leonardo da Vinci Programme Camps and school trips in the twinning Citizenship and Youth in Action European eTwinning Prize in 2009 Collaboration with the European Association of Teachers - AEDE (Association Européenne des Enseignants) 12

Thank you! Anca Cristina Hodorogea Chief School Inspector The School Inspectorate of the Cluj County