Counselling and Guidance Curricula in the Context of the Educational Reform in Romania Speranta Tibu Institute of Educational Sciences, Bucharest, Romania Cross-Border Seminar 2018 Bucharest, 13- 14 November 2018

New guidance and counselling curriculum Romania Personal development curriculum 2013 (primary) Counselling and personal development 2017 (lower secondary) Guidance and counselling 2014 (vocational)

Why? ELGPN – the importance of development of CMS within the compulsory education Evidence based policy documents Literature review Guidance and counselling in the curriculum – a comparative study (ISE 2016) The development of the noncognitive abilities in Romanian adolescents (UNICEF, 2016) A coherent program of guidance and counselling Guidance and counselling as a continuum during the compulsory education Prevention, working with all children in an entire class/cohort An important discipline which is focused on the wellbeing of the child, awarness of your own resources, resilience Improving the authonomy in learning Preparation for the @big world@ - the life after school - career, profession, occupation, job Preocupation for the health of the person and of the protecting the environment

5 developmental areas Selfknowledge Socio-emotional learning Learning management Career management skills Healthy lifestyle

Personal development curriculum 2013 (primary) part of the compulsory curriculum for grades 0, 1 and 2 (children aged 6 – 8) distinct discipline for grades 0, 1 and 2 the time allocated for this discipline: 35 study hours/school year 2 hours/week for grade 0, 1 hour/week for grade I 1 hour/week for grade II 0 hours/week for grades 3 and 4 (Civic Education is studied instead of CDP) RO version http://programe.ise.ro/Portals/1/2013_CP_I_II/55_Dezvoltare%20personala_ CP_II_OMEN.pdf

Guidance and counselling curriculum 2014 (vocational) The aim of the curriculum is to prepare students from vocational schools for: understanding their resources, abilities and objectives; future career decisions and a successful integration into the labour market and society 1 hour per week (grades IX-XI, children aged 14-16) RO version http://programe.ise.ro/Portals/1/Curriculum/2014-progr/2014- 10/Programa_Consiliere%20si%20orientare.pdf

Counselling and personal development 2017 (lower secondary) part of the compulsory curriculum for grades V-VIII (age 10-14) the time allocated for this discipline: 35 study hours/school year, 1 hour/week RO version http://programe.ise.ro/Portals/1/Curriculum/2017-progr/118- Consiliere%20si%20dezvoltare%20personala.pdf PLATO – The FORM https://youtu.be/MgotDFs6cdE

Challenges in the implementation of the curriculum From documents to real implementation – how is the curriculum applied in classes? Which are the results and how do we measure them? The school counsellor- support, coaching, coordination for the tutors (diriginți) Innitial training of students as future teachers - need: all students to know the new Counselling and personal development curricula and how to work with chikldren during the specific class hour) Continuous trening – need: all teachers to be involved in training courses related to Counselling and personal development Monitorization and supoort for teachers in the implementation Studies, researches related to the impact of the new curriculum (eg: related to ESL, academic achievement, rezilience…

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