PANAYIOTIS KYROU PRIMARY SCHOOL INSPECTOR CYPRUS PRIMARY EDUCATION EVALUATION SYSTEM IN CYPRUS

3 MINISTER PERMANENT SECRETARY ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE PEDAGOGICAL INSTITUTE CENTRE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND EVALUATION CULTURAL SERVICES OTHER SERVICES AND UNITS PRIMARY EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION HIGHER AND TERTIARY EDUCATION TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TECHNICAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATIONPLANNINGREGISTRYACCOUNTS OFFICE EU & INTER- NATIONAL AFFAIRS COUNSELING AND CAREER EDUCATION SERVICE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT UNIT EDUCATIONAL PSYCOLOGY SERVICE SCHOOL CLERKS UNIT CYPRUS RESEARCH CENTRE

Free and Compulsory  Pre-Primary 5 years old  Primary 6-11 years ”  Secondary years ”  Lyceum years ”  University 18 + a. State universities of Cyprus b. Private universities and colleges

STAFF TEACHING HOURS (40 minutes) 0-14 YEARS 29 PERIODS YEARS27 PERIODS 21 + YEARS25 PERIODS DEPUDY23 PERIODS HEADTEACHER PERIODS

7 This will be done by:  Improving the equity of the educational system, encouraging lifelong learning throughout the stages of the educational system  Reinforcing the content of education and training and upgrading the infrastructure with an emphasis on the cultivation of lifelong learning competences from the early years of compulsory education  Implementing a number of EU policies EDUCATIONAL REFORM

 Introduction of new curricula from pre- primary to upper secondary education  Induction programme for newly appointed teachers (primary and secondary schools)  Establishment of optional and unified all-day schools  Restructuring of the Ministry of Education and Culture 8

 Establishment of the Centre of Educational Research and Evaluation  Reduction to the number of pupils per class  Measures for dealing with student delinquency  Policy for multicultural education  Proposition for a new scheme for school and teacher evaluation  Establishment of new universities – new system for university entrance examinations 9

1. School Improvement plan  Gathering Evidence  Analyse your evidence  Draw Conclusions  Complete the Self-Evaluation Report  Develop a School Improvement Plan  Implement and Monitor 2. Teachers meeting (once a week) 10

3. Headteacher’s meeting with Parents Association (monthly) 4. Teachers annual report 5. Inspector monitoring 11

12  Every six months for their two first years of work, or until they get a permanent possition (report)  Every two years until their 11 th year of work (report)  On their 12 th and 13 th year of work (numerical and report)  Every two years until their 25 th year of work (numerical and report)  Every tree years after their 25 th years of work. (numerical and report)

13  Every three years  Numerical and report  One-day evaluation visit  Team of three inspectors

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 Gathering Evidence  Analyse your evidence  Draw Conclusions  Complete the Self-Evaluation Report  Develop a School Improvement Plan  Implement and Monitor  Help by advisors

 School Improvement evaluation by external evaluators (once every five years)  Teacher mentoring system  Pedagogical advisor in every school  External pedagogical advisor  Teachers’ evaluation by the school headteacher and an external evaluator (for promotion) 16

Ευχαριστώ Thank you Panayiotis Kyrou Primary School Inspector CYPRUS 17