COUNTY SCHOOL INSPECTORATE OF IASI

General SCHOOL Inspector Prof. Liliana Romaniuc

Deputy general SCHOOL inspector Prof. CONSTANTIN Ş ERBAN

Deputy general SCHOOL inspector Prof. MARIANA POP

OUR TEAM Inspectors: 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.

CORE VALUES Truth Professional competence Dignity Responsibility Integrity Improvement

ETHICAL CODE OF CONDUCT q Law supremacy Objectivity Professional competence Integrity Respect Independence Confidentiality

STRATEGIC TARGETS

1. Assuring the quality of the educational services 2. Assuring equal chances for all students 3. School decentralization 4. Teachers professional development 5. promoting and sustaining extracurricular activities 6. 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: primary schools: lower secondary schools: higher secondary schools : SAM (professional schools) (10 th grade): completion year: tertiary schools : 2 103

Personnel Teaching staff Teachers aids 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 teachers Better schools Better students Better 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)

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