e-Learning International Seminar 2006: Sharing a Vision of Innovative Education

About Dominican Republic Dominican Ministry of Education

About Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic, (Spanish: República Dominicana, IPA [re'pu β lika domini'kana]) is a country located on the eastern two-thirds of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, bordering Haiti. Hispaniola is the second-largest of the Greater Antilles islands, and lies west of Puerto Rico and east of Cuba and Jamaica.SpanishIPACaribbeanHispaniolaHaitiGreater AntillesPuerto RicoCubaJamaica

About Dominican Republic With a population of of citizens. 7, 519 School Buildings in which there are 13,454 working schools. 2 o more schools could be attending in the same building and different shifts. 2,416,449 students, more than 421 computer labs, 8,000 computers, 96 virtual classrooms and 52 digital libraries

Advances Obtained in the Modernization of the Educative System Dominican Ministry of Education

Main objectives for the Modernization of the Educative Management Improve the processes of Management through a General reconstruction of the Educative System, taking the educative centers like point to begin with. To implement a process of administrative decentralization, according to settles down in the General Law of Education To take advantage of the benefits offered by the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), to support the objectives before mentioned.

Rescue and maintenance of the technological Infrastructure and connectivity. Use of modern computer tools for the automatization of the management processes. Program of continuous formation integrating the ICT like resource for education and the learning. Multiple initiatives for the application of the ITC in the processes of for Program of continuous formation integrating the ICT like resource for education and the learning. Integration of the community in the co management and sustainability of the investments of the SEE in technology. Actions for an Effective Integration of the ICT in the Educative System

Fortification of the Technological Infrastructure and Connectivity.

That makes the SEE as the Institution with the greater network of the country 600 Connected Points (Regional, Educative Districts and Centers). More than 8,000 installed computers in more than 418 computer labs. From those 418 computer labs, more than 150 with internet access. Installed 7 computers Classrooms of Video Conference direct users benefited.

Use of modern computer tools for the automatization of the management processes.

Human resources and List Complete automatization of the Processes of Management of Personnel Management of Personnel from the Regional addresses. Implementation of the historical registry of the personnel of the system. Registry of the tests anti-doping within the file of the employee. Digitalization of all the physical files of the employees. Digitalization of all the employees’ Physical cases. Integration to the Management system of Publics Servitors (SASP). Automatization of the process of application of incentives. Use of modern computer science tools for the automatization of the management processes.

Academic Control and Registration (RCA) Universal allocation of the National Registry of Student. Supervision and control of the academic record of the student. Automatization of the process of inscription of students. Control of attendance. Support to other programs (ILAE, Breakfast for Students at School) Efficient support for the calculation of statistical indicators (desertion, grades, age, etc.). Instrument of unification of the data bases of the educative system.

Use of modern computer science tools for the automatization of the management processes. National Evaluation Exams Incentive to scholastic attendance (ILAE) For Schools Buildings Inventory Stadistics Help Desk

Program of continuous formation integrating the ICT like resource for education and the learning.

National of Qualification of Educational in the Integration of ICT. Executed in several stages : –Stages I, II and III: Focused in the creation of a national group of multipliers. –Stage IV: Massive plan of formation of teachers. 5,000 Teachers trained to date teachers trained to December 2006.

Program of continuous formation integrating the ICT like resource for education and the learning. Online or Semi-presential modality Course of formation Tutors for the qualification of teachers through internet. (Agreement with the Spain’s Ministry of education) –30 tutors and 6,000 teachers trained in a year. –Quality in the Elementary Education course (Educational Portal of the Americas, OEA) 350 tearchers trained, in two stages of this project. –University Expert course in Education (Organization of Latin American States) –Aula Mentor Project –Program Update of Teachers in Education (AME- Cisneros Foundation).

Program of continuous formation integrating the ICT like resource for education and the learning. Formation Activities for Teachers

Innovating initiatives for the application of the ITC in the classroom processes.

Technological Corners –200 proposed corners for the next year –200 more at the end of this goverment period. Grand total of 400 to august of 2008,

Innovating initiatives for the application of the ITC in the classroom processes. Digital Whiteboard –280 will be installed at the end of 2006 Digital libraries –52 Libraries in schools related to bilingual education.

Innovating initiatives for the application of the ITC in the classroom processes. Educational Portal –More than 5,000 registed users in one year –More than digital educative resources.

Innovating initiatives for the application of the ITC in the classroom processes. Reading Time (Literature Project) –400 teachers and 20,000 students are participating. World Links –A total of one hundred fifty and six (156) teachers and two thousand nine hundred (2,900) students for a total of 3056 participants has been benefited.

Integration of the community in the comanagement and sustainability of the investments in technology. Communitarian Telecenters project. –There are 121 CTC formed in the same number of schools.

Alliances and projects in march Memorandum of Understanding SEE - Korea - Indotel SEE – Word links Project: Teachers Component. SEE, World links – peace corp Project : comunitarian telecenters component. PIL Project: SEE– Funglode – Microsoft SEE – ATEI Agreements SEE – Peace Corps Agreements SEE – Indotel Agreements SEE - Verizon Agreements SEE – Chile foundation Agreements

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