1. Page 1 SRED Département de l'instruction publique de la culture et du sport Welcome to the Educational Research Unit! (SRED) 22nd October 2010

2. Page 2 SRED Département de l'instruction publique de la culture et du sport Each canton is responsible for its educational system (federalist system) The canton of Geneva is one of 26 Swiss cantons One particularity: Geneva is a “city canton” (big agglomeration, few villages) Overview of Switzerland: where is Geneva?

3. Page 3 SRED Département de l'instruction publique de la culture et du sport A few key figures of Geneva's education system Students in the public education system (2009): Primary school:34’769 Lower secondary:13’142 Upper Secondary:21’038 Teachers in the public education system (2009): Primary school:2’785 Lower secondary:1’841 Upper Secondary:2’729

4. Page 4 SRED Département de l'instruction publique de la culture et du sport The educational research unit (SRED – Service de la recherche en éducation) is attached to the General Secretariat's office We are an interdisciplinary team of about 30 researchers covering many fields such as statistics, psychology, sociology, pedagogy, etc. We work mostly on issues relating to the canton of Geneva but collaborate also on regional, national and international projects We are one of four regional centres that are responsible for PISA in Switzerland and cover the French speaking area SRED - who are we?

5. Page 5 SRED Département de l'instruction publique de la culture et du sport « to monitor and evaluate» «to know » « to explore » « to forecast Production of annual educational statistics (statistical yearbook, key figures) Inquiries of educational data bases SRED Design and production of educational indicators Evaluation of programs and projects Evaluation of students requesting to be moved ahead (acceleration) Student forecasts and scenarios Teacher forecasts and scenarios Research projects Support of decision making Transfer of knowledge (conferences, expositions). Factual contributions to different school debates SRED – what do we do? We cover four complementary domains of activity

6. Page 6 SRED Département de l'instruction publique de la culture et du sport Premises: Service de la recherche en éducation, 12 quai du Rhône, 1205 Genève 9:00: Welcome on behalf of SRED management, presentation of SRED, presentation of the daily programme Daniela Di Mare, SRED deputy director 9:20: Presentation of participants Slovenian delegation of school principals Frédéric Wittwer, Project director, Secretariat general, DIP 9:40: Présentation: The Swiss school system: HarmoS inter-cantonal convention, regional programmes and language education Frédéric Wittwer, Project director, Secretariat general, DIP 10:40: Questions and discussion 11:30 Drinks offered by the Secretariat general, DIP 12.15 End of morning session Programme of the day: morning session

7. Page 7 SRED Département de l'instruction publique de la culture et du sport Premises: Etablissement Hugo-de-Senger, rue Dizerens 26, 1205 Genève 13:30 Tour of the school (group 1, 21 people max.) Muriel Beer; School director 14:15 Participation in school lessons (group 1, 21 people max.) 15:00 Coffee break with school teachers (group 1, 21 people max.) B. Visit to a Kindergarten Premises: Espace Madeleine, rue de la Madeleine 16, 1204 Genève 17:30 Presentation of educational issues ( group 2, 21 people max.) Emmanuelle Pszola, Deputy director 18:30 Questions and discussion 18:45 End of the day Programme of the day: afternoon session