1. The European Union CONCORD Reţea Naţională de Formare CONtinuă a CadrelOR Didactice din Învăţământul Preuniversitar Profesional şi Tehnic National training network for teachers from Vocational and Technical Schools POSDRU/87/1.3/S/61397 www.proiectconcord.ro EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND Sectoral Operational Programme Human Resources Development (SOP HRD) 2007 – 2013 Priority Axis 1: „Education and training in support for growth and development of knowledge based society” Key Area of Intervention 1.3: „Human resource development in education and training” Invest in people! Bucharest, 05.10.2012

2. The European Union PARTNERS University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest Project Manager: Prof. dr. Eng. Adrian BADEA www.upb.ro a_badea@rectorat.pub.ro University POLITEHNICA of Timisoara Zonal Responsible : Prof. dr. Eng. Ioana IONEL www.upt.ro ioana.ionel@mec.upt.ro Technical University “Gh. Asachi” from Iasi Zonal Responsible : Prof. dr. Eng. Mircea-Dan GUSA www.tuiasi.ro mgusa@ee.tuiasi.ro Technical University of Cluj-Napoca Zonal Responsible : Prof. dr. Eng. Liviu MORAR www.utcluj.ro liviu.morar@staff.utcluj.ro National Centre for the Development of Vocational and Technical Education Director, Coordinating Partner : Gabriela Liliana CIOBANU Contact person: Prof. Viorel TIGANESCU www.tvet.ro viorel.t@tvet.ro MultiMedia SunShine Ltd. Contact person : Prof. Paul O’Callaghan www.mmsunshine.com

3. The European Union Rationale CONCORD project was developed as a result of identifying a specific need for training in the Romanian education system. TVET provides training for dozens of university qualifications. This diversity emphasizes the distance between the general theory and the specific training needs which could be realized through specialized modules. The project CONCORD, identified the needs of teachers from vocational and technical school, that have not been addressed in previous training programs funded from budget or through financial assistance grant.

4. The European Union OBJECTIVES The general objective of the CONCORD project is the development of personal knowledge for teachers in technical highschools, in a complex “blended” learning system that includes: class room studying, aided by trainers; individual studying; on-line studying, in an interactive learning environment. Specific objectives: Development of 11 training programs, certified by CNFP; The development of an e-learning platform; The training of a minimum of 600 persons from vocational and technical schools (the target group).

5. The European Union Activities A1. Conducting a study in order to determine what the continuous forming programs will contain according to the needs that have been identified on the labor market and in society based on knowledge and according to the interest of the teachers and the technical schools; A2. Promoting the importance of continuous training for vocational and technical school teachers; A3. Development of a curricula for training the teachers; A4. Development of 11 training programs for teachers from vocational and technical schools ; A5. Certification of the training programs in four continuous professional training centers; A6. Development and implementation an e-learning platform in order to improve the training process;

6. The European Union THE METHODOLOGY / STRUCTURE OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMMES 11 professional continuous training programmes will be developed, containing two types of programmes, according to O.M.Ed.C. no. 4611/2005, with a number of maximum de 340 hours and 105 credit points: I. Medium training programmes, containing : A. Training programme: Management and communication (90 hours and 30 CP), containing : 1. two mandatory subjects (25 hours / 8 CP each = 50 hours / 16 CP in total): Communication Pedagogy; Class Management; 2. two compulsory subjects from Package 1 of O.M.Ed.C. no. 4611/2005 (8 subjects were sent for evaluation and 4 subjects were eventually offered) (16 hours / 5 CP each [6 course hours, 9 hours of practical activities, 1 hours of evaluation] = 32 hours / 10 CP in total) 3. one compulsory subject form Package 2 (4 subjects were sent for evaluation and 2 subjects were eventually offered) (8 hours / 4 CP each [3 course hours, 4 hours of practical activities, 1 hour of evaluation] = 16 hours / 8 CP in total). [Each trainee receives a certificate for each module. A, B or A+B can be chosen.] B. Training programme: Informational and Communication Techiques (ICT) (90 hours and 30 CP) : 2 subjects were offered: beginner and advanced. II. Long-term training, thematic programmes, split into 4 domanins and 11 subdomains, containing : 1.2 fundamental training subjects (35+36 hours / 9+9CP) 2.2 specialization training subjects (40+49 hours / 10+15 CP) [The trainee can receive a certificate for each one of the two proposed modules, “Fundamental training” or “Specialization training”]

7. The European Union A. Management and Communication training programme DO1 – Communication Pedagogy 8 POINTS DO2 – Class Management 8 POINTS DOP1 – From O.M.Ed.C. Package 1 8 POINTS DOP1 – From O.M.Ed.C. Package 2 8 POINTS COMPULSORY SUBJECTS OPTIONAL SUBJECTS

8. The European Union B. The Informational Techniques and Communication training Programme – ICT DI – ICT for beginners 30 POINTS OPTIONAL SUBJECTS DA – ICT for advanced users 30 POINTS

9. The European Union LONG-TERM TRAINING PORGRAMME 160 HOURS AND 43 CREDIT POINTS 2 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE SUBJECTS (35+36 hours/9+9 CP) LONG-TERM THEMATIC PROGRAMME SPECIALIZATION TRAINING (44+45 hours/10+15 CP)

10. The European Union FUNDAMENTAL TRAINING COURSES (I)

11. The European Union FUNDAMENTAL TRAINING COURSES (II)

12. The European Union SPECIALIZED TRAINING COURSES (I)

13. The European Union SPECIALIZED TRAINING (II)

14. The European Union TRAINING SESSIONS - Unique Participants University Course Centres Sessions First Session 12.11.2011 3.01.2012 Second Session 14.05.2012 21.07.2012 Third Session 08.07.2012 09.09.2012 Total University Politehnica of Bucharest119 39 277 University Politehnica of Timişoara505812 120 “Gh. Asachi” Technical University of Iaşi 614641 148 Cluj-Napoca Technical University42196 67 Total272242 98 612

15. The European Union Participants for each training session University Course Centres Sessions First Session 12.11.2011 3.01.2012 Second Session 14.05.2012 21.07.2012 Third Session 08.07.2012 09.09.2012 Total University Politehnica of Bucharest119200155 474 University Politehnica of Timişoara509958 207 “Gh. Asachi” Technical University of Iaşi 617996 236 Cluj-Napoca Technical University424524 111 Total272423 333 1028

16. The European Union No.Indicators Predicted Value Achieved in 01.11.2010- 31.08.2012 1 228 Educational and training personnel trained 600 612 2 230 Participants to the training, - continuous professional training 600612 3 231 Number of FSE participants – women 300480 4 232 Number of FSE participants from rural areas 2041 5 The rate of education and training personnel who have received certification (%) 80 %96.24 % 6 236 Number of participants to the training which have been certified, continuous professional training 480589 INDICATORS

17. The European Union RESULTS ACHIEVED SO FAR (I) 1. Study conducted at National level to determine the most suitable courses in the training programs for the needs of the vocational educational training teachers, based on the answers of the 1014 persons spread over 8 developing areas of Romania: Developing Regions of Romania Respondents NumberPercent North-East24524,16 % West595,82 % North-West12512,33 % Centre15715,48 % South-East13713,51 % South-Muntenia13513,31 % Bucureşti-Ilfov252,47 % South-West Oltenia12912,72 % TOTAL1014

18. The European Union RESULTS ACHIEVED SO FAR (II) 2. The development of 65 courses curricula, the development and certification of 65 training courses, grouped in 11 different training programs, as follows: No.Program/Training module No. of courses 1PROMANAGEMENT / Management and Communication8 2PROMANAGEMENT / ICT for beginners1 3.PROMANAGEMENT / ICT for advanced users1 4 Theme program 1 "Fundamental training", containing the following programs/domanins:22 PROELECTRIC I6 PROMECHANIC I6 PROENVIRONMENT I6 PROIT I4 5 Theme program 2 "Specialization training", containing the following programs/domains:33 PROELECTRIC II9 PROMECHANIC II9 PROENVIRONMENT II9 PROIT II6

19. The European Union RESULTS ACHIEVED SO FAR (III) 3. The development of a database and an enrollment procedure for the target group; 4. The development of an e-learning platform; 5. A methodology of ensuring the quality of the training programs; 6. 1028 persons trained so far in the frame of three training series.

20. The European Union Sustainability 1. 65 training courses certificated; 2. The development of a database for the target group; 3. A custom modified and implemented MOODLE platform; 4. A methodology of ensuring the quality of the training programs; 5. A new center for continuous education, opened in the University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest 6. Custom tools developed and implemented to efficiently manage POS DRU projects

21. The European Union Thank you!