1 COMENIUS COMENIUS My river-my life Romanian Educational Sistem By Pedagogical Hight School –Buzau RomaniaPalamos

2 Romania is a country in the South Eastern part of Europe Romania is a country in the South Eastern part of Europe National Currency: LEU National Currency: LEU Boundaries: Boundaries: To the South-East: Black Sea To the South: Bulgaria To the West: Serbia and Hungary To the North: Ukraine To the East: Moldova Romania spans a total surface of 238,391 square km. (roughly 91,800 sq.miles). ROMANIA. FIGURES AND FACTS

Official name: ROMÂNIA (ROMANIA in English, ROUMANIE in French, RUMÄNIEN in German). Official name: ROMÂNIA (ROMANIA in English, ROUMANIE in French, RUMÄNIEN in German). Capital city: Bucharest Capital city: Bucharest Climate: temperate-continental, four seasons Climate: temperate-continental, four seasons Features: mountains, hills, plains, and the Danube Delta Features: mountains, hills, plains, and the Danube Delta Population: 21,680,976 Population: 21,680,976 Ethnic structure: Romanians %; Hungarians (including Szecklers)- 6.5%; Roma - 2.5%; other ethnic groups -1.5% Ethnic structure: Romanians %; Hungarians (including Szecklers)- 6.5%; Roma - 2.5%; other ethnic groups -1.5% Religious structure: Eastern Orthodox %; Roman-Catholic-4.7%; Protestant - 3.2%; Greek-Catholic - 0.9%, Evangelical - 0.1%; Unitarian - 0.3%; other religions - 0.4% Religious structure: Eastern Orthodox %; Roman-Catholic-4.7%; Protestant - 3.2%; Greek-Catholic - 0.9%, Evangelical - 0.1%; Unitarian - 0.3%; other religions - 0.4% 3

4 Bucharest is the capital city, cultural, industrial and financial centre of Romania. Bucharest is the capital city, cultural, industrial and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country. Bucharest proper has a population of 1,944,367. The urban area extends beyond the limits of Bucharest proper and has a population of 2 million people. Bucharest proper has a population of 1,944,367. The urban area extends beyond the limits of Bucharest proper and has a population of 2 million people. BUCHAREST. FIGURES AND FACTS

Nursery school - organized according to the age 3-5 Nursery school - organized according to the age 3-5 Compulsory formal education, on two levels: Primary school - 1 st to 4 th grade (age 7-11). Primary school - 1 st to 4 th grade (age 7-11). This level is focused on acquiring of general culture with instrumental orientation (acquiring writing, reading and computing skills, initiation in specific languages) Secondary school (gymnasium) - 5 th to 8 th grade (age 11-15). Secondary school (gymnasium) - 5 th to 8 th grade (age 11-15). This level is focused on acquiring of the basic general culture (the basic information of the main areas of knowledge). THE ROMANIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

High school - 9 th to 12 th grade, as normal education, or reduced frequency and evening classes. High school - 9 th to 12 th grade, as normal education, or reduced frequency and evening classes. The High School level is orientated to the specific knowledge fields (science, human and social, technology, economics), opening onto optional culture; Vocational school - three years, as normal education or evening classes, for crafts in all the activity fields. Vocational school - three years, as normal education or evening classes, for crafts in all the activity fields. The vocational education includes the orientation towards obtaining the necessary knowledge and skills of a specific profession. The vocational education includes the orientation towards obtaining the necessary knowledge and skills of a specific profession. Complementary school (apprenticeship) - two years, practical training for certain jobs. Complementary school (apprenticeship) - two years, practical training for certain jobs. 6

The Higher Education/University level is focused on the acquiring of a specific theoretical and practical knowledge, specialized for a particular knowledge field. Postgraduate courses - Masters and Doctoral studies Postgraduate courses - Masters and Doctoral studies Special-need education - all levels, except for higher education, for disabled students and with special needs. Special-need education - all levels, except for higher education, for disabled students and with special needs. Romania takes part in European community programmes: Lifelong Learning Program and Youth in Action, E-twinning etc. High Education - public and private universities, short duration High Education - public and private universities, short duration (2 - 3 years) and long duration (4-6 years).

BUZĂU COUNTY. FIGURES AND FACTS Buzau is a city in the South-Eastern part of Romania, in Wallachia, and a county seat of the homonym county. Situated on the right bank of the Buzau river, it has got about inhabitants; archbishopric seat; industrial and cultural city. Buzau is a city in the South-Eastern part of Romania, in Wallachia, and a county seat of the homonym county. Situated on the right bank of the Buzau river, it has got about inhabitants; archbishopric seat; industrial and cultural city.

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“Spiru Haret” Pedagogical High School Educational Levels “Spiru Haret” Pedagogical High School Educational Levels 12 Nursery school - structured according to the age 3-5 – two classes consists of 60 preschool children. Nursery school - structured according to the age 3-5 – two classes consists of 60 preschool children. The students in the classes specialized for primary school teacher- kindergarten teacher and those in the classes specialized for instructor- entertainers carry out specific pedagogical practice within the framework of this education level.

13 Primary school - 1 st to 4 th grade (age 7-11) – 16 classes, Primary school - 1 st to 4 th grade (age 7-11) – 16 classes, four of them being in Step by Step alternative educational system. Within the framework of this education level also, the students in the classes specialized for primary school teacher- kindergarten teacher and those in the classes specialized for instructor-entertainers carry out specialized pedagogical practice. The instructor-entertainer profile students carry on pedagogical practice in Special Schools and Camps also.

14 Secondary school (gymnasium) - 5 th to 8 th grade (age ) Secondary school (gymnasium) - 5 th to 8 th grade (age ) These students carry on educational activities in classrooms and laboratories (science and IT).

15 Pedagogical profile - primary school teacher-kindergarten teacher and instructor-entertainer specialized classes Pedagogical profile - primary school teacher-kindergarten teacher and instructor-entertainer specialized classes Human and social profile - Literature and Social Science specialized classes Human and social profile - Literature and Social Science specialized classes Math and science profile – Math and IT specialized classes Math and science profile – Math and IT specialized classes High school - 9 th to 12 th grade, as normal education or reduced frequency and evening classes. There are more profiles at this level in our school:

PEDAGOGICAL PROFILE Specialization: primary school teacher - kindergarten teacher The kindergarten teacher is the first professional person in the educational system required to ensure children with basic education, and very important, to ensure the integration of children in day-to-day life. She is an adult specialized in education, therefore she is responsible for the education. The kindergarten teacher is the first professional person in the educational system required to ensure children with basic education, and very important, to ensure the integration of children in day-to-day life. She is an adult specialized in education, therefore she is responsible for the education. She must know: - the child and the appropriate ways of relating with him; - ways of fostering the relationship and respect between children, - the development material; - the specificity and the sequence of the curriculum activities; - how to engage parents in the children knowledge process and the educational methods specificity. The kindergarten teacher organizes activities with the small groups and with the whole class which, naturally, are achieved by cooperation. The kindergarten teacher organizes activities with the small groups and with the whole class which, naturally, are achieved by cooperation. The kindergarten teacher needs theoretical and practical training which is got in Pedagogical High Schools and educational training departments. The kindergarten teacher needs theoretical and practical training which is got in Pedagogical High Schools and educational training departments. PEDAGOGICAL HIGH SCHOOL. EDUCATIONAL OFFER

HUMAN AND SOCIAL PROFILE Specialization: literature The graduates will be multilateral and extensively trained in humanities because the curriculum provides many hours of study for Romanian language and literature and foreign languages. The graduates will be multilateral and extensively trained in humanities because the curriculum provides many hours of study for Romanian language and literature and foreign languages. This educational profile provides the communication skills necessary for public relations in institutions, companies, lawyer/politician offices and facilitates hiring process; This educational profile provides the communication skills necessary for public relations in institutions, companies, lawyer/politician offices and facilitates hiring process; They can get jobs in radio or television, as editors to various newspapers and magazines, as secretary etc. Graduating such a profile, they have an extra chance to attend a higher education level (literature, law, psychology, etc.). They can get jobs in radio or television, as editors to various newspapers and magazines, as secretary etc. Graduating such a profile, they have an extra chance to attend a higher education level (literature, law, psychology, etc.).

HUMAN AND SOCIAL PROFILE Specialization: social science Lately many of our graduates have given admission to universities, to newer specializations in the social field (communication and public relations, political science and European studies) but also to law and public administration, history-geography, philosophy or sociology. Our graduates pursue direction of more and more intense demand for social science specialized people coming from the labor market; this specialization provides them the ability to become a teacher, a sociologist, a councilman or political analyst, a journalist, a manager, a specialist in public and international relations.

MATH PROFILE Specialization: Math - IT There are very good facilities for our Math-IT students for carrying out the training and educational activities in our Pedagogical High School, two IT labs being equipped with modern technology. There are very good facilities for our Math-IT students for carrying out the training and educational activities in our Pedagogical High School, two IT labs being equipped with modern technology. Our IT students will learn the programming bases, they will develop an algorithmic thinking, they will know the newest information technologies and they will get skills to create Web pages. Our IT students will learn the programming bases, they will develop an algorithmic thinking, they will know the newest information technologies and they will get skills to create Web pages. The IT graduates can get a Programmer Assistant/Oracle certificate which provides more opportunities in getting a job. The IT graduates can get a Programmer Assistant/Oracle certificate which provides more opportunities in getting a job.

EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES There are many educational facilities in our school such as: two IT labs, one physics lab, one chemistry and biology lab, teaching library, French book library, 27 classrooms and one gym. All of them along with traditional and modern educational methods ensure an optimal educational program.

In our school educational process is carried out with the contribution of over 80 teachers (2 kindergarten teachers, 26 primary school teachers and 52 teachers of various specializations for middle school and high school levels) and 12 specialists as auxiliary teaching staff. 21 HUMAN RESOURCES

Our school has participated in various competitions, contests and national/international educational projects, obtaining outstanding results. ACHIEVEMENTS

OBJECTIVES OF TEACHING & LEARNING ACTIVITY 23 implementing new teaching strategies; implementing new teaching strategies; fostering students creativity and responsibility; fostering students creativity and responsibility; promoting tolerance and inclusion of special-needs pupils; promoting tolerance and inclusion of special-needs pupils; developing skills for using foreign languages; developing skills for using foreign languages; ensuring complementarity of formal, non-formal and informal learning within lifelong learning framework; ensuring complementarity of formal, non-formal and informal learning within lifelong learning framework; developing intercultural education to students according to the community needs; developing intercultural education to students according to the community needs; developing necessary skills for using nowadays communication technology equipment; developing necessary skills for using nowadays communication technology equipment; strengthening the European dimension of the education activity and facilitating the widest possible access of the European educational resources by promoting European educational programs. strengthening the European dimension of the education activity and facilitating the widest possible access of the European educational resources by promoting European educational programs.

by using the available facilities for their daily educational activities (IT equipment, laboratories, modern and traditional teaching & learning methods); by using the opportunities for developing their career (lifelong education by attending ministerial courses and training programs as part of individual mobility within EU); 24 WAYS OF ACHIEVING THE EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES BY OUR TEACHERS

by attending the training activities - our teachers have improved their English and French language proficiency, they have identified a wide range of teaching & evaluation approaches/methods/techniques, they have updated knowledge about other countries/cultures/educational systems, they have encouraged other Comenius/LLP activities and it has been the driving force for developing their professional skills. The European dimension of the school activities it has been improved also. 25

26 Developing of innovative ways in adult education and their transfer from one participating country to the other, promoting of European cultures, supporting the European cooperation, promoting intercultural learning, visiting educational institutions of different levels and types, sharing the best practices in addressing the migration phenomenon in terms of intercultural education are all the elements to strengthen the European dimension in education in our school that will be pursued in the future.

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