Agencija za odgoj i obrazovanje Education and Teacher Training Agency

By the new Act from July 26, 2006↓ Institute for Educational Development of the Republic of Croatia↓ Education and Teacher Training Agency↓ Statute – January 26,

Internal organization – departments and units  Department for Legal Affairs, Accounting and Support Services  Unit for Legal Affairs, Personnel and Support Services  Accounting Unit  Department for General Affairs  Common Affairs Unit  International Cooperation Unit  Unit for Professional Development and Training of Principals  Department for Pre-School Education and Primary Schools  Pre-School Education Unit  Unit for Class Teaching  Unit for Subject Teaching  Department for Secondary Schools

Internal organization - subsidiaries  Subsidiary Osijek  Virovitičko-podravska, Požeško-slavonska, Brodsko- posavska, Osječko-baranjska and Vukovarsko srijemska Counties  Subsidiary Rijeka  Primorsko-goranska, Ličko-senjska and Istarska Counties  Subsidiary Split  Zadarska, Šibensko-kninska, Splitsko-dalmatinska and Dubrovačko-neretvanska Counties

Professional Development  Goal – improve professional competencies  Pre-school institutions – educators, assistant educators, principals  Primary schools – teachers, teaching assistants, principals  Secondary schools/grammar schools – teachers, teaching assistants, principals  Students’ Dormitories – educators, assistant educators, principals

Professional Development  State level  Regional level – inter-county and county  Local level – in cooperation with heads of County Professional Councils)  881 – primary school – Ministry of Science, Education and Sports provided financial support in the amount of HRK 3,964,500 for professional conferences at the local level  463 – secondary school - Ministry of Science, Education and Sports provided financial support in the amount of HRK 2,085,300 for professional conferences at the local level

Professional Development – Agency Catalogue for the year StateInter-CountyCountyOtherTotal

Professional Development – Professional Development Catalogue

Professional Development  Preparing educational and teaching staff of primary schools to apply the Croatian National Educational Standard  Introduction of the new syllabus for primary schools  National exams in grammar schools and four-year vocational schools  Preparation for the state school leaving exam 2009/10

Professional Development  Partners  Ministry of Science, Education and Sports and other ministries in the Republic of Croatia  Faculties  Vocational Education and Training Agency, National Centre for the External Evaluation of Education;  Civil sector and professional associations  International institutions (Council of Europe; European Commission, Embassies...)

Topics Joint framework for the implementation and transformation of the primary and secondary education system Academic discipline / teaching methods in individual subjects Improving competencies from the area of educational sciences (didactics, educational psychology, social pedagogy, sociology of education…) Organization, management, and leadership in education Improving professional support – teaching assistants and mentors for trainees

Areas of Professional Development - examples Improving competencies regarding specific areas of education (artistic expression, religious and physical education, early teaching of foreign languages…) Improving competencies related to specific aspects of child’s development (sensomotoric development, emotional development, developmental difficulties....) General professional competencies (team work, interactive communication, partnership with parents....) Child’s affective development (emotional intelligence, preventive programs....)

Areas of Professional Development - examples General competencies (drafting of projects…) Improving mentorship skills Concepts of professional development and life-long learning Preparation for taking professional state exams - trainees Practical questions related to school practice

National programs  Preventing violence against children and among children  Preventing drug abuse  Promoting rights of the child  Safety in schools  Preventing family violence  Prevention of HIV infections (AIDS)  Preventing behavioral disorders  Preventing trafficking of children  Education for human rights  National minorities

Professional development  Year 2006 – 1,028 professional conferences – 68,170 educational and teaching staff participated at professional conferences  During the school year 2005/6 – heads of County Professional Councils organized 3059 professional conferences with 97,711 participants – report by 631 heads of County Professionals Councils from primary schools

Competitions and festivals

Competitions and festivals  36 competitions and festivals  138,883 students  school level  31,897 students  county level  7,162 students  state level  June 10, 2006  award of recognitions for 221 state champions, and 187 mentors  EUQUIZ  in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration

Promotions  2005  302 educational and teaching staff members promoted to the level of mentors/advisors  2006  927 educational and teaching staff members promoted to the level of mentors/advisors  Currently in the Republic of Croatia  3,651 mentors and advisors  after the promotion in October  2004 – 403 received cases – plan to process them by February 28, 2007  2005 – 252 received cases – plan to process them by June 15, 2007  2006 – beginning of processing the cases – September 10,

Professional State Exams  420 educators  1382 educational and teaching staff members from primary schools  305 educational and teaching staff members from secondary schools

Partnership projects - Council of Europe

Publishing activity

Partnership projects – National Council for Special Education

Publishing activity - pdf. format

For all additional information on the work of the Agency and possibilities of potential cooperation, please contact Agency’s advisors present here today. Thank you for your attention !