director for educational services meelis kond
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Educational Institutions of Tallinn CityEducational Institutions of Tallinn City
Tallinn City Government
Education Department
General educationschools
81Vocational school
151 600 students
Preschool childcareinstitutions
122
16 700 children
Hobby schools10
9 700 students
Financial management of educationFinancial management of education
• State: Teachers’ salaries and textbooks of general education schools
• Local government:Operation costs of general education schools, pre-schools and hobby schools
Tallinn Education Department: mission and vision
Tallinn Education Department: mission and vision
Mission:Keeping a learner in mind, let’s develop the best, contemporary and diverse learning environment
Vision:To be a professional developer of the high quality educational environment
Main tasksMain tasks
• Management of educational policy issues in Tallinn• Advising of parents, students and schools• Creating conditions for the development of elementary,
primary, secondary and hobby education programmesin the subordinate institutions
• Planning and managing the network of educational institutions, shaping its directions, making proposals to municipal government for founding, restructuring and disbanding the institutions
• Planning construction and renovation, including major renovation projects
Main tasksMain tasks
• Budgeting educational expenses for the year and confirming budgets for subordinate institutions
• Financial and statistical reporting and analysis in the area of education in Tallinn
• Inspection of municipal educational institutions
• Coordinating the information technology development of educational institutions
• Developing and coordinating international cooperation in the field of education
• Maintaining educational databases
Students in Tallinn schoolsStudents in Tallinn schools
Number of students in schools
2000 20012002
20032004
45000
50000
55000
60000
65000
Number ofstudents
60244 58781 56503 54137 51600
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Children in Tallinn pre-schoolsChildren in Tallinn pre-schools
Number of children in Tallinn pre-schools
20032004
20022000 2001
12000
14000
16000
18000
Number ofchildren
14497 14722 15248 15765 16700
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Educational networkEducational network
• Educational Network Plan for the years 2003–2012
• Ensuring for every child and student a study place taking into account his/her needs and abilities, efficiency in planning and managing the resources
• Developing the counseling activities for the students and children with their (special) needs
• Valuing health promotion in the children and youth lives• Broadening the opportunities of the hobby education
Learning environmentLearning environment
• Contemporary learning facilities and learning environment
Quality of learning environmentQuality of learning environment
• Participation in the prevention, health promotion, environmentalprotection and European integration projects:
“Drug prevention in Tallinn general education schools” 2001-2003“Smoke-free Class Competition” since 2002“European Environmental School Agenda” with Spain and ItalyEnvironmental project “Aiatuulik” for Tallinn pre-schools
with Netherlands 2004-2008
Network project “Young People – from Exclusion to Inclusion” 2003-2005with Sweden, Finland, Germany, Denmark, Lithuania, Slovenia, Cyprus
Police and education project “Act Normal” for 9-10 years old children
Quality of learning environmentQuality of learning environment
• Cooperation with schools’ social pedagogues, health workers and psychologists to ensure the implementation of school attendance obligation of the students and prevent the drop out
• Training for the school’s health-teams, who plan and implement prevention work and develop health promotion at school level
• The schools accessibility to different support systems, support groups and behavior models: peer-student movement (T.O.R.E), network of health promoting schools, psychological aid, models for the behavior in the risk situations, cooperation with NGO’s and other interest groups
Quality of learning environmentQuality of learning environment
• Supply the schools with different ICT means, promoting the ICT usage in the lessons and developing e-school project
• Supporting student’s educational, cultural and sport events• Providing the second chance for the students
(Tallinna Kopli Ametikool - vocational school)• Developing the partnership between the school and parents• Commission of under age young people organises crime
prevention work in the city. Tallinn Education Department coordinates these commissions work of all city districts.
Quality of ManagementQuality of Management
• Yearly evaluation of school headmasters on the basis of standard criteria (based on the Balance Scorecardmodel)
• promotion of the development of the internal evaluation of the educational institutions
• Raising the importance of using result indicators in the school management
• Quality Awards of Tallinn educational institutions since 2002:
“Good Management”, “Good Learning Environment”,“Good Extra-Curricular Programmes”, “Good Teacher”
Cooperation with School HeadmastersCooperation with School Headmasters
• Co-operation agreement between the Association of Tallinn School Headmasters and Tallinn Education Department
• Negotiations with the Associations on the education policy issues, and discussions regarding important decisions