Dobele, 2010

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AT

DOBELE COUNTY

Basic facts about Latvia

•Area - 64 589 km2;•Population - 2.35 million (urban-68%, rural-32%);•Capital - Riga, 747 000 residents;•Ethnic composition - 57.6% Latvian, 29.6% Russian, 4.1% Byelorussian, 2.7% Ukrainian, 2.5% Polish, 1.4% Lithuanian, 2,1% other nationalities•Main religions - Lutheran Protestant, Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox.•Official language - Latvian (the Baltic language group of the Indo-European languages)•Currency - Lats (LVL), 1 Euro = 0,7028 LVL

Dobele County

Dobele and 10 parishes;Area - 889,7 km²;Population - 24 350;

Educational System in Latvia

Pupils

Pre-school education – Schools - 2659

Educational Institutions at Dobele County

7 Kindregartens7 Kindregartens

13 Comprehensive Schools13 Comprehensive Schools

Special SchoolSpecial School

2 Vocational Schools2 Vocational Schools

Sports SchoolSports School

Art SchoolArt School

Music SchoolMusic School

2 Children and Youth Centres2 Children and Youth Centres

Adult Education CentreAdult Education Centre

Objectives of the School Year 2010/2011

1. Approval of education development strategy;

2. Improving of methodological work system;

3. Increasing of institutional management and teachers' role and responsibility in ensuring the quality of education.

4. Increasing of students’ personal responsibility for their behavior and learning outcomes

Paaugstināt izglītības iestāžu vadības un pedagogu lomu un atbildību izglītības kvalitātes nodrošināšanā visās izglītības pakāpēs.

Education Administration Structure at Dobele County

Head of Education Administration;

Deputy Head;3 Methodists;Legal Advicer, Children's

Rights Specialist;Financial Specialist;Computing Systems

Administrator;Secretary;Technical Manager.

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Head of Education Administration Guntis Safranovičs

Education policy implementation;

Development of educational institutions;

Administration Planning and Management;

Administrative staff training provision

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Deputy Head Maruta Vaļko

Cooperation of educational institutions and professionals;

Consulting of educational institutions;

Education quality analysis;

Coordination of educational projects.

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Methodist Sarmīte Dude

Methodological work coordination;

Provision of training for teachers;

Pedagogical experience and promotion;

National testing organization;

School subject competitions.

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Consulting of pre-school educational institutions;

Promotion of pedagogical experience;

Provision of training for teachers;

Advising people on pre-school education;

Organisation of Pedagogical and medical commission.

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Youth policy and youth work co-ordination;

Vocational education and extra-curricular activities;

Monitoring of program implementation;

Popularization of teachers’ experience;

Coordinating of summer camps.

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Legal advice and consultation for educational institutions and citizens;

Preparation of contracts;Preparation of decisions for

county council; Formulation of proposals

for ensuring the rights of children in the municipality.

Legal Advicer, Children's Rights Specialist Evita Babre

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Network management of administration;

Strategic planning for information technology development;

Database creation and maintenance;

Educational consulting.

Computing Systems Administrator Guntars Lācis

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The distribution of funds allocated to educational institutions;

Teacher’ salaries;Mutual payments of

local governments;Education

Administration financial planning.

Financial Specialist Ilze Abramoviča

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• Technical support for educational institutions;

• Student services;• Workplace Safety.

Technical Manager Gatis Miezītis

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Personnel management;Document preparation;Reception organization;Institutional consulting.

Secretary Gunta Kupča

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