In-Service Courses

Curriculum
for In-Service Training of Schools Principals

The curriculum is developed according to the norms of basic educational documents, such as Declaration of Human Rights, the Laws “On education”, “On protection of childhood”, the State standards of primary, basic and complete education and many others. It aims to develop managerial competences of secondary school principals.

The curriculum envisages the implementation of the following tasks:

Purposeful development of managerial competence of school principals, their educational and intellectual culture as well as self-motivation and self-realization;
Andragogical approach to education;
The formation of reflexive and analytical skill and the ability to adequate self-evaluation and the analysis of their personal managerial decisions and experience;
Develop skills to monitor educational activities within the groups and of each participant in particular;
Providing advice and giving methodical support for further professional and personal growth of school principals.
Satisfaction of personal directors’ professional needs.

The system of postgraduate education of school directors foresees training and preparation of competent, highly qualified professionals who can:

Realize the task of reforming education;
Creatively interpret the purpose and the objectives of the functioning of educational institutions and effectively combine innovative theories, ideas and modern educational technologies;
Acquire knowledge of management theory of social systems, philosophy of education, sociology and psychology of management, organizational psychology, personnel management, monitoring the quality of education, use of information-communication technologies.

The curriculum reflects modern development of educational and psychological science, theory and practice of education, organizational psychology, personnel management and intended for secondary school heads in order to develop their qualification in condition of transformation of society.

Chapters of the curriculum determine the essence of professional competence of a school director.

In order to monitor the quality of organization and educational content of the learning process as well as to know the level of the audience and to get a feedback, the trainees are given an input, intermediate and output testing. Input control involves identifying the level of knowledge and skills of the students. Output control is held to see the level of effectiveness of their study. The thematic plan is designed for 108 hours. 72 of them include classroom trainings, other 36 hours they have independent work. The plan is structured in three modules: the socio-humanitarian, professional and diagnostic. To master the materials of the first and the third modules it is assigned up to 10 % of the total hours. The hours of professional module cover 80 % of the time. To study the content of socio-humanitarian and diagnostic modules trainees need 10 hours for each. Professional module includes 52 hours. Number of hours for independent work of students is divided as follows. Diagnostic – 10 hours. Total – 36 hours. Invariant component of social and humanitarian module is fixed by the number of hours and subject content. Students are given the opportunity to choose the courses from the variation part, which is not more than 10% of the total. Invariant component of professional module includes the following disciplines: organizational management, psychology, educational management, educational leadership, innovation activity, but the variation part suggests lectures on religion, psychology, specialized education, modern educational technologies, Ukrainian business language and so on.

Theoretical classes are held in the form of lectures, round-table discussions, and scientific conferences. Practical classes are held in order to develop mechanisms for implementation of progressive technologies of management activities during the training sessions, seminars and modeling workshops.

Variable component of the study provides a range of special elective courses, which are necessary for the development of managerial skills. Trainees are offered the following courses: school documentation, scientific and methodical work, work with gifted children, the formation of culture health identity and so on. The usefulness of training leaders for secondary schools is made by means of implementation of both invariant and variable blocks of humanitarian and socio-professional modules. Diagnostic and Analysis module is invariant and assumes an adjusting lesson, an incoming diagnostic testing, scientific and practical conference, the out coming diagnostic testing and qualifying exams.

The results of the courses show that such training provokes critical and creative thinking, intensify the development of professional skills and forms the willingness to work in the conditions of dynamic changes of values in the society, economical changes and innovations in education.

LIST

of author and problem centered courses for teachers, school administrators and methodologists

in 2010-2011 school year

1. For the heads of secondary educational establishments

1.1. Author courses:

· N.Klokar "Management of education establishment as an open social pedagogical system".

1.2. Problem centered courses:

· "Introduction of modern up-brining technologies into the practice of educational establishment";

· "Quality of educational process and technologies of its diagnostics in a secondary educational establishment";

· "Management of research experiential work and innovative activity in a secondary educational establishment";

· "Peculiarities of organization of educational process in an educational complex".

1.3. Problem centered (short-term) courses:

· "Financial management activity of a school prinsiple".

1.4. Problem sentered (prolonged) courses:

· "Forming of informationand education environment of the regional educational system";

· "Modernization of content and structure of scientific methodological activities with teachers andschool administrators inthe region";

· for the attendees of region school of progressive pedagogical experience:

– N. Gnedyuk "Management of teachers’professional development in a secondary educationalestablishment";

– К. Ivchenko, S. Stepanov"Management of activities with gifted students in a secondary educational establishment".

2. Optional studies

2.1. Problem centered courses:

· "The organizational and methodological maintenance of optional studies in a high school".

2.2. Problem centered (prolonged) courses:

· for the attendees of Bukivsky school-kindergarten complex in Skvirsky district, thebase school of the scientific research "Organization and content of optional studies in a rural educational establishment".

3. On-Line Courses

3.1. Problem centered (prolonged) courses:

· "Organization and content of on-line courses in the system of in-service education".

4. For practical psychologists

4.1. Problem centered courses:

· "Psychological and pedagogical accompaniment of personal and professional self-determination ofschool students";

· "Organization and maintenance of psychological accompaniment of the subjects of educational process in preschool educational establishments";

· "Organizational and methodological principles of preparation of trainers of the program of the Ministry of education and science of Ukraine "Educational policy. Education "from equal to equal".

5. For educators of preschool educational establishments

5.1. Author courses:

· T. Korzh, N. Nechyporuk "Modern approaches to the organization of an educational process in the mixed groups in preschool educational establishments";

· N. Nechyporuk, T. Korzh "Organization and content of an educational process in the early age groups".

5.2. Problem centered courses:

· "Introduction of innovative technologies of studies into the practice of preschool educational establishments".

5.3. Problem centered (prolonged) courses for the attendees of regional base educational establishment:

· "Yalinka" kindergarten in the town of Brovary "Using of pedagogical heritage of V. Sukhomlinskyin the process of moral and aesthetic education of preschool age children".

· "Rosynka"kindergarten in the town of Vyshneve, Kievo-Svyatoshinsky district "Ecological, valeologicaleducation and prophylactics in a preschool educational".

6. For the teachers of primary schools

6.1. Author courses:

· T. Pushkareva, L.Tkachenko "Organization and content of education cognitive activity of junior schoolchildren in "Rostok", All-Ukrainian scientific pedagogical project;

· L. Tkachenko "Developement of reading culture of primary school children";

· L.Afanasyeva, Zh.Grynevich "Organizational and pedagogical principles of developement of educational environment at a primary school";

· А. Sederevichene, N.Lustopad "Development of personality potential of junior schoolchildren in the conditions of competence oriented studies";

· L. Tyurina, A. Sederevichene "Introduction of the psychological and pedagogical system of developing education of D. Elkonin – V. Davydov in the educational process of an establishment of education".

6.2. Problem centered courses:

· "Introduction of innovative education technologies into the practice of a primary school";

· "Psychological, pedagogical and methodological aspects of the organization of activities with gifted junior school children";

· "Introduction of "Pisneznayka" medical pedagogical technology in the educational process of a primaryschool".

6.3. Problem centered (prolonged) courses for the attendees of regional base educational establishment:

· Buchansky school-kindergarten complex "Berizka" "Organization of learning activity of primaryschoolchildren on the program of "Step by step" student-oriented studies;

· Brovarska school 10 "Organizational and methodological principles of realization of "Rostok"scientificpedagogical project.

7. For the teachers of Ukrainian Language and Literature

7.1. Author courses:

· І. Yuschuk, S. Miroshnyk "Development of thinking and speaking of students in the process of learning of school course of Ukrainian language and literature";

· O. Chubaruk, T. Fedorchuk "Use of information communication technologies in the process of study of Ukrainian language and literature".

7.2. Problem centered courses:

· "Introduction of interactive educational technologies in the process of study of Ukrainian languageand literature";

· "Organization of pre-optional preparation and optional studies in the classes of philologicalorientation".

7.3. Problem centered (prolonged) courses:

· for the attendees of region school of progressive pedagogical experience of L. Syrota "Development of cognitive self-studies of students in the process of study of Ukrainian language and literature".

8. For the teachers of Foreign Literature

8.1. Author courses:

· О. Demyanenko "Competence oriented approach of studies of Foreign Literature";

· N. Khymera, L.Fartuch "Study of Foreign Literature in a profile high school".

8.2.Problem centered courses:

· "Use of information communication technologies in the process of study of Foreign Literature at school";

· "Use of information communication technologies in the process of study of Russian LanguageandLiterature, Foreign Literature".

8.3.Problem centered (prolonged) courses:

· for the attendees of region school of progressive pedagogical experience of A.Hryvachova "Use of information communication technologies in the process of study of Foreign Literature"

9. For the teachers of Foreign Languages

9.1.Author courses:

· N. Benderets, О. Hubash "Use of information communication technologies at the English lessons"

9.2 . Problem centered courses:

· "Peculiarities of teaching foreign languages in a primary school"

· "Peculiarities of teaching English to children of pre-school age"

· "Use of authentic materials at the English lessons"

9.3. Problem centered (prolonged) courses:

· for the attendees of region school of progressive pedagogical experience of Т.Tserkovnyak "Use of means of modern classroom in the process of English teaching"

10. For the teachers of Social Studies

10.1.Author courses:

· V. Dribnytsya" Use of information communication technologies in the process of Social Studies";

· І.Bondaruk, Т.Remekh "Introduction of technologies of interactive studies and development of critical thinking in the process of Social Studies"

10.2. Problem centered (short-term) courses:

· "Program and methodological providing of teaching of "Ethics" course

For the teachers of Mathematics and Physics

11.1. Author courses:

· L. Lipchevsky, N.Vitkalova "Use basic Geometry problems for solving stereometrical problems"

· H. Apostolova,L. Lipchevsky "Solving problems using features of trigonometric functions"

· L. Lipchevsky, I. Kyrdey "Use information communication technologies in the activities with the mathematically gifted children";

· О. Apostolov, O.Khorenko "Methodology of solving olympiad tasks in Physics ".

11.2. Problem centered courses:

· "Peculiarities of teaching Nature Studiesand Maths at a profile high school";

· "Experimental tasks and demonstrations during the lessons of Physics";

· "Introduction of interactive educational technologies in the process of Physics study ".

12.For the teachers of Biology and Health studies

12.1 Author courses:

· G. Dragan, T. Matuschenko "Methodology of solving problems in Biology".

12.2 Problem centered courses:

· "The innovative approachesin teaching of Biology and integrated course of "Health Studies" in 5-9 classes";

· "Developement of culture of healthy lifestyle among the students in the process of learning the courses of "Basis of healthy lifestyle", "Health studies".

12.3 Problem centered (short-term) courses:

· "Modern approachesin teaching of Biology and integrated course of "Health Studies" in 5-9 classes";

· "Methodology of realization of "School against AIDS" project at schools".

13. For the teachers of Chemistry

13.1. Author courses:

· А. Likarchuk, I. Sotnichenko "Use of information communication technologies in the process of nature studies";

· І. Sotnichenko, O. Bobkova "Introduction of modern educational technologies in the process of organization of activities with gifted children".

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