COMENIUS 21102004

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COMENIUS21/10/2004
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Three recurring breaking lines

• philosophical-ideological

religious ?? non-religious (free-thinking)
social
rich ?? poor
language
French speaking ?? Dutch speaking
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1830-1970 Belgium as one state
1970 a federal state

• Flemish community

• French community

• (German speaking community)

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2,5 6
Nursery school
6 12
Primary education
12 18
Secondary education
Higher education (university or other)
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Education in Flanders

• Schools

• Run by the Flemish community

• Subsidised by the Flemish community

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• Higher education in Flanders

• BAMA structure

• Bologna agreements

Flanders

• 13.522 square kilometres

• No riches in soil

• Has to rely on its brains

• 5 2 universities

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• Universities

• Ghent

• Louvain

• Brussels (Free-thinking)

• Antwerp

• Hasselt

• Brussels (Catholic)

• Kortrijk

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Primary and secondary education in Flanders

• Publicly run schools

• Flemish community
• (Koninklijk Atheneum Vilvoorde)

• Provincial administration

• Municipality administration

Privately run schools

• All other organisation bodies

• 99 gt roman catholic

• 1 gt Jewish, free-thinking or
• so-called method schools

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Until 1988

• For the whole of the education in Flanders

• Minister issuer of the rules

For National/Community Education

• Minister also the real boss

• Appoints the teachers

• Promotes teachers to headmasters

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1988

• Community education

• Own structure

• Own organising body autonomous council

• Central board competent in the whole
• of Flanders

• Local Councils some competences in
• one or several schools

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2000
588 SCHOOL COUNCILS
28 SCHOOL GROUPS
1 CENTRAL COUNCIL
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SCHOOL COUNCILS

• Each school

• No longer power of decision

• Only an advisory power

• Democratically elected every 4 years

• 8 Members

• 3 elected by and amongst the parents of the
  pupils of the school

• 3 elected by and amongst the staff members of
  the school

• 2 co-opted from social/economic/cultural
  environment

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SCHOOL GROUPS

• All the competences held until then by the
  local council

• A lot of competences held until then by the
  central council

• Managed by a board of 9 people elected every
  four years

• 6 by the members of the school councils

• 3 co-opted from social/economic/cultural
  environment

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CENTRAL COUNCIL

• Co-ordination matters

• Repartition of funds among the different school
  groups

• Permission to create new educational subjects

• Draw up study plans

• Buying or selling property

• Elected by the members of the Boards of the
  school groups

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• The organising body of Community education

• Elected democratically from the base

• Base parents and staff members

This is not the case in the other educational
networks
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• General director

• Appointed by the Board

• Daily management of the school group

• Practical competences decided by the Board

School group Midden-Brabant

• A lot of competences by the board

• Most of the competences of College of School
  Heads

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Principal competences of the Board

• Programming of educational subjects

• Permanent appointment of staff members

• Appointment of school heads

• Appointment of the general director

• Disciplinary measures regarding staff members

• Allowance of funds to the schools

• Approval af accounts and budget

• Suggestions for new buildings

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Principal competences of the College of School
Heads

• Management of staff members careers

• Handling appeal against disciplinary measures
  regarding students

• Proposing management personnel to the Board

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Principal competences of the General Director

• Drawing up the budget

• Management of contractual staff

• Small infrastructure works

• Student transportation

• Tasks delegated by the Board

• Tasks delegated by the College

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Principal competences of the head of the school

• General and educational organisation of the
  school

• Appointment of temporary
• HR-management staff

• Drawing of the school regulations

• Drawing of the school strategic plan

• Staff function description

• Staff evaluation

• Proposing permanent appointment of staff

• Disciplinary measures regarding students