Meldal Upper Secondary School

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Meldal Upper Secondary School

• Meldal videregående skole

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Meldal videregående skoleMeldal Upper Secondary
school

• It all started in 1946 when Meldal vocational
  school was established with two classes in
  mechanical engineering.
• The schools name has been changed into Meldal
  upper secondary school for vocational courses and
  today there are approximately 310 students here.

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• How the school is organized

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Principal

• Nils Slupphaug
• in charge of finance and accounts and the
  schools budget
• strategy for development

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Assistant principal

• Øyvind Togstad
• in charge of the day to day running of the school
  and for all personnel matters
• staff and janitors
• buildings and maintenance
• equipment and materials
• service functions
• pedagogical staff/teachers

• organization of the pedagogical work at our
  school
• team work and organization
• Health and safety at work
• Exams /final tests
• Information technology/computer skills/computer
  systems

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Leader of pedagogical work and development

• Ronny Engan
• Responsible for
• stay in touch with the local community and local
  businesses to make deals about the buying and
  selling of goods and services
• mutual agreements with external firms (work
  placement periods for the students for example)
• stay in contact with universities and schools for
  further studies
• keep in touch with social services to offer
  courses and schooling for adults

• initiate, coordinate and follow up pedagogical
  projects and new thinking within the different
  team structures
• initiate projects concerning the whole school
  such as OD (Norwegian students work one day and
  give the money to young people in need of
  schooling and education worldwide)
• coordinate the pedagogical work within the
  general subjects such as Norwegian, English,
  maths and social studies

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Staff coordinator Counsellor Student Service

• Staff coordinator Asveig Steen
• Service team
• information desk
• Cleaning
• the school cantine
• study center/library/computer room
• Counsellor Anne S Engstrøm
• keep in touch and cooperate with secondary
  schools
• organize stays for visiting students
• open day at school

• Student services
• Team for teaching students with special needs
• Public health nurse/home visiting nurse
• Assistants
• Apprentices

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Team Units

• Programme for restaurant and food processing/
  Programme for health and social studies
• Programme for technical and industrial production
• Programme for electricity and electronics
• Programme for media and communication
• Programme for building and construction
• Programme for design and trade
• The teaching of students with special needs

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Leadership

• The schools principal gives the framework
  conditions and gives pedagogical guidelines for
  the pedagogical work and the teaching going on in
  the classrooms.
• The team is led by a leader who must coordinate
  the teams work and is also in charge of
  initiating processes of development.
• Each team is responsible for the teaching of
  their students and for evaluation of the work
  being done.
• The principal asks for results and evaluates the
  teaching by having conversations with the form
  representative.

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Cooperation with local businesses

• Meldal upper secondary school is a member of
  Orkladal Næringsforening (ON).
• ON has information on possible apprenticeship
  positions in the region
• ON helps the school to get in touch with the
  firms/businesses
• ON has a seat in the schools board which
  programmes of education are to be offered?
• there is a trade fair where students of secondary
  schools can get information on local businesses
  and work life and the possibilities for work in
  the future

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Cooperation with local businesses

• Meldal upper secondary school initiated Midtnorsk
  Opplæring (MNO)
• MNO apprenticeship positions
• MNO signs apprenticeship contracts
• MNO follows up on the apprentices during the work
  period
• MNO buying services from Meldal Upper Secondary
  School if a person lacks sufficient theoretical
  background for example

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Cooperation with local businesses

• Others
• Prosjekt til fordypning (a subject in the
  different lines of study in which students can
  learn more about types of jobs they can get after
  schooling is over).
• This means work practice/placement/visiting
  students.
  Written documentation of what
  has been done is very important
• local firms contribute and share their skills and
  knowledge
• local contractors doing work on the school
  premises draw the students into their work
• there are mutual agreements between the school
  and the local contractors specific agreements
  are signed when one of the parts need work done
• several of the schools teachers are external
  examiners at apprenticeship examinations
• this help teachers keep themselves updated