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The municipality on the Aries River, namely Turda, is located on the international highway E60, between the towns of Cluj and Targu Mures, at the foot of the Apuseni Mountains, and being endowed by nature with attractive surroundings, such as: The Aries Valley, Turda’s Gorges, The Salt Lakes, The Salt Mine. In a quiet district named Turda Noua, located in the North – Western part of this locality, next to a beautiful natural park it is located the Technical College, ready at any time to welcome the guests. During 1921-1922 the Glass Factory was built in Turda. Due to the fact that in this factory mainly foreign experts were working , it was necessary to set up a school in order to teach our people to work in the domain of glass-manufacturing. Therefore the school for glass- manufacturing apprentices was founded in 1936, which functioned without a didactic status during the first school year in a building ,on the factory premises. In 1948, the year of the Education Reform, the Ministry of Light Industry builds up the “Professional and Technical School Centre Turda” .Founded in the year 1948 and having had different names, The Turda Technical College is well-known not only due to a fifty–three year-existence, but mainly due to the distinct position which holds in the municipality’s social – cultural landscape, since it is the only educational institution with such a profile.

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Short History of The Technical College Turda

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Short History of The Technical College Turda

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Respecting its period of existence but viewing reality through the eyes of truth, we must point out that the school we are presenting has ceased to be an „experimental” one, becoming a long time ago an „experienced” one, being ready at whatever time to compete with similar schools. The interest in the Technical College from Turda has outrun the municipality’s perimeter, the pupils coming from the whole territory of the Turda–Aries–Valea Ierii area. Their orientation towards this college is explainable both due to the wide range of professions, attractive and accessible both for boys and for girls (a list of the professions, profiles, handicrafts is to be found below), but also due to the rich, modern basis and also because of the competitive human staff. The institution has qualified teaching staff, which covers all the sectors and domains of activity.

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Mechatronics (bilingual English-Romanian) CAD Technician ( Auto– CAD) Technician Clothes Designer Technician in Administration Technician in Economics Activities Technician Laboratory Chemist Technician in Financial and Commercial Activities Electronics-Automations Electro technics Chemistry and Environmental Protection

School Profile

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School Profile

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When speaking about the management of the school we speak about an Administration Board having six members as teachers, the mayor’s representative , three persons local council representatives, a parent and a student. Also, there is a council for the curriculum that consists of the Chiefs of Curricular Areas and Boards from school. The council decides through an action plan the activities which must be done for the well development of the teaching process. In our school there are the following Curricular Areas: Language and Communication, Mathematics and Science, Man and Society, Sports and Arts,

• Technologies. The Methodological Boards are: Romanian and Modern

Languages , Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Social Sciences and Religion, Mechanics and Mechatronics, Electronics , Electrotechnics, Clothes Design, Chemistry and Environmental Protection and the Head-teachers Board. The school is run by a Headmaster and a Deputy Headmaster.

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Ma Manageme agement- Head- ead- ma master ster, Bo Boar ards The silver medal at the International Olympics

• f the Environment Project—Turkey, Istanbul

Mentiune (5th place) for International Olympics, Mechatronics 2012 in Germany

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HEA EADM DMASTER STER Mateescu A. Dumitru.-Mathematics Teacher., Titular teacher, by competition at The National College “Mihai Viteazul”, headmaster at Technical College Turda.

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The Board on Quality Obtaining long term quality on the development of the curriculum of vocational and technical school requires a careful planning and

• rganization which is being done according to the eight principles of

quality. The members of the management elaborate on the mission, vision and values and are models of a culture of excellence. At the level of The Technical College Turda a Board of Ensuring the Quality was formed by teachers and members of the ruling team: the headmaster- Dumitru Mateescu, as responsible and coordinator of ensuring the quality and the teachers members: Oprea Daniela, Crina Dumitru, Gabriela Raita, Therefore a frame was created where the implementing of the quality ensuring instruments could be discussed , along with a functional group to supervise the taking place of the activities. This functional group is responsible for the self-evaluation process, for planning improvement and ensuring quality, for evaluating competencies. The management team and the teachers attended some training courses which were held at The Technical College Turda where information were given about the quality ensuring in education and professional training, performance indicators , principles of quality , criteria of observing the teaching and learning process. Activities Evaluation Self- evaluation exercises took place at The Technical College Turda , each teacher being given a teaching/ learning observation worksheet for self-evaluation according to the performance indicators of the quality

• principle. Discussions took place as a result of this exercise where

examples of good practice were debated , a self – evaluation report was made and an improvement plan. This way the quality system undergoes a process of constant improvement which is part of the quality improvement strategy which was settled by the school. The recommendations regarding the quality improvement are put into practice and supervised for their efficiency.

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raders: : Mechatronics /Mechatronics Technician – Bilingual Class Technician Designer CAD Technician Clothes Designer Technician in Administration The 10 he 10th

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Graders raders: Mechatronics /Mechatronics Technician – Bilingual Class Technician Image Text Processing Operator Technician Designer CAD Technician Clothes Designer Technician in Administration The 11 he 11th

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raders: Mechatronics /Mechatronics Technician – Bilingual Class Technician Image Text Processing Operator Technician Designer CAD Technician Clothes Designer Technician in Administration Technician Laboratory Chemist

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General Aims

In pursuing this aim, the school will work with parents and the wider community to: Provide opportunities for students to acquire the knowledge, skills and experience that will enable them to adapt to a fast – changing world. Provide an environment in which students are encouraged to develop inquiring minds, to question and argue rationally and to show application to tasks both physical and intellectual Provide opportunities for students to develop skills in language and to acquire scientific and aesthetic understanding, so that they may comprehend ideas, concepts and essential problems Encourage students to develop moral values which embrace responsible personal conduct, care for

• ther people, the family and the community

Respect, understand appreciate and benefit from the diversity of race, religion and culture, and to develop their spiritual awareness Form, diversify and enhance the technical training in general and the training of speciality in particular Find the most adequate forms, methods, procedures to apply the technical–applicable potential, to educate students to recognize and value their achievements both in and out of school Make the students sensitive in appreciating and protecting the environment, and to encourage them to fight against pollution of any kind Promote the educational offer of the school Adapt the curriculum to the student’s individual needs Reintegrate the students in the process of learning Improve the assessment

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Teaching and learning activities focused on students Teaching and learning focused on students: refers to learning not to teaching; teacher’s role is to coordinate learning; she/he has the role to teach students to understand the way they learn; she/he offers learning opportunities to individuals in an environment that helps them learn best; she/he determines students to assume the responsibility of their own education. Thus the desire to stimulate changing and to reappraise teacher’s role is ascertained. So, changes occur not only referring to teacher’s role but also changes that impose a new vision regarding teaching-learning environment.  The main tendencies as part of the teacher’s role modifications are as follows:  in class teachers become more like the organizers of the teaching

• learning environment and those who facilitate the teaching-

learning processes than the information transmitters.  they have to use, among others, the information and communication technology  in class they work more like members of a teachers team responsible of the same student, and not individually joining his/ her contribution to that of the team  considering that school will function more and more as an open cooperating environment, they will no longer work solely with the institution personnel, but will have to cooperate with community members, firstly with parents and colleagues from

• ther schools and from abroad.

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 Multiple comprehension  Puzzle  Cassettes  Handworks  Texts  Support materials  Literary meetings  Orbital studies  Small groups learning  Group investigations  Individual study  Interrogation strategies  Interest centers  Interest groups  Homework  Journals Teachers will adapt the lessons in order to answer students’ needs, they will establish learning individual targets when neces- sary, they will adapt the teaching strategies to answer their own teaching styles, they will use active and differentiated teaching strategies using a variety of educational strategies and class man- agement, as:

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Euro European ean Proje Projects ts

1. EXPLORING EUROPE: BELGIUM & ROMANIA Linguistic Comenius Project http://www.ctt.ro/ comenius/index/

Our project is developed on three levels: linguistic; technical; social. The aim is to improve the students knowledge of foreign languages (English) and to get some survival knowledge of a new language (flemish and romanian) to become aware

• f the importance of

communication between different and unknown cultures. To realize the second (technical) aim we were compare in detail the technical requirements for passenges cars (safety and eviromental). For the social level we will follow a car mechanic in detail for one week during work and after work. We will specifically investigate the kind of work he/she does, work conditions, wages, job satisfaction, stress level, degree of specialization, possibilities for further education. Both schools will compare these aspects and make together a web page and a CDROM in English. The project also involves two weeks students exchange, during which the students will get to know eachother and their respective culture. We aim to do this through social cultural and educational activities which will be

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The expected impact of the project was to get know eachother, to create intercultural awarness, to create a European conscience, to prepare students for future European citizenship.

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• 2. Arion : The changing role of heads of school Hamburg,

Germany –Mateescu Dumitru

Bilat ilateral Program eral Programs “ France Roumanie – en route pour l’Europe” htt http://ctt tt.ro/ .ro/bilat ilaterale erale-2/ 2/ Part Partne ners: The Technical College Turda- Romania The Highschool Jean rondeau Saint Calais- France Taking place: in the school years 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007- 2008 The p he projec roject ob t objec jecti tives ves ( for target groups: students and teachers) Cognitive acquirements about crossing culture and European citizenship Developing attitudes about accepting cultural diversity Developing the necessary habits for living together in a multicultural society: Refusing discrimination ,intolerance, acknowledging and rejecting prejudices Promoting the European dimension of education. Stimulating attendance and proactive behaviour Developing the constituents:

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DE DEVEL ELOPM OPMENT ENT PR PROJE OJECT CTS

PH PHARE ARE Phare TVET RO 2006/ 018-147.04.01.02.01.03.01. Technical and Vocational Education and Training modernization Project The human capital development in Romania through the initial technical and vocational education and training (TVET) modernization was an important priority for the Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation in the last years. An important support to reach the modernization goals was provided by EC through pre- accession founds. Two Phare TVET multi-annual programmes (2001-2003 and 2004- 2006) were implemented in the last five years in order to continue the reform process started with the Phare VET RO 9405. The main aim of the Phare TVET projects was to ensure a system of initial vocational education and training capable to provide to young generation better chances for employment on a free European labor market, in order to contribute to the economic and social development of Romania and to create opportunities for lifelong learning. The Phare TVET 2004-2006 programme was also meant to ensure a holistic approach and to strengthen the articulation between the technical and vocational schools and higher education (HE) in the perspective of lifelong learning. TVET and HE have a key role in the process of social and economic development in Romania through the way they react and contribute to the challenges of a knowledge-based society as well as to the globalization process, in particular during the actual economic crisis. In order for the Romanian TVET and HE system to be able to play this major role, the system itself is undergoing fundamental changes.

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"PRAC PRACTICE ICE T TO LE O LEARN, RN, LEA LEARN T RN TO PRACT O PRACTICE ICE!" HRD / 60 / 2.1 / S / 20143 is a national program initiated and developed by SC EDU-TIM European Consulting LLC and co-financed from the European Social Fund Operational Programme Human Resources Development 2007 -2013. It is the first educational project dedicated to promoting internships for the pupils and the students from Romania, to acquire the necessary skills for integration into the labour market in accordance with EU directives. S.C. EDU-TIM European Consulting LLC is starting in October 2009, the beneficiary

• f the subsidy contract with the Managing Authority for the Sectoral

Operational Programme Human Resources Development Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Protection, for practical projects to learn, learn to practice !. The project was submitted to open call between 8th of July and 30th of December 2008, Priority 2, area of intervention 2.1. Contract identification number is POSDRU / 60 / 2.1 / S / 20143. The Technical College of Turda took part in this project.

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"CAREER CARAVAN” The main objective of the project is to provide flexible routes for the transition from school to working life in order to increase employability

• f 3500 future graduate students in pre-universitary education.

This will be achieved through the realization Career Caravan - flexible and mobile event designed at the school level that includes a mobile exhibition and educational seminars, support for the pupils in the final year of high school vocational schools from 42 school units. Career Caravan is visiting for 2 days each school and addresses students in order to:

• a. Inform them and raise awareness on issues related to progressive

insertion in the labour market ;

• b. the presentation of career development routes in conjunction with

the requirements and the conditions of the labour market,

• c. knowing and becoming familiar with the various institutions

involved with different roles in the labour market,

• d. increased interest in the development of the "culture" of the citizen
• f the economically active, of the employee.

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"„SKILLS FOR JOBS” " Skills for Jobs " project , developed in partnership by the County Agency for Employment Cluj, Romania Inceptus Association, aims, through the specific and personalized implemented activities, facilitating access to the labor market for students in the target group. The "Skills for Jobs' which addresses a target group consists of at least 20,000 students of classes IX th and X th and comes as a viable solution to reduce unemployment, in the context of a statistical NEA made on 31st July 2014 wihith shows that 16.70% (77 008 young people) of the total unemployed population is age group ˂ 25 and that the largest share of the total registered unemployed at the County Agency for Employment (72.48%) are the unemployed who have no education and those with primary education or secondary education.

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"„VIA—VOC OCATION, IN ION, INTEREST RESTS, SE S, SELF D LF DEV EVELOPME ELOPMENT Project objectives SC Profiles International SRL runs f a project the "VIA - vocation, interests, Self development and path to a professional success. between July 1 st, 2010 - June 30th, 2013 The project aims at providing premises for students' transition to higher levels of education or the labor market through access to information and guidance and counseling activities. Specific objectives that will contribute to the overall objective are:

• O1. Providing the tools for knowledge and self-knowledge of pupils

and students for a correct identification of educational and career

• ptions;
• O2. Development and implementation of the counselling services to

pupils and students by using modern methodologies and ICT tools for the correct educational and vocational guidance, in order to correlate more efficient their psychological profile and their career aspirations; correction of wrong choices made reorientation through counselling.

• O3. Student increased access to information to pupils and students

in order to seek accurate information about professions and professional fields sufficient knowledge of economic realities and the professional skills and rewards ; the objectives of dynamic educational and vocational routes; providing materials necessary materials for proper career guidance;

• O4. Empower pupils / students with methods and techniques / tools

that enable searching / getting a job.

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Text written by: Mateescu Dumitru Translated by Daiana Rusu

Contact

Technical College Turda

Turda Piata Basarabiei Nr. 48 Judet Cluj , Romania,

• www. ctt.ro

E-mail: coltehturda@gmail.com, dorumat@ yahoo.com

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