10.00

Opening of the conference for the launch of the “Professional training of teachers in the pre-university education system for new opportunities of career development” project

10.00 – 10.15

Opening speech – Tiberiu Velter, Director, the Management Unit for Projects with Foreign Funding – Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport

10.15 – 10.30

Speech of Mister Andrei Kiraly, Secretary of State, Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport

10.30 – 10.45

Speech of Mrs. Ecaterina Andronescu, Rector, Polytechnic University Bucharest

10.45 – 11.15

Presentation of the “Professional training of teachers in the pre-university education system for new opportunities of career development” project Context, objectives, implementation - Cristina Ghiţulică, Project Manager

11.15 – 11.45

Coffee break

11.45 – 12.00

Implementation of the professional conversion programs in the Project for Rural Education at the Cluj-based Babeş - Bolyai University – Professor PhD. Adrian Opre

12.00 – 12.15

Concrete advantages of the professional conversion programs – Prof. Sorin Ştefan Iovan, Director Ariceştii Zeletin School, beneficiary of one of the professional conversion programs in the Project for Rural Education

12.15 – 12.30

Professional conversion programs – modern instrument for continuous training of teachers in the pre-university education system – Laura Şerbănescu, Director, The Continuous Education Department, Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport

12.30 – 12.45

Evolution of distance education and the ever-changing role of teachers in the digital era – Claudio Dondi, Chairman, Foundation for Quality in eLearning – EFQUEL

12.45 – 13 .00

AEL – Platform of teaching/learning and management of the educational content – Alexandra Oprea, Senior Technical Support Engineer, SIVECO Romania

13.00 – 13.30

Distance education – opportunity for continuous training of teachers – Prof.PhD.Eng. Iordan Petrescu, Expert in Distance Education (DE)

13.30 – 14 .30

Lunch

15.00 – 17.00

Work sessions

Work session 1

Implementation of university programs for training in distance education technology

Moderators

•      Iordan Petrescu – Expert DE

•      Gheorghe Dinu – Expert platform DE

•      Alexandra Oprea - Senior Technical Support Engineer

Participants: specialized coordinators in the project from partner universities

Work session 2 – Professional conversion programs. Curricula benchmarks.

Moderators

•      Laura Şerbănescu - Director, The Continuous Education Department, Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport

•      Nicoleta Liţoiu – Expert DE

Participanţi: inspectors of continuous training and development in County School Inspectorates and Bucharest School Inspectorate

Work session 3 –Administrative and financial implementation of the project

Moderators

•      Alina Sava – Financial Officer

•      Cristina Icociu – Legal Adviser

Participants: members of the implementation teams of partners in the project

17.00 – 17.30

Coffee break

17.30 – 18.30

Discussion and conclusions (activities on work sessions)