Within the project “Roma children and parents want to go to school!”, the Roma Education Fund (REF) Romania organized, in late October 2014, two training courses to improve the skills of 240 teaching professionals who are involved in the prevention and correction of early school leaving in the education systems of Romania’s Central, North East and South Muntenia regions.
Within the project “Roma children and parents want to go to school!”, the Roma Education Fund (REF) Romania organized, in late October 2014, two training courses to improve the skills of 240 teaching professionals who are involved in the prevention and correction of early school leaving in the education systems of Romania’s Central, North East and South Muntenia regions.
Ninety teachers of Romanian Language and Literature and Mathematics attended the first course (held from October 24-26), which aimed to train them in the development of strategies and teaching and evaluation techniques as well as methods of working with Roma students who are at risk of early school leaving. The second training course was held from October 31-November 2 for 150 teachers involved in the implementation of corrective measures to tackle early school leaving in a Second Chance program. The purpose of the course was to acquire the professional skills for counseling in adult education, to learn negotiation techniques to be applied in school-community relationships, and to adapt the teaching process to adult education as well as a focus on Romanian and European legislation on equal opportunities.
“Roma children and parents want to go to school!” (ID 132 996) is co-financed by Sectorial Operational Program Human Resources Development and runs from April 2014-August 2015. It has an integrated, dual impact, including both preventive measures (providing an integrated package of mentoring, guidance, counseling, additional educational support and subsidies for 800 Roma children in grades five to eight who are at risk of early school leaving) and corrective actions by providing a Second Chance program for 310 Roma adults.
For the original article in Romanian and a gallery of the project, click here.
