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The Teacher Training Centre “Grigore Tabacaru” Bacau is an institution permanently concerned with increasing the quality of continuing professional development, in such a way that our beneficiaries, the teaching staff, should evolve perpetually, in order to implement a “knowledge-based” society in our country as well. The Publishing House Founded in June 2004, it has published more than 130 works, written by the teaching staff in the county, so far. The books have a diversified content: psycho - pedagogy, curricular auxiliaries for the preuniversitary level of education, methodical counseling, collections of problems and tests for secondary school and high school leaving examinations |
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In-training courses accredited by CCD since 2004 (in chronological order):
Accredited in-training courses organized by CCD in partnership
Other 90 courses approved by the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Research structured into 6 sections: curriculum, management, evaluation, educational strategies, personal development, methodical counseling. |
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It offers to the teaching staff the possibility to get informed and to document themselves, with the help of 26 performant computers, connected to the Internet, as well as by having access to the equipment needed for techno-edition and multiplication. Demonstrations of educational soft are organized there, as well as courses for using new informational and communicational technologies in teaching. |
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This centre is located inside The Teachers Training Centre Bacău and it is coordinated by teacher Lucica Ciuperca from National College "Ferdinand I" Bacau. Here, students and volunteer teachers administer a wide range of educational activities in the field of active citizenship. Objectives: Coordination of the activities in the field of civic education, according to the Agreement between the Ministry of Education, the USA Embassy in Bucharest and the Association for Civic Education, Institute of Training and Development – Amhers Massachussets SUA; Writing and publishing school books for students and teacher’s guides; Free distribution of specialty books, training for the teaching staff in Bacau county and the surrounding counties: Suceava, Iaşi, Neamţ, Vaslui Projects: Many projects, financed by The USA Embassy and by the European Union have been implemented, or are still in development in this centre: “Civic education-curriculum – teachers training”, “Education for active citizenship in Europe”, “Student government”, “Europe’s Ambassadors”, “Consolidating school communities through civic education”
Special events: On April 4, 2008, Mrs Lucica Ciuperca and students Mihaela Dumitrache, Milena Gora and Laura Scurtu, volunteers at The Centre for Civic Education, have participated to a meeting with Mrs Laura Bush, and other Officials from the USA Embassy to Bucharest. The main theme was the presentation of student's project on civic education.
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Having a collection of over 33000 volumes, mainly form the psycho-pedagogical sphere, the library provides reference material and information for the teaching staff in the county. It includes a book deposit, the loan hall and The American Corner Bacău – inaugurated on the 12th of April 2006, through a partnership with the USA Embassy. |
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This is a resource centre, providing information and materials about US culture and civilization as well as about the problems of the contemporary society. In the same time, it is a platform for the development of activities and debates on cultural, educational and social issues. It offers a collection of 1200 printed materials and 200 e-documents, covering fields like: literature, art, history, geography, social and political science, teaching and learning English etc. the technical endowment of the centre is impressive: 4 computers – connected to the Internet, black and white printer, color printer, scanner, Xerox, TV-set, VHS, DVD, stereo system, video projector, digital camera and digital video camera. Distinguish guests: Mrs Stephanie Holmes (USA Embassy Vice-consul - "One Year Anniversary for American Corner Bacau"), Mrs Heather Steil (USA Embassy Vice-consul - "Remembering 9/11: the day the world changed. Five years after"), Ms Julia Greenblat (USA Embassy Vice-consul - "Black History Month"), Mrs Yvonne Davis (PR and Marketing Expert - "The influence and empowerment of women in modern society: models and challenges"), Dr. Lou Ann Lange (University Clarkson, Postdam, New York - "Talk about the Cold War"), Mr Jeffrey Rosen (General Counselor at National Council for Persons with Disabilities, Washinton - "Creating opportunities for social inclusion of people with disabilities"), Dr. Norbert Hill, Jr. (Fulbright Grantee - "Native Americans – History and Culture"), Dr. Mehdian Seyed (Michigan-Flint University, Fulbright Grantee - "The American Financial System"), Andrew Reilly (actor, director, writer, Fulbright Grantee - " Language Learning through Drama") See complete list of events: http://www.usembassy.ro/american_corners/Bacau/Events.html |
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Commodities: 8 computers, printer, Xerox, scanner, video camera, digital photo camera, specialty books.
