SOCRATES Comenius 1 School Partnership Project

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SOCRATES Comenius 1 School Partnership Project

• Quality Assurance through the synergy of
  internal and external evaluation

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Partners from Lithuania
2006-10-11 ZAPYKIS
2006-03-18
Versta 2005 m.
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View from the plane
Gothic Church of 16th century
Subdistrict
Zapykis Basic School
Zapykis church
Most beautiful homestead in Kaunas region
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Zapykis Basic School
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History

• 1677 there was already School in Zapyskis.
• 1819 there was an Elementary School.
• 1865 there was established Primary School.
• 1934 there was a wooden School building.
• 1940 two schools in Zapyskis Lithuanian and
  Jewish.
• 1967 a new brick school building.
• 2003 renovation of school building, another
  building was arranged for educational work.
• 2006 new Rooms are being arranged on the second
  floor of the school.

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Vision

• A school of joy a student is a master
  whereas a teacher is his/her assistant providing
  any kind of help. The school is envisioned as a
  modern educational institution, constantly
  developing, open to positive changes,
  implementing humanitarian values in a democratic
  society and initiating constructive changes to
  society.

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Mission Statement

• Our purpose is to raise an independent, critical
  and creative person who is capable of interacting
  well in a dynamic environment and able to cherish
  national and human values
• To develop a basis for expressing national
  mentality
• To prepare a citizen for an open society
• To lay the foundations for a well-informed and
  knowledgeable society
• To raise personalities capable of cherishing
  human values.

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The Structure of the School

• Primary 1 - 4 forms (aged 7-10), 6 sets
• Basic 5 -10 forms (aged 11-16),10 sets.
• Number of teachers 34
• Number of students 278

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The Community of the School

• The community of the school consists
  of the high quality management team, competitive
  teachers and hard working administrative staff.
  It also includes creative pupils as well as their
  parents who contribute to the process of pupils
  education.
• Priorities of the community
• Internal and external evaluation and balance of
  qualitative change.
• Improvement of the working atmosphere at school.
• Systematic arranging of classrooms.

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Zapyskis Community
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Institutions of Self-government

• School board
• Board of teachers
• Methodological groups
• Pupils board
• Group of strategic planning
• Group of internal audit
• Initiative group of changes Round table

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Project (1)

• 1996 Usage of the computer is a way to
  improve the teaching process

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Project (2)

• 1999 Teachers New Technologies -
  Advancement

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Project (3)

• 1999 The library is the prompter of
  creative work of the students and the teachers
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Project (4)

• 1999 The reading room having a TV and the
  Internet is the source of youth creative work

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Project (5)

• 2000 The School is the centre of studying
  English and effective usage of the Internet

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Project (6)

• 2000 The centre of students learning and
  spending leasure time using Lego Dacta

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Project (7)

• 2001
• The Schools library is a modern center of
  information and creation

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Project (8)

• 2001 The information about NATO and
  security to the schools community

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Project (9)

• 2001 The optimisation of the Internet

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Project (10)

• 2001 The Laptop for the teachers

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Project (11)

• 2001
• The first book of Zapyskis students creative
  works

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Project (12)

• 2002 Theraphy of poetry and English language
  studying are a way leading to happiness

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Project (13)

• 2003
• Tourism for us, we for tourism.

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2003 Tourism for us, we for tourism.
Project (14)
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Project (15)

• 2003 Zapyskis youths healthy life is an
  example to everybody

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Project (16)

• 2004 The creation of Zapyskis Information
  System

www.zapyskis.lt
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Project (17)

• 2005
• Children, lets dance together

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Project work
2005 Lessons of kindness and joy of
Zapyskis young people through the music of
guitars and poetry
Project (18)
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Project (19)
2005 The prophylaxis of Zapyskis
childrens backbone and poise problems
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Project (20)

• 2006 2008 Usage of the Information
  Technologies in 7-8 forms

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Project (21)

• 2006-2007
• Quality Assurance through the synergy of
  internal and external evaluation

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• Interesting, unique, actual,
• various experiments have been carried out in our
  school since 1989
• 5 days working week
• 45-minute-length lesson
• Alternative teaching
• 10 point mark assessment system was introduced in
  our school in 1991.

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• Since 1995 a number of national
• conferences
• have been organized
• The perspective of the school and its
  cooperation with institutions of professional
  education
• The role of the school in the teachers
  professional development

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• Since 1996 the school was computerized (there
  were 5 computers, now we have 35 computers).
• Since 1999 the Internet was set, the students and
  the teachers can use it for free.
• From September 2006 the school takes part in the
  international SOCRATES Comenius -1 School
  Partnership School Development Project.

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• Zapyskis Basic School Invites You toVisit
• the Information Centre with 2 well-equipped
  computer classrooms, a conference-sport hall, a
  computerized library and an Internet reading
  room. 30 computer work-stations are available.
  You can also find a collection of educational
  publications, fiction and videotapes.

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• A Museum-reading-room with a large variety of
  material on the schools history photos, awards,
  information of famous people, a chronicle of the
  school, the schools coat-of arms.
• A National Club where information on Lithuanian
  traditions and customs, culture and way of life
  has been collected since 1987. There are also
  many publications, photos, papers and projects
  about Lithuanian regions and rural life made by
  the schools teachers and students.

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Wish to see you soon!
zapyskiopm_at_zapyskis.lm.lt
www.zapyskis.lm.lt