Municipal Centre for Psychopedagogical Assistance (MCPA) Bucharest, Romania

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Municipal Centre for Psychopedagogical Assistance
(MCPA) Bucharest, Romania

• 30 May 2008
• Bucharest, Romania
• www.cmbrae.ro

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MCPA s mission

• Developing skills and attitudes in students,
  parents and teachers in a relationship based on
  respect, confidence and responsibility, in order
  to increase chances for personal and professional
  success

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MCPA s objectives

• Prevention of school failure, dropout and
  juvenile deviance
• Promotion of a healthy life style and well being
• Development of interests, attitudes, personal
  qualities, making decisions skills for career
  guidance
• Personal development of students, parents and
  teachers
• Development of partnership between school-family
  and community
• Development of educational programs and projects

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Educational Network
Ministry of Education and Research
County School Inspectorate Municipal School
Inspectorate of Bucharest
Institute of Educational Sciences
County Centre for Psychopedagogical Assistance/
Municipal Centre for Psychopedagogical Assistance
Bucharest (MCPA)!!!
Teachers Training Centre
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New Educational Network
County School Inspectorate Municipal School
Inspectorate of Bucharest
Municipal Centre for Assistance and Educational
Resources
County Centre for Psychopedagogical Assistance/
Municipal Centre for Psychopedagogical Assistance
Bucharest (MCPA)!!! (167)
School Inclusion Centre and (school mediators)
Logopedic Centre (33)
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MCPA organization

• MCPA
• 1 coordinator
• 1 pedagogue, 1 sociologist, 2 psychologists, 1
  social assistant
• 1 laboratory assistant, 1 secretary
• 163 school counsellors Offices
• organized in schools / high schools with more
  than 800 students
• are grouped on 6 districts
• psychologists (44), pedagogues (46),
  sociologists (10)
• they are employed on positions such as
  teacher-psychologist/ pedagogue/ sociologist
• In the future, the tendency is to increase the
  number of offices
• 5 Departaments
• Career Guidance and Counselling Department
• Educational Projects Department
• Training  and Professional Development Department
  
• Research Department
• Social Assistance and Child Protection Department

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How to become member in MCPA?

• Compulsory conditions
• Degree in Psychology, Pedagogy (Educational
  Sciences), Sociology
• Entering in educational system Exam
• Advantages
• Master degree or PhD
• School counselling, psychological counselling
• Psycho diagnosis and psychotherapy
• Management and school administration
• Public policies and public administration (with
  focus on Information and Career Counselling)

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Short history

• 1991- The MCPA has been founded. 1psychologist, 1
  social assistant, 1 librarian
• 1995- MCPA 1 sociologist, 1 laboratory assistant
  and 1 social assistant. There were founded the
  first interschool offices (5 pedagogues, 1
  sociologist)
• 1998- In every district of Bucharest were added 4
   counselling offices each (24 offices)
• 1999- MCPA 5 specialists, 1 social assistant, 1
  laboratory assistant,  1 secretary. There were
  opened another 8 counselling  cabinets in every
  district (48 offices)
• 2000/2003- MCPA 5 specialists. In counselling
  offices work psychologists, psycho pedagogy
  specialists and sociologists (66 offices)
• 2003/2004- 67 offices, 75 specialists
• 2004/2005- 120 offices, 128 specialists
• 2005/2006- 163 offices
• 2007/2008- 167 offices

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Activities

• individual counselling / group counselling for
  students, teachers and parents
• studies (e.g. counselling services quality,
  violence prevention, childrens rights, the
  quality of teachers-students relationship,
  prevention dropout)
• training for teachers, parents, counsellors
• seminaries (e.g. emotional intelligence and
  successful career strategies for students,
  ethical code and quality standards in school
  counselling services)
• educational projects
• educational consultancy and partnership with
  tutor-teachers
• elaboration and development educational materials
  (leaflets, posters, guides, booklets, brochures)
• events

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Target groups

• students
• (from 1-st 12-th graders, vocational)
• parents
• teachers
• community

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TOP individual counselling

• Self knowledge
• Familial relationships
• Conflict management
• Aptitudes testing
• Learning motivation
• Dropout prevention
• Improvement communication
• Emotional disorders
• Psychological training for exams
• Education for healthy
• Behaviour problems
• Attention difficulties

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TOP group counselling

• Career counselling
• Emotional support
• Personal development
• Meetings with parents
• Familial relationships
• Counselling lessons
• Socialisation
• Methods for an efficient and active learning
• Learning difficulties
• School dropout
• Education for family life

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MCPA Projects (I) -as promoters or partners-

• Be the best teacher!
• Training for 240 teachers
• Financed by World Bank
• Career Dream
• Peercounselling for 1500 teenagers (from 42 High
  Schools, in 13 counties) in career counselling
  subjects
• Financed by Balkan Children and Youth Foundation,
  USAID, Centre Education 2000 (Romania)
• Is your turn to change the world!
• Training for teenagers in career counselling
  subjects
• Financed by Coca Cola Company
• Decision is mine!
• Guide in decision making for students from
  gymnasium level
• Financed by Philip Morris and British American
  Tobacco
• Comenius 2.2.C, Grundtvig 3, Arion, Youth
  Programme
• Study visit for members of MCPA (Germany, Italy,
  Malta, England, Wales)

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MCPA Projects (II) - as promoters or partners-

• Education for family life
• Training for 90 members of MCPA
• Financed by Youth for Youth Foundation
• Information and Career Counselling
• Training for members of MCPA
• Financed by World Bank
• OPEN - European model of career counselling
• Partnership with 5 countries
• Financed by European Commission (through Joint
  Action)
• Girls, Boys - all different, all equals
• Training for 50 teachers and for 50 members of
  MCPA
• Financed by Centre Partnership for Equality
• Centre for Equal Opportunities Education
• Educational resources for volunteering teachers
  to promote gender equity in the classroom
• Financed by European Commission (PHARE)

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MCPA Projects (III) - as promoters or partners-

• Start for Success
• Development of an educational and social network
  for dropout prevention
• Financed by the European Commission (PHARE)
• Team building outdoor for MCPA organization
• Training for members of MCPA for team development
• Unique experience for Romanian Educational System
• Financed by Centre Education 2000, Save the
  Children, CPE, CODECS
• Antidrugs Education
• Training for counsellors, parents, teachers,
  students
• Financed by European Commission (PHARE), Save the
  Children
• School for all- Access to education of
  disadvantaged groups- focus on Rroma people
• School counseling for disadvantaged categories,
  Rroma students and families
• Training for teachers and all team from school
• Financed by European Commission (PHARE)

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MCPA Projects (IV) - as promoters or partners-

• Distance Counselling through telephone and
  Internet
• Training for school counsellors
• Financed by the European Commission (Leonardo da
  Vinci) and Institute of Educational Sciences
• Development of social services for disadvantaged
  categories
• Financed by European Commission (PHARE), Save the
  Children
• School counseling and social assistance for
  disadvantaged categories, Rroma students and
  families
• Parents School (1), Parents School (2)
• 1. Training for school counsellors,
  teachers and parents
• Financed by the Partnership and
  Equality Center, Soros Open Network
• 2. Unfinanced, developed by MCPA and School
  Inspectorate
• Be European! Involve yourself in the community
  issues
• Financed by European Commission (PHARE)
• Civic education- Training for teachers, students
  and educational resources

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MCPA Projects (V) - as promoters or partners-

• ACADEMIA
• Mobilities for school counsellors
• Financed by the European Commission (Leonardo da
  Vinci) and Institute of Educational Sciences
• ICT Skills for guidance counsellors
• A survey of practitioners trening needs in ICT
• Training for school counsellors and
  cmap_bucuresti_at_yahoo.groups.com
• Financed by the European Commission (Leonardo da
  Vinci) and Institute of Educational Sciences
• Comenius 1
• Comenius 2.2.C
• Arion
• Grundtvig 2
• Grundtvig 3
• Erasmus
• Youth

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Values of MCPA

• Initiative
• Involvement
• Creativity
• Cooperation
• Competence
• Respect
• Commitment

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Success!