Tallinn Education DepartmentMeelis Kond

Director for Educational Services

Educational Institutions of Tallinn CityEducational Institutions of Tallinn City

Tallinn City Government

Education Department

General educationschools

81Vocational school

151 600 students

Preschool childcareinstitutions

122

16 700 children

Hobby schools10

9 700 students

Financial management of educationFinancial management of education

• State: Teachers’ salaries and textbooks of general education schools

• Local government:Operation costs of general education schools, pre-schools and hobby schools

Tallinn Education Department: mission and vision

Tallinn Education Department: mission and vision

Mission:Keeping a learner in mind, let’s develop the best, contemporary and diverse learning environment

Vision:To be a professional developer of the high quality educational environment

Main tasksMain tasks

• Management of educational policy issues in Tallinn• Advising of parents, students and schools• Creating conditions for the development of elementary,

primary, secondary and hobby education programmesin the subordinate institutions

• Planning and managing the network of educational institutions, shaping its directions, making proposals to municipal government for founding, restructuring and disbanding the institutions

• Planning construction and renovation, including major renovation projects

Main tasksMain tasks

• Budgeting educational expenses for the year and confirming budgets for subordinate institutions

• Financial and statistical reporting and analysis in the area of education in Tallinn

• Inspection of municipal educational institutions

• Coordinating the information technology development of educational institutions

• Developing and coordinating international cooperation in the field of education

• Maintaining educational databases

Students in Tallinn schoolsStudents in Tallinn schools

Number of students in schools

2000 20012002

20032004

45000

50000

55000

60000

65000

Number ofstudents

60244 58781 56503 54137 51600

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Children in Tallinn pre-schoolsChildren in Tallinn pre-schools

Number of children in Tallinn pre-schools

20032004

20022000 2001

12000

14000

16000

18000

Number ofchildren

14497 14722 15248 15765 16700

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Educational networkEducational network

• Educational Network Plan for the years 2003–2012

• Ensuring for every child and student a study place taking into account his/her needs and abilities, efficiency in planning and managing the resources

• Developing the counseling activities for the students and children with their (special) needs

• Valuing health promotion in the children and youth lives• Broadening the opportunities of the hobby education

Learning environmentLearning environment

• Contemporary learning facilities and learning environment

Quality of learning environmentQuality of learning environment

• Participation in the prevention, health promotion, environmentalprotection and European integration projects:

“Drug prevention in Tallinn general education schools” 2001-2003“Smoke-free Class Competition” since 2002“European Environmental School Agenda” with Spain and ItalyEnvironmental project “Aiatuulik” for Tallinn pre-schools

with Netherlands 2004-2008

Network project “Young People – from Exclusion to Inclusion” 2003-2005with Sweden, Finland, Germany, Denmark, Lithuania, Slovenia, Cyprus

Police and education project “Act Normal” for 9-10 years old children

Quality of learning environmentQuality of learning environment

• Cooperation with schools’ social pedagogues, health workers and psychologists to ensure the implementation of school attendance obligation of the students and prevent the drop out

• Training for the school’s health-teams, who plan and implement prevention work and develop health promotion at school level

• The schools accessibility to different support systems, support groups and behavior models: peer-student movement (T.O.R.E), network of health promoting schools, psychological aid, models for the behavior in the risk situations, cooperation with NGO’s and other interest groups

Quality of learning environmentQuality of learning environment

• Supply the schools with different ICT means, promoting the ICT usage in the lessons and developing e-school project

• Supporting student’s educational, cultural and sport events• Providing the second chance for the students

(Tallinna Kopli Ametikool - vocational school)• Developing the partnership between the school and parents• Commission of under age young people organises crime

prevention work in the city. Tallinn Education Department coordinates these commissions work of all city districts.

Quality of ManagementQuality of Management

• Yearly evaluation of school headmasters on the basis of standard criteria (based on the Balance Scorecardmodel)

• promotion of the development of the internal evaluation of the educational institutions

• Raising the importance of using result indicators in the school management

• Quality Awards of Tallinn educational institutions since 2002:

“Good Management”, “Good Learning Environment”,“Good Extra-Curricular Programmes”, “Good Teacher”

Cooperation with School HeadmastersCooperation with School Headmasters

• Co-operation agreement between the Association of Tallinn School Headmasters and Tallinn Education Department

• Negotiations with the Associations on the education policy issues, and discussions regarding important decisions

ContactsContacts

Tallinn Education DepartmentVabaduse square 10a

Tallinn 10146 Tel +372 6404590

homepage: www.haridus.ee