Status 1 - General description of the learning centreGymnázium dr. A. Hrdličky,
Humpolec, Komenského 147, General description of the
learning centre - and its rooms Special classrooms : 15 Classrooms:
3 Library area :
1 library room, 2 PC rooms, 1
video editing room, 1 study room +
10 special departments (English,
Czech, Math, Physics, Chemistry,
Biology, German, Arts, Geography/History, P.E.) Status
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Denmark In
Therefore
all three schools and PCA have worked out individual status papers: Co-ordinator
Gert Larsen, gert.larsen@skolekom.dk Status
Birkelundskolen – AlbertslundCo-ordinator
Birgit Nielsen, birgit.nielsen3@skolekom.dk Status
Egelundskolen, AlbertslundCo-ordinator
Per Fredberg,
per.fredberg@skolekom.dk
Status
Holsbjergskolen – AlbertslundCo-ordinator
Stig Mondahl, stig.mondahl@skolekom.dk
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Collections
The Educational Learning Centre of Holsbjergskolen in
At the moment we have the following collections to
support 600 students and 75 staff members:
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The
use of the learning centre
The learning centre is an “anthill” of
students and teachers almost every day. Students (6-16 years) come to borrow books for their
spare time reading or because they seek information for their
projects in class. Teachers come to get help preparing their lessons or
to ask the staff´s help to order class-sets of materials from the
local pedagogic centre (PCA), the The learning centre also
offers cultural activities for classes or the whole school. The
staff provides brochures or contacts with museums, cinemas,
theatres, authors and others if/when a class wants to get out of
the school as a part of a project. As part of a
school with more than 35% of students with another ethnic
background than Danish, the learning centre provides materials in Turkish for the students´
spare time reading. The staff also work closely together with
specially trained teachers who are responsible for the teaching of
dyslectic, bilingual and disabled students, and on demand we
supply them with teaching materials. |
Staff
In the
learning centre work 6 person: 4 in the school library and 2 in
the ICT-area. They are all educated school teachers, 2 are
specially trained school librarians and the ICT-staff is specially
skilled in their field. All 6 persons have several lessons of
“normal” teaching, too. The roles of the staff are varied:
The learning
centre is open every school day from There is always a school librarian present and often
ICT-staff, too. |
Resources
The budget
for purchasing learning materials
is divided in two:
Budget
2003: approx. 19.000 Euro. This
budget is mostly used to purchase new teaching materials: books,
videos, ICT-equipment and sometimes for example new furniture
Budget
2003: approx. 4900 Euro. This
budget is mostly used to purchase new multimedia-equipment and
“software” of all kinds: repairs (ICT, multimedia equipment),
but also bills, subscriptions and much more. Total
budget for learning materials and equipment of the school 2003:
approx. 65.000 Euro. |
The
Vision
In December 2001 all learning centres in Albertslund
took part in a seminar to discuss and decide on the visions of the
learning centres for the years to come. The vision of the learning centre of Holsbjergskolen
is as follows: “ In 3 years the pedagogic learning centre, by virtue of its varied qualifications, is a natural sparring partner for the teachers´ planning of lessons and projects”. This means that
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how to use
the school library -
how to
teach/learn with multimedia equipment -
how to
teach/learn with ICT -
how to
support and develop the students´ reading-skills The first steps will be taken to start a pedagogic
debate about how we decide to buy learning materials in the
future. |
Status
1 - General Description of The Learning Centre
Centre Name & Contact Details
Clare Education Centre
Government Offices, Kilrush Road,
Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland.
Phone: +353 65 6845500
Fax: +353 65 6842930
www.clare-education-centre.ie
email:director@clare-education-centre.ie
Clare
Education Centre, situated in Ennis1,
Clare
Education Centre offers the following facilities to its staff and
advisors:
·
General
Administrative Offices
·
1
No. Seminar Room
·
1
No. ICT Training Room with 20 networked PCs
o
Data
projectors
o
Overhead
Projectors
o
Slide
Projectors
o
Laptop
Computers (Networked)
o
Desktop
Computers (Networked)
o
Inkjet
Printers (Black)
o
Inkjet
Printers (Colour)
o
Laser
Printers (Black)
o
Laser
Printers (Colour)
o
Interactive
Whiteboard
o
Digital
Cameras
o
Digital
Video Camera
·
4
No. Training Rooms
·
3
No. Research Rooms (Advisors etc.)
- 1 No. Library4 (see Collections
hereunder)
·
Broadband
Internet Access
·
Colour
Copying facilities (Colour & Black & White)
- Lamination
- Document Binding
1Ennis
(Population of approx 25,000) is the administrative centre and capital
town of
2
Education Act 1998 is the legal act of parliament governing
the Irish Education system
3Clare
Education Centre is legally identified as a body corporate and is also a
registered limited company.
4Clare
Education Centre regards “Library” as an area of current weakness
with great potential for development during the lifetime of the
GrandSlam project.
Collections
Clare
Education Centre Library has a collections of o
Books o
Journals o
Video o
Audio o
Educational
Software (including CD ROMs) Clare Education Centre regards the
management and utilisation of its library facilities as
a weakness to be addressed during the lifetime of the GrandSlam
project. |
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The Use of The Learning Centre
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The Use of The Learning Centre
Local
Services Required by the Department of Education & Science ·
Clare Education Centre provides “services” to
120+ primary schools (pupils aged 04+ to 12+ years) and 20
post-primary schools (pupils aged 12+ to 18+ years) in Clare. It
provides services to 1000+ teachers. ·
Clare Education Centre organises and manages, in Co.
Clare, all the in-service requirements of the Department of
Education & Science. The Centre provides compulsory
in-service training for all primary teachers and selected
post-primary teachers subject teachers. Funding is providced by the Department of Education and Science. ·
In addition to curricular
subject training, in both content and methodology, Clare
Education Centre provides significant support for Teacher
training in ICT skills. It is currently concentrating on the
integration of the ICT into the curriculum through the
development of coursework modules using ICT National Services Required by the Department of Education & Science ·
Clare Education Centre is Clare
Education Centre also
provides courses known as ”Locally Identified Needs”.
These are training courses identified, designed, organised
and taught locally. Funding is providced by the Department of
Education & Science. A
successfull ”Locally Identified Needs” Course is ”Write-a-Book”
with 1000 participant pupils. Clare
Education Centre regards these as areas of strength. Other Education Services ·
Clare Education Centre works
co-operatively with other local agencies such as o
National University of
Ireland Galway: graduate B.A. programme (night course) for
adults o
National University of
Ireland Galway: various diploma (night course) awards for adults o
Clare Co. Council, Clare Co.
Library & Clare Museum. (Educational experiences for
Teachers). o
Management authorities of
schools (generally Trustees of different religious
denominations) o
Local Industry
(Educational experiences for Teachers & Pupils). o
Traditional Irish Music
Experiences for Teachers and Pupils Clare Education Centre regards these as areas of
strength. Other Activities Clare Education Centre supports the following
groups
Clare Education Centre regards these as
areas of strength.
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Staff
The
following personnel provide services and facilitate teachers and
schools from Clare Education Centre: ·
Director
(University Post-graduate) ·
Educational
Psychologist (University Post-graduate) ·
ICT
Advisor (University Post-graduate) ·
Visiting
Teacher for Travellers (University Post-graduate) ·
2
Regional Co-ordinators for School Development Planning
(University Post-graduates) ·
Development
Officer for National Council for Curriculum & Assessment
(University Post-graduate) ·
Programme
Administrator (University Post-graduate) ·
Administrative
Staff (varying qualifications)
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Resources
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Other
Resources
Clare
Education Centre is currently training local teachers in the
design and use of own coursework materials Clare
Education Centre regards these as areas of potential to be
addressed during the lifetime of the GrandSlam project. Clare
Education Centre uses the resources of the following agencies ·
·
·
ICT
facilities of local schools Clare
Education Centre is currently in discussion with the following
agencies: ·
National
Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE) & Ultralabs (UK)
for the development of educational resources for teachers ·
·
Clare
Co. Library for the development of a school library support ·
“Riches
of Clare” - Clare
Education Centre regards these as areas of potential to be
addressed during the lifetime of the GrandSlam project. Clare
Education Centre has published the following books for the
education and general market: ·
School
2000 ·
Negligence
and the Teacher ·
A
User’s Guide to the Education Act ·
The
United Irishmen in ·
School
Leadership – A Profile ·
Misneach
- A Programme for First Time Principals ·
A
Framework for the Professional Development of ·
The
Secondment of Teacher Clare
Education Centre regards these publications as an area of
strength. |
Status 1 - General description of the learning centre
Public Institution Alytus Youth center
Tvirtoves st.3
LT-4580 Alytus
Tel.:+370 315 25915
Fax.: +370 315 25918
Directress
Alytus
Youth Center is supported by the municipality of Alytus, a town to the
west of the capital,
More than 1500 students attend
Evaluation - “Status 1” document from the Norwegian
GrandSLAM partner
In
The two schools and
Pedagogisk Senter Karmøy have worked out individual status papers.
Pedagogisk Senter Karmøy
| GrandSlam Status Norway -
Pedagogisk Senter Karmøy |
Collections
Pedagogisk Senter Karmøy (PSK) houses a collection of
materials, technical equipment, multimedia equipment and other
teaching materials. Teaching materials are purchased with a view
to short term loan and are made available to teachers in the
municipality. PSK regularly receives/buys new materials from
publishers.
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The use of the
learning centre
There are approx. 37 000 inhabitants in the municipality, 6000 pupils in
the age group 6-16 and about 600 teachers in its 29 primary and
lower-secondary schools. The smallest school has six pupils, the
largest over 400.
Pedagogisk
Senter is a regional learning and advisory centre and a part of
the Department of Education and Culture of the Within
each school, all teaching materials are catalogued on central
computer systems (Tidemann). Administration and loan of
collections takes place at the school library. The central
catalogue database provides extensive notes on materials and the
possibility of free-text search. This is of considerable benefit
to both students and teachers searching for materials for specific
lessons and learning programmes. PSK maintains a central regional
bibliographic catalogue of all learning materials held at the
Pedagogisk Senter. The Centre is able to provide technical
assistance and maintance of the library system to schools. The Pedagogic Centre provides
The main working areas for Pedagogisk Senter
are to:
Pedagogisk
Senter is responsible for a yearly three-day national conference
on secondary education where more than 300 educators take part.
The conference has a practical focus on new teaching methods and
strategies. Advisors in the following areas:
§
Classroom development and
anti-bullying strategies §
Outdoor and playground
environment §
Learning styles and Learning
strategies §
Socrates programmes §
ICT in special education §
ICT and e-learning §
School library §
Networking newly – qualified
teachers |
Staff
At PSK there is a staff of 14 (head of departement, advisors,
technician, secretary) with experience supporting educational
staff and school leaders in the regional schools.
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Resources
Annual Budget €
1.000.000. € 825.000 from the municipality + income from various
sources |
Other resources
PSK has updated video
editing facilities and provides technical and pedagogic assistance
both for educational staff and students. PSK has well-equipped
course facilities (course- and group rooms) which includes a
number of PC’s with flat screen monitors, video projector, VCR /
DVD and a Audio Surround System.
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Therefore those two schools and CPR Avilés have worked out individual status papers
CPR Avilés
Project Coordinator: Javier Menéndez, fcojavim@educastur.princast.es
CollectionsThe
CPR Avilés library has never had a specific usage plan or
project in which its main aims and goals could be schemed in
such a way as should fit a library of an in-service teacher
training centre. Neither the Viceconsejería, i.e. the Asturian
education adminsitration, contemplates the main running of
teacher centres libraries. As a matter of fact, these libraries
are not included in our regional school library program. Because
of that, the performance of our library has always been at the
mercy of improvisation.
It seems paradoxical that
several Asturian institutions are investing money and making
efforts on the improvement of school libraries and that our CPR
library remains uncared for in this sense. Specific collections: 5,100 items: 4,000 books, 800 videos and 300 CDs
and DVDs. Present equipment: 1 desk
computer with Internet access, 1 printer and 1 bar code scanner.
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The
use of the learning centre Occasionally,
it is used by Bachelor degree holders who are preparing for
public examinations to become teachers with a permanent post in
the state administration. It is used by the teachers in
the schools we cater for but not on a regular basis. It
is also used as an area for training courses and as a meeting
place. There
are no specific learning activities associated with our library.
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Staff At present, we do not have
specific staff for our library. During this course, for a period
of 3 months, we have had a trainee librarian cataloguing all our
resources with a new data base, which is the software used in
all our school libraries. The work we advisors have to
do regarding our library is as follows:
i.
To look
into material which is specific for our advising area.
ii.
To make
proposals to purchase materials. |
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Resources Budget: We do not have a
specific budget for our library. Out of the funds we get from
our regional administration a small percentage goes directly to
communication and management costs, and the rest of our funds
have to be spent in organising training courses. What we do is
if a course is not done because there is not enough demand for
it or we not spend all the money we had estimated we use that
surplus for our library. |
1. School
identification and characterization
1.1 Name of the school: Escola Básica Integrada da Charneca de Caparica
1.2. Address: Pcta Frederico de Freitas Quintinhas
2819-504 Charneca de Caparica
Portugal
1.3.
Contacts: telephone: +351212979660
Fax:
+351212973079
School
e-mail: info@eb123-charneca-caprica.rcts.pt
Learning centre
e-mail: biblioteca@eb123-charneca-caparica.rcts.pt
School URL: www.eb123-charneca-caparica.rcts.pt
1.4.
School population
Number of
students: 634
217 at the primary school (1st
cycle from
Number
of teachers: 74
Auxiliary
staff: 20
Administrative
staff: 9
1.5.
Timetables and classrooms:
1stCycle
–
each classroom is occupied by two classes, one in the morning and the
other one in the afternoon – 25 hours a day).
2nd
and 3rd Cycles: daily classes, 33 hours a week for each class
2. The learning centre organization
2.1. The
learning centre works: in 4 adjacent rooms with a total area of 73,5 m2.
2.2. The
learning centre characterization (there are different places for
different activities):
Reception:
with
an area of 6m2 have a computer and a printer.
Informal
reading (newspapers, magazines, and others): with an area of 12m2.
The reading side (dedicated to the first cycle): with an area of 12m2.
Group work/ production: with an area of 25m2.
Audio – number of places: 2
Video records- number of places: 3
DVD - number of places: 0
Computers- 14 (divided in two different
places, one with 25m2 with 10 computers and the other one in
the reading room with the other four computers).
Internet: number of places: 14 served
by a REDIS line
Headphones- number of units: 3
Studying room - with an area of 10m2.
Playroom- with an area of 25m2.
Exhibition room- with an area of 10m2.
2.4. Other
places integrated in the learning centre.
Associated to the learning centre, but in a different place at school,
there is also the photographic club (with an area of 10m2)
open to all the students, teachers and auxiliary or administrative staff
interested.
3. The
learning centre and the school community
3.1. The
learning centre’s timetable:
The learning centre is open on the weekdays from 9h10 to 18h30.
3.2. The
relation between the learning centre and the other school sectors:
The learning centre activities are organised bearing in mind the
Educational and Curricular Projects and the activities are part of the
annual activity plan.
The Project
coordinator is a member of the Pedagogic Council and one of his 5
members’ team is always a member of the Portuguese Department, in
order to articulate activities, the ones from the learning centre and
the ones from the Portuguese Department. This way there is a connection
between the two every time there are writers coming to school or some
literary competitions.
3.3.
Programmes, projects or clubs existing on school and associated to the
learning centre:
There is the school’s newspaper: ‘O Pinheirinho’ whose co-operators
are the learning centre users.
As a strategy, to motivate our students to read and to write, there is the
‘Story Telling Time’ conceived for the first cycle and of compulsive
frequency.
3.4.
Outside sponsors
There is no financial support from the outside. The technical support is
given by the School Libraries Net (an organization that depends on the
Educational Department) and by the Public Library in Almada). When
contacted, both organizations give us technical information on the way
libraries should work. But to be a member of the School Libraries Net we
have at the Educational Department paid for some of the books, equipment
and materials.
3.5. Statistics
During the last school year
(2001/2002) the number of visitors is:
|
Degrees |
5th year |
6th year |
7th year |
8th year |
9th year |
|
Nº of visitors |
577 |
999 |
108 |
136 |
629 |
During the last school year
(2001/2002) the number of domiciliary requisitions is:
|
Degrees |
5th year |
6th year |
7th year |
8th year |
9th year |
|
Nº of requisitions |
133 |
331 |
44 |
62 |
77 |
During the last school year
(2001/2002) the number of visitors at the computers room is:
|
|
1st term |
2nd term |
3rd term |
|
Nº of visitors |
373 |
310 |
325 |
4. Human
resources working on the learning
centre.
4.1.Teachers:
4.1.1. The coordinator’s team
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Name of the team’s members and professional
situation |
Functions |
Number of hours during the week at the LC |
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João Paulo da Silva Proença – nominated definite teacher at this school |
Coordinator, responsible by the
information technology, associates the learning centre
activities with the ones of the Pedagogic Council |
12 |
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Maria Amália Pinto Castanheira – nominated
definite teacher at this school |
Responsible for the library and the coordination of
the Portuguese Department activities. |
4 |
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Maria Teodolinda Monteiro Silveira – nominated definite teacher
at this school |
Responsible for the coordination between the learning
centre activities and the Executive Council |
2 |
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Elisabete Camilo Borges – nominated definite
teacher of a geographic area |
Supports the Learning centre at the ICT |
3 |
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Lígia Maria Mendes Garcia de Andrade – nominated definite teacher
of a geographic area |
Responsible for the art and esthetical of the
Learning centre |
6 |
4.1.2
Other teachers working at the Learning centre
At the learning centre
there are more 47 teachers working in different areas, in a total of 193
hours.
These teachers have as
main tasks to help the students that use the centre, answering to their
questions, giving suggestions and informing them about the centre
resources. The teachers work at the studying room, at the computers
room, the playroom and at the video room. They also work on the story
telling time, make thematic compilations, etc.
4.1.3. Professional Training
The Portuguese system in
Anyway all the activities developed by the
teachers are intimately related with their curriculum.
4.2. Auxiliary staff:
Identification
|
Number
of hours per week in the library |
Education |
Specific training for the learning centre |
Number
of training hours |
|
Dilamar Maria Viegas Gouveia |
35 |
6th Year (Middle school) |
Classification, ICT |
50 |
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Maria de Lurdes Valente Gama Martins |
35 |
9th year (Middle school) |
Classification, ICT |
50 |
5. Existing material resources
5.1.
Documental bank
|
|
Quantity
|
|
Audio
cassettes |
56 |
|
Video
tapes |
429 |
|
CDs |
61 |
|
Learning
CD-ROMs |
224 |
|
CD-ROM’s
– software |
40 |
|
Slides’
collections (number of slides) |
31 (1639) |
|
Thematic
compilations |
20 |
|
DVDs |
0 |
|
Newspapers
and magazines – subscriptions |
7
|
Books – Fiction
|
969
|
|
Books – Manuals |
200
|
Books – Non-fiction
|
1735
|
|
Playroom
(puzzles, games, etc.) |
34 |
5.1.1. Organization of the documental bank materials
All the
documents are manually classified but the computer classification is in
course, (Porbase 5) similar to the one used on the National Library.
This system will allow us to have a better control of the material that
is borrowed and to make a bibliographic research. This process is still
at the beginning because it only started in September 2002.
5.2. Specific or adapted furniture that exists on the
Learning centre:
|
|
Quantity |
|
Round bookcases for
compiled documents |
1
|
|
Bookcases for regular
publications |
2 |
|
Bookcases for different
materials |
3 |
|
Chairs |
64 |
|
Filling cabinets for albums |
17 |
|
Transportation car |
3 |
|
Opened shelves (shared) |
2 |
|
Opened shelves (simple) |
23 |
|
Closed shelves |
1 |
|
Shelves specifically for
kids |
4 |
|
Exhibition shelves for
recent materials |
1 |
|
Exhibition shelves |
6 |
|
Support tables |
6 |
|
Individual tables |
11 |
|
Round tables |
7 |
|
Secretaries |
1 |
|
Sofas/Puffs |
4 |
5.3. Audiovisual equipment
|
Registration/Quantity |
Description |
Localization |
Year |
Notes |
Televisions
|
TV1
1 |
Crown 48 cm + remote control |
LEARNING
CENTRE |
Dec.
2000 |
|
|
TV2
1 |
Worten 48 cm + remote control |
Video
room |
2000 |
|
|
TV3
1 |
Tecnimagem 48cm + remote control |
LEARNING
CENTRE |
2000 |
|
|
TV4/TV5
2 |
Nokia 36 cm 3724 APS + remote
control |
Photographic
club |
|
|
Video tapes
|
Vid1
1 |
Sony SLV SE 100+ remote control |
LEARNING
CENTRE |
Dec. 00 |
|
|
Vid2/ |
Grundig GV 29+ remote control |
Video
room |
|
|
|
Vid3/ |
Samsung VXK 306 + commando |
Video
room |
|
|
|
Vid4/Vid5
2 |
Blaupunkt RTV
240+ remote control |
Video
room |
|
The Vid7’s remote control disappeared in October
2002 |
|
Vid6
1 |
Philips VR200
TURBO DRIVE+ remote
control |
Photographic
club |
|
|
|
Vid7
1 |
Roadstar VCR
753 + remote control |
Photographic
club |
|
|
Cameras
|
Fot1
1 |
|
LEARNING
CENTRE |
Dec. 00 |
|
|
Fot2
1 |
Digital (Sony
ciber swhot 2.1 with
memory Stick of 4Mb) |
Executive
council. |
|
|
|
Fot3
1
|
Canon EOS300 + objective lens |
Photographic
club |
|
|
|
Fot4
1 |
Poloroid Auto focus |
Photographic
club |
|
|
Video cameras
|
Cam1
1 |
Analogue video camera BLAUPUNKT CCR 806 |
Video
room |
|
|
Radio
record
|
CRG1
1 |
CD Radio-record Sony V177L |
Video
room |
December.
00 |
|
|
CRG2
1 |
CD Radio-record Sony V177L |
Video
room |
1999 |
|
Micro
Record
|
MG1
1 |
Micro-record
Sony/M630V
|
LEARNING
CENTRE |
December.
00 |
|
Hi-Fi
Unit
|
Apa1
1 |
Hi-fi
unit Sony PMC – R30L (CD, Cass.,Radio) + 2 speakers |
LEARNING
CENTRE |
December.
00 |
|
Others
|
Ant1/Ant2
2 |
Antenna Philips |
Video
room |
|
|
|
Reb1
1 |
Video rewind machine VHS Kinyo |
Video
room |
|
|
|
Ph1
6 Ph2 Ph3 Ph4 Ph5 Ph6
|
Headphones |
Video
room |
December.
00 |
3 in good conditions (2 working but with problems on the wires) 3 broken |
5.4.
Computing equipment
|
Registration/Quant. |
Description |
Localization |
Year |
Notes |
Computers
|
1 |
Pentium
I with 32 MB RAM and disk of 800 Mb |
Library |
1997 |
|
|
2 |
Pentium
I with 32 MB RAM and disk of2 GB |
Library |
1997 |
|
|
1 |
Celerom with 124 MB RAM and disk of 7,82 GB |
Library |
2002 |
|
|
1 |
Pentium
III with 64 MB RAM and disk of 18,6 GB |
Library |
2001 |
|
|
10 |
Pentium
IV - 16 Mhz with 256 MB RAM and disk of 8,86 GB |
Computers room |
2002 |
|
Printers
|
1 |
Epson
Stylus Colour 400 |
Library |
1998 |
|
|
1 |
Epson
Stylus Colour 850 |
Computers room |
1999 |
|
|
1 |
Epson
Stylus Photo EX |
Computers room |
1999 |
|
|
1 |
HP Desk jet
690 C |
Library |
2000 |
|
|
1 |
HP Desk jet
950 C |
Library |
2001 |
|
Others
|
1 |
Record
de CD |
Library |
2001 |
|
|
1 |
Scanner
Epson GT 6500 |
Library |
1995 |
|
|
1 |
Scanner
Genius colour page – Vivid III |
Computers room |
2001 |
|
5.5. Other
equipment
|
Registration/Quant. |
Description |
Localization |
Year |
Notes |
|
1 |
Photocopier Xerox 5815 |
Library |
2002 |
Rented |
6.
Financial organization
There is
no fixed income given by the Executive Council to support the current
expenses or possible investments, especially because of the restrictions
imposed by the Portuguese Government. As an example the school’s
budget for 2002 for the whole expenses (except for the salaries) it was
€ 90000.
So, every
time we need to buy some new material or to put a project in course we
need to propose it to the Executive Council and it is usually accepted.
Next we
have the amount of money (in euros) that was spent in the learning
centre during the last year, (From January to December 2002)
|
Origin |
Remodelled
changes |
Computing
and Audiovisual Equipment |
Furniture |
Playroom |
Documental
bank |
Functioning |
Total |
|
School’s
budget |
--- |
6,61 |
2447,12 |
209,93 |
699,62 |
427,43 |
3790,71 |
|
Earned
by the LEARNING CENTRE |
--- |
32,58 |
--- |
|
109,68 |
--- |
142,26 |
|
Total |
--- |
39,19 |
2447,12 |
209,93 |
809,30 |
427,43 |
3932,97 |
7.
Relevant activities developed since January 2002:
7.1. The space creation and renovation:
During the last years, the learning centre, has been
reorganized, specially the library, where the books on the shelves are
exposed by the C.D.U.’s classification. The studying room has changed
place with the Playroom, in order to organize the space according to the
sound possibilities, so there are silent places and noisy places. Now we
have two different places that can be independent.
7.2.
Organization, treatment and documents diffusion.
The
computer database, of the documental bank materials, is also in course
to allow the users bibliographic research, to have a better control of
the borrowed material, etc.
7.3. Curricular and extra curricular activities support
The learning centre aim is to support the curricula and
extra curricula activities. This aim is so important for us that one of
the Educational Project targets for the years 2002/2005 is to “put the
students in touch with new technologies, specially using ITC, main
condition, in a changing society, for an effective education.” We also
have as a priority for the School’s Curricular Project for the year 2003/2005 – ‘the reading pleasure- How to reach it?’
So one of the teachers main
tasks is to help the students in their curricular activities, so as to
provide the necessary equipment for the centre in a way that it can
works as a supporter of the new alternative learning classes: Project
Classes (área de Projecto), Assisted Study Classes (Estudo Acompanhado)
where autonomy and self initiative have a special role.
Besides the entire learning
centre activities are based on autonomy and self-initiative, so that is
why the coordinator’s team is composed by department coordinators and
the learning centre main coordinator is at the pedagogical council.
During the year 2002 we had
the following activities:
January –Meeting with the writer Ana Maria Magalhães
for the 4th, 5th and 6th year students. This
meeting was particularly important for these students because they had
read one of her books, prepared some presentations based on the book,
made an interview, a performance, a study trip and prepared some
materials all based on the book they had read. They also study other
subjects intimately related with the book’s subject.
- Preliminary meeting to
prepare GrandSlam project. This project is included at Minerva’s
programme. The aim of the project is to leverage the metamorphosis of
the school library from multi-media-centre to information and Learning
centre, giving a special emphasis on the ICT skills in order to develop
the acceptance of elearning as a vital tool. The GrandSlam project
brought together a group of eight countries.
- Bookshop market– Every
class visited the bookshop market approaching the books of every
student, no matter his socio-economical situation. This bookshop market
prepared also the writer’s Ana Maria Magalhães arrival to school.
February – St Valentine’s rhymes
competition– This competition had a very high level of participation
because the students are very fond of the theme.
-
Language day –All along the day several activities
were developed. One of the most relevant took part at the learning
centre where some students told poetry in different languages and
participated in small performances.
March – The tree day celebration was commemorated
with a short exhibition at the learning centre under this theme. There
were also specific books exhibited for the occasion.
April – The 25th
April celebration (freedom’s day). Specific exhibitions were done. To
this celebration it was associated the citizens day celebration. There
were some performances about the subjects.
May – The Portuguese
writer’s day was celebrated with a special exhibition.
José Régio’s exhibition
– a Portuguese writer.
September – The learning centre
reception to all the students, where they were told the way the centre
works as well as all its potentialities
October –
November – Bookshop market – with
two main targets: to approach the students to the books and to prepare
the writers José Jorge Letria arrival, to school, in February 2003.
-
Creative reading competition with different books for
the 2nd and the 3rd cycle.
December –Solidarity week
–several non-governmental organizations came to school and talked
about their projects and ways of acting.
All along the year there were
also special exhibitions from the work that is done at the story telling
time; the monthly film; the school newspaper: “O Pinheirinho” and
the co-operation at the pedagogical publication with some short
articles.
7.4. Spare
time occupation
As it was
previously mentioned the learning centre is open on the weekdays from
9h10 to 18h30 offering its means to all the users, moreover there are
always temporarily activities changing it in an active and cheerful
place, such as competitions, celebrations and celebrities invitations.
It is also important to mention that the school’s newspaper as its
central service at the learning centre and it is from there that it is
made.
It is also
exhibit every month a special film.
7.5.
Specific training for the users (students, teachers, auxiliary staff and
families)
Every year when the classes start there are special
tours on the learning centre to explain to the new students how does it
work and to tell them about the centre’s potentialities. For the older
students it is done a specific training. This year they learned how to
make a bibliographic research.
To all the teachers it is explained the way the centre must work and the
specific task each one has to do.
Status
|
Collections ·
BOOKS
: Reference collection including directories, dictionaries,
encyclopaedias, subject specific reference; non-fiction (Dewey
classified); fiction; education collection for teachers
(including teacher training materials) · AUDIO : tapes, CD · VIDEO : tapes, CD · SLIDES ·
CD
ROMS - limited number at
present · CLIPPINGS : files of newspaper and journal clippings filed alphabetically by topic · JOURNALS : current and back copies related to subjects studies ·
ICT
: 1 computer for reading
catalogue (users); small number of computers for internet
research + printer |
|
The use of
the learning centre ·
The
Centre is available to all students and staff on an open
access basis for information retrieval, private study, use of
multi-media ·
Teaching
staff may book a teaching group in to the Centre for purposes
of : undertaking LRC induction (including advice on
information retrieval); group research; group study - however,
space is limited for this sort of activity ·
Students
and teachers may undertake individual or group research in the
main library, and use the Quiet Study area for individual work
(computers are available) - students
are generally not well-equipped with information retrieval
skills and do not make best use of the resources available;
students’ study skills are not always well-developed;
students frequently do not discriminate between types of
resource available; teaching staff are not always aware of
resources available and therefore do not build them in to
schemes of work as effectively as they might; teachers are
under pressure to ‘deliver’ content-heavy curricula and
often feel they have little time to develop students’ skills
·
The
LRC also houses the College’s Careers and Higher Education
library, and Careers Advisors use an office in the Centre to
provide careers advice to any students on an appointment or
drop-in basis on 2 days per week - students are not always well aware of these facilities and therefore
do not make best use of them ·
The
Quiet Study area is occasionally used for staff meetings, and
is used as a central point for information giving during the
induction/enrolment period at the beginning of the academic
year |
|
Staff There
are four members of staff working in the Centre: a full-time
manager (holds a degree in Information and Library Studies)
and 3 assistants (1 is a trained teacher, 1 - senior assistant
- holds an National Vocational Qualification in Library
Studies and 2 are due to begin NVQ training) 1
assistant has a special responsibility for the Careers/HE
library and 1 for signage ; the manager and 1 assistant
undertake induction and skills development sessions with
students |
|
Resources |