CURRICULUM VITAE
1. Family name: CIOLAN
2. First names: LUCIAN ION
3. Date of birth: 18.10.1974
4. Nationality: Romanian
5. Civil status: Married (no children)
6. Education:
Institution |
University of Bucharest,
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Date: from (month/year): to (month/year) |
October 1998 - |
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Degree (s) or Diploma (s) Obtained: |
PhD in education – in progress To be completed at the end of 2005. |
Institution |
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences |
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Date: from (month/year): to (month/year) |
October 1997 June 1998 |
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Degree (s) or Diploma (s) Obtained: |
Master degree on Educational Management and Administration. |
Institution |
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences |
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Date: from (month/year): to (month/year) |
October 1993 June 1997 |
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Degree (s) or Diploma (s) Obtained: |
Graduate of the specialization Pedagogy, Licensed in Pedagogy |
7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)
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Language |
Reading |
Speaking |
Writing |
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English |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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French |
2 |
3 |
3 |
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Romanian (mother tongue) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8. Membership of professional bodies:
· Member of the Trainer’s Pool – Council of Europe (Directorate of Youth and Sports)
9. Other skills: (e.g. Computer literacy, etc.)
· Policy analysis and development: summer school on Educational policy analysis attended at Central European University, Budapest – July 2000 (2 weeks); training on Writing effective public policy papers (Local Government and Public Service Reform Innitiative, Budapest, 21-26.11.2002); OSI/LGI Policy Fellow 2002-2003 in the field of Decentralization of education. International Policy Fellow of Open Society Institute (Budapest) on Policy making in transition contexts (2005-2006)
· Training skills: accredited trainer of National Council for Curriculum and Center Education 2000+ (NGO, member of Soros Open Network); trainer and organiser for more than 140 training stages and workshops in the last five years, organized by different institutions in the field of education and human resources development. Experience in: training of trainers, intercultural education, management and leadership, curriculum development, competency-based curriculum, TVET, active learning strategies, project management. Training programs coordinator in the frame of Project Implementation Unit PHARE RO 0108.01 Social and Economic Cohesion – Modernization of TVET. Member of the Trainer’s Pool – Council of Europe (Directorate of Youth and Sports). Expert of the European Commission: member of the working group A: Improving the education of teachers and trainers, sub-group 3: Quality assurance and teachers and trainers (Lisbon – Copenhagen / Maastricht Process)
· Curriculum development skills: member of the Experts Group of the National Council for Curriculum in the frame of the Preuniversity Education Reform Project, co-financed by World Bank and Romanian Government (1996-2002); member of the coordinating group for development of the new National Curriculum. Coordinator of curriculum development teams for technological high schools. Author of teaching and learning materials for teachers and students.
· Program evaluation skills: special course on program evaluation in the frame of Master studies; program evaluator of Leonardo National Agency; program evaluation tasks performed in the frame of Centre Education 2000+ and National Centre for VET Development; evaluator of TEMPUS Program for Romania (2003), Evaluator of the international program TRANSIT (Leonardo) – 2004.
· Research and information analysis skills: participation in the research projects of Institute for Educational Sciences; lecturer for the course Educational Research (Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Bucharest)
· Project development and management: experience in working with the non-profit sector (Centre Education 2000+ - member of Soros open Network, Romanian National Observatory, “Caminul Phillip” Foundation; experience in working in international projects (World Bank, EU) and multicultural environement;
· Computer literacy: Office 2000: Word, Power Point, Project (high), Excel (medium); Web page design (medium), Internet navigators;
10. Present position
1. Lecturer, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences – Educational Sciences Department (University of Bucharest)
2. Personal Advisor to the Minister of Education and Research, in charge with human resources development in education and international / donor programs.
11. Years within the firm
4 seven years; 2. four months
12. Key qualifications:
· Licence in Educational Sciences,
· MA in Educational Management and Administration,
13. Specific experience in the region:
Country |
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
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Moldova |
June 1999 (1 week): Curriculum Development for upper secondary schools (Member of a team which offered training and consultancy for moldovian teachers) |
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Poland |
7 – 21 June 2001 31st May – 14 June 2002 4-14.07.2004 Youth trainer and coordinator of Romanian team in the frame of international project Expedition Inside Culture (participats: Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Slovakia, Germany, USA, Ukraine) May 2004 – Evaluation of Leonardo Program TRANSIT |
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Serbia &Montenegro |
July 2003 – January 2004: consultant for ETF project Strategic Competence Development through creating nucleus of change in schools – on-site and distance consultancy (change management, reflective practice, action research as tool for change). |
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Macedonia and Albania |
December 2003 and January 2005: ETF consultant for teacher training in technical and vocational education and training |
14. Professional Experience Record:
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
January 2005 – Present |
Location |
Bucharest |
Company |
Ministry of Education and Research |
Position |
Advisor to the Minister |
Description |
Personal advisor to the minister of education and research on pre-university education reform and international / donor programs (focus on: human resource training and development in education, curriculum development and implementation, quality assurance, decentralization etc.) |
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
September 1998 – Present |
Location |
Bucharest |
Company |
Bucharest University |
Position |
Lecturer |
Description |
Lecturer for subjects Research methodology in education and General Pedagogy; Member of the Department Management Bureau and in representative of the department in the Management Board of the faculty. |
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
March 1999 - December 2004 |
Location |
Bucharest |
Company |
National Centre for Development of Vocational and Technical Education |
Position |
Expert – curriculum and educational policies (1999-2001) Training Programs Coordinator (2002 -2004) |
Description |
Coordination of development of national curriculum for technological high schools, participation in training activities for teachers, participation as local expert in EU-funded projects (PHARE, RICOP), member of the Project Implementation Unit for PHARE 2001 (RO 0108.01; 0108.03) – Social and Economic Cohesion (component Technical and Vocational Education and Training – TVET), in charge with training of teachers and managers in VET (training coordinator). |
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
March 2004 – onwards.. |
Location |
Bruxelles |
Company |
European Commission |
Position |
Expert |
Description
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Member of the working group A: Improving the education of teachers and trainers, sub-group 3: Quality assurance and teachers and trainers |
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
January 2005 |
Location |
Tirana, Albania |
Company |
European Training Foundation |
Position |
International expert / Consultant |
Description
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Expertise for teacher and trainer training in TVET and for sustainability of donor programs in SEE (annual conference of Teachers and Trainers Training Network in Western Balkans). |
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
August 2004 November 2004 |
Location |
Bucharest |
Company |
Institute for Educational Sciences |
Position |
Program evaluator |
Description |
Independent evaluation of the products of the Leonardo project Lingua in City (coord.: IKS, Ingolstadt, Germany). Keynote presentation in the final conference on Diversiy and Education in transition contexts. |
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
February 2004 May 2004 |
Location |
Krakow and Bucharest |
Company |
Expedition inside Culture (Poland) |
Position |
Program evaluator |
Description |
Independent evaluation of the Leonardo project Transit . member of the external evaluation team. Design of instruments, data collection, processing and interpretation, elaboration of final report. |
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
2003 2004 |
Location |
Different (Romania) |
Company |
The British Council, Romania |
Position |
Trainer / consultant |
Description |
Training and consultancy in the frame of the project Intercultural Education through Schools, aiming to promote intercultural values and democratic citizenship in lower and upper secondary schools. |
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
February 2003 April 2003 |
Location |
Bucharest |
Company |
ECORYS – NEI (The Netherlands) |
Position |
Program evaluator |
Description |
Evaluation at national level of the impact of TEMPUS Program, conducted by the company at the request of the European Commission. |
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
June 1998 - 2003 |
Location |
Romania |
Company |
Center Education 2000+ (Open Society Foundation between 1998-1999) |
Position |
Consultant, trainer |
Description |
Participation in different programs as trainer and consultant. Tasks: program monitoring and evaluation, development of learning materials for teachers, training of teachers and parents, consultancy on project development and implementation, participation in support programs for disadvantaged areas, especially for Rroma communities.
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Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
December 2003 |
Location |
Skopje |
Company |
European Training Foundation / National Observatory of Macedonia |
Position |
International expert / Consultant |
Description
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Expertise on strengthening the participation in TVET for improving quality of vocational education and training (annual conference of Teachers and Trainers Training Network in Western Balkans). |
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
1997 – 2002 |
Location |
Bucharest |
Company |
National Council for Curriculum |
Position |
Expert, member of the coordination group |
Description
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Coordination of development of national curriculum for general secondary education (gymnasia), high schools, technological high schools; development of policy documents and methodologies in the field of curriculum development; participation in organization and delivery of training activities for teachers |
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
August 2001 - June 2002 – with specific inputs in the process (still ongoing) |
Location |
Bucharest |
Company |
Ministry of Labor and Social Solidarity – PHARE project for Development of the National Action Plan for Employment |
Position |
Local expert, representative of Ministry of Education and Research (National VET Centre) |
Description
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Consultancy for the EU technical assistance for development of National Action Plan for Employment, participation in the joint actions of the stakeholders of the project. Member of the team for development of National Action Plan for Employment |
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
January 2001 - March 2002 |
Location |
Bucharest |
Company |
European Centre for Higher Education UNESCO-CEPES |
Position |
Co-author |
Description
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Project Institutional Models for Teacher Education [within Higher Educatio] in Europe Region, co-author of the romanian case study |
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
May 2000 - January 2001 |
Location |
Bucharest |
Company |
International Organisation for Migration (IOM) |
Position |
Consultant |
Description
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Consultancy and training activities in the frame of two projects: Returning and counselling assistance to asylum seekers from Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia currently living in Belgium, Finland and The Netherlands and Germany’s Green Card focused on Romanian IT specialists which will work in Germany. |
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
June 2000 |
Location |
Bucharest |
Company |
National Leonardo Agency |
Position |
Project assessor |
Description |
Assessment of Leonardo project proposals for 2nd semester of year 2000 |
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
January 2000 - December 2000 |
Location |
Romania |
Company |
National Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation – Project PHARE – TTQM |
Position |
Local expert, member of Steering Comitee |
Description |
Development of learning materials and training activities in the project Technology Transfer and Quality Management – educational component (Education for Quality) PHARE RO 9602-05 |
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
June 1998 - December 1998 |
Location |
Bucharest |
Company |
National Socrates Agency |
Position |
Consultant – Eurydice program |
Description |
Activities related to information management in education |
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
September 1995 September 1998 |
Location |
Bucharest |
Company |
Institute of Educational Sciences |
Position |
Scientific researcher |
Description |
Curriculum Department – participation in research projects related to integrated curriculum development and curriculum policies for educational reform in Romania. Deputy head of Curriculum Department beginning with January 1998. From September 1998 – associated researcher, participation in project related to trainig needs assessment and curriculum policies. |
15. A. Publications:
1. Articles and studies (selection)
· The alternative of postmodern ‘epistemology’ in education. Review of Pedagogy, 7-12/1997;
· One step towards transdisciplinarity. Tribuna Invatamantului (Education Tribune), 406/1997;
· Pedagogical discourse: between rationalist ‘dogma’ and postmodern ‘pluralism’. Paideia, 3/1998;
· Focusing on students’ interests and needs. Tribuna Invatamantului (Education Tribune), 407/1998;
· Characteristics of socialization processes of adults. Paideia, 4/1998;
· How to design the optional subjects in primary schools. Invatamantul Primar (Primary Education Review), 4/1998.
· Key elements for an integrated approach of curriculum. Paideia, 1/1999;
· Integrated thematic units and school based curriculum development. Invatamantul Primar (Primary Education Review), 1-2/1999;
· School for community – a model of institutional development and partnership. Paideia, 2-3/1999;
· How to involve students in curriculum design. Invatamantul primar (Primary Education Review), 3-4/1999;
· Cross-curricular themes. Revista Stiintele Educatiei (Educational Sciences Review), 1/1999;
· The aims of high school in the context of the new model of curriculum design. The Reform Project Bulletin, 9/2000.
· Individual differences in human resource management. Paideia, 1/2000.
· Intercultural education – aims and objectives. Impreuna (Together), 3/2000
· Education for quality in romanian pre-university education. Paideia, 2-3/2000
· Entrepreneurship education: learning packages for compulsory education, Paideia, 1-2/2001.
· Towards a learner-centred curriculum. Pupils‘ participation in the context of educational reform in Romania. Paideia, 1/2002 (in English)
· The changing role of regions in Romania. LGI Brief, fall 2002. (in English)
· Schools and Adults against Social Exclusion: successful experiences in Roma communities. In: Lifelong Learning in Europe, Nr.4/2002. (in English)
· Key Competencies – transferable achievements for a changing world. Paideia, 3/2002
· Curriculum Reform in Romanian High Schools: premises, policies and methodologies. In: Pedagogy. Theoretical foudaments and applicative undertakings. (Ed.: E. Paun; D. Potolea). Polirom, Iasi, 2002.
·
Schools
against
social exclusion: the impact of adult learning on pupils development
in rroma communities.
ERIC Database, Clearinghouse on Adult, Career and Vocational Education
– Ohio State University. Eric Digest: ED461745 (august,
2002).
· Teacher Education Reform in Romania: A Stage of Transition (with D. Potolea). In: Institutional approaches to teacher education within higher education in Europe: current models and new developments (Ed.: B. Moon; L. Vlasceanu & L.Barrows). UNESCO-CEPES, 2003.(in English).
· Institutional capacity building in TVET. The policy and practice of Resource Centres. In: Leading schools with global perspective. Proceedings of ENIRDEM conference, Riga, 2003. (in English)
· Strategy for Development of Pre-service and In-service Teacher training System in Romania. In: Compendium of Good Practice in VET Teacher and Trainer Training in Southern eastern Europe. (Eds.: D. Oldroyd; S. Nielsen). Turin: European Training Foundation, 2003.
· TTT in Tourism and Economic VET High Schools. In: Compendium of Good Practice in VET Teacher and Trainer Training in Southern eastern Europe. (Eds.: D. Oldroyd; S. Nielsen). Turin: European Training Foundation, 2003.
· Reforming systems, reshaping misconceptions (with M. Seban). In: Cedefop Info – Vocational Training in Europe. 1/2004.
· Strategy and Quality in Education: Romania. In: Decentralization and the Governance of Education. (Ed.: P.Rado). Budapest: OSI / LGI, 2004.
· Bridging schools and community through participation in TVET. Experiences from Romania.(with M. Serban). In: European Journal Vocational Training (in print, 2005, nr.35, vol II.)
2. Books
· National Core Curriculum. Frame of Reference for Compulsory Education. Corint Publishing, Bucharest, 1998 (collective work);
· National Curriculum. Curricula for 9th grade, vol. 1-3. Cicero Publishing, Bucharest, 1999 (member of the coordinating group);
· National Curriculum. Curricula for lower-secondary education, vol. 1-10. Cicero Publishing, Bucharest, 1999 (member of the coordinating group);
· School curricula for 10th grade. Humanitas, Bucharest, 2000 (member of the coord. group)
· New National Curriculum (in english), Prognosis, Bucharest, 2000 (collective work)
· Steps towards intercultural school. Corint Publishing, Bucharest, 2000 (individual work)
· School curricula for the high school, vol. 5, 7, 8, 9 (Curricular areas Man and Society and Technologies), Bucharest, 2001 (collective work, member of the coordination group)
· Entrepreneurship education. In: Educational and Vocational Guidance of Students Living in Disadvantaged Areas. ISE, Bucharest, 2001.
· Methodological guides for implementing the curriculum for technological high schools (3 vol.) – collective work. Aramis, Bucharest, 2002.
· Beyond the disciplines. A guide for integrated / cross-curricular learning. Bucharest: Humanitas, 2003.
B. Further training
· Curriculum Development and Standards Setting in The Netherlands. The Netherlands, SLO (National Institute for Curriculum Development), December 1998;
· Teacher training and School-based Curriculum Development. Spain, January 1999;
· Cross-curricular Themes and Intercultural Education. The Netherlands, SLO, September 1999;
· Educational Policy Analysis. Hungary, Budapest, CEU (Central European University), July 2000
· Training of Trainers Working in South-East Europe. Council of Europe, European Youth Centre, Budapest, 5-16 November 2002.
· Writing Effective Policy Papers. Public presentation and advocacy for policy reseach. OSI / LGI, Budapest, December 2002 and October 2003.
· Quality assurance and human resource development in TVET. Ireland, 9-15.05.2004.
· Peer reviewer for Universita della Switzera Italiana, Logano, Switzerland – Master program on Intercultural Communication (2002).
· Member of the advisory board of the project TRANSIT: Preparing young people for common European labor market (coordinated by Jagellonian University, Cracow, Poland – department of Educational Administration) (2002-2004).
· Member of the Advisory Board of the project Work and Learning partnerships (coordinated by Internationale Berufsbildungsforschung Institut Technik und Bildung, University of Bremen) (2004-2006).
· Member of Senior Official’s Meeting of the ERI SEE (Educational Reform Initiative in South East Europe – in the Frame of Stability Pact) (from 2005).
CONTACT DETAILS:
University of Bucharest
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
1-3 Iuliu Maniu Blvd., Bucharest, sect. 6
ROMANIA.
Te. / fax: +40 21 411 68 90
Mobile phone: +40 72 256 06 67
Email: ciolan@policy.hu;
lucian@tvet.ro