dutch education system freedom of education: freedom of establishment freedom of organisation of...
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Dutch education system
Freedom of education:• Freedom of
establishment• Freedom of
organisation of teaching
• Freedom of conviction
-public schools
-private schools
Public schools
• Governed by the (municipal) council
• Provide education on behalf of the state
• Sometimes based on specific educational ideas (Montessori, Dalton, Jena)
Private schools
• Not set up by the state but state funded
• Governed by a board of the foundation that set them up
• Base their teaching on religious or ideological beliefs
• Can refuse to admit pupils
• Some schools based on specific educational ideas
Ministry of education
Freedom of education but:• qualitative standards both for
public and private education• prescribed study subjects• attainment targets• content of national
examinations • number of teaching periods
per year• qualifications which teachers
are required to have• equal financial footing
Day to day management of our primary school
Head teacher(renders account to the board; multi school manager)
Coördinator 1 and 2 Coördinator 3,4 and 5 Coördinator 6,7 and 8
teachersteachers teachers
Deputy head secretary
Progress controller
The head teacher is responsible for:
• The general running of the school;• The planning and implementation of
policy with regard to: -teaching-organisation of the school-internal matters;
• Planning and implementation of -the personnel policy
-the financial policy• Maintaining internal and external
contacts regarding above matters• Giving lessons (sometimes)• Other duties arising from the post of
head
Power and responsibilities of the governing body of a private school
• setting up a school;• choosing the teaching materials;• including optional subjects in the timetable;• appointing and dismissing heads, teachers
and support staff;• determing personnel policy;• decidingon the admission and exclusion of
pupils;• determing the internal organisational
structure of the school (f.i. participation of parents);
• determing the nature of out-of-school activities;
• deciding whether the school will participate in educational innovation projects;
• freedom in chosing service of an educational support organisation;
• managing the school’s financial resources and taking care of the administration
• The use of the school by third parties• deciding to close a school
Participation council
• every school must have a participation council;
• parents can influence how the school and teaching at the school are organised;
• two groups of members:- representatives of the parents,- representativers of the staff;• two rights:- of approval- to be consulted