This document provides information about the Kaunas In-Service Teacher Training Centre in Lithuania. It summarizes that the Centre was established in 1995 and is one of the largest teacher training centers in Lithuania. It provides various training programs, courses, seminars and international partnerships for over 2,400 in-service teachers in Kaunas. The Centre also organizes educational programs and activities for seniors through its University of the Third Age program.

1. Principal Rasa Bortkevičienė
Methodist Ginta Tarankienė
2017
Kaunas In-
Service Teacher
Training Centre

2. Kaunas
• The city of Kaunas is in the central part of the country.
• The city covers 15, 700 hectares.
• The city’s total population is 295,500 residents.
• Kaunas is officially named the European Capital of Culture
2022.

3. Education in Kaunas
• There are 171 institutions providing general education in
Kaunas: 84 pre-school institutions, 70 schools of general
education, 15 non-formal ir 2 other education management
bodies.
• There are 2461 in-service general education teachers in
Kaunas City municipality.
• The number of students in the schools of general education in
Kaunas City Municipality is 31 822.

4. Kaunas In-Service Teacher Training Centre
• Kaunas in-service teacher training centre (hereinafter- the
Centre) was established in 1995. The centre is a budget body
belonging to Kaunas City Municipality.
• The Centre is one of the largest in-service teacher training
centres in Lithuania
• It is the first Centre in Lithuania accredited by the order of
the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of
Lithuania.
• In 2013 the Centre established, introduced and since then has
successfully implemented Quality Management System
(meeting the requirements of LST EN ISO 9001 Standard).
• The Centre has 25 employees.

5. Kaunas In-service Teacher Training Centre

6. Activity of the Centre
The priority is to provide training activities
for education managers and teachers
CENTRE
Partnership
and
cooperation Improvement
of
competencies
Events for
schools and city
community
Other
services
Public
information
Research
Projects
Activity of
teachers
professional
guild

7. Training forms
• Seminars
• Courses
• Consultation
• Conferences
• Lectures
• Open lessons
• Methodological and cultural events
• International partnerships

8. The number of training events
Courses, seminars, placement in Lithuania and abroad. Conferences, consultations, lectures,
methodological and cultural events, exhibitions, special events for retired teachers and the local
community.

9. The number of participants of training events

10. Participants of training events organized by the
Centre
• Managers of educational
institutions
• Headmasters and assistant
headmasters
• Heads of departments
• Teachers
• School students
• Pupils' parents and carers
• Educational assistants
• Public servants
• Accountants
• Sport coaches
• Health care professionals
• Cultural workers
• Senior citizens
• City community
• Business sector employees
• Non-governmental
organizations

11. Training event organized by the Centre

12. Innovative activities
• Internship abroad programmes for education
managers and teachers provided by the Centre were
acreditated by the Ministry of Education and Science
of the Republic of Lithuania
• Internship programmes at educational institutions of
Kaunas city are organized and available for
education managers and teachers from other regions
of Lithuania as well as for foreign specialists.
• Internship programmes in Finland, Latvia, Poland,
Ireland, Ukraine, Israel, Norway, Japan and
Germany were implemented over the period from
2014 to 2017.

13. Innovative activities
Internship programme in Finland

14. Innovative activities
Internship programme in Latvia

15. Innovative activities
Internship programme in Poland

16. Innovative activities
Internship programme in Ireland

17. Innovative activities
Internship programme in Ukraine

18. Innovative activities
Internship programme in Israel

19. Innovative activities
Internship programme in Norway

20. Innovative activities
Internship programme in Japan

21. Innovative activities
Internship programme in Japan

22. Innovative activities
• We hope this meeting will help us to
make new friends with Spain, France
and Poland and working together we
will be able to execute internship
programmes in these countries 

23. Innovative activities
• In 2017 the Centre first organized the national exhibition
“Contemporary school, 2017“ in Kaunas city. Visitors to the
exhibition got acquainted with the products of the world
leaders in education:
– Innovative technologies in teaching
– Latest technological production
– Tools of education to create modern teaching and learning
environment corresponding the concept of modern
education, up-to-date curriculum, students’ needs and
abilities.

24. Innovative activities
Management system for the improvement of students‘ achievements based
on the data analysis and self-evaluation of Kaunas city and the Centre
Prepares the report of Prepares the report of
external assessment external assessment
Presentation of the external assessment report
Presentation of the performance improvement
action plan
Initiating and coordinating
methodological events Monitoring changes of performance improvement Dissemination
after 3 years of best practices
National Agency for School Evaluation
Municipality (Department
of Education, Pedagogical
and psychological service,
the Centre
School
Kaunas In-Service Teacher
Training Centre

25. Innovative activities
Management system for the improvement of student achievements based
on the data analysis and self-assessment of Kaunas city and the Centre
1. Discussion of performance quality with a school community after the external
quality assessment.
Discussing the results of an external quality assessment of a general education school
performance, student achievements and measures to improve them after receiving the
report of external assessment. The aim of this discussion is to present the report to a
school community and to consider the project of a School performance improvement
plan suggested by school administration.
2. Implementation of the Performance improvement action plan and
presentation of the results of student achievements along with measures to
improve them 3 years after the external assessment
Team visit to a school 3 years after the external assessment with the aim to discuss the
implementation of the performance improvement action plan and changes in school
performance with the school community
3. Highlighting changes in school performance and improvement of student
achievements
Discussing changes in general education school performance and quality of student
learning with heads and community of the school.

26. Innovative activities
Management system for the improvement of student achievements based
on the data analysis and self-assessment of Kaunas city and the Centre
• The Centre submits proposals and prepares
programmes for teacher training and strengthening
the weakest areas of school performance based on
the data of the external performance assessment.
• The Centre is the only institution in Lithuania
implementing the practice of trainings for schools,
designed on the data analysis.

27. Innovative activities
• Information about the distinctness of the city schools, video
materials of copyright lessons or other educational activities
are available on the Centre website under “Innovative
activities of schools and teachers”.
• Relevant and innovative distance courses for teachers
“Creation of video lessons: sound recording for
presentations, recording screenshots, creating educational
films with the use of presentations” (40 academic hours).

28. Innovative activities
• Courses for future school headmasters “Development of
competencies for future headmasters of educational
institutions“ (40 academic hours).
• Training for newly appointed school headmasters or
headmasters having experience of 1-3 years “The concept of
a successful school“
• Leadership courses for heads of institutions
“Leadership in a modern, learning institution“ (120
academic hours), “Essential aspects of leadership“ (120
academic hours).

29. Innovative activities
• Distance courses for teachers “Contemporary teaching and
learning environment” (preparation of innovative learning
scenarios and their application in lessons, enhancing the
attractiveness of the learning process with the help of Office
365 tools, smart boards, computers, cloud technologies and
video lessons)
• Long-term courses for teachers and community “Expression
and application of contemporary media. Creation of
audiovisual products”
• Courses for teachers “Gamification in the teaching process”

30. Projects
• Strategic partnership Erasmus+ (KA2) project, granted in
2017 “Effective international partnership – success for
every student” (the Centre is the coordinator of the project
involving partners from educational institutions from Latvia,
Norway and Turkey).

31. Projects
• The EU structural fund project 2.4 “Teacher training
for the work with disabled students at general
education schools” was the first project prepared by
the Centre. This project:
– was awarded the certificate of appreciation by the
Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of
Lithuania for an innovative idea;
– was voted the best EU funded project which provided
most benefit for an individual, community and the state;
– was presented the “European sails” award by the Minister
of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania for development
opportunities.

32. Projects

33. Projects
• The EU structural fund project “Improvement of early foreign
language teaching in general education schools of Lithuania”
was voted the most modern project.

34. University of the Third Age
• The Centre has been coordinating various activities and
courses for senior citizens since 2008. The aim of the Third
Age university is to motivate seniors to participate in the life-
long learning process by encouraging their cooperation, self-
expression and dissemination of experience.

35. University of the Third Age.
Computer literacy courses for seniors

36. University of the Third Age.
Needlework

37. University of the Third Age.
Seminar „Be strong and healthy, seniors“

38. Traditions
• An annual educator of the award is voted by the Centre. The
winner is usually a teacher closely cooperating with the
Centre during that year and completing his/her mission:
preparing programmes for teacher training, organizing
seminars, consultations, organizing and coordinating
exhibitions, projects and other methodological and cultural
events as well as working in other fields of education.

39. Traditions
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