ONLINE CONFERENCE “SUPPORT TO PRESCHOOL INSTITUTIONS IN BUILDING QUALITY PRACTICE – EXPERIENCES, OPEN OPPORTUNITIES, PARTNERSHIPS”

An online conference organized by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development and the Inclusive Early Childhood Education and Care project entitled “Support to Preschool Institutions in Building Quality Practices-Experiences, Open Opportunities, Partnerships” was held on May 20, and was attended by more than 300 participants.

The aim of the conference is to promote activities to improve the quality of preschool institutions through the second component of this Project from the perspective of employees and to provide recommendations for future processes related to open opportunities and partnerships as a basis for work improvement.

“The support provided to the preschool institution for the purpose of quality implementation of the new program concept was developed through the improvement of professional development of employees in the preschool system and through the improvement of the evaluation of the quality of preschool education system in order to support the well-being and overall development of children.” Assistant Minister for Preschool and Primary Education Milan Pasicstated.

Nikolina Skundric, a teacher from the preschool institution “Radosno detinjstvo” from Novi Sad, presented the thoughts and experiences of practitioners on the support program, while Jelena Paic, pedagogue of the preschool institution “Rakovica” presented changes in practice from the perspective of leaders and mentors. Gordana Djordjevic, pedagogue of the preschool institution “Sima Milosevic” from Zemun, presented strategies for initiating changes in the culture and structure of the preschool institution, while Stanisa Cabarkapa, a pedagogue from the preschool institution “Bambi”, Sabac, showed the changes in the space of the kindergarten. The educator, Biljana Majstorovic from the preschool institution “Lane” from Aleksinac, presented the possibilities provided by the realization of projects and introduced the participants to one of the projects she realizes with children called “Journey into space”. Dina Sukler Wiesike from the preschool institution “Radosno detinjstvo” in Novi Sad said something more about the parent’s perspective on the possibilities provided by the implementation of the new Preschool Curriculum Framework;

The director of the preschool institution “Moje detinjstvo” from Cacak, Suzana Simeunovic, presented how the active participation of the director affects the common professional vision of the preschool institution.

You can watch the video of the conference here.