Nicolaus Copernicus
School Cluster No. 1
in Koszalin
ul. W. Andersa 30
75
75--626 Koszalin
℡ (0
(0--94) 342
342--22
22--18
http://www.ekonom.koszalin.pl
[email protected]
History of the school
The school has existed since
1945
More than 22 000 students have
graduated from our school in the
past 65 years
Profiles of education
ECONOMICS VOCATIONAL
SECONDARY SCHOOL
course duration - 4 years
occupation:: Technician in Economics
occupation
TRADE VOCATIONAL
SECONDARY SCHOOL
course duration - 4 years
occupation:: Technician in Commerce
occupation
PROFILED LYCEUM
course duration - 3 years
economic--administrative profile
economic
Profiles of education
VOCATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL
course duration - 4 years
occcupation:: Technician in Hotel Industry
occcupation
VOCATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL
course duration - 4 years
occcupation: Technician in Providing
occcupation:
Gastronomic Services
BASIC VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
course duration - 2 years
occupation:: Cook of Small Gastronomy
occupation
Currently (2010/2011), a total of 858 students
have been learning in our school
Areas of graduates’
graduates’
employment
Banks
Accounting offices
Budget units
Manufacturing
companies
and services
Graduates
Trading companies
Catering
Hotels
Teaching staff
20
201
10/20
0/2011
11
•
85 teachers
including::
including
41 board certified
29 appointive
14 contractual
1 trainee
30 teachers are certified examiners of the school
leaving exam and the exam confirming vocational
qualifications
School facilities
Multimedia Room
School facilities
Practical Training Office
School facilities
Computer Laboratories
School facilities
Hotelier Training Room
School facilities
Food Technology Workshops
School facilities
Customer Service Room
School facilities
Big Gym Hall
School facilities
Small Gym Hall
School facilities
School Careers Centre
School facilities
Body Building Facility
School facilities
Conference Room
School achievements
Students’ high rating (third place in
Students’
Poland) in the Economic Knowledge
Contest;; since 1998 the school has had 24
Contest
prize winners and 42 finalists
Prize winners of the Nutrition Knowledge
Contest
Finalists of the Financial Knowledge
Contest
Prize winners of mathematical and
ecological contests
School achievements
In 2004 our school was awarded
the prize in the competition
„Competence Profession
Development”, financed from the
funds of the European Union Phare
programme and the state budget.
budget.
We received IT hardware as
classroom equipment
equipment,, which made it
possible to update the school
curriculum and adapt it to the
present labour market requirements.
requirements.
In October 2007 we took the fourth
place in the 17th National Ecological
Contest „Nature and Man – who
Loses?”
Loses
?” in Katowice.
School achievements
In 2008 the school was awarded
the quality certificate „School of Entrepreneurship”.
Entrepreneurship”.
International conferences
• 1994 – „New Teaching Methods Based on the
Experience of International Cooperation”
Cooperation”
• 1995 – „Modern Techniques in Vocational
Education”
Education
”
• 1998 – „The European Union – Challenge of the 21st
Century”
Century
”
• 2000 – „Together in Europe”
• 2001 – „Vocational Education in the New School
System in Poland”
• 2003 – „External Examinations Confirming
Professional Qualifications”
Qualifications”
International conferences
• 2004 – PolishPolish-German seminar „The Polish Way to
the European Union”
• 2005 – International debate about the European
Treaty and an exhibition „It’s Already Been 400
Days in the Union...”
• 2007 – Polish
Polish–
–German
German–
–Danish seminar „Ecological
Education as a Chance for the Environment of the
Southern Baltic
Baltic”
”
• 2008 – Forum „Modern Trade”
• 2009 – „The Way to European Partnership
Partnership”
”
• 2010 – „The Place of Service Professions in a United
Europe”
• Presentation of the
consequences of reckless
human activity in the natural
environment,
• Dissemination of alternative
sources of energy in the
region of the southern Baltic,
• Promotion of the local tourist
attractions and of a healthy
lifestyle among the young,
2007
• Acqusition of the knowledge
about the institutions that
support schools in their
ecological actions.
• Integration of vocational
schools and labour market
entities,
• Better preparation of young
people for the exams
confirming their vocational
qualifications in terms of
adjusting to the needs of the
European labour market,
26-27.11.2008
• Solving problems connected
with the improvement of the
quality of vocational
education – mainly for
traders,
• Opportunities to improve
school managers’ skills and
to share experiences.
• Reviewing some turning
points in the Polish–German
history
• Summing up Polish–German
cooperation in terms of
vocational education and
promoting good Polish–
German practices in the
context of Koszalin’s schools
and institutions
• Strengthening and improving
mutual Polish–German
relations
• Defining the quality of
education in service
professions
• Summing up Polish–German
cooperation in the area of
vocational education and
promoting good examples
of such cooperation in the
context of Koszalin’s schools
and institutions
2010
School cooperation
with the EU countries
Since 2001 our school
has been cooperating
with ProPolska, an
association run by
Oberstufenzentrum
Burowirtschaft und
Verwaltung BerlinSteglitz, whose main
aims are:
• sharing teachers’ professional
experience ,
• teaching the languages of both nations,
providing opportunities for work
experience ,
• joint projects of student and teacher
exchange.
School cooperation
with the EU countries
In 2003 the school joined the European SocratesComenius Programme in cooperation with a
secondary school in Maribor, Slovenia.
In 2004 the school joined the project Leonardo da
Vinci II „Cross Cultural Understanding”, involving 7 EU
countries.
Our school cooperates on a regular basis with the
POMERANIA Euroregion in Szczecin and the PolishGerman Foundation of Youth Cooperation
implementing „small projects” of student and teacher
exchange.
We take part in the international eTwinning
programme.
School cooperation
with the EU countries
The school has been cooperating in the field of
experience exchange and working out common curricula
with schools in:
• Berlin, Prenzlau, Bochum, Bielefeld and Hamburg
in Germany,
• Eindhoven in Holland,
• Maribor in Slovenia,
• Kaliningrad in Russia,
• Lille in France.
School cooperation
with the EU countries
Since 2009 our school has been a member
of the association preparing the project of
European Business Baccalaureate Diploma.
European Business Baccalaureate Diploma
Europäisches Wirtschaftsabitur
The school in the
community
The school is a member of Active Schools Association,
comprising 30 vocational schools in Poland, which
operate as part of the Mercantile Lyceums Foundation
with the head office in Bydgoszcz.
The school in the
community
The school joined the programme
METRO GROUP Education 2008
Participation in the programme
„Vocational Schools Give You Wings”
Wings”
The school in the
community
We are implementing a project within the
European Social Fund
„The School of Success”
Success”
We are a partner of an initiative
„Made in Koszalin”
The school in the
community
In 2005 in recognition of the contribution to
the advancement of the city and local
community, the school was honoured with
Commemorative Medal
„For Merit for Koszalin”
The school in the
community
We are cooperating with
The Polish Economic Society
Society..
In 2005 in appreciation of the efforts to
popularise economic knowledge we were
awarded
Golden Medal of Honour
of the Polish Economic Society
The school in the
community
In the area of sharing experience and increasing education
standards,, we cooperate with:
standards
with:
Koszalin Technical University,
University,
Higher School of Tourist Organisation and Hotel Industry,
Centre of Teachers
Teachers’’ Education
Education,,
Koszalin Public Library
Library,,
Voivodship Job Centre,
Polish Economic Society
Society,,
Accountants
Accountants’’ Association in Poland,
Business Centre,
European Education Centre
institutions
institutions,, firms and associations on the local market.
The strengths of the school
Highly qualified teaching staff ready for
new challenges
Constant modernisation of school facilities
and equipment
Good results in external exams
High rating of students’
students’ skills by
employers
Possibilities of work experience in the EU
countries
Broad cooperation with the local
community
Friendly atmosphere in the school
Strategy of school development
Enlargement of partnership with the schools from the EU
and participation in the projects
Offering extra classes and work experience placement as an
opportunity for increasing students’
students’ qualifications
Personality and creativity development of students,
students,
supporting students
students’’ talents
Improving language competence of students and teachers
Teachers and students’
students’ preparation for the use of modern
ITIT-based and multimedia techniques
Deepening psychological and interpersonal knowledge
among students and school workers
Enhancing school organisation culture
Integrating the school with the local community
Ecouraging parents to cooperate with the school
Nicolaus Copernicus
School Cluster No.1
in Koszalin
ul. W. Andersa 30
75
75--626 Koszalin
℡ (0
(0--94) 342
342--22
22--18
http://www.ekonom.koszalin.pl
[email protected]
Translated by:Małgorzata Palonek