curriculum.gov.mt In-Service Courses 2015 Malta : Management & eLearning Department

Organization : Curriculum Management & eLearning Department
Type of Facility : In-Service Courses 2015
Country: Malta

Website : http://curriculum.gov.mt/en/Resources/In-Service/Pages/default.aspx

In-Service Courses :

General Information:
1. In accordance with the agreement signed between the Government and the Malta Union of Teachers, in-service courses are normally of three days’ duration and all teachers may be requested to attend on an annual basis.

Related : Ministry For Education & Employment MATSEC Examinations 2015 Malta : www.statusin.org/8716.html

Assistant Heads of School and Heads of School are not obliged to attend. The course dates for 2015 are as follows:
July: 7, 8, 9
September: 18, 22, 23

2. The Course Co-ordinator (Education Officer, Principal, Head of School, as the case may be) is required to notify staff officially that they will be attending training, and is also required to be in possession of acknowledgement of receipt of the convocation by prospective trainees.

3. The practice so far has been for these convocations to be issued via conventional postal delivery services. In conformity with reduction of carbon footprint policies, notification to attend Inset will henceforth be as follows:
3.1 Course Co-ordinators will send a notification by email to attend Inset to each individual school, listing the teachers who are being requested to attend (8.2 on Page 7).
3.2 The mail sent to the school will be copied to each individual teacher listed in this email, using the teacher’s ilearn mailing address.
3.3 No paper convocation will be sent.
3.4 Schools will need to notify teachers of the receipt of the email mentioned in (3.1) to school, so as to ensure that all teachers consult their mailbox punctually. Schools are kindly requested to acknowledge receipt of mail.
3.5 In view of the need for Course Co-ordinators to be in possession of acknowledgement of receipt of the convocation by teachers, the practice in the past was to send two copies of the convocation to schools, one of which would be signed by all the teachers listed and returned to the Course Co-ordinator. Trainees used to be asked to keep a copy of the convocation, further increasing the use of paper in the process.
The need for this assurance that trainees have been accordingly informed can now be answered differently and with further simplification of procedures. Teachers will only need to reply from their personal ilearn account in acknowledgment of receipt. This will serve in lieu of the signed copy which used to be sent in past years.
Alternatively, one copy of the convocation can be printed, signed by all trainees and scanned on the school premises, and the scan sent to the Course Co-ordinator. Although this is only partial progress, it will still be a step forward in terms of consumption of envelopes and efficiency of action.
3.6 In the case of Inset or convocations intended for KGAs and LSAs, Course Co-ordinators and schools alike are encouraged to apply as much of the above as possible. The option of sending the Course Co-ordinator a scanned copy of acknowledgement should already be considered a step forward.
Ministeru ghall-Edukazzjoni u x- Xoghol – Ministry for Education and Employment – In-Service Courses 2015 4

4. Course Co-ordinators are responsible for :
4.1 adherence to the scheduling outlined in this Booklet;
4.2 the production of the Course Description (which will appear in the Online Catalogue); (See 8.1 on Page 6);
4.3 the timely issue of notifications to trainees to attend inset (see 8.2 on Page 7);
4.4 the completion of the Course Design form (see 8.3 on Page 8 );
4.5 the completion of the Course programme, for consultation by course participants;
4.6 the production, completion and return to the Training Unit of attendance sheets and any medical certification that has been presented by trainees (see Page 9);
4.7 the full completion and return to the Training Unit of remuneration sheets and feedback sheets (see Pages 10 &11).
5. It is important that attendance sheets cover the whole duration of the Training, and also that they are accurately completed, because the Directorate will need to follow up cases of participants who do not attend courses in whole or in part. This process may be hindered if action is not taken in a timely manner.
6. Staff may only be excused from attending compulsory courses by the Director, Department of Curriculum Management in exceptional circumstances.

Any correspondence in this regard may be addressed to Mr Raymond Facciol on raymond.facciol@gov.mt, who will forward to the Director, or to Mr Gaetano Bugeja, Director, Curriculum Management on gaetano.bugeja@ilearn.edu.mt .

7. With regard to Remuneration Forms, Course Co-ordinators are to note the following points:
7.1 One remuneration form is submitted for each trainer. Incomplete or illegible forms will be returned to the Co-ordinator and will not be processed.
7.2 The Training Unit will not be in a position to endorse remuneration to trainers, unless approval has been obtained for such payment, at the moment when the Course Design Form is submitted.
7.3 All remuneration forms for all animators on their courses must be duly signed by Course Co-ordinators.
7.4 Course Co-ordinators who have done any animation duties are not to sign their own remuneration forms themselves. (The forms will be signed by the Director/Assistant Director at the Department of Curriculum Management).
7.5 Remuneration forms are to be returned to the Training & Professional Development Unit within one week of the termination of the course.
7.6 Officers from the Directorates of Education acting as animators during working hours are to be remunerated at the rate of €10.71 an hour.
7.7 Officers from the Directorates of Education acting as animators outside working hours are to be remunerated at the rate of €21.42 an hour.
7.8 Animators from outside the Education Division are to be remunerated at the rate of €21.42 an hour.
Ministeru ghall-Edukazzjoni u x- Xoghol – Ministry for Education and Employment – In-Service Courses 2015 5

8. The following documents can be found in this booklet in pdf format:
8.1 Course Description Form:
This template, once completed, constitutes what will appear in the Online Course Catalogue.
8.2 Notification to attend Inset:
To be sent to individual schools, listing staff from that school being called in for Inset. This form has now been slightly modified to accommodate the points raised above.
8.3 Course Design Form:
This template, once completed, gives the Training and Professional Development Unit a complete picture of the infrastructure of the inset session (venues, amount of transport required, the cost of remuneration to trainers …) and permits detailed planning.
8.4 Attendance Sheet:
Course Co-ordinators assume responsibility for the correctness of the attendance sheet as returned to the Training Unit. Further information has been given in 4.
8.5 Feedback sheet:
This sheet is standard. In this case, it may not be advisable to ask trainees to complete this form after having left the premises.
8.6 Remuneration Form:
Information is given in 4. and 7.
8.7 In-Service Courses 2015 – Gozitan Participants Transport Coupon:
This coupon entitles Gozitan staff who are doing their training in Malta to board transport from and back to Gozo. Experience has shown that this coupon is not needed during the July session, but it is highly recommended that Course Co-ordinators planning training in September do issue coupons for their trainees.
Transport Coupons are only available on demand from the Training and Professional Development Unit.

9. All correspondence, queries, completed forms, etc are to be addressed to:
Mr Raymond Facciol – Assistant Director – raymond.facciol@gov.mt
Ms Carmen Grech – Education Officer – carmela.grech@ilearn.edu.mt
Ms Marisa Schembri – Assistant Principal – marisa.scerri@gov.mt

For any queries regarding these In-Service Courses:
Contact:
Training and
Professional Development Unit

Telephone:
2598 2710
2598 2233