Aligning the Academic Teacher Training Curriculum for Preschool and Primary School Education to the Requirements of the RNCIS

Abstract

National Register of Qualifications in Higher Education - RNCIS - is a portal application organized as a national database that includes all qualifications awarded by higher education institutions in Romania, being a tool for universities, students, social partners. According to OM 5703/2011, all higher education institutions are required to enter the information into specific section of the National Register of Qualifications in Higher Education (RNCIS) about the competences developed through their studies offer, according to the methodology set out by the order mentioned above. However, all universities are required to ensure through the academic curricula those skills and transversal competences contained in grids displayed on RNCIS portal to all students who will have a B.A. diploma. In this article we want to describe the process of setting up the competences’ grid by making correlations between professional and transversal competences and content areas, study subjects and credits allocated to major Pedagogy of Primary School and Preschool (PPSP) from the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi. The working methodology consisted in several steps: research, making a draft document based on the existing framework plan, consultation with all those involved in pre-service teacher training for preschool and primary school education, leading factors of the faculty and rebuilding the original working document. After these, it will be the validation stage for the new grid and the implementation of the new curriculum.