1. Nursery school number 71 „Pod Topola”
in Poznan is a public nursery school.
The leading authority of a nursery school is a
commune (gmina) the city of Poznan which deals
with financial support.
The supervisory authority of a nursery school is
School Superintendent of Wielkopolska who has
the pedagogical and educational supervision of
kindergarten. It fulfills the state policy.
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2. The nursery school has its own Statute, which is
approved by the Teachers Council.
 Statute is the set of rights which oblige in a nursery school - goals
and tasks, rights and obligations of the director, teachers, parents
and children of a nursery school.
 Nursery school has its own Conception of work which define the
vision of work for 5 years.
 The main goals: Nursery school "POD Topola" is first of all open
not only for the children but also for the needs and expectations of
parents. Nursery school has become a link between education in
the family and at school. In the same time it substitute the
educational and caring needs. It also compensates developmental
deficits in children.
 For each school year from September 1st to August 31st teachers
prepare so-called "Annual Work Plan" with goals and tasks. The
plan is accompanied by a schedule of events, celebrations, plan of
work with parents and other nursery schools, schools and
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3. The nursery school has its own Statute, which is
approved by the Teachers Council.
 Nursery school fulfills tasks based on the ministerial
document "The core curriculum of pre-school program."
 "The core curriculum of pre-school program" define:
* Information that children should get,
* Skills that children need to learn,
* Attitudes that preschool children should develop.
 Core curriculum describes the process of the pre-school
education and how to support the development of children
during the pre-school education. Nursery school, equally
fulfills caring, educational and instructive functions. It
provides children the opportunity to have fun and learn in a
safe, friendly atmosphere, adequate to their needs.
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4. The nursery school has its own Statute, which is
approved by the Teachers Council.
 The aim of pre-school education is to support and guide the development
of children in accordance with their innate potential and developmental
possibilities in relations with the socio - cultural and natural heritage.
 In order to a proper psychomotor development and educational training of
children in a preschool education, it is recommended to fulfill the following
proportions of time spent in the nursery school during the week:
* one-fifths of the time should be devoted to fun (at the time children play
freel with little involvement of the teacher);
* one-fifths of the time (in the case of younger children – one-quarters of the
time), the children spend in the garden, on the pitch, in the park, etc.
(there are organized games and physical play, sports, observations of the
nature, cleaning and gardening, etc.);
* more than one-fifths of the time involved different types of classes, carried
out by the selected pre-school program;
* the remaining time – two-fifths of time the teacher is free to manage (time
to care activities, self-service, etc.).
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5. The nursery school has its own Statute, which
is approved by the Teachers Council.
 The teachers` task is to observe children and to understand the
possibilities and needs of children and to document these
observations.
 Headmaster, after the consultation with the nursery school
teachers, allows for use a program in a nursery school, according
to the specified procedure.
 In order to standardize educational impact, teachers:
* systematically inform parents about parenting and educational tasks
carried out in the nursery; familiarize parents with pre-school core
curriculum and involve parents in forming child's specific
knowledge and skills;
* inform parents about the successes and problems of their children,
as well as encourage them to support children and to simplyfy the
difficulties they faced;
* encourage parents to co-operate with the nursery school, for
example to organize events involving children and their parents.
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6. Teachers – qualifications:
 Master degree in teacher training or
bachelor`s degree.
Major: pre-school education, elementary
education = teaching in the nursery school
and early primary school from class I to III.
 In addition, teachers have different mojors:
speech therapy, rehabilitation, care and
educational pedagogy, health pedagogy
and languages specializations: English and
German.
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7. Career promotion:
 The teacher who begins to work in the nursery school starts
the teacher-trainee which lasts the school year. During this
year teacher fulfills the professional development plan.
Young teacher has her own training adviser. After receiving
a positive appraisal of the work, the teacher should submit
an application to start the qualification procedure. At the end
of the school year the interview takes place. The
headmaster of the nursery school gives the degree of a
contract teacher.
 After that, there is two-year break in the training period.
 Then, during the next three years teacher makes the
degree of nominated teacher, at his or her own request.
Then, there is the viva voce. The Commission seems to
accept or to refuse to give the degree of nominated teacher.
The president of the city gives the grade of nominated
teacher.
 Then, there is one-year break in the training period. 7

8. Career promotion:
 After a year, the teacher may, at his or her own request,
begin training for the degree of qualified teacher. Training
period lasts three school years. After completing an
internship teacher has three years to submit an application
to the qualification procedure to obtain a degree of
qualified teacher. The degree of qualified teacher gives the
Superintendent of Schools.
 After 10 years of working in the nursery school, you can
receive a degree of a "professor of education". According
to the specified procedure. This happens very rarely.
 The teacher`s salary is dependent on the degree of
promotion and specified by the Ministry.
 The functional additives: motivation, the tutor teacher
depend on the activity.
 These additives are defined in Resolution of the City
Council and the headmaster awards these supplements to
teachers according to the merit.
 Every 5 year the teacher is evaluated.
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9. To the nursery school in Poland attend chidren
in the age of 3 to 6.
 In justified cases, children aged 2,5 years can be
taken to the nusery school.
 From September 2014 all children aged 6 years
have to go to the first class of primary school.
 Currently, in 2012 and 2013 parents of children
aged 6 years can decide whether to send their
child to the first grade of primary school or not.
 All children in Poland aged 5 years have
to perform an annual
pre-school preparation.
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10. The schedule and the payment.
 The nursery school is open from 6.00 a.m to 5.00 p.m.
6.00 a.m - 8.00 a.m
 Parents bring their children to the nursery school.
 The free play arising from the children interest,
 Individual, preventive and compensatory work in small groups,
 Self-service activities.
 Sanitary and hygienic procedures.
8.30 a.m breakfast
8.00 a.m – 1 p.m
 The classes organized and directed by the teacher,
conducted in the classroom or on the air, based on the selected
preschool program.
 Games and sports activities on the air or free play in the room.
 During this time children have to be in the nursery school.
12.00 lunch
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11. The schedule and the payment.
12.30 p.m – 2 p.m
3 and 4 year old children have a snooze.
2.15 p.m dessert
1 p.m – 5.pm
 Games and economic works, cleaning in the nursery garden, plays in
accordance with children's interest, games with a teacher, relaxation exercises.
 Extra classes: Religion Education, English, Gymnastics, Rhythmics, speech
therapy, individual work and work in small groups.
 Parents do not pay for: Religion Education, Gymnastics, speech therapy.
 If parents want their children attend to extra classes of English and Rhythmics,
they have to pay for that.
 For the stay from 6.00 a.m to 1.00 p.m parents do not pay.
 From 1.00 p.m to 4.00 p.m every hour is paid in the amount of 3.08 zl.
 From 4.00 p.m to 5.00 p.m it costs 0.92 zl.
 Breakfast, lunch, dessert, tea - six zl per day.
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12. Events and festivals.
 „Being a pre-schooler” party, the visit
of Santa Claus, Grandparents Day,
Carnival party, Family Day-festivals,
theaters, tours, olympics, parties,
sports, school visits, etc.
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13. Nursery School number 71 „Pod Topola” participates to
the Comenius program „Learning through the whole
life” from the 1st august 2012 to 31st july 2014.
 Our partners: Finland, Turkey
We are the coordinator.
 The name of our project is:
„Our little, great motherland”.
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14. Nursery school number 71 „Pod Topola” has
got:
 certificate: „Friendly Nursery
School”
 certificate: „Active in a local
community”
 certificate: „Nursery School
with an atmosphere”
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15. Thank you,
Marzenna Bolińska
headmistress Przedszkole nr 71
„POD TOPOLA” in Poznan
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