1. Family name: IUCU BUMBU

2. First names: ROMITA

3. Date of birth: 30.07.1971

4. Nationality: Romanian

5. Civil status: Married

6. Education – degrees :

Institution	University of Bucharest,
Date: from (month/year): to (month/year)	October 1996 December 1999
Degree (s) or Diploma (s) Obtained:	PhD in Education

Institution	University of Bucharest, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Date: from (month/year): to (month/year)	October 1995 June 1996
Degree (s) or Diploma (s) Obtained:	Master degree on Educational Management and Administration.

Institution	University of Bucharest, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Date: from (month/year): to (month/year)	October 1990 June 1995
Degree (s) or Diploma (s) Obtained:	Graduate of the specialization Pedagogy, Licensed in Pedagogy (graduated the first)

Academicals trainings and specializations

Institution	University of Northern Yowa
Date: from (month/year): to (month/year)	June 1999 July 1999
Degree (s) or Diploma (s) Obtained:	Post university specialization Program Teacher Education Programs Coordinator: Bill Callahan

Institution	Freie Universitat Berlin Erziehungswissenschaft Fachbereich
Date: from (month/year): to (month/year)	February 1994 July 1994
Degree (s) or Diploma (s) Obtained:	Specialization Program “Educational Sciences– Educational Sociology” Coordinator: prof.dr. Dieter Geulen Reference: prof.dr. Christof Wulf

Institution	L’Ecole des Etudes Sociale - Lausanne
Date: from (month/year): to (month/year)	June 1993 August 1993
Degree (s) or Diploma (s) Obtained:	Specialization Program “Special Needs in the Classroom” Coordinator: prof.dr. Candide Berz Reference: prof.dr. Candide Berz

7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)

Language	Reading	Speaking	Writing
English	3	3	3
French	2	3	3
German	2	2	3
Romanian (mother tongue)	1	1	1

8. Membership of professional bodies:

• EUA - European University Association

• FODIP – Formacio Docent e Inovacio Pedagogica

• IAER International Association for Educational Research “PESTALOZZI”

• UNICA – European Capitals University Association

• NCTE - National Council for Teacher Education – Romanian World Bank Project

• EC - European Commission – member of the Gruntvig Expert Group

9. Other skills: (e.g. Computer literacy, etc.)

Institutional management:

• Experience in university management: 2004 – present – Vice Rector Director - University of Bucharest; 2004 – Vice-Dean (Pro-Dean) Faculty of Psychology and Educational Studies; 1999 – 2004 – Director – Teacher Training College - University of Bucharest;

• Experience at systemically / national level: February 2001 – July 2003 : Deputy General Director, Department for Teacher Education, Ministry of Education and Research;

Policy analysis and development:

• February 2005 – present: Vice President National Council for Educational Reform

• European Commission - member of Cluster Teachers and trainers (2005 - present)

• European Commission - member of Expert Group on Improving the Education of teachers and trainers (2002 – 2005)

• February 2001 – July 2003 : Deputy General Director, Department for Teacher Education, Ministry of Education and Research – designed and implemented the National Strategy for Teacher Education Development System;

• Consultant for Teacher Training Policies - Center Education 2000+ (NGO, member of Soros Open network)

Project development and management:

• CEEX – INVS 118 – coordinator “The Romanian Educational System – efficiency on the perspective of labor market dynamics” (2005 – present)

• Coordinator COMENIUS Konsortialvertrag 118303 – CP-1-2004 DE – C 21: “Lehrerin in Europa als Merkmal von Professionalisierung Lehrerin und Lehrer” (2004 – present)

• ARION 10.4-2003 – grant: Formation de future professeur in Europe / Finland Tampere

• Coordinator Project “Institutional Innovation in Teacher Education” - National Council for Financing Higher Education in Romania (2001-2003)

• Coordinator: UNICEF Project – National Strategy for Preschool Teacher Training (2000)

• Coordinator: National Teacher Training Project - Center Education 2000+ (NGO, member of Soros Open network) (1999-2001)

Quality assurance:

• ARACIS – Romanian Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance (member of the council) - 2006

• National Center for Teacher Training Program Accreditation – vice-president of the National Accreditation Commission responsible for Educational Managers Training Programs (2003-2006);

• CALISRO – National Project for Improving the Quality in Higher Education – responsible with Educational Sciences Field (2003-2005)

Training skills:

• Accredited trainer of National Board for Teacher Education – World Bank Project;

• Accredited trainer of Center Education 2000+ (NGO, member of Soros Open network);

• Trainer and organizer for more than 70 training stages and workshops in the last five years organized by different institutions in the field of educational sciences

Program evaluation skills:

• National Center for Teacher Training Program Accreditation – member in the National Accreditation Commission for Educational Managers Training Programs;

• Evaluator of the international program TRANSIT (Leonardo) - 2004

• Romanian National Council for Research in Higher Education – national program evaluator;

• Romanian National Council for Financing Higher Education – national program evaluator;

• Program evaluation task performed in the frame of Center Education 2000+ (NGO, member of Soros Open Network);

Research and information analysis skills:

• CALISRO – National Project for Improving the Quality in Higher Education – responsible with Educational Sciences Field (2003-2005)

• National Council for Financing Higher Education in Romania – Coordinator Research Project “Institutional Innovation in Teacher Education”;

• International Research “Comparative Overview of Teacher Training System and Policies”, Open Society Institute – Institute for Educational Policy, Budapest (1999 - 2000);

• Individual and groups research grants in the field of education, program evaluation,

Computer literacy:

• Office 2000, XP: Word, Power Point, Internet navigators

10. Present position

1. University Professor , Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences – Educational Sciences Department (University of Bucharest)

2. Vice Rector, University of Bucharest

11. Years within the firm

    1. twelve years ; 2 – three years

12. Key qualifications

• License in Educational Sciences,

• MA in Educational Management and Administration,

• PhD in Educational Sciences

13. Specific experience in the region:

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	November 2002
Location	Ljubliana
Company	Lifelong Learning Institute – Andragojki Center
Position	International expert
Description	Expertise on improving the quality of lifelong learning processes and refreshing the continuing training consortiums in the region

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	November 1999 April 2000
Location	Budapesta
Company	Open Society Institute – Institute for Educational Policies
Position	International expert
Description	Expertise for teachers and trainers training programs – curricula and evaluation

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	February 2004 May 2004
Location	Krakow / Bucharest
Company	Expedition inside Culture (Poland)
Position	Program evaluator
Description	Independent evaluation of the Leonardo project Transit . member of the external evaluation team. Design of instruments, data collection, processing and interpretation, elaboration of final report.

14. Professional Experience Record:

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	September 1995 – Present
Location	Bucharest
Company	Bucharest University –Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Position	Prof. dr. (full professor)
Description	Subjects: Instructional Theories, Classroom management, Teacher training models – policies and practice

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	September 1999 – April 2004
Location	Bucharest
Company	Bucharest University – Department for Preschool and Primary Teacher Education
Position	Director
Description	Department for Preschool and Primary Teacher Education – initial and continuing programs

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	April 2004 – Present
Location	Bucharest
Company	Bucharest University
Position	Vice Rector
Description	Responsibilities: academically coordination, educational programs, curriculum, masteral studies, doctorates programs, teacher education programs

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	December 2000 – July 2003
Location	Bucharest
Company	Ministry of Education and Research
Position	Deputy General Director
Description	Responsible for Lifelong learning , Teacher education programs - initial and continuing education and Managers training

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	June 1999 - September 2004
Location	Bucharest
Company	University of Bucharest – Center for Open and Distance Education
Position	Coordinator for Teacher Education Programs
Description	Coordination of development of training programs for teachers – initial and continuing education

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	July 2002 August 2003
Location	Bucharest
Company	Algoritma – ICT expertise
Position	Human Resources Advisor
Description	Responsibilities in the field of recruitment, evaluation and staff development

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	April 2002 – December 2004.
Location	Bruxelles
Company	European Commission
Position	Expert
Description	Member of the Working group A: Improving the education of teachers and trainers

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	February 2005 – Present
Location	Bruxelles
Company	European Commission
Position	Expert
Description	Member of the Cluster Teachers and Trainers

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	November 1999 April 2000
Location	Budapesta
Company	Open Society Institute – Institute for Educational Policies
Position	International expert
Description	Expertise for teacher and trainer training programs – curricula and evaluation

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	August 2005 Present
Location	Bucharest
Company	Ministry of Education – National Council for Educational Reform
Position	Vice - President
Description	Coordinator for higher education institution reform, university curricula, university evaluation, Bologna process implementation

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	February 2004 May 2004
Location	Krakow and Bucharest
Company	Expedition inside Culture (Poland)
Position	Program evaluator
Description	Independent evaluation of the Leonardo project Transit. Member of the external evaluation team. Design of instruments, data collection, processing and interpretation, elaboration of final report.

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	June 1997 - 2004
Location	Romania
Company	Center Education 2000+ (Open Society Foundation)
Position	Consultant, trainer
Description	Participation in different programs as trainer and consultant. Tasks: program monitoring and evaluation, development of learning materials for teachers, training of teachers, consultancy on project development and implementation, coordinator of the regional group with expertise in teacher education and school improvement

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	September 2003 Present
Location	Bucharest
Company	Ministry of Education – National Center for Teacher Training Program Accreditation
Position	Vice - President
Description	Vice president of the National Accreditation Commission for Educational Managers Training Programs responsible for managers training programs;

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	November 2002
Location	Ljubliana
Company	Lifelong Learning Institute – Andragojki Center
Position	International expert
Description	Expertise on improving the quality of lifelong learning processes and refreshing the continuing training consortiums in the region

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	1997 – 2002
Location	Bucharest
Company	National Council for Teacher Education
Position	Expert, member of the coordination group
Description	Coordination of development of national strategy for teacher education and the Research Project related to teacher training needs in Romania

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	August 2001 - June 2003
Location	Bucharest
Company	Ministry of Labor and Social Solidarity – PHARE project for Development of the National Action Plan for Employment
Position	Local expert, representative of Ministry of Education and Research
Description	Member of the team for development of National Action Plan for Employment

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	January 2000 - June 2001
Location	Bucharest
Company	UNICEF
Position	Coordinator
Description	Coordinator for National Project – National Strategy for Preschool Teacher Training

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	January 2002 - present
Location	Bucharest
Company	World Bank Project for Rural Education
Position	Advisor / Coordinator
Description	Advisor for project design / Coordinator for Teacher Training Curricula – preschool and primary school teachers

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	June 2003
Location	Bucharest
Company	National Council for Financing Higher Education
Position	Project assessor / evaluator
Description	Assessment of project proposals for higher education in the field of educational sciences

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	March 2004 - Present
Location	Brusells / Bucharest
Company	European University Association
Position	Local expert - “Bologna Promoter”
Description	Activities related to the Bologna Process promotion in Romania and in the region, dissemination and training

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	April 2005 - Present
Location	Bucharest
Company	National Socrates Agency
Position	Consultant
Description	Activities related to management in higher education system -

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)	September 2006 - Present
Location	Bucharest
Company	Romanian Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance
Position	Member of the Council
Description	Activities related to the quality assurance in higher education system – evaluation, accreditation, quality assurance

15. Main publications

A. Publications:

1. Articles and studies (selection)

• Formation des enseignants: perspective sat tendaces dans le system educatif roumain, Carrefours de l,education, Universite de Picardie, Jules Verne, ISSN 1262 – 3490, 2006

• El desarrollo profesional del docente universitario en el sistema de educacion superior rumano, (coautor Potolea Dan) in, „La formacion del profesodaro universitario ante los retos del futuro”, publicaciones FODIP, Universitat de Barcelona, 2005

• Romania case study – directions and content of transition in higher education system, ESF Exploratory Workshop, Oxford University, 2005

• L’espace europeen de l’enseignement superior – consequences educationnelles et culturelles, Les actes du Colleque International „Identite et globalisation” – CEPES, 2005

• Lifelong learning in a changing continent – continuing education in the universities of Europe. Edited by Mychael Osborn and Edward Thomas, NIACE – Leicester Bell & Bain, 2003 (collective work)

• Values and education in Romania Today. Edited by Marin Calin and Magdalena Dumitrana. Cultural heritage and contemporary change, The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, Washington D.C. 2001 (collective work)

• Teacher Training – Research report (with Ovidiu Panisoara). Ministry of National Education, UMC Publishing, Bucharest, 2000 (volume I and II)

• Lifelong learning. Alternative Publishing, Bucharest, 1998

2. Books:

National Publications:

Individual work:

• Classroom management – application for educational crisis management situations, Polirom Publishing, Iasi, 2006

• Teacher training, Humanitas Publishing, Bucharest, 2005

• Elements of Pedagogy. University of Bucharest – CREDIS Publishing, Bucharest, 2004

• Management of teacher training systems. University of Bucharest Publishing, Bucharest, 2004

• Pedagogy. University of Bucharest Publishing, Bucharest, 2002

• School Instruction. Polirom Publishing, Iasi, 2001

• Classroom management. Polirom Publishing, Iasi, 2000

• Crisis Management Situations. Cultural Foundation “Bolintineanu”, Publishing, Bucharest, 1999

Coordinator:

• Preschool Education in Romania (with E.Paun). Polirom Publishing, Iasi, 2002

Collaborative work:

• Initial and Inservice Teacher Training (with otilia Pacurari). Humanitas Publishing, Bucharest, 2001

• Pedagogy (with Marin Manolescu). Cultural Foundation “Bolintineanu” Publishing, Bucharest, 1999

Collective work:

• Miron Ionescu – anniversary book. Presa Universitara Clujeana Publishing, Cluj Napoca, 2004

• Guide for the preschool and primary school teachers training. Cicero Publishing, Bucharest, 2003

• Changing and continuity in national curriculum. Polirom Publishing, 2002

• Pedagogy – theoretical fundaments and applicative undertakings. Polirom, Iasi, 2002

International Publications:

• Lifelong learning in a changing continent – continuing education in the universities of Europe. Edited by Mychael Osborn and Edward Thomas, NIACE – Leicester Bell & Bain, 2003 (collective work)

• Teacher Training – Research report (with Ovidiu Panisoara). Ministry of National Education, UMC Publishing, Bucharest, 2000 (volume I)

• Teacher Training – Research report (with Ovidiu Panisoara). Ministry of National Education, UMC Publishing, Bucharest, 2000 (volume II)

3. Conferences:

Chairman / Moderator:

• Vice-president of the organizational committee / moderator, EDUWORLD, University of Pitesti, 2006,

• Moderator, Achieving Lisbon Goals – 2010: Contribution of TVET in Romania, Eforie Nord, 2005

• Chairman, European Conference; Testing Conference on common European principles for teacher competences and qualifications Brusselles, 2005

• Moderator, International Colloquy, Identity and globalization, University of Bucharest & Center Education 2000+, CEPES, Bucharest, 2005

Contributor / Participant:

• Professional Development of University Teaching Staff in Romania; a case study, La formacio del professorat universitari en l,espaiu europeu d,educacio superior, Universitat de Barcelona, 2005

• Universitatea din Bucuresti si Biblioteca Centrala Pedagogica, Conferinta: Bibliotecile pedagogice in societatea recunoasterii, Bucuresti, 2005

• Innovation in VET teachers training: the case of Romania, International Conference on VET Teachers Training, Ankara, Turcia, 2004

• Quality of education – teachers professional training and development, The European Union and the SE European Countries, European Commission, Education Research Centre of Greece, Atena, 2003

• Teachers and trainers in vocational education and Training in the Future Member State A joint conference of the ETF, CEDEFOP and the Danish Ministry of Education, Aalborg, 2002

• A european Approach to Quality in Vocational Education and Training, European Commission, Elsinore, 2002

• Participation in Romanian Adult Education System International Workshop „Participation in Adult Education”, Slovenian Institute for Adult Education, Ljubljana, 2001

B. Further training

1. Further training

• 1995 grant FICE – Bureu International de l’Education - Geneva

• 1996 grant TEMPUS – Freie Universitat Berlin, Crisis Management Situations, coordinator prof. Herman Veith

• 1997 grant ANUP – University of Pecs & Bundeswehr Universitat Munchen, coordonator prof. Heinrich Lossl

• 1998 – University of Barcelona, Open Distance Education, curricula and evaluation, Barcelona

• 2001 - IUFM Creteil – Paris, IUFM Poitiers, teacher education programs

• 2001 - National Association for Professionals Teaching Standards, Washington D.C., University of North Carolina, Raleigh,

• 2002 - Ljubljana Andragojski Center, Slovenia

• 2002 - training of experts in the field of educational policies , European Commision, Aalborg, Denmark

• 2002 - training of experts in the field of mobility and quality in teacher education system management, European Commision, Lisbon

• 2003 - grant ARION – Teacher education programs – management and aplication, Normali Coulu, Tampere, Finland

• 2006 – training stage for the experts in higher education system „Bologna Promoters - thre cycles structure”, EUA – University Napier, Edinburgh

• 2006 – training stage for the experts in higher education quality assurance, EUA - Technische Universitat, Munchen

C. Participation in national and international bodies / academic comitees

• Member of the EUA – Bologna Promoters Team (2004 – present)

• Expert, European Commission, Member of the Working group A: Improving the education of teachers and trainers (2002-2004)

• Expert, European Commission, Member of the Cluster Teachers and Trainers (2005 – present)

• Chairman, European Conference, Testing Conference on common European principles for teacher competences and qualifications Brusselles, (2005)

• Member of the National Council for Teacher Education (1997 – 2002)

• Member of the advisory board of the Leonardo Project TRANSIT: Preparing young people for common European labor market (coordinated by Jagellonian University, Cracow, Poland – department of Educational Administration) (2002-2004).

• Vice- President of the National Council for Educational Reform (2005-present)

• Vice-President of the Specialized Commission for Accreditation of Training Programs for educational staff (National Center for Staff Training in Pre-university Education, Romania; from 2003 - 2006)

• Member of the Gruntvig Expert Group - European Commission

• Member of the Council of Romanian Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance (2006-present)

CONTACT DETAILS:

UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST

36-46 Mihail Kogalniceanu Blvd.

Bucharest, Sect. 5, ROMANIA.

Tel: +40 21 3077320 ; Fax: +40 21 3177360

Mobile phone: +40 72 3188897

Email: iucu@unibuc.ro romiuc@yahoo.com