ORT Israel
ORT is the largest educational network in Israel.
Established in 1949, it has trained over 500,000 graduates, most of them in
science and technology. The ORT Israel network provides educational
programs for over 100,000 students in 160 schools and colleges with 8,000
educators and admin.
Science and technology have always been at the core of ORT
Israel's mission. ORT
Israel programs are fostering and
encouraging young students to develop their abilities and careers in High-Tech
and advanced scientific studies
ORT Israel Moshinsky Centre for R&D is constantly involved in
researching and developing educational materials, teaching methods, ICT
platforms and e-learning. The center is implementing innovative, pedagogical and
organizational processes in schools.
ORTIsrael network:
mission, values and vision
Founded in 1949, ORT
Israel will continue to be
Israel’s leading educational network,
instilling in its students values and a broad education, with an orientation
towards science and technology.
Mission
The network’s institutions – 6-year
comprehensive schools, industrial schools, education centers, practical
engineering colleges and academic colleges for youth and adults – will be
leaders, each in its own competitive area.
Core organizational
values
ORT Israel will run
according to the following core values:
o
Excellence and
innovation
o
Reliability
o
Fairness
o
Professionalism
Vision
principles
a. The network develops its students’
social values through “ORT Youth for
the Community” –
volunteering activities contributing to the individual, the
community and society
at large.
b. The networks institutions will
foster value-laden education alongside
science, technology and ICT
education, and will prepare its graduates for
success in the academic
world, the military, advanced and other industries.
It will help them realize
their potential, talents and tendencies in order to
promote their social and
economic mobility.
c. The network’s institutions will be
spread around the country, including
peripheral areas, and
will provide high quality education to all layers and
sectors of Israeli
society.
d. The network will use the advantage
of its size both for the pooling of
resources and to the
mutual benefit of learners and staff.
e. The network will pioneer
development and implementation of innovative
study tracks and
curricula in science and technology, online teaching-
learning materials and
quality learning projects including intervention programs to promote student
achievement.
f. The network will cultivate its
human capital: teachers, principals, and
administrative staff as an
innovative learning organization, to suit the needs
of science-based industries, the
military and Israeli society.
g. The network will cultivate a
culture of quality service to both internal and
external customers, using
advanced management pedagogical and
organizational
systems.
h. The network will be fully
transparent and reliable in all its dealings with
partners and state bodies.
ORT Israel goals for
2010
4 mandatory
goals:
1. Strengthening Jewish identity and
the ties to the State of Israel and increased heritage studies in the various
sectors (starting from 2007)
2. Enhancing value-laden education:
ORT Youth for the Community, optimal educational climate, IDF recruitment (as of
2000, from 2004 – a mandatory goal)
3. Implementation of science and technology
innovation (2004 – elective goal, as of 2005 – mandatory
goal)
4. Improving achievements and their
quality, while increasing perseverance (from 2000, as of 2003 – mandatory
goal).
Elective
goals
1. Human Resources development (from
2006, from 2001 only two parameters – increasing scope of in-service courses for
teachers and reducing teacher absenteeism)
2. Establishing measurement,
evaluation and feedback procedures
(as of 2006)
3. Establishing successful learning
processes – within and between schools (starting 2010)
4. Increasing the school’s
attractiveness (as of 2000)
5. Increasing effective work
organization in the school (from 2000, 2002-2004: mandatory
goal)
6. Improving ICT (as of 2001,
2002-2003: mandatory goal)
