Our History:

 

Our Institute “R. Valturio”  is one of the oldest and prestigious  schools of our city.

It was founded in 1873 by Royal Decree as a nautical institute then it spread  and, in 1919 acquired the name called “R. Valturio”.

Our school has deep roots in the history of our city boasting the tradition of a school very tied up with the cultural-formative aspects and with vocational training.

In this sense, the history of our institute is based upon  a meeting and mediation between Education and Training.

 

Economic History from which we operate and our vocational aim.

 

The economic background in which we work is characterized by a large number of firms(13 for every 100 inhabitants) the 25,7% of these being artisan in typology. The production sectors in which these firms operate are mainly two:

The tourist industry and connected activities(trade, communication, leisure and cultural activities);

The manufacturing industries: above all the machines processing  wood, precision mechanics, the shoe industry, the textile industry and the book trade.

These, then are industries which treat at tourism but we include  here also those small and average companies producing both traditional and innovative goods, therefore affording themselves the possibility of entering into as well as foreign markets.

With support from the entrepreneurial world inside analysis of the economic climate in our area, has given us many hints in regard to student-training methodology.

We require all this:

Main aspects during the school years:

-knowledge of the process of management and administration in a company;

-a good knowledge of foreign languages;

-the ability to use a computer;

 

Innovative input based on skill acquisition:

-capacity to communicate and work in a team, establishing an ethos of  cooperation  in which ideas can freely be exchanged;

-flexibility: to be able to harvest innovation  and to work at different duties.

The economic background described above offers great opportunities respecting employment prospects for our  students who become accountants; these abilities are in great demand in many companies and especially book-keeping.

 

Our offer to students.

 

Educational aims:

 

We encourage the growth of the student as a person, developing his/her ability to participate consciously and responsibly in the life of the community.

We are supportive of tolerance and the habit of listening to differing opinions and judgements as a means of discouraging standpoints which may be deemed over dogmatic.

 

We strive to raise continuously the quality of our student training in respect of  experience and  abilities (planning, expression, decision-making, communication and participation in human relationships).

Improving the planning of the didactics continuously so that this can be more effective and efficient;

Applying  new  computer technology consciously and correctly in all subjects;

Carrying out adaptable and structured curricula  in which reception, continuity and guidance are assured;

Stimulating in the student a disposition towards being accustomed to the changing world, not only in order to get a more prominent training for future employment but also as an inherent value which the person and the citizen in a process of  permanent education for the entire duration  of his/her life;

Developing in pupils the skill to identify the main aspects of each subject and to foster personal development in  every subject;

Promoting in teachers a highly motivated culture of profession, scientifically suited for research, planning and testing.

 

Guiding educational purpose towards new cultural and vocational horizons which are both personal and European.

 

Developing a knowledge of the  languages of the EU;

Encouraging the acquisition of an outlook  to cover ground in cultural, historical and social  spheres;

Accurately promoting cultural exchanges and practical training;

Setting up effective communication with our area, the business community and the University so offering a strong support for guidance, further studies and placement in the professional ambit;

 

Didactic Selection:

 

“The five-day week”.

 

Lessons run for five days: from Monday to Friday, comprising seven units a day at most. These units are set as follows: there may be two hours running for the same subject but students cannot have more than four different subjects a day.

On Saturday mornings  there are no curricular lessons in order for teachers to help students in the different subjects. Students are afforded the chance to study in depth or to  carry out extra curricula activities such as sport etc.

The five-days week has this timetable:

1^st hour :0 8h00-08h50

2^nd hour:0 8h50-09h35

3^rd hour:0 9h35-10h20

4^th hour: 10h20-11h05

Break: 11h05-11h15

5^th hour: 11h15-12h00

6^th hour: 12h00-12h45

7^th hour: 12h45-13h30

The school time with lessons spread over six week days is facilitated by this schedule and organization throughout the entire school-year.

 

Parent-teacher class committee

 

Every class committee of teachers drafts its own  programme , taking the situation of the class into consideration as well as decisions on what follow (all this is noted down):

Class  level;

organization of didactic and educational  strategies and additional activities;

extra curricula aims;

teacher strategies to encourage achievement;

means of observing, checking and assessing;

how to apportion homework for entire week;

test number per day and per week;

additional activities.

Parent-teacher class committees are attended by elected representatives of the students and of the parents who are elected every school-year, as well as by any students and/or parents who wish to come.

 

Our courses of studies:

 

1)Economic Secondary School;

2)Technical Business Institute.

 

Economics Secondary School:

What is it?

 

It is a secondary school which offers students the development of  a broad and general culture; together with liberal and scientific disciplines, juridical and scientific subjects are included, allowing for the acquisition of characteristic tools for a  modern society typified by markets and finance.

 

Subsequent to Economics Secondary School

 

Our school facilities entry to all faculties, especially the scientific and the economic faculties.

Besides, those who do not wish to go on with their studies have the chance to get a job.

 

Which certificate?

 

Secondary School certificate an accountant or a qualified accountant’s diploma.

 

Which subjects?

 

The student will acquire a sound cultural training through preparation in the artistic, literary and historic-philosophical traditions and a  command of new computer and communication technologies, a suitable grounding in maths and science and a contemporary understanding of law, economy, finance and business.

 

Additional area

 

If necessary, students may attend remedial courses; even in single lessons or with a small amount of pupils to allow for   preparation of a lesson or test with a teacher;

They will have the possibility of learning a second or a third foreign language;

We will encourage sports groups, lectures, visits to exhibitions, theatre workshops, music, relationships with firms and educational holidays….;

The students will choose one or more  activities totalling at an amount of 125 hours a year.

 

Studying plan(including the weekly units)

 

Literature: 1^st year and 2^nd year: 5 units; 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th year: 4 units.

History: 2 units a week in every school year.

Philosophy: 2 units a week in the last 3 years of study.

English: 1^st year and 2^nd year: 4 units; 3^rd,4^th and 5^th year: 3 units.

A second EU language: 1^st year and 2^nd year: 2 units.

Computer technology: 1^st year: 3 units: 2^nd year: 2 units.

Law/Economy: 3^rd year: 6 units: 4^th year: 5 units: 5^th year: 6 units.

Business Economics with laboratory:

General and Applied Mathematics: 1^st year and 2^nd year: 5 units; 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th year: 4 units.

Physics: 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th year: 2 units.

Chemistry and Biology: 1^st year: 5 units: 2^nd year: 4 units.

Geography: 1^st year: 2 units: 2^nd year 3 units.

Religion: a unit per week in every school-year.

Physical Education: 2 units per week in every school-year.

Total amount of weekly units: 1^st year: 29 units: 2^nd year 30 units: 3^rd year: 31 units: 4^th and 5^th year: 32 units.

P.S: during the last three years the literary syllabus also includes history of art.

The learning of a second EU language is aimed at conversation; with only oral tests.

 

Structures

 

6 laboratories with 130 Personal Computers linked to Internet;

5 scientific laboratories;

2 language laboratories;

a library with more than 20,000 volumes and computers linked to Internet;

a theatrical workshop;

a 600 sq  metre gym;

outdoor areas for  different sports such as football, tennis and athletics.

 

Structures

 

6 computer laboratories with 130 machines linked to Internet;

5 scientific laboratories;

2 language laboratories;

a library including 20,000 volumes and computers linked to Internet;

theatre workshop;

a 600 sq metre gym;

outdoor areas to practice these sports: tennis, athletics and football.

 

Activities and Services

 

Orientation for students of the first classes;

Guidance for students of the first two classes;

Remedial activities in the afternoon;

Relationships with the business community: visits to companies, stages, and simulating companies;

Post diploma guidance;

Extra curricula sporting activities: swimming, aerobics, step, football, volleyball and basketball.

 

Technical Business Institute

 

We issue two different kinds of diploma:

1)Diploma qualified accountant(Igea: course in business, economy and law);

2)Diploma qualified programming accountant(Course of Computer Technology).

 

The accountant’s abilities:

 

He/She is a good technician with a good knowledge of computer science and all economy-related as well as of companies and tax. He/She deals with management, book-keeping, business management and finance, tax questions and commercial practices.

 

Possibilities of employment:

 

Firms, professional offices, banks, insurances, broking offices, public authorities….

 

Profession:

 

The accountant diploma allows for entry to the professional accountants’register. The qualified accountant must pass a certification examination in order to be registered to practice the profession after following a graduate course and three years of training with a professional accountant.

 

Admission to University:

 

The accountant certificate allows for entry to any faculty.

 

The course of studies:

 

The first two years are similar to those of  every student: at the end of the second year the student can choose between these two different courses:

 

1)”IGEA”: business, economy and law.

2)”MERCURIO”: course in computer technology.

 

Studying plan:

 

Two-year period: (weekly units)

Students can choose either Religion or an alternative subject: a unit a week each year;

Literature: 5 units each year;

History: 2 units each year;

First foreign language: 3 units a week;

Second foreign language: 4 units a week;

Maths and Laboratory: 5 units a week;

Chemistry and Laboratory: 4 units a week:

Biology: 3 units a week;

Law/Economy: 2 units a week;

Business Economics: 2 units a week;

Typing texts: 3 units a week;

Physical Education: 2 units a week.

 

IGEA COURSE:

 

Religion or  on other subject: a unit a week in the 3^rd, 4th and 5^th year;

Literature: 3 units a week in the 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th year;

History; 2 units a week in the 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th year;

English: 3 units a week in the 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th year;

A Second foreign language: 3 units a week in the 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th year;

Maths and Laboratory: 4 units a week in the 3^rd and 4^th year; 3 units in the 5^th year;

Business Economics with Laboratory: 7 units a week(3^rd year), 10 units a week(4^th year) and 9 units a week(5^th year);

Law: 3 units a week in the 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th year;

Political Economy: 3units a week in the 3^rd year, 2 units a week in the 4^th year;

Economic Geography: 3 units a week in the 3^rd year, 2 units a week in the 4^th year and 3 units a week in the 5^th year;

Physical Education: 2 units a week in the 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th year.

 

MERCURIO COURSE

 

Religion or other subject: a unit a week in the 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th year;

Literature: 3 units a week in the 3^rd, 4^th and in the 5^th year;

History: 2 units a week in the 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th year;

English: 3 units a week  in the 3^rd,4^th and 5^th year;

Maths and Laboratory: 5 units a week in the 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th year;

Computer Technology: 5 units a week in the 3^rd and in the 4^th year; 6 units a week in the 5^th year;

Business Economics and Laboratory: 7 units a week in the 3^rd year, 10 units a week in the 4^th year and 9 units a week in the 5^th year;

Law: 3 units a week in the 3^rd and in the 4^th year; 2 units a week in the 5^th year;

Political Economy: 3 units in the 3^rd year and 2 units a week in the 4^th year;

Finance: 3 units in the 5^th year;

Physical Education: 2 units a week in the 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th year.

 

School timetable: in accordance with the didactic and organizational autonomy, the school has scheduled lessons from Monday to Friday, from 08h00 to 13h00.