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Phone : +370 65617532 |
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Research Area: |
Social sciences: Management, Educology |
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Scientific Interests: |
Leadership and management. Quality of education, Value co-creation. |
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Present Position: |
Associate professor, senior researcher at Vilnius university Šiauliai academy |
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Education: |
2012 Doctor of Social Sciences (Educology). Kaunas University of Technology 2004 Master of Social Sciences (Management). Šiauliai University. 1995 Master of Arts (Philology). Šiauliai University. 1993 Bachelor of Business Administration. Šiauliai University. |
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Experience (Past Positions): |
1992 – 2000 Šiauliai Julius Janonis Gymnasium. Teacher of Lithuanian language. 1999 – 2005 Šiauliai city municipality administration. Senior specialist in Educational Dept. From 2004 Šiauliai university Faculty of Social sciences, Dept. of Management. From 2099 lecturer, from 2015 – associate professor. From 2007 Šiauliai university Faculty of Social sciences Scientific Centre for Social Research. Junior researcher. 2013 – 2016 – senior researcher. 2018 - 2020 Šiauliai university, Institute of Regional development, associate professor. |
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Publications: |
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Study subjects: |
Management Knowledge management |
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Projects: |
Year 2017–2020. The “Time for Leaders” project, Stage 3 (45 municipalities of Lithuania). A national initiative of the Centre of School Improvement and the Ministry of Education and Science. Role in the project: researcher (measurement of impact of the project activities on education institutions, consulting municipality project teams). Year 2015 – 2016. ERASMUS+ KA1 project "Civic leadership training in the School" Project no. 2015-1-LT01_KA201-013469-932871505. Developer of the citizenship education model. Year 2012 – 2014. A research group project funded by the Research Council of Lithuania “The value of customer participation as a factor in increasing the competitiveness of the organization (VALORE)”. Role in the project: senior researcher. Year 2011 – 2013. Project „Inquiry based Master studies (INTERMAG)”. Role in the project: expert, responsible for study course renewal and pilot trial. Year 2010 – 2012. Project „Study Programme Development: Problem based method integration into the programme (PROMOK)”. Role in the project: lecturer, responsible for study course improvement and pilot trial (courses: Marketing, Consumer Behaviour, Marketing for Public Institutions). |
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Internships, Grants: |
2012 08 05 – 2012 08 09 – Manchester municipal university, Manchester University (England). Master studies based on internationalisation and research, inquiry based learning. |
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Practical experience: |
neprivaloma |
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Applied research projects: |
Year 2022. Research “Quality of student learning assistance in Leipijai school (Plungė district)”. Year 2020. Research “Evaluation of the relevance, effectiveness and impact of the „Erasmus+“ Key Action 1 (adult education staff mobility (KA104)). Research funded by the Education Exchanges Support Foundation of Lithuania. Year 2017 – 2019. Longitudinal study of the impact of the program "I choose to teach! For school changes". Year 2015 – 2019. International longitudinal study “Impact and sustainability of the ERASMUS+ programme Key Action 1 Mobility Projects for School Education Staff”. International research (Estonia, Poland, Lithuania, Finland, Germany). Role: researcher. Research funded by the Education Exchanges Support Foundation of Lithuania. Year 2017. National research “Evaluation of children's and youth cultural education in Lithuanian museums”. Role: researcher. Funded by the Lithuanian museum association. 2017 Study of the project "Assessment of the state of cultural education of children and youth in Lithuanian museums and presentation of recommendations for its improvement" "Assessment of the state of cultural education of children and youth in Lithuanian museums". The client of the research is the Association of Lithuanian Museums. The project is financed by the Culture Support Fund of the Lithuanian Council of Culture. |
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Dissemination of scientific results: |
Valuckienė, Jūratė; Damkuvienė, Milda; Balčiūnas, Sigitas, Evandželina Petukienė (2021). How to enable municipalities to implement systemic changes in education? Analysis of Education Problem]. November 2021, No. 5 (195). https://www.nsa.smm.lt/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/nr5-abKaip-igalinti-savivaldybes_elektroninis.pdf Valuckienė, Jūrate; Damkuviene, Milda; Balčiūnas, Sigitas, Evandželina Petukienė. Leadership in education is a process, not a position. Interview. http://www.svietimonaujienos.lt/lyderyste-svietimo-sistemjeme-procesas-ne-pozicija/ March 19, 2018 Valuckienė, Jūrate; Damkuviene, Milda; Balčiūnas, Sigitas. How does in-service training abroad strengthen teacher leadership? Education problem analysis: [information publication] [electronic resource]. Vilnius: Education Supply Center of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania. ISSN: 1822-4156. 2016, no. 5(148) (May). Valuckienė, Jūrate; Damkuviene, Milda; Balčiūnas, Sigitas. Strengthening the school's internationality by implementing teacher qualification improvement projects abroad. Analysis of the educational problem : [information publication] [electronic resource]. Vilnius: Education Supply Center of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania. ISSN: 1822-4156. 2016, no. 8(151) (June). Survutaitė, Dalia; Bacys, Vaidas; Balčiūnas, Sigitas; Čiuladienė, Gražina; Petkūniene, Victoria; Sičiūnienė, Viktorija; Valuckienė, Jūrate; Vilkoniene, Margarita. Recommendations for self-assessment of the quality of general education activities. // Towards a good school. National Agency for School Evaluation, 2015. ISBN978-9955-613-98-5 p. 130-146. Balčiūnas, Sigitas; Valuckienė, Jūratė; Damkuviene, Milda; Miltenienė, Lina; Bacys, Vaidas. Museum - school - student. Together or separately? Presentation of the results of the study "Evaluation of the state of cultural education of children and youth in museums" at the Litexpo Republican exhibition of educational innovations "School 2017", 2017-11-24, Vilnius. Valuckienė, J., Balčiūnas, S., Būdvytytė, A., Cibulskienė, D., Petukienė, E. Civic leadership development at school: successful experiences. – Kaunas: Vitae Litera, 2017. 95 p. |
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Expert, consulting activities: |
2020 - 2021 Head and organizer of the expert group "Preparation to implement updated general programs of self-evaluation criteria for general education schools". Methodologies for self-evaluation of the performance quality of schools implementing general education programs, approved by the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania in 2016. March 29 by order no. V-267, organizer. Description of the external assessment of the quality of activities of general education schools, approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania in 2007. April 2 by order no. ISAK-578, organizer. Developer of the concepts for the development of instruments for self-evaluation of the quality of the activities of general education schools and 6 instrument packages for studying the context of the school and the areas of the school's activities, 2007. |
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Awards: |
neprivaloma Nacionaliniai, tarptautiniai (neteikiama informacija apie Rektoriaus padėkas) |
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Other Related Activities: |
Member of the Lithuanian Educational Research Association (LERA) Member of the European Educational Research Association (EERA) |
