Martin Kaleja

Associated Prof. Martin Kaleja, PhD., MBA, works as an academic in AMBIS UNIVERSITY, in the past he worked as the head of the Research Centre for Social Inclusion at Silesian University in Opava, the head of Department od Special Education at University of Ostrava. He also worked at University of Prešov in Slovakia, and in as a professor at university in Czestochowa in Poland. He is a special educational needs teacher, and social pedagogue. In 2001, he started teaching at primary school as a Roma teaching assistant, becoming a teacher in 2002. He managed several projects focusing on school inclusion in four Czech cities, with his tasksincluding provision of support in education, buildingteams and connecting them, establishment of a good communication mode, making school environment socially fair for the marginalized students in their education. His academic, research, pedagogical, lecturing and other professional activities concentrate on the following areas: inclusive approaches at school and social context, special educational needs of people with conduct disorder, manifestations of risk behaviour; social justice in education andmulti and inter-cultural education.

As an expert, consultant, evaluator and also as a member of the Government Council for Roma Minority Affairs, chairman of the Committee for Roma Education at the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic and a member of many other entities, he closely cooperates with the Council of Europe, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, NIP of the Czech Republic, ČŠI, ČPdS and many other institutions, including the NGO sector. As an academic worker, he works closely with colleagues from several domestic, Slovak and Polish universities or higher education institutions. He has many years of experience with the agenda of project plans, with the implementation and management of project teams, evaluation processes or with the provision of professional consultancy. He worked or is working as the main researcher or co-researcher of national and transnational projects. He also worked as a national researcher in comparative European studies of OSF, UNICEF and REF.
Supervisors: Adviser, Supervisor, Expert, Lecturer, Evaluator, Different (non)Academic Committe Member/Chairman, Manager of Different Development and Research Projects/teams, Lecturer of Educational programme Step by Step, Open Society Fundation, Step by Step Czech Rep., o. p. s., Praha, The International Step by Step Association, Lecturer of Social justice, Open Society Fundation, Step by Step Czech Rep., o. p. s., Praha, Lecturer in the areas of Diversity in Employment and Diversity management of persons with disabilities, Centrum vizualizace a interaktivního vzdělávání, s. r. o., Czech Republic, Ostrava, Diagnostic for/of specific learning disorders of adolescent and adult aged people, IPPP, Czech Rep., Praha, and University Counselor for students with Special Educational Needs, Charles University, Czech Republic, Praha
Phone: +420 777 25 24 70
Address: doc. PhDr. et PhDr. Martin Kaleja, Ph.D., MBA
Ambis University, Department of Education
Lindnerova 1
118 00 Prague -Liben
Czech Republic