Wlodzimierz PASZYNSKI Deputy President of the capital city of Warsaw

Graduated from Tadeusz Reytan’s Secondary School (1969) and the University of Warsaw (1974), in 1974-1987 he taught Polish at Wladyslaw IV’s High School no. 8 and People’s Polish Aviation High School no. 39, then until 1990 he was a university lecturer at the Faculty of Polish Studies of the WU. In 1990-1998 Mr. Paszynski was the Superintendent of schools in Warsaw, in 2001-2002 – Deputy Minister of National Education. Until the end of 2006 he worked as a teacher at the Teacher Training College in Warsaw (in 1992 he co-developed its syllabus) and Lajos Kossuth’s High School no. 63. He also taught at the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Polish Studies of the WU. Currently, he has been the Deputy President of the capital city of Warsaw.

Mr. Paszynski was an expert on the educational team of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, worked together with scientific and educational centers (e.g. the Institute of Public Affairs, the Association of Studies and Social Initiatives), numerous non-governmental organizations and foundations. He is a social and literary publicist and co-authored, among others, Pamietajcie o ogrodach, a Polish language teaching syllabus and a series of textbooks entitled the same.

Until 1980 he was a scouting instructor. In 1980-1981 Mr. Paszynski worked as a member of the Team of Experts in Education, a leader in negotiations of teaching syllabuses with the then Ministry of Education. After the introduction of the martial law he supported the Independent Education, and co-developed, among others, Tu Teraz, underground magazine.

In 1981 together with Marzena Okonska he organized the first in Poland individual program class (with a proprietary curriculum). In the late 1980s with his friends he established an individual program high school (at present the First Social High School at ul. Bednarska). He was a co-author of the liberal arts and educational syllabus for that school and worked there as a tutor and teacher.