Education Workshop/Seminar

One-year plan by The Partnership for International Education and Innovation (PIEDUC) and school system/school district for in-service professional development

A one-year program of activities planned for a school system or school district, designed to provide teachers and administrators with the understanding, knowledge, and skills required to implement effective classroom instruction in any area of the curriculum.

Step 1

 A one week introductory workshop.

Step 2:

One month later

 One day follow-up session to discuss successes and problems with initial implementations. Focus on the gaps between plans and practice. Begin a further lesson/unit plan.

Step 3

PIEDUC staff will examine the plans and offer suggestions for revisions and additions if necessary.

Step 4

 Negotiable times. Classroom visitations while plans are being implemented. Segments to be unobtrusively filmed, with appropriate consents.

Step 5

Three-months later

 One-day whole group meeting, introduced with discussion of successes and problems so far, but mostly focused on developing a larger scale unit plan for implementation in the following semester.

Step 6

 Negotiable times, but within two weeks of Step 5

 Informal discussion between members of PIEDUC staff and small groups of teachers focused on the larger scale plans.

Step 7

Negotiable times.

Several classroom visitations while the unit plans are being implemented. Segments to be unobtrusively filmed, with appropriate consents.

Step 8

Six-months later

Two days whole group meeting, introduced with discussion of successes and problems so far, but mostly focused on developing a new single lesson plan for implementation during the following month.

Step 9

Negotiable times, but within two weeks of Step 8

Informal discussion between members of PIEDUC staff and small groups of teachers focused on the lesson plans.

Step 10

Negotiable times.

Several classroom visitation while the lesson plan is being implemented.

Step 11

Eight-months later

Two days whole group meeting, introduced with discussion of successes and problems so far, main focus on detailed discussion of implementation practices. We will also study selected parts of the films taken during the year.

Step 12

Concluding Two days whole group meeting, focused on evaluation of the program.