iEARN-Pakistan
BRIDGE- Building Respect Through Internet Dialogue and Global Education
iEARN Training of the Trainers 2005-2006
Karachi
December 19th-23rd 2005
iEARN –Pakistan is organizing a 5 days training of the trainers workshop for eighteen active iEARN educators from all over Pakistan. This national event is organized to provide professional support and training to develop a core group of iEARN professionals capable of implementing, managing and sustaining the iEARN programs. The various sessions of the seminar would enable these trainers to continue to contribute to the iEARN forums, facilitate local web sites, give iEARN’s new online and offline trainings and courses and participate in all their school based iEARN activities and support iEARN Pakistan’s ongoing program activities and initiatives and other aspects of the program.
Cities: Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Hyderabad, Northern Areas.
GOALS
As the BRIDGE program enters its fourth year and the number of schools grows, the need for educators capable of training their peers also grows. The 18 Trainers that “graduate” from this seminar will be essential to meeting the long-term goals of BRIDGE. From its inception, iEARN designed BRIDGE to support schools after funding ends by helping participants to conduct “follow-up” activities that strengthen the ongoing relationships among the schools and other local organizations. We anticipate the training seminar will support participants by addressing:
· understanding the purpose, goals, national and international organizational structure of iEARN
· overview of the next 15 months of iEARN BRIDGE-3 program implementation
· implementing and sustaining iEARN programs in their school networks, community and city
· tools and skills to recruit and train new educators and schools on integrating the iEARN collaborative projects effectively in their classrooms,
· designing and launching at least 2-3 new iEARN online collaborative projects
· tools and skills to conduct local iEARN workshops,
· ideas to more fully engage the community (school administrators, parents, government officials) in collaborative projects,
· how to identify and leverage resources that may be available in their community and engage in partnerships with other organizations to support student projects after funding ends,
· establishing and managing iEARN Clubs and alumni networks
Target Participants: We are looking for workshop participants who:
- Have iEARN project participation experience
- Posses excellent computer and internet skills
- Have some experience of training and leading workshops and academic sessions etc.
- Can and are willing to spare time or have a position in school whereby they are allowed to support colleagues and educators for iEARN projects.
- Can run iEARN training programs and sessions in own school as well as from the same chain/network/sister schools and community.
PROGRAM STRUCTURE
Tentative Structure of the iEARN Training of Trainers.
Working hours: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm for five consecutive days
(Lunch and refreshments included.)
Venue: The iEARN Centre
22, Ali Bhai Centre,
233-A, Shahra-e-Qaideen,
P.E.C.H.S., Block-2, Karachi - 75400
Pakistan. Telephone: (92) -021-4547547
Detailed Session Outline would be communicated 4 days before the training.
Cost:
Major cost of this workshop is covered by the BRIDGE grant, however a nominal registration fee of Rs. 500/= is to be paid by all participants. Round trip economy air tickets can be awarded for a limited number of interested and active iEARNers from outside Karachi and who already have a plan of iEARN implementation and progression for their schools and community.
Participants coming from outside Karachi will have to find their own accommodation.
Please apply using the Application; all application must reach the iEARN Office by: 10th November 2005.
Kindly contact Farah@iearnpk.org for any question or concerns.