Webinars for rural school teachers from Zhambyl and Kyzylorda oblasts
On 16-17 September, as part of the Rural School Project, subject coordinators of Centre for Educational Programmes delivered webinars on the implementation of renewed subject programmes for teachers working in comprehensive rural schools named after N.Akshabayev, B.Bespayev, Kuttykozha, Zh.Makhambetov, T.Aitbayev and N.Ilyasov, Zhambyl and Kyzylorda oblasts.
They introduced the ways how to develop students’ research, communication and problem solving skills through project activities, and how to apply interactive teaching styles to develop language competence. Teachers reported the webinar had been useful and timely.
The next webinars will touch upon problem based learning through laboratory and practical work in Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Geography, CLIL, communication skills and functional literacy.
Delivering webinars for Grade 9-10 teachers of Specialised Lyceum Boarding School “Intellectual” in Atyrau
On the 2nd and 3rd of September Subject Coordinators of the Centre for Educational Programmes delivered webinars on the specifics of implementation of subject programmes with the renewed content of education for Grade 9-11 teachers of the Intellectual school. The webinar was delivered under the “Assistance in the development of the secondary education system of Atyrau region” project.
The webinar covered the following topics: development of speaking and reading skills; academic writing; introduction of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL); development of mathematical, scientific and digital literacy; course in practical activities; workshop on programming; development of historical thinking of students and research activities in the history classes.
It is worthwhile to note that 17 elective courses in science and math, linguistics and social science in Kazakh and Russian were developed and delivered under the Project for Specialized Lyceum Boarding School “Intellectual” in order to widen and extend the content of upper-secondary school subjects. It is also planned to train school teachers in October 2021 within the developed elective courses.
Tools for Building Community and Social-Emotional Learning in the New School Year
The long-awaited academic year has begun. Students can finally gather in their classrooms and school. It is the time when students look forward to sharing their stories and discussing recent news. Teachers constantly look for different ideas or tools to help them create the right learning spaces and opportunities for their students.
Gettingsmart (www.gettingsmart.com) shares tools for building relationships and promoting social-emotional learning (SEL). At the start of the school year, it’s important that teachers focus on building relationships and learning about their students, and giving them an opportunity as well as their families to learn about teachers, school and classmates as well.
What is nice about the tools suggested by Gettingsmart is that they can be used at the start of the year to get to know classmates, share learning, explore new ideas and build SEL skills. They are great to use for assessments throughout the year, whether through digital storytelling, digital portfolios, independent learning via PBL or genius hour, and more that promote student choice and voice. They are also good options for promoting student engagement by having students become creators rather than consumers in our classrooms.
“Content and language integrated learning: CLIL activities for the development of students’ reading literacy”
The specialists of the Centre for Educational Programmes organized and conducted online seminars for teachers of Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools on the topic “Content and language integrated learning: CLIL activities for the development of students’ reading literacy” on August 25-27, 2021. Online seminars for teachers of “History of Kazakhstan”, “History of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan in the modern world)”, “Geography” and “Basics of Law” were conducted in Kazakh, and for teachers of subjects “Chemistry”, “Biology”, “Global Perspectives and Project Work”, “Physics” and “Informatics” were conducted in English. Overall, 136 teachers participated in the seminars. During the seminars, important issues, such as the implementation of the CLIL approach, CLIL strategies and scaffolding were discussed. Subject teachers emphasized the usefulness and effectiveness of practical seminars.
CLIL workshop within the Teachers’ August Conference of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, Russia
The representative of Centre for Educational Programmes(CEP) delivered a workshop for teachers and educators of Yugra within the Teachers’ August Conference on “Education as a National Strategic Priority in Developing Child’s Personality and Interests in the Modern Education Environment” which took place on August, 26.
Samat Kalmenov led the workshop on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). The workshop was broadcasted online via ZOOM and YouTube.
During the workshop, Samat shared his experience in applying the innovative CLIL approach and trilingual education at Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools.
The participants were also introduced to key knowledge on activating student’s prior knowledge in CLIL and had an opportunity to enrich their toolkit with a couple of new knowledge activation strategies.
