City-M seminar on Teacher Education and Teacher Training How to increase the impact of project results in the area of teacher education and teacher training? Warsaw 24 – 26 March 2011 Organized by: The Foundation for the Development of the Education System - Polish LLP National Agency and Education & Exchanges Support Foundation - Lithuanian LLP National Agency and Foundation for the Management of European Lifelong Learning Programmes – Cypriot LLP National Agency AGENDA Thursday 24th March Arrival of the participants 19.00 Welcome dinner, informal opening of the seminar at the Hotel Mercure Grand Friday 25th March 09.15 - 09.45 • • • • 10.15 – 10.30 Opening of the seminar – Tomasz Bratek, Deputy of the General Director of the FRSE Teacher Education - the EU agenda - Sylwia Sitka, European Commission DG EAC Energizer to communicate better Introduction to the seminar - aims and expectations of the thematic seminar - Tadeusz Wojciechowski, PL NA Knowledge sharing mechanisms - what does experience teach us? keynote speaker – Jan Fazlagić, PhD, Poznan University of Economics Discussion & reflections from the audience 10.30 – 10.45 CITY-M presentation – general overview, Tadeusz Wojciechowski PL NA 10.45. – 11.00 Coffee break 11.00 – 12.30 Project presentations from CY, LT, PL: 1. EFFECT – European for the Future European Citizens by Tutoring – Comenius, 09.45 – 10.15 Romualda Raguotiene - Vilnius Adomas Mickevicius Gymnasium (LT) 2. INSETRom - Loizos Symeou - Department of Education Sciences, European University Cyprus, Yiasemina Karagiorgi- Ministry of Education and Culture (CY) 3. The New Role of the Teacher in Competence-based Education - LdV partnership – Aldona Kowalczyk-Rębiś & Agnieszka Kowalska - INTER - International Education & Trainings, project coordinators (PL) 4. EVETE 2 -empowerment of vocational education and training by improving the elearning competencies of teachers and trainers - Leonardo da Vinci - assoc. prof. dr. Danguole Rutkauskiene - Kaunas University of Technology (LT) 5. e-Pedagogy in Adult Education in Europe (EPAEE) - Yiangos Ktorides - Cyprus Computer Society (CCS), project coordinator (CY) 6. Development of school providing qualitative European education, Comenius project, Leonida Kandrataviciene, Kaisiadorys Vaclovas Girzadas gymnasium (LT) 7. Conflict management - School Development Project, Beata Stępień - Headteacher of Primary School no 1 in Raciborz (PL) 12.30 – 13.00 8. Future European Teachers: Training Kit according to the Lisbon strategy – Comenius partnership, Agnieszka Bobrowska – Education Centre in Zabrze (Centrum Edukacji w Zabrzu) (PL) Discussion & reflections from the audience 13.00 14.00 Lunch 14.00 – 14.20 Project presentations cd. 14.20 – 14.30 9. Dissemination, Exploatation and Tranferability within Study Visits and European Projects accompished by Świętokrzyskie In – Service Teacher Training Centre - Iza Krzak-Borkowska Discussion & reflections from the audience Introduction to the working groups 14.30 – 16.30 16.30 – 16.45 2 parallel multinational working groups focusing on: Exploitation of results and transferability - Moderator - Tadeusz Wojciechowski, rapporteur – Beata Płatos from PL and Integration of methods / methodologies into educational practice (dissemination, multiplication, mainstreaming, transfer to other contexts or target groups) Moderator – Jan Fazlagić, rapporteur – Ewa Raińska-Nowak from PL Coffee break 16.45 – 17.00 City-M – results from the online questionnaire 17.00 – 17.15 Teacher training methods - what could we (City-M) learn from eTwinning’s experience?– Ewa Raińska-Nowak - PL NSS 17.15 – 17.30 Review of the day, AOB 19.30 Dinner in the Old Town in Warsaw – Senator restaurant Saturday 26th March 09.00 – 09.05 Introduction to the second day of the seminar 09.05 – 09.20 09.20 – 09.35 Comprehensive Sources of Information on Education Systems and Policies in Europe – Beata Płatos – Polish EURYDICE Unit City-M web-site – ppt & online presentation 09.35 – 10.00 Presentation of work group conclusions from day 1& Introduction to the working groups 10.00 – 11.15 2 parallel multinational working groups focusing on: Integration of methods and methodologies into practice and policy developments moderator - Androula Papanastasiou, rapporteur - Yiasemina Karayiorgi from CY and Feedback on improving the project site and platform - moderator – Danguole Rutkauskiene, rapporteur – Vilma Butkute from LT Coffee break 11.15 – 11.30 11.30 – 12.30 12.30 – 12.45 Discussion & reflections from the audience regarding working groups Conclusions/reflections from the panel consisting of project participants, NAs and European Commission (DG EAC) representatives Closure of the seminar 12.45 – 13.30 Lunch 13.45 – 16.45 Optional Warsaw guided tour & Departure