Innovative teachers training for classroom and subject teachers
The well received Innovative teachers –in-service training starts again in September. Innovativeness in teaching can manifest on various levels – the Innovative teachers –training provides tools for the innovation education of students, the competence development of teachers as well as the development of the whole work community. The training provides practical tips for using the innovation process with students and methods for using technology as a tool and object of learning. The teachers attend the remote lessons included in the training with the pupils. The lessons provide practical tips for conducting the innovation process and introduce various inclusive digital ways of working in real life.
The training is funded by the Finnish National Agency for Education and is free of charge. It will be fully implemented remotely. Municipalities/schools are responsible for participants’ replacement costs.
Target group
Classroom and subject teachers in basic education
Content and structure
The training consists of three parts: 1) the development path; 2) development methods; and 3) development in practice. The parts include remote face-to-face meetings, independent work and experiments in your own workplace.
- Development path (2 days): The teacher chooses a theme related to their professional development based on a need assessment tool. The teacher uses guidance to draw up a personal development plan, the implementation of which is supported by community sparring as part of the training.
- Launch webinar on January 17, 2023 from 2.30 pm to 4 pm
- MOOC: support for building your own development path
- Small group sparring sessions (1h) in February and March
- Innovation process in practice – remote lessons with pupils (2×1.5h, times to be agreed with training participants in the launch webinar)
- Development methods (1 day): To support competence development, participants are offered tools that promote their own development and the development of their working community, digital tools and joint development methods.
- Local training day to be held remotely on Wednesday 15 February from 1 pm to 4 pm
- MOOC: development methods and tools for co-development
- Development in practice t (2 days): Practical experiments carried out by participants in training may be related to their own teaching work, team activities or working community activities. The experiments will be presented at the closing webinar.
- Planning and running one’s own experiment, as well as guidance lessons (2h): March and April
- MOOC: project tools
- Closing webinar: Thursday, May 4 from 1 pm to 4 pm
Registering
The registration for the training is closed.
