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Training Workshops
 | On-Site Educator Nigina
Siyakova and one of the
selected teachers, Miyasar
Ashonkulov at the ILC
in School #101, Tursunzade |
Five Connectivity Teachers Selected for Professional Development Program in US
In September 2004, RI-SOL will hold a three-week professional development program in America for five Tajikistani teachers on technology in education. The trip will include seminars led by experts from UCLA on how to use computers and the Internet in the classroom, as well as site visits to several Connectivity US partner schools to observe American teachers and students using technology.
More than 50 teachers applied from all 20 Connectivity schools around Tajikistan. After careful review of each application, eleven finalists were invited for an interview in Dushanbe or Khujand. The interviews were conducted by Americans from other international organizations to provide an objective evaluation. As a result of the interviews, five teachers were chosen to participate in the US program.
Thank you to all the teachers who applied, and congratulations to the winners: Nigina Mirzoeva (School #4, Chkalovsk), Dilorom Abdullaeva (School #16,
Gulyakandoz), Zebonisso Murodov (School #1, Sarband), Takhmina Sirojov (School #40, Chorbog) and Miyasar Ashankulov (School #101, Tursunzade).
Click below to see the PowerPoint presentations each exchange teacher prepared for their trip to the US and visit to their partner schools:
- Presentation prepared by all teachers about Tajikistan
- Dilorom Abdullaeva, School #16, Gulyakandoz
- Zebonisso Murodov, School #1, Sarband
- Takhmina Sirojov, School #40, Chorbog
- Miyasar Ashankulov, School #101, Tursunzade
- Nigina Mirzoeva, School #4, Chkalovsk
 | Open discussion, TOT Dushanbe
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 | | On-Site Educators, TOT Khujand |
Senior Connectivity Staff Lead Second TOT Workshop
From April 19 to 25, 2004, RI-SOL held two Training of Trainers (TOT) workshops in Dushanbe and Khujand for 20 Phase 1 and 16 Phase 2 staff from all over Tajikistan. The goal was to consolidate and learn from Phase 1 employees’ experiences, while providing training for the employees of recently opened
Phase 2 schools. The workshop also served as a team-building opportunity for staff based in schools from many different regions.
The Senior On-Site Educators taught new On-Site Educators how to provide training using interactive methods of student-centered teaching. They also led
workshops on how to select Lead Teachers and students, develop lesson plans, and create reports. The new Educators learned how to lead project-based
learning activities with Word, Excel, the digital camera, Internet, and FrontPage, as well as collaborative projects. Examples and lessons learned from Phase 1 schools were discussed during every stage of the workshop.
The On-Site Monitors learned how to maintain and optimize the computers and their use in the ILC. They reviewed the reporting process, reviewed new pro-
cedures for protecting computers from viruses, and learned new skills such as HTML. Throughout the workshop, the participants played interactive games, participated in question-and-answer sessions and open discussions, and, most importantly, learned how to work together as one team.
"When you teach us you pass on your knowledge, and then we pass it on to our teachers and students. While some schools have access to computers and the Internet, the staff do not have the skills to bring current best practices to educators and students. Workshops like this can improve this situation for
our communities." --Botir Karimov, Assistant On-Site Monitor, Khujand, Gymnasium #4, FSA/FLEX Alumni '02.
Master Trainer Workshop
From October 20-25, 2003, RI-SOL held an intensive training-of-trainers
workshop at Technological University of Tajikistan (TUT) in
Dushanbe. The workshop was lead by Mary Burns, a consultant
in education and technology from the US. Over the course of
the six-day training, eleven participants learned how to train
teachers and students in Information and Communication Technology
(ICT) in education, project-based learning, and civic education.
 | | Sugd team, TOT Workshop |
Some examples of the training activities were:
- My Community Exploration: Community Inventory, Data Analysis,
and Community Journal
- Creating a Collaborative Newsletter, Presentation, and
Web Site
- Planning an Interdisciplinary Lesson
- Creating Curriculum Activities
The trainers used Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage,
Inspiration, and Photoshop Elements, along with digital cameras
and the Internet, to create lesson plans, documents, graphs,
presentations, and images over the course of the week. Each
activity ended with a small presentation from each team to
the whole group, and each day ended with a discussion on what
was learned and how it could be applied to the specific classroom
realities of Tajikistan.
 | | Presentation, RRS team |
On the final day, each regional team lead the group through
a one-hour sample lesson using project-based learning and
the computer programs they had learned. Before they left Dushanbe,
the Master Trainers were given printed and electronic copies
of handouts on all the computer programs they used, as well
as a trainer's guide to the workshop. The Master Trainers
will adapt these materials to prepare their own trainings
in Connectivity Project schools.
The next Master Trainer TOT workshop will be held in April.
Teacher Training
Eight Connectivity Project Master Trainers in all regions
of the country (2 in Sugd, 3 in Dushanbe/RRS, and 2 in Khatlon)
provide ICT in education training sessions for Lead Teacher
teams from each school. The Lead Teachers were selected in
consultation with the School Directors and Master Trainers.
 | | Master Trainer and Lead Teachers, Kulyab |
The Master Trainers provide, on average, a total of 46 hours
of training each week in all schools on topics such as "Brainstorming:
ICT in Education", "Introduction to Project-Based
Learning", and "Computer Basics".
The Master Trainers provide project-based learning opportunities
for teachers and students on projects such as "Newsletters",
"Email Postcards", "My Autobiography",
and others. The Master Trainers also work intensively with
the teachers on the collaborative
civic education projects with US schools.
The Tajikistan School Connectivity Project for Central Asia
is a project of Relief International - Schools Online's
Global Citizenship & Youth Philanthropy Program and has been
made possible with major funding from the United States State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Global Catalyst
Foundation. |
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