PTAN Celebarting- World Teachers’ Day on Saturday, November 19, 2011

World Teachers’ Day
Date: November 19, 2011

Dear Member,

World Teachers’ Day Date: November 19, 2011 Dear Member, World Teachers’ Day is celebrated in many countries of the world on October 5, every year. The day came to be celebrated by UNESCO for the first time in the year 1994. The purpose of celebrating this day is to honor and recognize the services, devotion and dedication of teachers contributed towards education in general and development of children in particular. UNESCO signifies, “Teachers are essential and indispensible for the effective working of any society and for the building of progressive nations.”

All of us serving at PTAN strongly believe that teachers are central to the development of our future generations and therefore, Teachers matter! To pay tribute to the teacher community at large and to our member teachers in particular, we are celebrating the World Teachers’ Day on Saturday, November 19, 2011. Our objective in celebrating this day is to provide an opportunity to our teachers to come together on a common platform and share their valuable professional expertise with each other.

UNESCO’s slogan for WORLD Teachers’ Day 2011 is ‘Teachers for Gender Equality’. Recognizing the significance and relevance of gender issue in our socio cultural environment our theme of the “World Teachers’ Day” event is ‘Teachers as Promoters of Gender Equality in classrooms/schools’. We are particularly interested in exploring how gender issue is dealt with at different levels in classroom teaching and management i.e. Early Childhood, Primary and Secondary. To make this event meaningful and memorable, we hereby invite nominations of individuals or two-member teams of teachers for poster display on the theme. A brief write-up (introduction) with maximum 200 words related to the theme in the poster along with a 50 word bio data of the nominees is invited.

Instructions for Poster Making·
. Entries are open for all teachers.
· The deadline for the registration (form attached) is October 29, 2011 and the submission of the poster along with its write-up (introduction) is November 12, 2011.
· The poster should be linked to the real classroom/school practices (see the attached concept paper).
· Pencil colors, paints, crayons, pictures etc. can be used for making a poster.
· Participants should submit their entries in standard chart paper of size 22”x27½”.
· Participant name and institution name should be written on the reverse side of the chart paper.
· In recognition of their valuable participation, appreciation certificates will be awarded to the participants.

Criteria:
· Relevance to the theme
· Originality in the idea and presentation
· Self Explanatory
· Clarity and neatness in presentation.
· Text on poster should be between 5 – 15 words

Best regards,

Dr Sadrudin Pardhan Chairman, PTAN

SHADE- "Role of Head Teachers in Ensuring Gender Equality in Schools" on November 12, 2011

Role of Head Teachers in Ensuring Gender Equality in Schools

Why should I attend it?

- To clear my understanding regarding gender equality and its significance in schools
- To explore gender related issues in Pakistani context
- To promote gender equality in classroom practice, pedagogy, curriculum, text books and school environment in order to achieve the highest learning
- To use different framework for ensuring gender equality in schools

Date: Saturday, Nov 12, 2011
Timing: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Venue: Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED)

Facilitator’s Profile
Asifa Khanum has been associated with teaching profession for the last 15 years on different leadership positions in schools. She has a rich experience of working with different age group school going children. She possesses Master degree in Education: Educational Leadership & Management, which also included a specialized course on “Gender in Education” from Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development. She has facilitated and conducted various educational courses and also attended several seminars and workshops on educational issues.
In view of limited seats available, prior registration for this workshop is mandatory. Kindly confirm your participation latest by November 11, 2011 at registration@ptan.org or (36826991-4 Ext. 3203 / 3205), as this will facilitate us in organizing the workshop effectively.

We look forward to your participation!

ASSET Session on Saturday, October 29, 2011

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops”
~Henry Brooks Adams

Dear Member,
World Teachers' Day held annually on October 5th since 1994. It symbolizes the importance of a teacher in moulding the future of an individual as well as the lives of the nations. To celebrate that day ASSET is organizing a special session on Saturday, October 29, 2011. A movie will be shown that is about a teacher who has an ideology, vision and will make a change in society; moreover, he fights against the forces who want to use education for their own vested interest. The movie will be followed by a discussion and teacher’s reflections on their experiences as a teacher.

Programme details
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.: Presentation on the history of World Teachers’ Day:
9:30 a.m. - 12:15 – : Movie session
12:15 p.m. – 13:00 p.m.: I am proud to be a teacher (participants reflections)

Kindly confirm your participation latest by Friday, October 28, 2011 at 36347611-14 / 36826991-4 Ext. 3203-3205 (Tuesday-Saturday between 8:00 a.m-4:00 p.m.). Or register online at info@ptan.org or registration@ptan.org.

We look forward to your active participation in the workshop.

AKUIED-The Centre of English Language (CEL) offers Business English, General English Language Proficiency &Training to Teach English Courses

The Centre of English Language (CEL) of Aga Khan University provides extensive language learning facilities to the University’s students and employees. In addition, CEL offers short courses and workshops for external clients in a wide range of areas related to English language education. Equipped with modern language learning resources, the Centre also provides consultancy services.

Business English Course

The 36-hour course is taught in six Saturday sessions and is specially designed for professionals and executives at the junior and middle management levels.

The course will be offered from Nov 19- Dec.24, 2011 .The venue is AKU-IED. For further details of the course and fees, please see the attached flyer.

Admission will be on a first come, first served basis.

General English Language Proficiency Course

The 36-hour course is taught in six Saturday sessions and is specially designed to help adult learners of English use the language in a variety of practical ways in real-life contexts.

The course will be offered from Nov 05- Dec.10, 2011 .The venue is AKU-IED. For further details of the course and fees, please see the attached flyer.

Admission will be on a first come, first served basis.

TESL: Training to Teach English Course

The 36-hour course is taught in six Saturday sessions and is designed to enable teachers to teach English language creatively and successfully in their classrooms.

The course will be offered from Nov 12- Dec.17, 2011 .The venue is AKU-IED. For further details of the course and fees, please see the attached flyer.

For registration form please see attached.

Admission will be on a first come, first served basis.

Application forms are also available at Office of the Registrar at Institute for Educational Development, Karimabad, Campus from Mondays to Fridays, between 10:00 am - 12:00 pm or 2:00 - 4:00 pm.
For more details, contact: 36347611-4/36826991, Programme Secretary: Raheel Saleem Thawer raheel.saleem@aku.edu (Ext: 4265)

SHADE- "Monitoring and Evaluation as a Strategy for School Improvement" on October 15 & 29, 2011

Monitoring and Evaluation as a Strategy for School Improvement

Why should attend it?

 To Review M & E: Current Practices
 To Identify and Articulate Different Performance Indicators as Measures of INPUTS, PROCESSES & OUTPUTS
 To Contextualize Different Evaluation Methods and Approaches
 To use Monitoring and Evaluation as a Strategy for School Improvement

Let’s join together to develop Our Own Contextually Relevant definition of Quality, Performance Indicators, Framework & Plan for Monitoring and Evaluation as a Strategy for School Improvement, organized by School Head Teachers Association for Development of Education (SHADE), on Saturday, October 15 & 29, 2011, from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED).

Facilitator’s Profile:
Romana LalaRukh has been involved in Training and Evaluation as Assistant Manager for last five year at The Citizens Foundation (TCF), where she has been part of designing, conducting and coordinating training sessions related to Teaching Methodology, School Administration and Academic Management, and Tools, Methods & Approaches of Monitoring & Evaluation (both Process and Outcome). At TCF her responsibilities include internal audit of schools, supervise and execute sampling plan for quantitative and qualitative assessment of students and teachers competency, design tools for outcome and process evaluation of school performance. This involves 730 primary and secondary school units across Pakistan, headed by 412 principals and facilitated by 4900 teachers.

In view of limited seats available, prior registration for this workshop is mandatory. Certificate will only be issued to those who attend both the sessions.

Kindly confirm your participation latest by Friday, October 14, 2011 at registration@ptan.org or (36347611-14/36826991-4 Ext. 3203 / 3205), as this will facilitate us in organizing the workshop effectively.

We look forward to your participation!

SAP- "Think Green – Rewrite the Future" on October 15, 2011, November 5, 2011 & December 17, 2011

On behalf of SAP Executive Committee, we would like to invite you for the academic session to be held on Saturday, October 15, 2011. Details of the session are as follows:

Topic: “Think Green – Rewrite the Future”

Objectives: By the end of course the participants will be able to:
1. Discuss the basic terms related to Environmental Education.
2. Share the importance of Environmental Education in daily lives.
3. Review the topics given in National Curriculum to see their alignment with reference to the objectives of Environmental Education.
4. Plan the implementation of Environmental Education Curriculum in school by using different approaches inside and outside classroom.

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Date: Saturday, October 15, 2011, November 5, 2011 & December 17, 2011

Venue: AKU-IED

Facilitators: Ms. Shairose Irfan Jessani, VP. Academics AKHSS,K, Ms. Mehwish Kanwal
& Ms. Saba Qureshi, Lecturer AKHSS,K

Note: Topic will be covered in three sessions so only those who attend all of these workshops will get the certificate. New entries for the second day will not be allowed.

Kindly confirm your participation latest by Friday, October 14, 2011 at registration@ptan.org or (36826991-4 / 36347611-4 Ext. 3203 / 3205), as this will facilitate us in organizing the workshop effectively.

We look forward to your participation!