SHADE session titled "Questioning Skills" on October 13, 2012

School Head Teachers Association for Development of Education

Questioning Skills

- Do you feel that your teachers lack questioning skills?
- Do you face difficulty in observing a teacher using questioning as a teaching technique?
- Do you want to expand your knowledge and skills about questioning skills in the class?
- Do you want to change your attitude towards teaching / learning through questioning?

If YES than this workshop is for you to develop your own skills and

knowledge in helping teachers to be effective teachers.

Following will be the session’s highlights:

- Why questioning skills for Head teachers
- Some principles of questioning
- Use of wait time
- Open/close ended questions
- Handling students’ responses
- Involving non-volunteers
- Teachers interactional skills
- Use planned as well as emerging questions

Date:               Saturday, Oct 13, 2012
Timing:            9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Venue:            Aga Khan University,
                        Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED).

Facilitator’s Profile:
Reshma Perveen has gained M.Ed as well as B.Ed degrees from the Notre Dame Institute of Education Karachi. She has been bestowed upon several awards on her outstanding achievements. She has also worked as a Teacher Educator and a Master Trainer at Aga Khan Education Service, Pakistan (AKESP) for a period of five year. As a facilitator, she conducted trainings to develop master trainers for EDLINKS, Islamabad and BBYDP in Karachi.  Her areas of expertise include Teaching Pedagogy and School Management.  Presently, she is working for AKESP as a Vice-Principal at Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Karachi.

In view of limited seats available, prior registration for this workshop is mandatory. Kindly confirm your participation latest by at Thursday, October 11, 2012 registration@ptan.org or (36826991-4 / 36347611-4 Ext. 3203/ 3205, Tuesday-Saturday), as this will facilitate us in organizing the workshop effectively.

 

We look forward to your participation!

SAP workshop on "Comprehend Science Effectively to Improve Teaching " on Saturday, October 06, 2012

Dear Member,
 

On behalf of SAP Executive Committee, we would like to invite you for the academic session to be held on Saturday, October 06, 2012. Details of the session are as follows:

Topic:      “Comprehend Science Effectively to Improve Teaching ”

 Focus:       All levels

Objectives:       
By the end of workshop the participants will be able to:

1.      List, describe and discuss Science processes in their own words.
2.      Experience Science processes and present their work.
3.      Plan activities to enhance Science process skills

Time:               9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

 Date:               Saturday, October 06, 2012
Venue:            AKU-IED
Facilitators:   Ms. Suraiya Yousufi, Chairperson SAP and Ms. Tahira Firdous, Executive Committee Member, SAP

Kindly confirm your participation latest by Friday, October 05, 2012 at registration@ptan.org or (36826991-4 / 36347611-4 Ext. 3203 / 3205, Tuesday - Saturday), as this will facilitate us in organizing the workshop effectively.

We look forward to your participation!

APT session tilted “Exploring Story Telling as a Strategy to Promote Language Skills and Mathematical Concepts” on September 29, 2012

Dear Members,

The previous session was conducted by Ms. Amina Baig and Ms. Shaheena Daewani titled “Through Writing to Reading”. The participants found the session to be engaging and relevant to their needs.

This month’s session will be conducted by Ms. Salima Shahzad Arwani titled “Exploring Story Telling as a Strategy to Promote Language Skills and Mathematical Concepts”

The details of the session are given below:

Target Audience	Primary Language and Mathematics Teachers
Time	9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Date	Saturday, September 29 , 2012
Venue	AKU-IED, Karimabad

Facilitator’s Profile:
Ms. Salima Shahzad Arwani has recently completed her M.Ed. from Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development. Currently she is working as an Academic Coordinator at Aga Khan Education Service, Pakistan.

Note: To make the workshop effective and learning of the participants meaningful we will accept not more than 30 participants on first come first served basis.

Kindly confirm your participation latest by Friday, September 28, 2012 at registration@ptan.org or (36347611-14 or 36826991-94 Ext. 3203 / 3205, Tuesday-Friday), as this will facilitate us in organizing the workshop effectively.

Looking forward to your active participation and full cooperation in the workshop.

MAP Workshop titled "Mental Math Techniques"on Saturday, September 29, 2012

Dear Member,
 
On behalf of MAP Executive Committee, We would like to invite you for the MAP workshop to be held on Saturday, September 29, 2012. Details of the session are as follows:

Title:                   “Mental Math Techniques”
Day/Date:             Saturday/ September 29, 2012
Time:                    9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Venue:                  AKU-IED, Karimabad
Facilitator:            Mr. Muhammad Madni Khan, Executive Committee Member, (MAP)

We would like to iterate that in order to provide quality professional development to all valued members and to run this association effectively we need your full support and punctuality. Since seats for the session are limited, interested members are requested to kindly confirm their participation latest by Friday, September 28, 2012 at info@ptan.org or registration@ptan.org or 36347611-14 / 36826991-4 Ext. 3203-3205 (Tuesday-Saturday between 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.), as this will facilitate us in organising the workshop effectively.

We look forward to your active participation in the workshop.

ASSET Workshop titled "Knowing Thy Self To Know Thy Student"on Saturday, September 29, 2012

Dear Members,
It is a pleasure to inform you that ASSET is organizing a workshop on Multiple Intelligence Theory with the aim that teachers explore the types of intelligence they possess in order to understand the dominant areas of their student’s intelligence.
The Participant will:
·         Comprehend the different aspects of Multiple Intelligence Theory. 
·         Recognize the types of intelligence they possess. 
·         Use multiple intelligences teaching as a means of exploring intelligence of their students.
·         Increase teaching effectiveness through the incorporation of multiple intelligences teaching into their classes.
 Topic:               Knowing Thy Self To Know Thy Student
Date:                  September 29, 2012
Time:                 9:00 a.m. – 01:00 p.m.
Facilitator:        Sadiq Merchant, ASSET Executive Committee member

 Kindly confirm your participation latest by September 28, 2012 at 36347611-14 / 36826991-4 Ext. 3203-3205, (Tuesday-Saturday between 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.). Or register online at info@ptan.org or registration@ptan.org.

 We look forward to your active participation in the workshop

PARE-Workshop on"Citation and Bibliography Management with the Open Source Application" on September 22, 2012

PAKISTAN ASSOCIATION for RESEARCH in EDUCATION (PARE)

Invites you for Workshop on

 

"Citation and Bibliography Management with the Open Source Application"

Facilitator: Mr. Qammer Naveed,

Mr. Qammer Naveed is the Librarian at the Aga Khan University - Institute for Educational Development

On

Saturday, September 22nd, 2012
 

900-1300 hours
 

Venue: Lab#1, Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development
 

Course Fee: Rs. 500/-

Note: As numbers of seats are limited, registration (form attached) will be made on first come first basis. The deadline for registration is September 21st, 2012. For more information kindly contact:

Safia Amin

Aga Khan University – Institute for Educational Development

1-5/B-VII, F.B. Area, Karimabad, P.O. Box – 13688, Karachi – 75950, Pakistan

Telephone #: 92-21-36347611-14 (Ext: 3915), Fax #: 92-21-36347616
Email: pare.secretariat@aku.edu

SHADE workshop on "How to manage school resources effectively???" on Saturday, September 22, 2012

School Head Teachers Association for Development of Education

 

How to manage school resources effectively???

Why should I attend it?

·       To identify constraints to manage physical resources in schools
·       To describe principles for resource management
·        To discuss different ways to manage resources effectively

Date:               Saturday, September 22, 2012
Timing:           From 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Venue:            Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED)
Facilitator:     Ms. Tahira Firdous, Executive Committee Member, SHADE

Facilitator’s Profile:
Tahira Firdous has done Masters in Botany and Masters in Public Administration from Karachi University. She has also done Visitors Teachers’ Programme from Institute for Educational Development – Aga Khan University (AKU – IED). She has vast experience of teaching where she has been engaged in teaching different subjects ranging from Hygiene Physiology, General Science and Biology to Secondary Classes to Human Resource Management, Leadership and Management to Naval Officers. She has served as Assistant Manager Training at The Citizens Foundation where she has been involved in Designing, Conducting, Coordinating and Evaluating Training Sessions for Principals and Teachers on Teaching Pedagogy, School Management and Community Services. She is an Executive Member of Science Association of Pakistan (SAP) and School Head teachers Association for Development of Education (SHADE).

In view of limited seats available, prior registration for this workshop is mandatory. Kindly confirm your participation latest by Thursday, September 20, 2012 at registration@ptan.org or (36826991-4 Ext. 3203 / 3205, Tuesday to Saturday), as it will facilitate us in organizing the workshop effectively.

We look forward to your participation!