PAIE Summer Session on 1) Assessment, Curriculum and Individualized Education Plan (IEP) for a child and 2) Reiki (Meditations) from July 4 – 6, 2013

Dear Members,

On behalf of PAIE Executive Committee, we would like to invite you for the PAIE Summer Session to be held from July 4 to July 6, 2013. Details of the session are as follows:

Topics:

1) Assessment, Curriculum and Individualized Education Plan (IEP) for a child

Facilitator: Ms. Saba Naqi, Special Educator, MA (Learning Disability) and PGD (Speech Therapy and Audiology)

2) Reiki (Meditations)

    Reiki, Silva Method and 4D (Fourth Dimension)
    Meditations that participants will practice
    -  Mind relaxing and anti-depression meditation
    -  Mental message meditation
    -  Secret of looking young meditation
    -  Weight loss meditation

Facilitator: Ms. Aliya Nasir, Expert in Mind Sciences, Reiki, Silva Method, (4D)
Other details of the session are as follows:

Timing:             9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Date:                 July 4 – 6, 2013

Venue:              Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development

                          IED-PDC, 1-5/B-VII, F.B. Area, Karimabad
Course Fee:      Rs 1,500/- (Rupees One Thousand five hundred only) per participant

For registration, please fill in the attached form and submit it along with course fee of Rs. 1,500/- in cash or pay order in the name of “The Aga Khan University” to PTAN Office between 09:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m. (Tuesday-Saturday). Last date of registration is Saturday, June 29, 2013. Since the course seats are limited, registration will be done on first come first served basis. Registration will be closed once the sitting is fully subscribed.

Pakistan Association of Inclusive Education (PAIE) and Danishkadah organizing a one day seminar on education of people with hearing loss, theme " Including the Excluded through Improving Education Quality"

 Dear Members, Educators and Parents

Pakistan Association of Inclusive Education (PAIE) and Danishkadah (www.danishkadah.org.pk) are jointly organizing a one day seminar on education of people with hearing loss. Theme of the seminar is “Including the excluded through Improving Education Quality”

Background information and outline about the seminar are enclosed herewith.
 We invite you to submit a brief paper on one of the topics below.
1.      Pakistan Sign Language
2.      Educating the Deaf with Sign Language in Deaf schools
     a)      Successes and failures
     b)      Pros and cons
3.      Educating the Deaf with Sign Language in mainstream schools
4.      Educating people with hearing loss in mainstream schools
      a)      Successes and failures
      b)      Pros and cons
5.      Developing the speech and skill of spoken language
       a)      Importance of spoken language
       b)      Speech therapy
       c)      Assistive listening, speech-reading/lips-reading
6.      Assistive technologies

Your paper needs to be based on reflection on your experience of teaching and learning children/people with hearing loss or empirical research data. You will be invited to present your paper at the seminar once it is accepted by the organizers. You can submit your paper at one of the email addressed given below.

Please feel free to forward this invitation to other schools, educators and parents of people with hearing loss.  

Paper submission deadline:  July 31, 2013  Email:   paie@ptan.org; info@danishkadha.org.pk,

Seminar date: Will be announced later  Venue: Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED)

For any further details please contact Ms. Yasmin Muhammad (Seminar Coordinator) at
0333-3113221

 We look forward to your participation!

Library Skills Development Course

SHADE workshop on " Conflict Management – A Key to Effective Leadership" on Saturday, June 15, 2013

School Head Teachers Association for

Development of Education offers a workshop on

Conflict Management – A Key to Effective Leadership

 

ü Are you struggling in team building process in your department / school?

ü Do you want to know why conflicts are created?

ü Do you want to know how different people handle conflict differently?        

ü Are you interested to know the effective way of conflict management? 

ü Do you want to assess your leadership skills with reference to conflict management? 

 If the answer of any of the questions is YES then this workshop is for you!!!!

 

Let’s join together to learn about "Conflict Management – A Key to Effective Leadership", a recent but very effective notion in education. School Head Teachers’ Association (SHADE) invites you to attend this workshop on Saturday, June 15, 2013 from 9:00  a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  at Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development.

 

Brief Intro of the Facilitator:

 

Shairose Irfan Jessani is currently working as a Vice Principal – Academics at Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Karachi. She has done Masters in Science (Chemistry) from Karachi University and Masters in Education (Teacher Education) from Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) with distinction in course work. She has contributed both at school and community level, as well as worked with organizations like Professional Teacher Association Network (PTAN), Edlinks, Ministry of Education and AKU-IED as a resource person. Her major interest areas are assessment, educational management, teacher leadership, environment, science education and ICT integration.

 

In view of limited seats available, prior registration for this workshop is mandatory. Kindly confirm your participation latest by June 13, 2013 at registration@ptan.org or (36826991-4/36347611-4 Ext. 8554 / 8556), as this will facilitate us in organizing the workshop effectively. We look forward to your participation!