Training in Naryn

The second methodological training was conducted in Naryn region from 25 to 28^th of March, according to the Outreach program for English language teachers and Math teachers that is supported by Aga Khan Foundation. It was organized in SPCE center where we rented two rooms for the training. The goal of the training is to improve knowledge of English language teachers in essay writing and develop better understanding of Math teachers on the problem solving of Math tasks.  As the result, seven teachers of English language from different villages could revise their knowledge 
about reading strategies and have learned about the new techniques for reading and writing. We were concentrating on essay writing and teachers at the first time tried to write essay according to the structure and logical organization. There were some difficult exercises for them and they worked fully in three days including evening sessions and discussions after the dinner. Our expectations are that teachers will teach their students to write a structural essay and they will organize a contest at school for their pilot groups’ students. For 5 Math teachers from different regions it was organized a work  to improve the knowledge about the problem solving of Olympiad tasks, and to cover the topics on the content knowledge in Math. At the same time, we worked with teachers and discussed many educational issues, their progress of work and challenges in the work with the teachers and students. We used effectively the time of coffee break and lunch time for discussion and solving many administrative issues with teachers.   We could advertise our program through the TV news, because we met with the Ministry of Education Ms. Sarieva, Mr. Shams (AKDN), and Mr.Naken Kasiev, TV reporters, and others. The project was introduced to them and they could have a chance to talk with our teachers on Kyrgyz, English, and Russian to learn more about their comments on the working process.  In the evening on News it was a report about our project and activities in Naryn oblast and many teachers saw it. 

Teachers were placed into the Guest House where they stayed together and could work together before the training and after their dinner in GH. It was comfortable for them to stay there in warm and clean rooms.  They enjoyed the food, the positive environment of the training, and transportation to get to SPCE center and to come back after the training.  

Our next step is to prepare for the conference at the end of May. For the conference teachers have to prepare the demonstrative lesson or a poster that they will present to each other. We expect that they will share the results of their work in academic year according to the project plan with colleagues and other active teachers. We are planning to involve some other active teachers and representatives from the City educational department in order to include them into the project work after May. This is also a new experience for us to work in a different region/oblast and to learn more about teacher’s work in other areas. The time was used effectively, teachers could get a lot of new and useful for their teaching information, could share their experience of work in different regions between each other; plan next steps and activities for their work at school; report about their progress of work and fees that they collected from their students; to advertise the project work for others; and to have a chance to organize an interview with candidates on the position of a coordinator in Naryn region.