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Simultaneously with inclusion of Georgian pedagogues
in European seminars and workshops, TPDC is actively organizing Georgia-based
workshops within the Pestalozzi program through close cooperation with the
Council of Europe. Two workshops had been held in years 2008 and 2009. Workshop
on Code of Ethics for Georgian
Teachers was organized
in November, 2008. The goal of
the workshop was to share the experience and difficulties
regarding implementation of professional ethics for teachers; emphasize key
positive attributes of professional conduct that characterize effective
teaching and get acquainted with the regulatory procedures of Ethics Code in
European countries.
Another workshop was dedicated to the Mentoring
of New Teachers: Innovations and Approaches (held in July, 2009).
Besides Georgian teachers and education experts, representatives from Slovenia,
Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Malta and Italy have participated. The seminar had
high relevance in two ways: firstly, the coordinating group of the teacher probation
pilot project was given an opportunity to share their experience to the
participants of the seminar; secondly, with the active participation of
Georgian and international education experts, future directions and steps of
the probation project had been developed.
In addition, TPDC organized Pestalozzi workshop in fall, 2010. The
workshop focused on the issues of Continuous Teacher
Development and links to Career Advancement.
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