{"id":32430,"date":"2020-11-04T15:30:54","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T12:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zaednovchas.bg\/?p=32430"},"modified":"2020-11-04T15:30:54","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T12:30:54","slug":"what-did-we-learn-from-the-first-virtual-summer-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zaednovchas.bg\/en\/what-did-we-learn-from-the-first-virtual-summer-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"What Did We Learn From The First Virtual Summer Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Teach For Bulgaria\u2019s Summer Institute is an integral part of our program \u201cA New Way to Teaching\u201d. It lays the foundation for our participants\u2019 work as teachers over the next two years. The six-and-a-half-week institute has a theoretical and practical part. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The practical part involves teaching actual students during the so-called Summer Academy. Participants learn how to create a vision for the success of their students, set goals, create and execute assessments, plan lessons, manage their classrooms, implement specific teaching methods, work with all required school administration and national standards of education, etc. The Summer Institute is a full-time commitment and all participants must complete it in order to start the school year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Because of the COVID pandemic both the Summer Institute and the Summer Academy were entirely online this year. The dynamic nature of this situation drove us to make lots of changes during the training including organizing a virtual academy for over 400 students from all over Bulgaria after we had already recruited students for in-person classes at three schools in Sofia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here we present our main lessons learned, conclusions, and observations regarding the training and preparation of the new teachers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What did we learn about the training and support of our new teachers?<\/h3>\n