World
Bank expert Mark Atkinson finalized the expertise of “Teacher Induction,
Professional Development and Career Advancement Scheme” instruments. The expert
had a meeting with the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, Tamar
Sanikidze providing her with the workshop
summaries. According to Atkinson the professional development scheme provides
opportunities for many positive changes
in the teaching process.
“The
developed of pilot instruments can play a vital role in advancing teacher
professional development and teaching processes. All of which will assist teachers in better
lesson planning, interactive methods development and high teaching standards
achievement, as a result of which Georgian students will become more competitive around the
world”- declared Atkinson
As
the Minister has stated Mr. Atkinson had actively been involved in the initial scheme concept development process and thus such the positive evaluations
from an expert is a guarantee for achieving set goals. It’s vital that
workshops on professional development scheme continue with further details development in mind.
Education
Technologies and Education Policy Expert Mark Atkinson arrived in Georgia on June 15
and collaborated with the center expert-consultants on basic scheme
instruments development for a week.
The
local and international specialists will further
oversee the scheme implementation and results achievement processes in 2015-2016
academic year for successful launching of the professional development scheme.