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ENTEC Project

Enhanced Network Teacher Education Capacity (ENTEC) Project at AQB 
 
WHAT IS ENTEC?
 
The Enhanced Network Teacher Education Capacity (ENTEC) project is one of the Open Society University Network (OSUN) projects at AQB which aims to enhance the capacity of teacher education within the Bard network institutions. Teachers working in under-resourced and fragile contexts that the Open Society University Network (OSUN) serves will benefit from this project. MAT programs at AQB, Bard College, and American University of Central Asia (AUCA) are collaborating to achieve this goal through implementing three main strategies:
  • Supporting technology-based course delivery and new teacher mentoring mechanisms.
  • Enhancing educational domain expertise in constituent MAT programs.
  • Design blended teacher education modules for broader non-degree offerings.
 
 (Source: AQB College at the Jericho Dar al Kalama School Workshop)
 
The following diagram summarizes the role of the ENTEC project at AQB:

 

S1. Knowing the Basics

S2. Some useful Teacher Mentor Tools

S3. What is a problem of practice?

S4. Identifying a problem of practice and analyzing its roots causes according to Shulman’s model of teacher development

S5. Assisting mentees in developing intervention methods and action plans related to their problems of practice

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AND WORKSHOPS

AQB ENTEC Workshops

Field Trip to Palestine Techno Park and Al Nayzak for Supportive Education and Scientific Innovation, Ramallah, Palestine.

The ENTEC mentors and staff from the AQU IT department visited the Palestine Techno Park and Al Nayzak for Supportive Education and Scientific Innovation on August 2, 2022. This trip aimed to explore Augmented and virtual reality applications in STEM and humanities subjects. Mentors engaged in innovative discussions and considered exciting ideas for developing their AR/VR projects.

Workshops through the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) (mentors, mentees, and guests from outreach schools)

  1. Designing an effective unit for online/remote teaching

  2. Using Active Learning Techniques for the online environment

  3. Establishing an engaging learning environment

  4. Promoting Higher Order Thinking in the online learning environment

  5. Assessing for understanding and to inform instruction and learning

Workshops Integrated into TPT I course- Spring 2021 (experts, mentors, mentees, and guests from outreach schools)

  • Assessment /Learning Activities: Google forms

    • How to create a test or a quiz using Google Forms.

    • How to create an exit ticket (check for understanding) using Google Forms.

    • How to create a student self-assessment using Google Forms.

    • How to set up a quiz to adapt and change the questions based on how the student is responding using Google Forms

    • How to do a video quiz in Google Forms

  • Assessment /Learning Activities: E-rubrics

    • Holistic Rubrics: creating automated analytic rubrics or single criteria rubrics (one-dimensional) using Excel/Google Sheets 

    • Analytic Rubric: creating automated analytic rubrics (two-dimensional rubrics) using Excel/Google Sheets 

    • Checklists: how to create a checklist using Excel/Google Sheets 

  • Assessment /Learning Activities: Online survey tools 

    • Socrative

    • Poll Everywhere

  • Online tools for active learning

    • Kahoot

    • GeoGebra

    • PhET Interactive Simulations

  • Online tools for active learning

MENTORS AND MENTEES TOOLKIT

This toolkit is designed to assist mentors and mentees from AQB, Bard College, and AUCA to implement online teaching and learning tools in their classrooms. The development of this toolkit is part of the Enhanced Network Teacher Education Capacity (ENTEC) project activities at AQB. 

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ENTEC AT AQB NEWS

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Mailing Address

Main Campus, Box 51000 

Beit Hanina, Jerusalem, Palestine

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