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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:

Training Sessions for the Mentors

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

MEET OUR MENTORS

ENTEC Mentors are a group of Al-Quds Bard College Graduates in the MAT program. They are among the finest of AQB Alumni who have continuously demonstrated high skills and experience in applying teaching methods in their respective domains as well as carry out rich workshops for those aspiring to learn more about teaching.

Nadia Jaber

Ihab AbuDheibeh

Maram Dabob

Khadir Hawash

Hazem Alarouri

Khalida Khasib

Rita Duqmaq

Fatma Mafarjeh

Shaima Ali

Maher Abuzir

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)

Designing an effective unit for online/remote teaching
Using Active Learning Techniques for the online environment
Establishing an engaging learning environment
Promoting Higher Order Thinking in the online learning environment
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
- Lyrics Training: https://lyricstraining.com/
- SotryBird: http://storybird.com/
- Visuwords: http://www.visuwords.com/

MODULAR COURSES

Issues in Teaching and Learning MAT Course

This course is designed to serve a variety of purposes as the initial entry into a two-year program of study that is destined to alter the ways we think about classrooms leading to changes in the qualities of teaching and learning. The course has a set of core readings that make up a course reader. Those core readings are transformed into learning modules suitable for synchronous and asynchronous teaching/learning.

Modules:

How people learn
Community Building and Acknowledging First Assumptions
A Closer Look at Learning
How learning takes place
Mindsets
How people learn
Reflection
Apprenticeships

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.

ENTEC AT AQB NEWS

Al-Quds Bard College ENTEC Project Certificate Awards Ceremony

Al-Quds Bard College organized a certificate awards ceremony recognizing mentors who completed the two-year ENTEC training program during 2021-2022. The training focused on providing quality e-mentoring services in Palestinian and regional schools based on ... Read more

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 ... Read more

AQB MAT Enhanced Network Teacher Education Capacity (ENTEC) project, in collaboration with the Center of Teaching and Learning (CTL), Offers Workshops in KSA

The ENTEC project in the Master in the Arts of Teaching Program at Al-Quds Bard College held a workshop at the Advanced Schools “Al Madares Al-Mutaqademah” for smart learning- STEM (General Manager Dr. Asad Abu Hussein) located in the kingdom ... Read more

ENTEC WORKSHOP AT AL-ASALA MODEL SCHOOL IN AMMAN

The ENTEC project at AQB presented a workshop entitled "Promoting Higher Thinking Skills in Teaching" at Al-Asala Model School in Amman, which in turn worked to enhance teachers' higher-level abilities and skills in education ... Read more

AQB MAT Enhanced Network Teacher Education Capacity (ENTEC) Program Offering Workshops In Regional Schools

The ENTEC project in the Master in the Arts of Teaching Program at Al-Quds Bard College held a workshop at Mariya Alqubtiya High School located in Hawalli Governorate in the state of Kuwait in October 27, 2021 ... Read more

Teacher Education and the Mentorship Experience in Palestine

OSUN’s Enhanced Network Teacher Education Capacity (ENTEC) project and the Master of Arts Teaching Program at Al Quds Bard recently held well-attended workshops at Al-Istiqlal University in Jericho and Dar Al-Kalima Evangelical Lutheran School in Bethlehem ... Read more

SUMMER 2021 WORKSHOPS

Jericho Education District

Master of Arts in Teaching Program,

Al-Quds Bard College,

Al-Quds University,

12-06-2021

In preparation for Palestine's participation in the study of “The Programme for International Student Assessment" PISA for the year 2022, the AQB MAT Enhanced Network Teacher Education Capacity (ENTEC) program held a workshop... Read more about this workshop

Bethlehem, Dar al Kalama School

Master of Arts in Teaching Program,

Al-Quds Bard College,

Al-Quds University,

22-06-2021

The ENTEC project in the Master in the Arts of Teaching Program at Al-Quds Bard College held a workshop at Dar Al-Kalima Evangelical Lutheran School Titled "Promoting Higher Thinking Skills in Teaching" led by Dr. Ayman Khalifa and ... Read more about this workshop

Selected Mentors’ Stories From the Field

My experience after the workshop at Jericho By Shaima Ali

My colleague Maram and I had started to prepare for the workshop at Jericho by preparing the text, writing questions for higher thinking skills, and dividing the roles for the presentation. In the run-up to the event, I felt comfortable, more positive, and self-confident because the preparation was elaborate and the colleagues were cooperative. On the plus side, there was a really happy atmosphere and everyone seemed to be having fun. The attendees were encouraged to hear the content and apply it. On the negative side, the place was not prepared well for group work, and it took time to arrange a place where we could do the work efficiently. All the attendees were attentive to everything that was presented through Dr. Ayman Khalifah, and they were writing down their notes and participating with deep answers during the presentation. Speaking to some of the attendees after the event, their positive feedback helped me realize that the content was at a high level and they liked it so much that they ask us to repeat the meetings to benefit more from the examples and applications that will be presented. I grew in confidence as a result of this experience and the next time I participate in a similar workshop, I could have the required experience, so I am using a tried and tested approach. In cooperation with colleagues, consulting them, and sharing their experiences, I can be more prepared in the coming times, and I will be able to work with a larger number of attendees.

My experience as a mentor By Fatima Mafarjeh

Based on my experience as a mentor in the ENTEC mentoring project, I grew to believe that every educational institution should have a mentoring support program for their novice teachers. The satisfaction a mentor experiences while training and improving teacher mentees’ performances is beyond description. Personally, my mentees highly valued the support and feedback they used to receive on their classes and work.

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