Teacher Dev. Workshop, Russia & Russia (fwd)

[Devin P Browne]

Here's the conference that I mentioned in an earlier email.

Devin P Browne
dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu

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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 14:02:17 -0500
From: Project Harmony <pharmony at igc.apc.org>
Reply-To: civilsoc at SOLAR.RTD.UTK.EDU
To: Multiple recipients of list <civilsoc at SOLAR.RTD.UTK.EDU>
Subject: Teacher Dev. Workshop, Russia & Russia

PROJECT HARMONY
* TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM *
HELSINKI, FINLAND, PETROZAVODSK & ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
APRIL 10-25, 1998

Project Harmony working in conjunction with the Finnish Board of Education
and the Petrozavodsk Teacher Qualification and Teacher Training Institutes,
is pleased to announce a new professional development program which will
allow American educators to travel to Finland and Russia to observe and
learn about new teaching methodologies.  Participants will be involved in
seminars and workshops in Finland and visit Finnish schools where the
teaching of foreign languages and new computer technologies in the
classroom are emphasized.

The group, joined by several Finnish teachers, will then travel to St.
Petersburg where it will have a two day cultural program including the
theater and a visit to the Hermitage museum as well as other historical
sites.  They will then take an overnight train to Petrozavodsk where the
teachers will be involved in workshops and attend classes engaging in
discussions with fellow teachers and taking part in presentations which
involve the latest innovations in teaching.

In both Helsinki and Petrozavodsk, teachers will be living in the homes of
fellow educators and teaching in classes with them.  Project Harmony has
been organizing Teacher Exchange Programs for the past seven years and
American teachers have returned from these adventures with a new sense of
commitment to their profession and enthusiasm which they share with their
students and fellow educators.

Participant cost of $2,150 includes round-trip international airfare from
New York City to Helsinki and from Petrozavodsk, all ground transportation
and program costs in Russia and Finland, visa costs, insurance, meals and
accommodations.  It does not cover personal spending money or passports.  A
Project Harmony staff person will accompany the group to provide logistical
support.

For more information please contact:

Barbara Miller
Project Harmony
6 Irasville Common
Waitsfield, VT 05673
Tel: 802-496-4545
Fax: 802-496-4548
Email: pharmony at igc.apc.org




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