The Center of Excellence has been providing professional development for preschool teachers since 2018. The first attendees of this course, have been externally assessed for certification of preschool teachers and heads of kindergartens.
This year, new programmes have been prepared based on the development model for preschool education and training:
- The programme “Management Practices in Preschool Organisations: Guidelines for Child Development” for preschool managers and methodologists;
The programme aims to develop the professional competencies of preschool managers and methodologists in the management of the organisation.
- The programme “Early Childhood Development Guidelines” for kindergarten teachers.
The programme aims to equip preschool teachers with modern methods of ensuring the integrity of the early childhood development process, to improve their experience of using playful methods in the organisation of the child’s day in kindergarten and to develop a culture of researching their own experiences.
Attendees of the new programmes had the opportunity to learn modern techniques for ensuring the integrity of the early childhood development process, to improve their experience of using a play-based approach in organising the child’s day in kindergarten, and to develop a culture of researching their own experiences.
Aigerim Sultangazina, Methodologist in Shabyt Kindergarten №79:
- The Model of Preschool Education and Training has added to my knowledge and taught me effective methods for managing the teaching staff. Using the knowledge gained from the course, we have been able to establish close contact between parents and the kindergarten, conduct systematic work and implement innovations in our kindergarten. We also organised activities for teachers to develop children’s physical, communicative, cognitive-intellectual, creative, research and socio-emotional skills.