Take part in the “Fostering Resilience in Children and Youth” program
It is a training aimed at improving competence of those who work with children and young people. We invite 60 people from all over Poland who will gain knowledge and tools to enhance young people’s mental ...
A new round of the Bridge Scholarships Program launched
In 2024/2025 academic year as many as 575 students received their bridge scholarships for their studies, including 367 for the 1st year. Ceremony of 23rd round of Bridge Scholarships Program inauguration ...
The Postgraduate Courses for Education Leaders – join now
The Center for Citizenship Education Foundation is enrolling candidates to the new round of the Postgraduate Courses for Education Leaders. The studies are addressed to directors and vice directors of ...
A PAFF Leader with Irena Sendler Award for Repairing the World
Anita Rucioch-Gołek, a Polish teacher at Arkady Fiedler Elementary School in Zbąszyń, and a PAFF Leader is the winner of this year’s Irena Sendler Award for Repairing the World. The award ceremony was ...
Will the School of Education be an inspiration for Ukraine?
Will the PAFF & UW School of Education become an inspiration for institutions educating teachers in Ukraine? There are many indications suggesting that this can happen. And they all emerged thanks ...
The School of Master in Education launched
“These postgraduate courses are launched in order to change Polish education,” noted Secretary of State at the Ministry of National Education Katarzyna Lubnauer during the opening ceremony of Mathematics ...
The PAFF and UW Master of Education School started
They are unique further studies for experienced teachers. Studies attended by several dozen educators that came from all over Poland and run under the Polish-American Freedom Foundation and University ...
Building resilience at school. From theory to practice
“We shall be more careful when speaking about young people’s mental health crisis and not limit the debate on mental health to intervention activities,” Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of National ...
Relationship Space. Gala of the 19th round of the „PROJECTOR” program
“Our actions (…) wouldn’t have such a value but for you – people who offer their energy, new ideas and priceless contribution of their time every day,” Kamil Wrzos, the Director of „PROJECTOR” program ...
School year inauguration at the School of Education
The subsequent group of the PAFF and UW School of Education students started education on September 9. In 2024/25 academic year they will study at the following three teaching paths: Biology and Life Sciences, ...
Principals of Learning Schools met at Łochów
‘With Energy And Courage In Taking Care Of Ourselves’ was a slogan of this year’s Summer School of LES principals, attended by 120 principals of schools participating in the “Learning Schools” program. ...
Superheroine with a telescope. The end of schoolyear at the SE
„I got a telescope at the School of Education (SE) which allows me to notice and appreciate all stars, even those most distanced or shining with dim light. Now I see each student,” said math teacher Maria ...
XX Jubilee English Teaching Market is over
How to work effectively with students with special educational needs? How to support communication and mitigate conflicts? These are the exemplary topics of fifty workshops carried out at this year’s English ...
The Master of Education School. A new offer for teachers
The 2024/25 academic year will bring the Master of Education School, that is a postgraduate course for teachers with at least three-year practice. That is the new offer of the PAFF and UW School of Education.
PAFF Directors visits the Nidzica Development Foundation NIDA
Ceremonial initiation of the first American Garden in Poland, “English Teaching” demo lesson and summing up of almost twenty-five years of running the program in villages and small towns – these are just ...
Summer workshops with “PROJECTOR” and IT for SHE Kids
Are you active in local NGO, Farmer’s Wives Club, culture institution, community center or at school in a village or a town (of up to 20,000 residents)? Submit the application of your institution to Summer ...
PAFF Directors met at the PAFF and UW School of Education
Prof. Anna Fornalczyk and Rector Krzysztof Pawłowski have visited the PAFF and UW School of Education, where they took part in inspiring workshops and meetings with teachers.
Enrollment to the School of Education is on
It is already 9th time that the PAFF and UW School of Education gives the education passionate people a chance to get a license to teach Polish, history and social sciences, biology and life sciences, ...
Grants for the young people’s projects
Even PLN 12,000 for implementation of a five-month-long project that develops social and emotional competence of young people living in small towns and villages. Applications are accepted by February 26, ...
Bridge Scholarships handed over. Report from the event
Almost 770 students received scholarships under the Bridge Scholarships Program this year; and nearly 500 of these scholarships are for the 1st year of university courses. The ceremonious opening of the ...
Ready for the Future. Debate on the challenges faced by youth
It’s already for the third time that the “Equal Opportunities” program initiated probably as the only one in Poland the Ready for the Future debate on problems and challenges faced by young people entering ...
The objective: teacher’s effectiveness. New year at the School of Education
‘The feeling of agency and effectiveness determines the level of teachers’ happiness. We will give you these powers’ – that was the promise students of the academic year 2023/24 heard at the School of ...
Summer break with “PROJECTOR”. Educational workshops
It’s full summer! And that means that “PROJECTOR” volunteers conduct summer classes for children in villages and small towns all over Poland. This year students carry out classes in two program’s paths ...
Summing up of the 18th round of “PROJECTOR”
They travel thousands of kilometers every day to reach the smallest localities in Poland with their developmental classes for children. We speak about the volunteers of the “PROJECTOR – Student Volunteers” ...
The “LES” Summer School for Directors
In the beginning of July, while students and teachers were enjoying their summer holidays, school directors attended their annual Summer School for Directors organized under the “Learning Schools” program ...
School of Education graduates summed up the academic year
Are teachers necessary? No, if their only task is to “transfer knowledge”. A good and needed teacher develops sensitivity, builds relations, helps to name emotions, teaches critical thinking, awards the ...
Janusz Korczak Award for the “Equal Opportunities” program
“Janusz Korczak Award is especially valuable for us, as it promotes ideas we value very high: support for young people’s subjectivity and rights as well as creation of environments that are friendly to ...
Join the PAFF and UW School of Education
"The most important element of the system of education are professional, empathetic, and inspiring teachers. We want to train such teachers and we know how to do that,’ director of School of Education ...
The English Teaching Tutoring – be a volunteer tutor!
An offer for students and other people ready to devote their time, energy and knowledge to become a kind of big brother/sister for children and offer them support in learning English.
Between Research And the School Community
Two days, four plenary lectures, 80 participants representing the biggest academic centers in Poland, presentation of over twenty projects and analyses. On November 17 and 18 the academic conference on ...
Jump into the education ocean. We will watch over you
“You are special because you are guided by the idea of a good school”, the students of the School of Education heard during the ceremony of opening the 2022/2023 academic year. It is already the seventh ...
Anniversary of the “Projector” – 17 years of student volunteering
The "Projector": 17 years – hundreds of stories was the watchword of the “Projector – Student Volunteers” program anniversary celebrations that took place in Lublin on July 15 and 16. The guests included ...
The Summer School for Learning Schools Directors
A group of 120 people managing educational institutions all over Poland participated in a two-day meeting aimed at sharing experience. This year’s Summer School for Learning Schools Directors organized ...
English Teaching Market 2022
After a two-year break due to COVID-19 pandemic, English teachers from village and small town schools met at the 18th English Teaching Market conference in Stare Jabłonki near Ostróda.
Bridge Scholarships for the 1st year university course – apply now!
450 scholarships for the 1st year of studies are awaiting apt, ambitious students who come from villages and small towns, from low-income families, are leaving secondary school and starting their full-time ...
The School of Education graduates got their diplomas
The PAFF and UW School of Education has completed its 6th academic year – the diplomas were received by 26 teachers of four paths of education: Polish studies, mathematics, history and social sciences, ...
“Projector – Student Volunteers” supports Ukrainian children
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine more than 2 million Ukrainian refugees have come to Poland. Among them there may be as many as 700,000 children, according to the Ministry of Education, ...
PAFF and its partners for education of children and teenagers from Ukraine
As the war in Ukraine escalates hundreds of thousands of refugees are coming to Poland. The majority of them are children and teens. Their education is one of the key challenges Polish schools are facing. ...
“Equal Opportunities” – the “Large Grants” Competition
Up to PLN 40,000 for a project implemented over the period of 12 months developing social and emotional competences in young people from villages and small towns. Applications deadline is on March 15, ...
English Teaching Activities – training and grants
Are you an English teacher or a local leader? Do you have an idea of a language project you would like to carry out in your community? Do you want to participate in interesting training sessions? That ...
The Bridge Scholarships Program – a jubilee round
On December 14, 2021, the 20th round of the Bridge Scholarships Program was inaugurated. Together with our Partners, Scholarship holders and a group of Friends of the program, we celebrated the jubilee ...
The “Learning Schools” helps to learn
At the end of November the “Help to learn! From feedback to deep learning” conference was held under the “Learning School” (LES) Program. Teachers, school directors and experts presented their methods ...
Andrew Nagorski at the School of Education
How can experience gained at the PAFF and UW School of Education be used in the first years of teaching? That was one of the topics discussed by Chairman of Polish-American Freedom Foundation Board of ...
2021/22 academic year at the School of Education has started
Another academic year has been opened at the School of Education. Over next ten months future Polish, history and social studies, math and biology teachers will be improving their teaching skills.
The Summer School for “LES” Directors
Almost 120 participants – directors and vice directors of schools involved in the “Learning Schools” (LES) Program, as well as team members and experts – attended an event in Falenty near Warsaw on July ...
Invitation to the On-line Teachers Academy
Under the “Learning Schools” (LES) Program teachers from all over Poland can participate in On-line Teachers Academy (N@I) courses designed especially for them. The courses will help them improve effectiveness ...
“Equal Opportunities” with new a Program Manager
As a result of agreement concluded by the Polish-American Freedom Foundation, the Polish Children and Youth Foundation, and the Civis Polonus Foundation on February 26, 2021, the Civis Polonus Foundation ...
The 20-th anniversary of the “Learning Schools” Program
On December 10th we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the “Learning Schools” (LES) Program, the joint initiative of PAFF and the Center for Citizenship Education Foundation in which 5,000 schools and ...
The Young Explorers Clubs with Ecsite Award
One of this year’s three winners of Ecsite award of the European science centers and museums is Young Explorers Clubs program run by Copernicus Science Center.
Another academic year at the School of Education has started
“It is going to be a good place and good time. We are a community of thought, we strive for change and development of a teacher,” Prof. Jolanta Sujecka-Zając said in her address given at the academic year ...
“Equal Opportunities” – the Regional Grant Competition will soon be on
Applications to the Regional Grant Competition of the “Equal Opportunities 2020” Program can be submitted from August 4. Eligible to apply are local NGOs, cultural centers , libraries and informal groups ...
PAFF and UW School of Education graduates received their diplomas
The School of Education of the Polish-American Freedom Foundation and the University of Warsaw ended its fourth academic year on Thursday. Twenty-five teachers of Polish Studies, History, Mathematics, ...
“Edit Distance Knowledge” – the initiative summing up
Student volunteers active in the “PROJECTOR” Program decided to free parents who work at home during the pandemic and at the same time take care of their children from part of their duties. That was the ...
Spread your wings with the School of Education
Do you dream about teaching young people but you don’t have a teaching license or sufficient experience? Or maybe you are a teacher and want to improve your teaching skills? Start a free postgraduate course ...
They are 3D printing – and counteracting the pandemic
An excellent example of how some of the projects implemented as part of PAFF programs during the time of pandemic proved helpful can be an initiative taken up by “Pawłoszewo in 3D”? Why Not? group of young ...
Give a chance for a Diploma of Dreams!
The Diploma of Dreams competition held for local NGOs and informal groups willing to participate in the Bridge Scholarships Program has started. If you want to support apt yet of limited means secondary ...
English Teaching Educational Support Package
Due to the difficult pandemic situation in Poland which induced certain changes in educational system, the Nidzica Development Foundation “NIDA”, manager of the “English Teaching” Program, has prepared ...
How NGOs support distance learning
Polish educational system has faced a challenge related to COVID-19 pandemic and closure of all schools and educational institutions. School directors, teachers, students and their parents ask themselves ...
Bridge Scholarships – for dream studies
Over thousand students and PhD students are receiving financial support under the Bridge Scholarships Program over this academic year. That number includes over 600 people getting support for their first-year ...
Meeting with history. Andrew Nagorski at the School of Education
“A historian should react. They should give a broader perspective and counteract seeing the world black and white, which makes a substantive discussion impossible,” American journalist and writer Andrew ...
Teacher training – challenge and involvement
How should professional teacher training look like? What does the shaping of teacher’s reflective attitude consists in? Can anybody be taught math and writing good texts? You can find answers to those ...
LES Education Leaders Academy conference is over
Prof. Andrzej Blikle and representatives of Youth Climate Strike were the guests of the Learning School Education Leaders Academy conference held in Warsaw on November 7-8, 2019.
Book sharing is like vitamins
“Reading to the youngest children is not only about reading as such, but also about interaction and book sharing. It has immense impact on the child’s brain development,” said Prof. Barry Zuckerman, an ...
I read with comprehension – I think logically
That is the slogan of the First Class Teacher conference that was held in Warsaw on October 2, 2019. The conference was organized by the School with Class Foundation and the Center for Citizenship Education, ...
Full steam ahead towards new adventure!
“You are on an adventure, but the one that is excellently planned,” the Director of the School of Education said speaking to our new students – graduates of History, Biology, Polish Studies, and Mathematics ...
Graduates of the third course at the School of Education received diplomas
The ceremony of the end of 2018/19 academic year at the Polish-American Freedom Foundation and University of Warsaw School of Education was held in Warsaw on June 18, 2019. Diplomas were presented to the ...
PAFF programs at the conference on educational challenges
“Learning Schools”, PAFF and UW School of Education, and “English Teaching” are the programs the Polish-American Freedom Foundation presented at the Quality Teachers and Quality Teacher Education – Research, ...
The School of Education has a new offer for teachers
Polish, math, biology and history teachers have a chance to start the only in Poland full-time postgraduate course in teaching and psychological and pedagogical competences. Studying at School of Education ...
Members of the Board of Directors visited the School of Education
How to teach methods of working with young people? What didactic tools are offered by the School of Education so that teachers could not only effectively implement the curriculum but also inspire their ...
Bridge scholarships for over one 1,000 students
Over 1,000 students and doctoral students are receiving financial support from the Bridge Scholarships Program this year. Six hundred of them are first-year students. The meeting opening 17th round of ...
The Polish-American Principal Academy 2018
The Polish-American Principal Academy is an annual meeting of principals and vice principals of schools participating in the “Learning Schools” (LES) Program with the team of coordinators and LES Lab and ...
I discover, think, and code
Teaching sciences was the main subject of the “First Class Teacher” Program conference held at the PAFF and UW School of Education on October 3, 2018. The event was attended by over 130 early childhood ...
17th round of School with Class 2.0
We would like to invite you to take part in the new round of School with Class 2.0, which this year is held under the Take School in Your Own Hands slogan. The initiative is addressed to schools - teachers, ...
School of Education has started its third year
The inauguration ceremony on August 20, 2018 was attended by the students and the staff of School of Education, as well as representatives of the Polish-American Freedom Foundation and University of Warsaw.
Second year of students graduated from the School of Education
“I want to be authentic as a teacher. Acceptance, empathy, understanding, student subjectivity, art of communication – these are the pillars our philosophy of teaching shall be based on,” said Marcin Waincetel, ...
“OK Notebook” – “LES” Conference For School Principals
School principals from all over Poland participated in the All-Poland “Learning Schools” Conference that took place in Royal Castle in Warsaw on June 12. The theme of this-year’s meeting was “OK Notebook” ...
8th All-Poland School with Class Festival
Almost 200 people from all over Poland – teachers, experts and, first of all, students took part in the 8th All-Poland School with Class 2.0 Festival that was held in Warsaw on June 8 and 9.
We know the best students in management
Students of economics and management from universities all over Poland contested in Enterprise, Finance, Management competition held in Łódź on May 17-19. The winner was the team of Cracow University ...
Experts debated on education
On May 9 and 10, the Annual Joint Seminar on Educational Research was held at University of Warsaw. The seminar was attended by experts of UW and Indiana University Bloomington, who presented results of ...
“PROJECTOR” and PHA extend horizons
The Polish Humanitarian Action volunteers will use the opportunities offered by the “PROJECTOR” and give lectures on global education at schools all over Poland. They will teach how to help wisely, what ...
The winner of Entrepreneurship Olympiad 13th round announced
13th round of the Olympiad was won by Wiktor Skowroński, a student of Non-public General Senior High School No. 40 in Warsaw. The central-level competition took place at Warsaw School of Economics in Warsaw ...
Youth Leaders Training
The Polish Children and Youth Foundation is recruiting candidates for Youth Leaders Training carried out as part of the “Equal Opportunities” Program. The objective of the training is to improve leadership ...
Finalists of this-year’s Entrepreneurship Olympiad Selected
After the day-long contest at the district stage we now know the list of 50 young economists who will compete for admission to the public economic universities and prizes in the finals on April 5. The ...
Bridge Scholarships are 15 years old
Over 15,500 scholarship holders and over 21, 000 scholarships for university courses for young people coming from small towns and villages and low-income families – these are the effects of 15 years of ...
New academic year at the PAFF and UW School of Education
On August 21, 2017, the ceremony of 2017/18 academic year inauguration was held at the PAFF and UW School of Education. The School prepares graduates of Polish studies and mathematics to be professional ...
