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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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, ...
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 “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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
11th All-Poland School with Class Festival
At the end of May, the 11th All-Poland School with Class Festival summing up the 17th round of the School with Class 2.0 program and other projects run by School with Class Foundation was held. Two days ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
16th English Teaching Market
The main objectives of English Teaching Market educational meetings is to help English teachers from villages and small towns improve their teaching competence, as well as integrate their environment and ...
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” ...
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 ...
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 ...
End of the first year at the PAFF and UW School of Education
The first academic year at the PAFF and UW School of Education has ended. Over the year, the students were learning how to be ever better teachers and educators and what methods of teaching they can use. ...
Jubilee “English Teaching Market”
“The key factor that was decisive for the “English Teaching” program success is the involvement of teachers who participate in it and at the same time co-create it,” said Jerzy Koźmiński, the PAFF President ...
“LES” directors conference
“Director – teaching staff meeting – learning and teaching as three areas of development” conference was held in Warsaw on November 16 and 17, 2016. Over one hundred directors of schools taking part in ...
The “LES Club” inaugurated its activities this school year
A conference inaugurating the “Learning Schools Club” activities in the 2016/17 school year was held in Ząbki near Warsaw on October 6 and 7. Directors of schools belonging to the Club from all over Poland ...
Prof. Terrence Mason visit to PAFF and UW School of Education
On September 5, 2016 r. the PAFF and UW School of Education hosted Dean of the School of Education of Indiana University Professor Terrence C. Mason. The meeting was a valuable opportunity to talk about ...
“Klasna shkola” – “School with Class” in Ukraine
From August 23 to 25, 2016, the workshops for female mentors of the “Klasna shkola” program, a counterpart of the “School with Class” initiative, were held in Lvov. The most active participants of the ...
Inauguration of the PAFF and UW School of Education
On August 22, the Polish-American and University of Warsaw School of Education inaugurated its first academic year. Students of two courses – Polish studies and mathematics started their year-long studies ...
English Teaching Market 2016
The 14th English Teaching Market conference, held in Stare Jabłonki near Ostróda on June 27-29, was attended by over 400 English teachers from rural areas and small towns. The inaugural part of the meeting ...
The All-Poland Learning Schools Conference
The Learning Schools Conference held under the "Show me what the success criteria are and I will perform better" slogan took place in Warsaw on June 14, 2016. The conference was accompanied by the Youth ...
“Laboratories of Educational Practice” – effective solutions supporting students’ learning processes
In November, Prof. William Stroud from the Teachers College, Columbia University in New York, met with students, teachers and principals of schools at Strachówka, Lubieszewo, Gorzów Wielkopolski and Kozielice ...
13th meeting of English teachers
Can mobbing relate to student-to-student relations? How to raise funds for a school event? – these and other subjects were discussed by English teachers from all over Poland who participated in the 13th ...
Meeting of the SPLO alumni
The meeting of alumni of the Post-Graduate Studies for Educational Leaders (SPLO) took place in Warsaw on June 10-11, 2015. It was attended by 75 alumni, representatives of the program partners, instructors ...
The „School without grades” conference
The “School without grades – how to do that” conference was held as part of the “Learning Schools” (LES) program at the Royal Castle in Warsaw on June 9. It was attended by 250 people from all over Poland ...
“LES” workshops for teachers from Belarus
The workshops held under the “Learning Schools” Program with participation of teachers from Belarus took place in the PAFF Representative Office in Warsaw on August 25-27. Fourteen Belarusian formative ...
The “English Teaching” Program: Gonzaga University – experiencing America
Magdalena Drzewiecka and Adrian Golis, English teachers participating in the “Ambassadors of English Teaching Program” path, took part in an intensive several weeks long training for teachers of English ...
A summer language camp for English teachers
The English teachers who participate in the “English Teaching” Program honed their language skills and teaching methodology at the summer camp which was held in Wilkasy near Giżycko on July 7-18.
The 12th “English Teaching Market” is over
How to motivate students, use games in language classes, use new technologies to make lessons interesting – these and other topics were discussed by English teachers from all over Poland who participated ...
“School with Class 2.0” Festival
The fourth all-Poland “School with Class 2.0” Festival was held in the Copernicus Science Center in Warsaw on June 17-18, 2014. The festival served summing up the year’s work of students and teachers participating ...
School friendly local governments
On June 6, 2014, the ceremony of presenting the “Local Government friendly to the Learning School” title took place at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. The award, conferred by the Center for Citizenship Education ...
Columbia University Expert paid a visit to the “LES” Program
At the invitation of the “Learning Schools” (LES) Program, Dr Wakasa Nagakura, expert at teachers’ professional development from the Teachers College at Columbia University, paid a visit to Poland on May ...
