Developmental Education Environment Project Launched at 15 Schools and Kindergartens in Kazakhstan

On 25 March, training of management teams from 12 schools and 3 kindergartens in the Kostanay Region of Kazakhstan took off as part of an educational project delivered by 'Investment in the Future' Charitable Foundation. The core training topic is creating an education environment as would ensure success and psychological well-being of every child and lay the foundation for the maturation of a personality capable of self-realization in the contemporary world.

The training is provided on the basis of cooperation agreements signed by the 'Investment in the Future' Charitable Foundation with the Akhmet Baitursynuly Kostanay Regional University (KRU) and the Methodology Center of the Education Department of the Kostanay Region Akimiat. To implement the joint project, 38 teachers were trained in working with the teaching methodology materials developed by the Foundation.

Online training of management personnel is provided by the joint team of the Personality Potential Development in Education Laboratory of the Moscow City University (MCU), KRU and the Methodology Center with support from the 'Investment in the Future' Charitable Foundation. The 'Managing Establishment of Education Environment for Personality Development' professional enhancement program comprises several large thematic modules: 'Scientific Concept of Personality Potential Development', 'Environment-Driven Approach in Educational Institution Practices', 'Strategic Design of Changes in Organizational Environment'. In aggregate, 56 managers participate in the training, including school and kindergarten principals, their deputies, school psychologists and social care professionals, methodology experts.

The online training will continue until 30 March and will be followed by a cycle of supporting webinars and consultations. On 26 April, the management teams participating in the training will get together in Kostanay for a joint presence session where they will present their three-year management projects aimed at the creation of an education environment for personality development at their educational institutions.

Engagement with schools and kindergartens is not the only vector of international cooperation pursued by the 'Investment in the Future' Charitable Foundation in Kazakhstan. Other understandings reached with the Kazakhstan partners concern joint research, exchange of practical solutions in the sphere of professional development of teachers, common events.

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