High Impact Teacher Development from Finland

Target Group

This in-services teacher education program is suitable to all acting teachers from primary schools to universities in any country.

Teachers on all levels of education – full-program with special tutorial package and contact studies.

High-Impact Teacher program is a high-quality part-time in-service teacher development and train-the-trainers program from Finland.

Description

High-Impact Teacher consists of courses, that can be studied independently:

Student-engaging learning practices

• Activating and motivating students
• Specific methods to raise interest, flow and emotional engagement

Teaching future skills

• Core competencies in the 21st century
• Self-evaluation assessment about classroom practices

High-impact learning

• Understand ideas behind Finnish curriculum
• Design effective and meaningful instructions

Phenomenon-based learning

• Phenomenon-based learning projects
• Simple approach, rich content & real-world cases

Social and emotional learning

• Constructive ways to promote discipline
• Create a safe atmosphere

All courses and modules include learning assignments that are linked with daily work of teachers. All instructors of the program are members of prof. Kirsti Lonka’s research team.