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Improving Student Learning with
Standards, Assessments and Grading
Prague, 3rd - 4th March 2012
- Supporting Reading Comprehension & Improving the Quality of Writing Prague,10th - 11th March 2012
- The Inquiry Classroom- A Full Day Workshop for Primary Teachers
By Kath Murdoch
Mumbai, 24th July 2012
- Preparing &Learners for their Future
NOT our Past By Lane Clark
Luxembourg, 21st - 23rd September 2012
- Concept Based Curriculum and
Instruction for the Thinking Classroom
By Dr. Lynn Erickson
Cyprus, 29th - 30th September 2012
January 07, 2012
We recently hosted an exceptional region wide three day workshop on Structured Word Inquiry sponsored by Chapters International. Shonal, from Chapters International, effortlessly coordinated participant enrolment, financial payments and workshop materials. Through her flexibility and organization we were able to ensure that all essential tasks were covered; the workshop ran seamlessly; and the teacher learning and enthusiasm was maximized. Chapters International has brought together an impressive array of high quality educational practitioners and I would have no hesitation in recommending this organization to help run your schools professional development.
Jim Anderson
Elementary Principal
Anglo-American School of Sofia
January 07, 2012
My experience as a literacy consultant planning and conducting workshops with Shonal Agarwal and Chapters International was an entirely positive and productive. This organization makes it possible for me to offer in depth 2- and 3-day workshops for large groups of international school teachers that I could not otherwise reach. The goal of any educational workshop is to affect concrete changes in practice. Chapters International allows me to bring in teams of teachers from a region workshops that provide time not only for in-depth study of new concepts, but also time for teachers to practice those ideas with colleagues. Schools don’t just gain individual teachers with new ideas to try, they gain teams of teachers who have a common experience to build from and who have established connections teachers from schools working on the same content.
In addition to the effectiveness of this model of professional development, Shonal Agarwal brings exceptional organizational skills and contacts to the international education community. Shonal was a prompt and clear communicator who ensured that all the details involved in setting up and running my workshops were taken of. Because she anticipated all the logistical issues, my participants and I were able to focus on the sessions, not meals, transportation and such.
For me, however, the most impressive part of working with Shonal is that she is a passionate educator and learner who participated extensively in my sessions. She is passionate about providing professional development experiences that she believes in, and she knows that she can’t do that unless she does the work to understand it.
I wholeheartedly recommend that educators looking for excellent professional development opportunities and presenters looking for ways to share their expertise consider working with Chapters International.
Peter Bowers
www.wordworkskingston.com
My experience as a literacy consultant planning and conducting workshops with Shonal Agarwal and Chapters International was an entirely positive and productive. This organization makes it possible for me to offer in depth 2- and 3-day workshops for large groups of international school teachers that I could not otherwise reach. The goal of any educational workshop is to affect concrete changes in practice. Chapters International allows me to bring in teams of teachers from a region workshops that provide time not only for in-depth study of new concepts, but also time for teachers to practice those ideas with colleagues. Schools don’t just gain individual teachers with new ideas to try, they gain teams of teachers who have a common experience to build from and who have established connections teachers from schools working on the same content.
In addition to the effectiveness of this model of professional development, Shonal Agarwal brings exceptional organizational skills and contacts to the international education community. Shonal was a prompt and clear communicator who ensured that all the details involved in setting up and running my workshops were taken of. Because she anticipated all the logistical issues, my participants and I were able to focus on the sessions, not meals, transportation and such.
For me, however, the most impressive part of working with Shonal is that she is a passionate educator and learner who participated extensively in my sessions. She is passionate about providing professional development experiences that she believes in, and she knows that she can’t do that unless she does the work to understand it.
I wholeheartedly recommend that educators looking for excellent professional development opportunities and presenters looking for ways to share their expertise consider working with Chapters International.
Peter Bowers
www.wordworkskingston.com
