TACE / WACE “Training of the Trainers” Programme

 

“Training of the Trainers” Programme and Presenters

The Thai Association for Cooperative Education (TACE) is organizing a “Training of the Trainers” programme to be led by Dr. Professor James Stellar, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Queens College CUNY, New York, USA and Dr. Professor Richard Porter, Program Director for the Institute on Global and Experiential Education hosted by WACE. Provost Stellar is co-director of the Institute on Global and Experiential Education and served for ten years as the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Professor Porter is currently Acting Chair of the Mathematics Department and former Vice President of the Division of Cooperative Education at Northeastern University.

 

Objectives

The programme will equip the participants with knowledge and build in them the capacity to become key trainers for training of the cooperative education personnel at all levels and for training personnel from institutions planning to develop or enhance their cooperative education.

 

Number of participants: 40

 

Qualifications of participants

All participants will have successfully completed the TACE “Preparatory Training of Cooperative Education Trainers” programme and have at least three years of experience in the provision of cooperative education.  The “Training of the Trainers Training Programme” will be presented using English as the medium of communication.  Participants should have a proficiency in English.

 

 

Training of the Trainers Programme

 

Overview

This live-in, intensive training programme will include a series of presentations and discussions on topics that are critical to the work of trainers in training personnel in institutions as they develop or enhance their cooperative education programmes. Each topic will be examined first from the multiple perspectives of all constituents---students, personnel in cooperative education, administrators, the academic institution, employers, and the country. Connections between these perspectives will then be presented and discussed in order to take advantage these perspectives in developing new programmes and enhancing current programmes.

Activities will include knowledge and experience exchanges among participants as well as group and individual projects and activities.

 

 

TACE / WACE “Training of the Trainers” Programme

January, 27 – 30 2010

Rama Gardens Hotel

 

Day 1   : Wednesday, January 27, 2010

 

5:00-6:00 PM                     Registration at Tulip Room

6:00-7:00 PM                     Evening meal with participants and presenters

7:00-8:00 PM                     Opening Ceremony

Welcoming address

                                                     Professor Dr. Wichit Srisa-an

                                                     President, Thai Association for Cooperative Education (TACE)

7.30- 8.30 PM                   Discussion and outline of Workshop activities

8:30-9:30 PM                     Exercise to promote later group conversation

 

Day 2   : Thursday, January 28, 2010

 

8:00-9:00 AM                    Continental Breakfast

8:30-9:00 AM                    Review of evening discussion

9:00-10:00 AM                               Presentation by Porter: Goals of Cooperative Education / Work Integrated Learning: Educational Goals, Global trends

10:00-10:15 AM                 Break

10:15-11:30 AM                 Small Group Discussions [45 min] and moderated report-out from groups

11:30 AM -12:00 PM         Summary from Morning

12:00-1:00 PM                   Lunch at  Greenery Corner

1:00-2:00 PM                     Presentation by Stellar: Strategies for obtaining the engagement of all constituents

2:00-2:15 PM                     Break for Refreshment

2:15-3:30 PM                     Small Group Discussions [45 min] and moderated report-out from groups

3:30-3:45 PM                     Break 

3:45-4:45 PM                     Presentation by Porter and Stellar: Planning for your University

4:45-5:00 PM                     Summary and writing assignments for evening in small groups

5:00-6:00 PM                     Free time

6:00-7:30 PM                     Dinner as a group, Private Zone at Forget Me Not Restaurant

Evening: One-on-one and small group consultations among participants and the workshop leaders, and work on PowerPoint writing assignments that must be e-mailed to Porter and Stellar by 10:00 PM. 

 

 

 

 

Day 3   : Friday, January 29, 2010

 

8:00-9:00 AM                    Continental Breakfast

8:30-9:00 AM                    Review by Stellar and Porter of writing assignments from previous evening

9:00-10:00 AM                   Presentation by Stellar: Strategies for sustaining the engagement and

support of all constituents

10:00-10:15 AM                 Break

10:15-11:30 AM                 Small Group Discussions [45 min] and moderated report-out from groups

11:30 AM -12:00 PM         Summary from Morning

12:00-1:00 PM                   Lunch at Greenery Corner

1:00-2:00 PM                                 Presentation by Porter: Goals and strategies for integrating classroom and workplace learning 

2:00-2:15 PM                     Break for Refreshment

2:15-3:30 PM                     Small Group Discussions [45 min] and moderated report-out from groups

3:30-3:45 PM                     Break 

3:45-4:45 PM                     Presentation by Stellar and Porter: Training others

4:45-5:00 PM                     Summary and writing assignments for evening in small groups

5:00-6:00 PM                     Free time

6:00-7:30 PM                     Dinner as a group, Private Zone at Forget Me Not Restaurant

Evening: One-on-one and small group consultations among participants and the workshop leaders, and complete on PowerPoint writing assignments that must be e-mailed to Porter and Stellar by 9:30 PM. 

 

Day 4   : Saturday, January 30, 2010

 

8:00-9:00 AM                    Continental Breakfast

8:30-9:00 AM                    Review of writing assignments from previous evening at Grand Ballroom 1

9:00-10:00 AM                   Moderated fifteen minute presentations of plans and group feedback on them

for implementing Cooperative Education at home institution

10:00-10:15 AM                 Break at Greenery Corner

10:15 -11:00 PM                Presentation by Porter and Stellar: Summary of plans and lessons learned

                                        

        11.15 AM                         Closing and Certificate Presentation Ceremony

TACE/WACE “Training of the Trainers” Workshop                          

1.30 PM                            Group Photo Session