We started the Center for Learning in Practice (CLiP) in 2016 in response to the dire global need for more and better trained teachers, as well as for those who seek to improve education of all learners. With that goal in mind in 2017 CLiP established the Refugee Educator Academy (REA) at the Carey Institute […]
Director’s Note: Join me, Dr. Diana Woolis, Director, Center for Learning in Practice in our Teaching and Learning Cafe (TLC) every Wednesday at 10:00 am Eastern Time for an open conversation about teaching and learning. Ask questions, share ideas, and make connections with other learning providers. The discussion series begins on April 15, 2020, and continues […]
Refugee Educator Foundations of Practice Learning Community Pilot Launched A community of 114 educators will join inaugural pilot cohort this summer Rensselaerville, N.Y. – The Carey Institute’s Center for Learning in Practice launched Refugee Educator Foundations of Practice (REFP) Learning Community Pilot on July 15, 2019. A community of 114 educators in the states of […]
Note from the Director What Are You Reading This Summer? Summer in the Northern Hemisphere is just around the corner. For many it is a time for planned vacations and often of reading that thing you have been meaning to read all year or taking a course just for learning’s sake. Or perhaps you are focused on a project that […]
Refugee Educator Foundations of Practice Learning Community Pilot Launched A community of 114 educators will join inaugural pilot cohort this summer Rensselaerville, N.Y. – The Carey Institute’s Center for Learning in Practice launched Refugee Educator Foundations of Practice (REFP) Learning Community Pilot on July 15, 2019. A community of 114 educators in the states of […]
Director’s Note | Number 14 | December 2019 Next Quarterly Newsletter: March 2020 What a Year! We could not have imagined in 2017 when we issued a call for participation in our prototype development workshop for a Refugee Educator Academy, with the framing call to action (below), that so much could happen so fast. Thanks to partners, […]
Director’s Note | Number 13 | September 2019 Next Quarterly Newsletter: December 2019 CLiP Welcomes Jordanian Ministry of Higher Education to the Carey Institute for Faculty Development Design Workshop Co-hosted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Carey Institute, the September design workshop included a small team of designers from Yarmouk University, Arizona State University, […]
Launch of Pilot Program – “Tawasol: Learning Coexistence” The Center for Learning in Practice has recently completed a pilot program that delivered training and support to the leaders of 14 Syrian-led informal learning centers in Egypt. Undertaken in partnership with Plan International Egypt, “Tawasol: Learning Coexistence” was launched in June 2018, responding to the education and child […]
July 2018 Summer learning, connecting, and capacity building continues. We are thankful to all of our thought partners in this work, including participants in our courses, our summer working group, and all those who make themselves available to meet and discuss ideas and approaches with us. Among these great partners, we are fortunate to work […]
How Micro-Credentialing is Helping Teachers – ALook Through the Lens of the Refugee EducatorAcademy No matter our relationship to the education system in the United States, most of us are familiar with teacher in-service days. School is closed, students are off for the day and teachers attend one-off professional development seminars which have been designed […]