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What we do
Support teachers’ professional development
We want our kids to be taught by the best
Our Main Goal
We motivate educators
- to achieve goals
- to motivate each other and seek inspiration together
- to be happy and efficient in their teacher jobs and life in general
To ensure this, we offer a wide range of tools: from the unique model of (un)conferences to already popular online tolokas (gatherings). From our American peers’ experience, we know that EdCamp has become one of the most popular professional development models in some U.S. states. The same holds true for Ukraine. We are sure even more formats will be added in the future.
Each event is held under the “law of two feet”
The participants themselves put together the program and schedule the sessions
National (un)Conferences
National (un)conferences by EdCamp Ukraine are our prevalent format of professional development for schoolteachers. Each event is held under the “law of two feet”: the participants themselves put together the program and schedule the sessions. After an event, they enjoy its “long tail effect”: follow-up discussions, joint projects, discovery of new ideas and formats for their own professional development.
Over the period of its existence, EdCamp Ukraine has held five national (un)conferences in Kharkiv and the anti-crisis online EdCamp:
2015
First National (un)Conference for School Teachers
2016
Second National (un)Conference for School Teachers
2017
Third National (un)Conference for School Teachers
2018
Fourth National (un)Conference for School Teachers
2019
Fifth National (un)Conference for School Teachers
2020
Anti-Crisis National Online EdCamp
2021
National EdCamp Joy !-)
Regional (un)Conferences
Regional (un)conferences or mini-EdCamps have a similar format but are held locally and organized by local educators. EdCamp Ukraine develops and provides them with comprehensive support both in tangible form and otherwise, called “EdCamp in a Box” program. The biggest value of these events is that they spread knowledge among teachers in the provinces. This is where white crows meet and network
Show Mini-EdCamps
Mini-EdCamps are held locally
This is where white crows meet and network
The total of 186 regional (un)conferences were held between 2015 and 2020.
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2015—2016
EdCamp in a Box 1.0
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2016—2017
EdCamp in a Box 2.0
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2017—2018
EdCamp in a Box 3.0
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2018—2019
EdCamp in a Box 4.0
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2019—2020
EdCamp in a Box 5.0
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2021
EdCamp in a Box 6.0
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2022
EdCamp in a Box 7.0
Coordinators’ Summits
EdCamp Ukraine’s regional events are coordinated by its most active members. Every two years we hold a special event for regional coordinators — the National Summit.
National Summits We Held
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2018
A meeting in Odesa that took a summit / challenge format and gathered 140 coordinators of all regional events from all the years.
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2022
The second national coordinators’ summit is scheduled for the autumn of 2022.
August (un)Conferences
For many decades Ukrainian teachers have been gathering at large pedagogical conferences in August, before a school year begins. They are held on national, regional, district, and school levels. Since 2017, we have been involved in organizing the largest one and turned it to an (un)conference – and now anyone willing can use this format as well. Every year, before educators start the school, we address them with the words of inspiration and support and share some useful tools with them.
Every year before the school year begins, teachers gather at pedagogical conferences:
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national
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regional
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district
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school
We hold online events and offer support
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Circle of Mutual Support
The Circle of Mutual Support is a Facebook group where educators ask for assistance and help others. You can receive a piece of advice or practical help with both professional and personal issues; the key issue is wording a distinct request or query. Offering support to those who ask for it is also welcomed. New members can only join through a recommendation of other participants, so the atmosphere of support and trust always prevails in the group.
Join the Circle
How do you join the group?
Only by referral of group participants
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REGULARLY
No competitive selection
Online Tolokas
Online tolokas are online versions of (un)conferences that can be attended monthly from home and with no selection criteria. During tolokas, we talk to celebrities, education experts, government officials, and practicing educators about the most urgent questions of education, share our experiences and doubts, support our colleagues and students, and develop hard and soft skills. Much of a toloka meeting is discussions, i.e., Q&A sessions online.
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EdCamp Marathon
EdCamp Marathon is very much like an online EdCamp but more intensive and gamified, based on teamwork rather than competition. Educators need it to receive support, get encouraged, and, of course, gain opportunities for professional development. Our EdCamp marathon “runners” diagnose their own needs, generate an individual learning path, communicate with mentors, with teaching practitioners, with each other, enjoying this communication and engaging in reflection.
EdCamp Marathon 2020
<Similar to an online EdCamp in format
Based on teamwork
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