IEEE Region 8 Webinar (EASC) Preuniversity activities

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1 IEEE Region 8 Webinar (EASC) Preuniversity activities Focus on Teacher In-Service Programme Saurabh Sinha Vice-Chair: Technical Activities IEEE Region 8 ssinha@ieee.org

2 Standing (sub-)committees Technical Activities Chapter Coordination Conference Coordination Educational Activities Industry Relations Standards Daniel Pasquet (France) Carl Debono (Malta) Bakr Hassan (Saudi Arabia) Ghaleb Dandan (Saudi Arabia) David Law (UKRI) 2

3 EASC - Operational Areas Aligned to EAB Pre-University University Post-University (Continuing Education) 3 Sohaib Sheikh Bakr Hassan (United Kingdom) (Saudi Arabia) Niovi Pavlidou (Greece)

4 Teacher In-Service Programme Webinar Sohaib Qamar Sheikh Pre-University Coordinator IEEE Region 8 sohaibqamer@ieee.org

5 TISP in Region 8 Toulon, France March Madrid, Spain - July Czech Republic and Slovakia Late Apr-12

6 Pre-University Education Activities IEEE Teacher In-Service Program Yvonne Pelham, Manager, Education Outreach, Educational Activities IEEE Pre-University Works Webinar: Teacher In-Service Program (TISP) 12 April 2012

7 IEEE Educational Activities Educational Activities Board Dedicated to ensuring the growth of skill and knowledge across the technical profession and to fostering individual commitment to continuing education. The IEEE Educational Activities Board, in support of IEEE s core purpose: 2 Recommends policies on educational matters Plans IEEE educational programs Coordinates pre-university and university programs Develops continuing education products and activities Creates guidelines for accreditation bodies Monitors accreditation activities Represents IEEE in matters regarding engineering education 11-Apr-12

8 Pre-University Activities Aim: To increase the understanding of engineering, computing and technology (ECT) among the preuniversity constituencies Objective: Increase the propensity of young people to select engineering as a career path by providing programs and products for the adult influencers in their lives Sample activities: Teacher In-Service Program (TISP) Engineering Projects In Community Service (EPICS) Information Portals: TryEngineering.org, TryNano.org, TryComputing, IEEE Spark

9 Teacher In Service Program (TISP) A program that trains IEEE volunteers to work with pre-university teachers Based on approved lesson plans Prepared/reviewed by IEEE volunteers Tested in classrooms Aligned with Education Standards Designed to highlight engineering design principles Emphasis on volunteer-teacher interaction as opposed to volunteerstudent interaction Facilitated as a train-the-trainer program

10 Teacher In Service Program (TISP) Train volunteers IEEE Section Members IEEE Student Members Teachers and Instructors using approved lesson plans on engineering and engineering design IEEE Volunteers Teachers Students IEEE members will develop and conduct TISP training presentations with Teachers 5 Teachers will incorporate these lesson plans in their classroom instruction to impact students

11 Overall TISP Goals Empower IEEE champions to develop collaborations with local pre-university education community to promote applied learning Enhance the level of technological literacy of preuniversity educators Increase the general level of technological literacy of pre-university students Increase the level of understanding of the needs of educators among the engineering community Identify ways that engineers can assist schools and school systems 6

12 Training Workshop and Presentations Working with Sections, EA organizes a day and a half Training Workshop for volunteers for at least attendees EA will negotiate and contract the venue, manage the logistics, facilitate planning and execution of the workshop Section organizing committee of 5 to 6 volunteers will provide feedback on workshop agenda, identify invited educators, and promote event During the workshop, volunteers will begin organizing into teams to develop an action plan After the workshop, volunteers working with teachers and school administrators will conduct in-service presentations and spread the program in their school districts 7 11-Apr-12

13 Training Workshops: 2005-Present 25 Workshops Participants Region USA Region 7 - Canada Region 9 Latin America Boston, Massachusetts Montreal, Quebec Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Baltimore, Maryland Mississauga, Ontario Piura, Peru Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Region 8 Europe, Middle East, Africa Cordoba, Argentina Atlanta, Georgia (2) Cape Town, South Africa Guayaquil, Ecuador Indianapolis, Indiana Lusaka, Zambia Port of Spain, Trinidad Dallas, Texas Porto, Portugal Montevideo, Uruguay Manhattan Beach, California Stirling, Scotland Region 10 Asia & Pacific San Francisco, California Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Shenzhen, China Hyderabad, India 8

14 2011 Training Workshops 446 Participants Scotland in partnership with the Scottish Government for educators; representing 16 schools and IEEE members in Scotland. Attendance : 54 Saudi Arabia in partnership with Saudi Aramco for IEEE members, Saudi Aramco employees, and pre-university teachers. Attendance: 210. A follow-on volunteer-led presentation was conducted for 130 teachers. Ontario for IEEE members in Region 7. Volunteers from 16 sections and local pre-university educators representing 11 schools/school districts. Attendance : 79 Hyderabad, India organized by GOLD members for IEEE members from 5 southern India Sections. Attendance: 103. A follow-on volunteer-led presentation was conducted in Kerala, India for 52 teachers 9

15 Teacher In-Service Program Presentations Over 168 TISP presentations have been reported by IEEE volunteers TISP presentations have reached over 4000 pre-university educators This reach represents more than 436,000 students each year 10

16 Meeting the Goals Empower IEEE champions Technological literacy of preuniversity educators Technological literacy of preuniversity students Understanding of the needs of educators School systems assisted by IEEE Over 1800 Trained IEEE Volunteers 91% agreed that program enhanced technological literacy 94% believe that student s technological literacy would increase Sustained programs in several sections 168 presentations reported 11

17 Potential 2012 Training Workshops R8 Student Branch Congress Spain R10 Australia R9 Student Congress of Central America and Panama (CONESCAPAN) - Honduras 12

18 Expectations for Trained IEEE Volunteers Organize TISP sessions for the local school systems in your section Communicate with EAB for guidance, information exchange, and funding Organize a task force within the local IEEE Section to make TISP a permanent program of the Section Arrange for budgeting through the Region, and IEEE Boards (MGAB, EAB)

19 How to get involved Host and/or attend a train the trainer workshop to: Learn tips and strategies on how to organize teacher workshops in your area How to connect with local schools Develop hands-on activities that teach engineering and engineering design concepts.

20 For more information, visit

21 Organizing a Teacher In-Service Program (TISP) Workshop IEEE Teacher In-Service Program Training Workshop Southern and Eastern Africa September 2010 Lusaka, Zambia Riadh Besbes ENIS 12 April 2012

22 Why is IEEE interested in preuniversity engineering education Because it is in our stated and un-stated mission Because in many IEEE Sections there is marked decline in the interest of young people in Engineering This is bad for the future of these communities and would have a negative impact on their standard of living Because we do not believe the problem is going to be tackled effectively without us Industry does not appear to be able to address the problem directly Governments do not appear sufficiently concerned (yet) Other engineering associations look up to us

23 Engineering in the pre-university classroom Institutionalization of IEEE Teacher In Service Program IEEE Section engineers develop and present technologyoriented projects to local pre-university educators Emphasis on volunteer-teacher interaction as opposed to volunteer-student interaction Ideally: a sustained program involving several thousand schools every year

24 About the Process TISP activities success is built with subsequent impacts on teachers practices within classrooms, so motivated and engaged teachers should be present in such activities. Develop a partnership between local pre-university education community and school systems. Engage educational inspector convinced by the sustainability of TISP activities and teaching effectiveness partnership. Provide an interesting and non common space for regular training: Hotels Conference rooms University s theater

25 Plenary sessions in order to build connections between universities and secondary school teachers Pr.Tourki talking about his laboratory research in electronics -TISP in Monastir, Tunisia, 22 March 2011-

26 Plenary sessions to present inspectors work for secondary school teachers Students performances results presented by an inspector to stress on weaknesses -TISP in Toulon, France, 21 March 2012-

27 Practical demonstrations from universities to capture secondary school teachers interest Pr.Tourki s Team presenting inetresting research results in electronics -TISP in Monastir, Tunisia, 22 March 2011-

28 Then TISP activities Pr.Tourki s Team presenting inetresting research results in electronics -TISP in Monastir, Tunisia, 22 March 2011-

29 TISP activities reveal growing teachers motivation

30 TISP activities reveal growing teachers motivation

31 TISP activities reveal growing teachers motivation

32 Secondary, university teachers, and young engineering students are demonstrating their projects -TISP in France

33 .Lunch and break coffee are also important!!

34 What would be of interest is how the TISP activities map or align with the education standards that teachers must adhere to in classroom instruction.

35 What would be of interest is how the TISP activities map or align with the education standards that teachers must adhere to in classroom instruction.

36 And the culture of projects in classrooms is implemented

37 As perspective, what if we can follow the impacts of TISP activities on teaching practices 16% 14% 14% 12% 11% 10% 8% 6% 7% 6% 6% 4% 2% 2% 1% 0% Offer stimulating activities 0% 0% 0% Enforce the meaning and utility of learning Illustrate the challenge of the situation Promote effort Provide enough time for establishing learning Provide options on the contents and procedures Welcomes the procedures adopted by students Directs and / or structure students' research Responds to a request for information Promotes verbal interaction among peers Summarizes the information submitted by students Dev. 11% 0% 0% 0% 7% 14% 2% 6% 1% 0% 6% 0%

38 As perspective, what if we can follow the impacts of TISP activities on teaching practices 25% 20% 19% 15% 11% 10% 5% 0% 2% Imposes an activity Imposes information Imposes the ways of proceeding Induces response Gives the answer to his own question Summarizes what he said himself Imposition 2% 11% 19% 2% 0% 0% 2% 0% 0%

39 As perspective, what if we can follow the impacts of TISP activities on teaching practices 100% 90% 80% 83% 70% 60% 50% 50% 46% 50% 48% 55% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Maintain Motivation Maintain Interaction Autonomy Supportive Communication Contruction of learning Situation Ability to Change

40 THANK YOU

41 Expanding the reach of TISP: The Canadian Model IEEE R8 Webinar 12 APR 2012 Jennifer Ng Ain Kin Ottawa, Canada MGA Pre-University Coordinator 2012

42 IEEE Canada (R7) Snapshot IEEE Canada is quite unique: it is the only IEEE Region that is also a country. However it is a very big country (2 nd in the world after Russia) so there are similar logistic challenges as other regions. 21 Sections across ten provinces and three territories. 2 APRIL2012

43 IEEE Canada (R7) 3 APRIL2012

44 How did TISP start in Canada? [AUG2008] First IEEE EAB PECC meeting (Arthur Winston Chair, 2004 IEEE President) What about Canada? [OCT2008] Sections Congress Québec City: Meetings with key players from IEEE EAB PECC and IEEE Canada [MAY2009] First TISP Canada Workshop Montréal, Québec Focus: Introduction to TISP, Lessons Plans and hands-on workshops 125 attendees from all across Canada niversity/tisp_montreal.html 4 APRIL2012

45 What next? [NOV2009] Creation of an Ad-Hoc TISP Canada committee First members were the TISP Champions selected by the Sections at the first TISP Canada workshop in May 2009 First nationwide conference call December 2009 Modest Funds from IEEE Canada (start-up $1000 CDN) [FEB2010] TISP Canada becomes a standing committee on the IEEE Canada Board Chair: Anader Benjamin-Seeyar (Montréal Section) Increased Funding from IEEE Canada to support specific projects ($2500 CDN) 5 APRIL2012

46 What next? [APR2011] Second TISP Canada Workshop Mississauga, Ontario Focus on Sections which were not able to attend 2009 workshop Encourage more participation from local School Board representatives and local teachers (via a panel discussion) niversity/tispt/tisp_region7.html [DEC2011] First TISP Canada newsletter ( The TISP Courier ) [TBD 2013] Third TISP Canada Workshop Vancouver, British Columbia 6 APRIL2012

47 TISP Canada Current Model Monthly conference call Host: TISP Canada Chair Members: TISP Champions from all participating Sections Activities: Support members by providing guidance and consistency for local workshops Encourage members to report status on various projects in progress Allocate funding to specific projects Focus on sharing lessons learned and building network of volunteers throughout Canada 7 APRIL2012

48 TISP Canada Current Model Examples of projects in progress IEEE booth and TISP workshops at annual STAO Conference (Science Teachers Association of Ontario) 3 rd participation TISP Canada newsletter (quarterly) Subcommittee to align TISP Lesson Plans to the different provincial school curriculums TISP Canada Vancouver (2013) 8 APRIL2012

49 TISP Level Each participating Section Chair appoints a TISP Champion as representative to the TISP Canada committee Section TISP Champion participates to TISP Canada monthly conference call Section-level TISP workshops are funded by Section Sections can apply for IEEE Canada Foundation funds for larger-scale TISP workshops Example of Section TISP site: On Facebook, TISP Ottawa 9 APRIL2012

50 Action Shots. TISP Canada! 10 APRIL2012

51 Action Shots. TISP Canada! 11 APRIL2012

52 Action Shots. TISP Canada! 12 APRIL2012

53 Action Shots. TISP Canada! 13 APRIL2012

54 Action Shots. TISP Canada! 14 APRIL2012

55 Thank-You! Merci! 15 APRIL2012