Supervising, Teaching
and Training Laboratory
An International Certificate Program for Supervisors,
Teachers and Trainers
Collaborative
Learning around the World:
Relationships and Conversations that Make a Difference
in Supervision, Teaching and Training
In connection with the International Summer Institute and Pre-ISI Workshops
Hotel
Las Palapas
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
June 20-26, 2009
The International Certificate-Laboratory Program is offered in response to the growing number of practitioners who are interested in supervising, teaching and training from a postmodern collaborative perspective. The aim of the "Laboratory" is to create a forum that provides participants with an intensive, in-depth study and experience of the creation of a collaborative learning community and the facilitation of a collaborative learning process that are harmonious with the theoretical and philosophical postmodern/social construction assumptions on which collaborative practice is based. The Laboratory is designed for experienced, new and potential supervisors, teachers and trainers in various agency, university, community and private contexts.
Laboratory members will participate in the pre-ISI and the ISI and will have special assignments related to collaborative learning communities and processes. In addition to the assignments, there will be three meetings of the laboratory members and the facilitators. Members will also receive a detailed agenda, handouts and reading materials. There will plenty opportunity for discussions, questions and exchanges of ideas and practices.
Assignments
will include:
-Observation
of teaching, consultation and facilitation styles during the pre-ISI and ISI.
-Observation of one of the tutorials held during the ISI for university students.
-One interview of a supervisor/trainer in the Laboratory.
Specific
focus will be on:
-Characteristics
of a collaborative learning community
-The supervisor/teacher/trainer's "way
of being" or "walking the talk"
-Setting the stage for, facilitating
and maintaining a collaborative learning community
-Mutual evaluation or "valuing"
of the learning process
-Experiential activities that facilitate collaborative
learning
-Review of various supervision/education/training contexts and settings
-Collaborative learning communities in tradtional, hierarchically organized systems
-Sharing of participants' experiences in collaborative learning
On-site Assignments:
1.
Attend at least two of the pre-ISI workshops and observe the teaching style of
two workshop leaders.
2. Observe the teaching styles of the presenters at the ISI.
3. Describe the organization of the ISI.
4. Observe one the tutorials offered for students.
5. Interview a participant of the ISI who does teaching, supervising and/or consulting from a collaborative perspective.
6. Write a summary of your philosophy of learning and teaching/supervising/consulting.