Teacher In-Service Program (TISP) Training in Malaysia

This training session will be hosted on 9 – 10 September 2006 for IEEE members, teachers, and school administration officials who are interested in helping their local schools in offering educator in-service-programs. The session will inform engineers on effective strategies to build working relationships with schools and school systems, and will provide lesson plans and materials that can be used in the classroom. In Malaysia the program will initially lead to professional development program training sessions for local educators.

The TISP is a proven program that will aid teachers by leveraging the existing engineering knowledge and skills in the country towards improving teachers’ knowledge of engineering concepts.

The overall goals of the TISP Training for Malaysia event are:

Empower engineering society “champions” to develop collaborations with their local pre-university education community to promote applied inquiry-based learning.
Enhance the level of technological literacy of pre-university educators.
Encourage pre-university students to pursue technical careers, including engineering.
Increase the general level of technological literacy of pre-university students for many years.
Increase the level of understanding of the needs of educators among the engineering community
Identify ways that engineers can assist education departments

The event will be held at the Putrajaya Marriott Hotel IOI Resort in Putrajaya and will begin at 17:30 on Saturday 9 September with registration and social hour followed by a 2 hour presentation at 20:30. On Sunday 10 September the training is scheduled from 9:00am –16:30 and will include hands-on presentations, a question and answer period, and discussion on numerous topics, including: program background and scope, getting started, potential costs to engineering societies and educators, suggestions on making contact with your local school systems, and the alignment of an activity with education standards. Breakfast and Lunch will be provided for attendees.

To attend please use the registration form below.

In TISP volunteers develop and present technologically oriented subject matter to educators in a professional development (or “in-service”) setting. In the last five years, IEEE volunteers have made 39+ presentations to more than 875 pre-university educators within four Regions in the United States and South Africa.

During an actual Teacher In-Service Presentation, volunteers provide teachers with activity materials and then help the teachers as they work their way through the activity. By helping the teachers as they work their way through a technical activity, the teachers get to the point where they feel comfortable enough to present it on their own. The idea is for the teachers to return to their schools and lead the same activity in their classrooms.

Questions? Contact Dr. Doug Gorham, d.g.gorham@ieee.org, +1 732 562 5483, or Dr. Norman Mariun at norman@eng.upm.edu.my or 011-60-389-466-266.

Registration is now closed. Thank you for your interest.