Poland turns into first nation to launch Microsoft and UNICEF’s e-learning software particularly for academics working with refugee kids
The Studying Passport, an e-learning platform from Microsoft and UNICEF, was launched right this moment to assist the inclusive training of refugees within the Polish faculty system. Poland turns into the primary nation globally to launch a model of the software particularly for academics, with programs on managing stress, cross-cultural communication and dealing with kids from Ukraine who’re affected by the trauma of conflict.
Launched in 2018 and now current in 32 international locations, Studying Passport permits kids and younger individuals, together with these in displaced or crisis-affected communities, to entry high quality inclusive training and construct the abilities they want for a brighter future.
Studying Passport might be carried out in Poland by the UNICEF Refugee Response Workplace in Poland in cooperation with the Ministry of Training and Science and the SOK Basis. Representatives from these organizations took half in a launch occasion right this moment in Warsaw with training specialists from Poland and Ukraine, in addition to academics, college students and the media.
“The possibility to be taught and be in a protected area along with friends and academics doesn’t simply ship training, it brings a vital sense of stability, normalcy and hope to war-affected kids and younger individuals,” stated Rashed Mustafa Sarwar, Nation Coordinator, UNICEF Refugee Response Workplace in Poland. “I’m thrilled that Studying Passport in Poland will assist academics achieve the mandatory abilities to work with and assist a multicultural class, guaranteeing that each one refugee kids in Poland can be taught and thrive.”
The Studying Passport programs had been created by specialists within the area of Digital Studying Design from UNICEF and trainers cooperating with the SOK Basis. Fashionable instructing strategies, interactive workout routines and high-quality video supplies make the programs platform stand out for his or her high quality and comprehensiveness. Entry to the platform and all programs is freed from cost and accessible in Polish, Ukrainian and English.
“There’s at the least one Ukrainian refugee in a single out of each three courses in Poland. Due to this fact, many academics want to enhance their abilities in multicultural communication and fostering an inclusive classroom, in addition to diagnosing and reacting to tough feelings and recognizing conditions that might warrant specialised interventions”, stated Francesco Calcagno, Chief of Training on the UNICEF Refugee Response Workplace in Poland. “The Studying Passport platform presents a variety of programs that reply to those wants of academics.”
The programs accessible on the Studying Passport platform are designed not solely to construct academics’ psychosocial abilities and their potential to work with a multicultural class, but additionally to advance their skilled improvement. After finishing the course, academics will obtain a certificates accredited by the Polish Ministry of Training and Science.
“The Studying Passport mission is a noteworthy e-learning platform in Poland designed to assist academics in inclusive training for refugee kids and allow them to have a greater future. The platform is related to the Built-in Academic Platform (ZPE) inside its construction. This connection offers limitless area for e-learning instruments, free supplementary supplies for college students and academics from all faculty topics, in addition to facets of transparency and performance for customers.” says Mateusz Rafał, Director of the Digital Transformation Middle on the Ministry of Training and Science. “Via instruments such because the Studying Passport, the federal government program Future Laboratories, and the newly created portal particularly tailor-made to present digital wants – edukacja.gov.pl – we’re taking additional steps to make sure high-quality training and develop the abilities crucial for constructing a greater future for kids and youth. Particularly, the Studying Passport mission focuses on together with displaced and crisis-affected communities. It is a milestone that may permit hundreds of youngsters to obtain assist and alternatives for training, no matter their background or historical past. I wish to thank all of the training specialists, academics, college students, and the media for taking part on this important inaugural occasion.”
“Because of the introduction of the Studying Passport platform for academics in Poland, our programs have an opportunity to succeed in a fair bigger viewers. The primary pilot trainings and workshops that now we have been conducting since April are very fashionable, and the suggestions we obtain from academics taking part in them confirms that psychosocial abilities improvement could be very a lot wanted in Poland,” says Iga Pietrusińska, Member of the Administration Board of the SOK Basis and Coordinator of the Studying Passport mission.
All programs accessible on the Studying Passport platform could be accomplished at each trainer’s personal tempo or academics can join one-day workshops to follow and trade experiences with different academics. There’s additionally a three-week “Calm Head” coaching performed by skilled trainers. The Studying Passport supply might be commonly up to date and tailored to the evolving wants of academics, kids and younger individuals.
In 2023, UNICEF goals to coach 8900 academics and educators in Studying Passport who will attain 200,000 kids in Poland. Round 180,000 refugee kids from Ukraine now attend Polish colleges and preschools. In additional than 85,000 courses there’s at the least one refugee scholar.
Registration for the Studying Passport programs: https://ukraine.learningpassport.unicef.org/
Extra on the Studying Passport platform: https://www.szkolenia.learningpassport.pl/
Media contacts
Monika Kacprzak
Communication Specialist
UNICEF Refugee Response Workplace in Poland
Tel: (+48) 604 226 866
Electronic mail: mkacprzak@unicef.org
Hugh Reilly
Chief of Communication
UNICEF Refugee Response Workplace in Poland
Tel: +48 783 896 843
Electronic mail: hreilly@unicef.org
