Bolashak International Scholarships for Professional Development Internships

Issues of Pedagogy, Curriculum,

Teacher Education and Leadership

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Professional Development Internships

19 September 2016 – 16 June 2017

The Bolashak funded professional

development internships at the University of

Cambridge Faculty of Education will cover key

areas of theory, practice and innovations in

the field of teacher development, such as

pedagogy, curriculum, educational

assessment and pedagogical leadership.

Who should apply?

The programme’s common core will be on pedagogy and

curriculum in schools which cater for children across the 7 – 18

years age range. Two option routes then exist:

Route 1 (teacher education) aims to recruit academics working

in Universities and pedagogic institutions in pre-service teacher

training and education, together with methodologists from

schools in Kazakhstan.

Route 2 (school leadership) aims to recruit Principals and

Teachers in schools or educational organisations in Kazakhstan,

who have a professional interest and engagement in leadership,

subject teaching and learning.

Participants are required to have a minimum English Language

level of IELTS 6.0 or equivalent and three years of work

experience. We expect participants to be endorsed by their

employer to undertake this professional development intership

and to qualify for JSC Centre for International Programs funding

(Bolashak International Scholarships).

What is the purpose of the programme?

Route 1 (teacher education) will enable participants to

understand a schools-university and school-based model of

teacher education, as well as examine the pedagogies of

teacher education, the skills of developing of new teachers and

the complementary roles of mentors and university staff.

Route 2 (school leadership) will enable participants to engage

with issues of leadership, learning and professional development

in the broadest sense and at every level, from international

policy to local schools, and to explore national and global

networks and mutually productive partnerships with leading

scholarly and professional communities.

What is the structure of the programme?

Participants on both routes of the programme will study at the

Faculty of Education, as well as shadow, observe and visit

schools and educational institutions.

The 9 month programme will consist of a mixture of placements

in local Cambridge partnership schools, mentoring by

experienced school leaders and teachers, inputs from teacher

education experts and supplementary English language training.

What are the methods of study?

On both routes, work will be assessed through a variety of

methods including portfolios of directed tasks, presentations, a

professional dialogue, written assignments, including elements

that require synthesis, analysis, critique and reflection. The

assessment will include a range of modes of presentation of

ideas and reflections upon practice and theory. This includes:

a seminar presentation; a comparative analysis (3,000 words) of

pre-service teacher education in Kazakhstan and the U.K. (route

1) and teacher leadership in Kazakhstan and the U.K. (route 2);

a small-scale research report (2,000 words); the development of

a 5000 word portfolio of experiences throughout the year.

The Faculty of Education is one of the largest groups of educational researchers and teacher educators in the UK. ofessional practice.

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What will the outcomes be?

By the end of the internship, the Route 1 (teacher education)

participant will be enabled to:

● understand current international and national thinking on

teacher education and its importance;

● reflect upon how a school-university partnership around

teacher education works;

● plan a curriculum for the development of new teachers to

include current pedagogical knowledge as well as

pedagogical subject knowledge;

● design an appropriate programme of partnership working;

● compare and contrast different models of teacher

education showing an awareness of their strengths and

weaknesses;

● frame standards and outcomes for a programme of

teacher education;

● reflect on a range of different assessment techniques and

how these are best suited to giving supportive feedback

to teacher trainees.

By the end of the internship, the Route 2 (school leadership)

participant will be enabled to:

● increase their reflective, critical, professional and

managerial skills, and their own leadership capacity;

● reflect upon the factors which contribute towards the

successful development of professional community

network at different scales;

● develop a strategic plan for the development of the

school within a national and international context;

● understand a wide range of international approaches to

the practical aspects of leading and managing;

● work through distributed leadership models which foster

trust, reciprocity and collaborative learning;

● use creative approaches to the profession, backed up by

experience and the ongoing accumulation of knowledge

through reflective practice;

● initiate and sustain innovation in schools on an ongoing

basis.

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Common to each programme, participants will therefore have:

● an improved capacity to locate, synthesise and evaluate

current research in education;

● visited examples of a wide range of educational

institutions with different strengths and different

philosophies of education;

● have an understanding of a wide range of models and

practices for teacher education, school and subject

leadership, and professional development, showing an

awareness of their strengths and weaknesses

● enhanced communication skills in speaking and writing

and using English.

How to apply and how much does it cost?

Submit an expression of interest and your CV to the Faculty of

Education by email to iedp@educ.cam.ac.uk as soon as

possible, but no later than 30th May 2016.

If offered a place, you will be asked to submit an application for

funding to the JSC Centre for International Programs. If

successful, the Bolashak International Scholarships will cover

the course fees, living costs and flights to UK. The deadline for

applicants will be published at http://www.bolashak.gov.kz.

The University of Cambridge Faculty of Education

The Faculty of Education is one of the leading departments of

education internationally, committed to teacher education, the

development of develop research-based policy and practice, and

educational research and teaching of the highest quality. It has

regularly (in every inspection since 1997) achieved the very

highest grades for its PGCE initial teacher education courses, at

both Early Years / Primary and Secondary level, makes major

contributions to the University’s regional outreach programmes,

through its continuing professional development courses for

teachers (with a particular emphasis on leadership), and has

more than 300 Masters and doctoral students.

The Cambridge Faculty of Education has a significant number of

faculty members who have worked in and with Nazarbayev

Intellectual Schools in Kazakhstan, and is a strategic partner to

the development of educational policy and practice in NIS

schools and beyond in Kazakhstan. It is a lead partner in the

establishment of the Graduate School of Education within

Nazarbayev University.

Our research makes rigorous,

original and significant

contributions to knowledge and

supports informed development

of public policy and professional

practice.

The University of Cambridge Faculty of

Education is committed to the highest

standards of research and teaching and is a

significant contributor to the improvement of

educational policy and practice in partnership

with schools, colleges and other educational

agencies both in the UK and internationally.

For more information contact:

Central Asia Programmes Team

Email: iedp@cam.ac.uk, Telephone: +44 12237 67715

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