Canadian Minister of International Development, Harjit Sajjan, on Sunday visited Queen Rania Teacher Academy (QRTA) to learn about its programs to enhance teacher professional development, implemented by support from Canadian government, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education.
According to press statement, QRTA CEO Osama Obeidat briefed Sajjan on the academy’s key achievements related to teachers’ professional development programs, which focused on basic disciplines of Arabic and English languages, science, social studies and maths.
Sajjan and the accompanying delegation were also briefed on the QRTA’s experience in transforming its programs during the Covid-19 pandemic from in-person learning to distance and blended training modes.
This e-learning model was developed to ensure the continued educational process aimed to provide teachers with advanced and modern tech skills, and deliver content in an innovative and user-friendly way to all students, while ensuring implementation of QRTA’s programs at the highest quality, the statement said.
On the visit’s sidelines, the Canadian delegation met a group of Jordanian public school leaders, who benefited from QRTA’s professional diploma in advanced educational leadership and its impact of its implementation axes at their schools.
Principals, for their turn, said diploma’s skills helped spot their schools’ problems in teaching practices and address these hardships, highlighting role of new assessment schemes in improving the learning and teaching processes and enhancing the teachers’ professional growth.
For his part, the Canadian minister stressed the importance of promoting professional development of public school teachers to ensure that students receive a high-quality education.
Canada is proud of its 8-year partnership with the QRTA, as more than 34,700 beneficiaries have benefited from the programs supported by the Canadian government within the professional development programs, Sajjan noted.
Sajjan also commended QRTA “successful” transition to distance and blended learning for teacher training during the Covid-19 pandemic.
For his part, Obeidat valued QRTA’s partnership with Canadian government, adding that the academy continues to provide its Canada-supported training programs, in cooperation with Jordanian Ministry of Education.
These professional development programs have benefited thousands of Jordanian teachers and educational leaders from public schools, which included 42 educational directorates countrywide, Obeidat added
Source: Jordan News Agency