FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Jamaica
Diaspora Education Task Force hosts its
first-ever
Virtual Advancement
in Education Summit
July 3, 2020 - The Jamaica Diaspora Education Task Force
(JDETF) will host its Virtual Advancement in Education Summit on July
7-9, 2020. The annual flagship event is JDETF's fifth summit and
its first virtual staging since its inception in 2014.
“The summit is highlighting significant areas of education as
we embark on fulfilling the objectives of Jamaica’s 2030 vision,” Dr. Dyce
JDETF Chairman stated while adding that now in its 5th
year, “it is a vital part of the educational norm.”
Workshops will be held: 12 pm – 5 pm Jamaican
time or 1 pm – 6 pm EST.
The workshops and seminars will be closed sessions, for Summit
Registrants, on the ZOOM platform. All attendees will receive a
Certificate of Completion.
The series of free seminars and workshops are designed for
Jamaican educators with an array of dynamic topics espousing new
approaches for in-classroom environments.
Topics include:
⁃ Tricks and Tools of
Online/ Remote Learning,
⁃ Organizational
Inclusivity,
⁃ Strategies for the Future Ready Educator
⁃ Agricultural
Sustainability and Education
⁃ Teaching Critical
Thinking in the Classroom
⁃ Robotics
⁃ Teaching Teachers
to Teach STEM
⁃ Teaching Students
with Learning Disabilities
⁃ Behavioral Health
⁃ Middle Management/
Senior Teacher Training
⁃ Early Childhood
Education
The summit offers opportunities to support the continuous
development of lifelong learning for educators who will be open to
implementing new technologies, collaborating to promote effective
teaching/learning techniques, and also manage their learning.
The JDETF is part of the Jamaica Diaspora Taskforce Action
Network (JDTAN) which is led by Chairman Leo Gilling. In speaking of
the Summit, Mr. Gilling expressed excitement. "It's wonderful that Dr.
Dyce and his team can continue to provide this professional development
resource for educators despite COVID-19; The summit was originally
planned for California. I'm also happy to see that to date,
approximately 600 teachers have registered to take advantage of this
virtual opportunity.”
For additional information and to register visit www.jdtan.org.
For more information, contact:
Latoya Jones PR & Communications Manager |
Friday, July 3, 2020
Jamaica Diaspora Education Task Force hosts its first-ever Virtual Advancement in Education Summit
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