to collect 500,000 UAH for EdCamp Ukraine’s future
2 and 3 July 2018
"Beit Dan" Cultural Center, 46, Tobol'ska street, Kharkiv
THE FOURTH NATIONAL (UN)CONFERENCE
for school teachers
All is going to be white as snow!
WHAT EDCAMP IS: 4-DIMENSION CHANGES
EdCamp (un)conferences are held in a new participant-driven format for educators to co-create all over the world.
Place for professional development
Everyone
is a change agent
Tool for building up
the communities
Platform for the reform
Open exchange of teaching experience and collaboration based on the "Give – Get" principle.
An effective model
for transformations
in education at the level
of a daily lesson, and
a school, which promotes advanced values and broadens a world view.
Educators hold (un)conferences
to unite teachers in their communities for solving
the most concerning problems.
The teachers, who attend EdCamps, become leaders
of the New Ukrainian School, taking part in its development and introducing changes
on the ground.
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT EDCAMP
"RARA AVIS": A BIRD, WHICH IS AT THE SIDE OF GOOD
"Rara avis" is the name we use to lovingly call Ukrainian pro-active pedagogues-edcampers who by their openness to new experience and aspiration for changes in education and society in general stand out in their communities.
We understand that each of us, if we speak figuratively,
has something from both "black" and "white" birds. The purpose
of the EdCamp movement in Ukraine is to support educators
in understanding and disclosing their very best qualities.
Responsible teachers choose the path of everyday good deeds and the fight against unproductive deeds in education. How this happens, see the first series of cartoon "Where do rara avises (bili vorony) fly in education?" Or look through the comic book pages about 2 years of EdCamp Ukraine activity.
6 TENETS OF EDCAMP
Free of charge
Edcamp is offered at no cost
to attendees. It is a strict condition guaranteeing equality of chances.
The program is created by participants on the first day
On the first day morning
all participants plan the timetable
and session topics. Due to
the spontaneity, the plan
of events meets the needs
of the participants
as much as possible.
Independence
EdCamps do not have "supervisors" from the public
or business sectors. Everyone can express their thoughts freely, take part in a discussion and defend their opinion.
Everyone can become
a speaker
If you attend an EdСamp, you have the right to speak there. Everyone can share their experience in the uniting atmosphere.
Free initiative
Everyone can host EdСamp
in their area: any local
educational department,
school, public organization
or informal group of teachers.
The "law of two feet"
Attendees find the sessions they want to take part in on their own. It is an effective way to “drop out” irrelevant
or presented in an unattractive way presentations.
WHY ORGANIZE EDCAMP IN UKRAINE:
47 VOICES OF REGIONAL EVENTS COORDINATORS
And when and where will your EdCamp be held?
Apply to the program “EdCamp-in-a box 4.0” (will be activated in SEPTEMBER)
HOW EDCAMP IMPACTS EDUCATORS' LIVES: THREE SUCCESS STORIES
Maja TUTAJEVA,
headmistress
of the school in Khmeljove, Kirovograd region
«I am changing a rare school»
Leonid MYRONENKO
and Olga GURSJKA,
headmaster deputies of Poltava boarding school №1
«Rethinking the relationship between teachers and kids»
Valentyna FEDORJAKA,
Math teacher in Trudoljub school, Poltava region
«I am building the school
of happiness»
After EdCamp Ukraine 2018, we will ask the leading practitioners from other countries to stay in Kharkiv for a few days to provide opportunities for Ukrainian educators to go deeper into specific topics and refine their skills.
It will be a two-day work in small groups, which only
the participants of the national (un)conference will be able to join.
In this section, we will publish the relevant offers and registration on them, so follow the news.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE IN EDCAMP UKRAINE 2018
Everything is simple. The main criterion is your motivation for development and willingness to be responsible! Both young specialists
and experienced educators are invited to take part in the event. The subject you teach, the age of your students, the position you occupy, and the status of your educational establishment do not affect the results of the contest selection. We expect a very big contest. Last year the number of applicants was 4 persons per a place so do your best to be persuasive in your application form.
AFTER-EDCAMP
At the (un)conference we expand our outlook, developing horizontally. Since this year, you can stay here longer for a more profound, i.e. vertical, development. Key speakers invite you to two-day
master classes.
CERTIFIED ADVANCED TRAINING
The Ministry of Education and Science recommends counting the number of hours of the national (un)conference as part of
the amount of advanced training course of its participants.
MOVEMENT
Among the participants there will be the coordinators
of mini-EdCamps. I want to learn how to organize
such a unique event at my school.
NETWORKING
I want to meet with people who also care how the education system in Ukraine will develop. And there will be over 800 people!
DIALOGUE
Within two days representatives of the authorities
of different levels will be with us. I want to meet them
in person and ask them a few questions.
FREEDOM
I will choose only those sessions that I need. 200 training options from national and international practitioners are waiting for me.
MISSION
I want to be interesting to those who I teach using the best educational practices – to prepare children for the real life, not just for exams.
OTHER WAYS TO PARTICIPATE IN EDCAMP UKRAINE 2018
Oh, lucky you!
By the results of the selection a loooong waiting list
is created. The first people who provide their travel
and accommodation on their own faster than the others will also receive an invitation.
Volunteers
Do you want to get a unique experience? We invite you
to help us in carrying out
the event and to learn
from inside how to organize an EdCamp.
Practitioners’ circle
Do you have any practices you would like to share with inspired educators? We can offer you everything to fulfill your dream but it is limited )
Partnership
Do you want to be involved
in the key event in the life
of school teachers of Ukraine? We can offer you extraordinary opportunities for cooperation.
(will be activated on 01 JUNE)
WHO AND WHY MAKE EDCAMP UKRAINE 2018
VACANCY
Join the team –
we have some hot vacancies
EDCAMP UKRAINE 2017: IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY
This is our final video
from the closing ceremony:
Ken ROBINSON
about an efficient and inspired educator as a change agent:
The well-known expert
in creative abilities and innovative thinking (USA)
Liliya HRYNEVYCH
about the New Ukrainian School in the questions and answers:
Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine, the architect
of school reform
Some pictures for good mood
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EDCAMP UKRAINE 2018… ALL IS GOING TO BE WHITE!
The main emphasis of the upcoming national (un)conference is education, built on the values. We at EdCamp Ukraine are convinced that our professional qualities are determined by personal features, and those, in turn, are based on our choice of life principles.
We call for the abandonment of all ‘toxic’ things and call for the ecological choices – thinking, relationships, teaching and, ultimately, life.
It is impossible to teach others about those things which we can not do on our own.
How often do you think about this?
Take or give away? Who should be responsible? How to stay calm and act decisively? What does our happiness depend on? Why does self-awareness lead to freedom? What does the dignity consist of? Is patience a strength or weakness? What provides ease? To pretend to be
a good person or to be one?
We suggest you just now to think about the meanings laid down in our familiar from childhood words:
Responsibility
Taking it on yourself means understanding your role
and playing it on time.
This is the best way to awaken your powers and gain independence, get rid of laziness and carelessness.
Kindness
It means trying to understand another person. If we take others as they are, it does not cause bad feelings. Our kindness reaches the hearts and helps others
to change.
Honesty
This means you say what you think and do what you say. After confessing to the mistake, you do not make it again and do not justify yourself. You do not pretend to be a good person
but you are.
And we will continue the conversation at EdCamp Ukraine 2018. Together, we will turn two days of the (un)conference into a space
of studying this and other principles, their disclosing and promoting in everyday life.
WHAT WILL BE AT EDCAMP UKRAINE 2018
 White crows from different countries800 educators from Ukraine and other countries will attend EdCamp Ukraine 2018. |  Cool practitionersNational and international. Learn more about them and their sessions by link. |
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 The highlight of the yearEducation, built on the values of goodness - such as responsibility, honesty, simplicity, and cheerfulness. |  Classroom observationsGive a lesson for the class made up of different schools pupils and get a professional and friendly feedback. |
 Interactive zonesConstantly active: ‘anti-corruption vaccine’, cardboard sculptures, extruders for plastic processing, anti-discrimination cards and ... we’ll leave a little intrigue! :) |  Organizations of futureTogether we will go to the most interesting and up-to-date teams that have overcome ‘toxicity’ in their professional activities. |
 60 minutes with the MinisterNew Ukrainian school - what was successful and what was not. Why did it happen? How to proceed? You will have the opportunity to put a direct question to the architect of the secondary education reform. |  Circle of mutual assistanceA great social experiment, which we have been conducting for a year at regional (un)conferences. Once again we will prove that the strategy of "giving away" is ultimately winning! |
 Teacher training surveyResults of the same national survey will be discussed with an emphasis on integrity and inclusion. |  Educational questWe will play and search for answers to unexpected questions at "stations". Well, and there are some gifts, too! :) |
 How to EdCamp?We’ll present a book and a distance course on VUM online for those who want to host their EdCamp. |  EdCamp in a Box47 coordinators of mini-EdCamps will "infect" you with the experience of holding a (un)conference in the regions. |
 EdMandryParticipants of expeditions to Finland and Estonia will share the results of the creation and operation of educational embassies in their schools. |  Change in 7 daysThe school team and the Finnish expert group LUMO Education will tell about the first Ukrainian-Finnish experiment on the transformation of an educational institution. |
 Show must go on!This year we would like to continue communication in a pleasant place, with sweets and live music from one of the most famous Ukrainian bands! |  Program in applicationThe event program can be tracked in a mobile application. Be always aware of all the changes and suggestions! |
 Newsroom with IDEALIST.mediaA true newsroom for operational reporting by media teams from all over the country. |  Art-labirynthAll together we will create an artistic labyrinth where you can learn about your true dreams. |
 After-EdCampThe key event speakers invite you to two-day master classes after the national event. Book now! |  Knightess and knightDo you remember the fairy and he-fairy of the past year? In July, they will transform into a knightess and a knight of goodness to give joy and inspiration to everyone. |
 Guiness record on the squareParticipants of the (un)conference together with the M-Sport motorcade will create figures that will be recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. |  PhotocampaignWith the help of simple slogans, we will try to realize the values on which the reform of the New Ukrainian school is built, and to take a memorable photo. |
 Nonstop coffeeFeel free to visit your favorite coffee shop with inspiring coffee and responsible cookies. |  Tour of KharkivOur charismatic guidess Olena Jelagina will show you real Kharkiv. Click the link to register. |
 EdCamp Ukraine storeDo you dream about the following EdCamps? Support our team by choosing exclusive products for yourself and your loved ones. At the event, we will also find out if we collected 500 000 hryvnias on the "Spilnokosht". |  Charity eventEveryone can help! Bring a ‘part of your attention’ to donate. What to bring, we will inform you later as we are developing a new format. |
 EdCamp Ukraine 2018 magazinesOrder an exclusive issue featuring all the interesting facts from the (un)conference. It will be prepared in cooperation with OSNOVA Publishing Group and Shkilnyi Svit. |
7 REASONS WHY YOU CAN NOT MISS EDCAMP UKRAINE 2018
HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN EDCAMP UKRAINE 2018
Fill in the REGISTRATION FORM
from 20 MARCH
till 20 APRIL 2018
(the number of seats is limited*)
Pass the qualifying interview and win
in the selection.
The contest results to be announced
till 01 JUNE 2018
Tell us about
the dissemination
of the obtained knowledge among schoolchildren, students, parents,
and colleagues in essays
by 30 SEPTEMBER 2018
Wow!
EdCamp Ukraine pays
for everything: you only have to take care of your journey to the event.
If you are from Kharkiv, then make a charity contribution**.
Volodymyr SELIVANENKO
Legal protection
from Amnesty International
We are sure that everyone’s rights
in education must be protected
Yulia MELEZHYK
Online solutions
We utilize the whole spectrum of solutions
Oleksandr ELKIN
Inspiration
We are caring about
the future of our children
Tetjana LANDESMAN
PR
We are convinced that the teachers are the best agents to promote changes in schools
Olena MALAKHOVA
Program
We understand that staying
at the place is a step back
Iryna MINJKOVSJKA
Communication
We want to restore
the prestige
of the teacher’s profession
Viktorija ILJJENKOVA
Volunteers
and mini-EdCamps
Aljona OVCHAROVA
Online-design
We stand for the use
of modern technologies
Lejla ALIJEVA
Public lessons
We are committed
to understanding
and mutual interchange
* EdCamp Ukraine is a non-profit initiative of NGO EdCamp Ukraine, Center "Bila Vorona" and Agency of Education Producers. We take care about the participants, and they will not have to spend money on accommodation, food, pay for education, expert sessions, workshops
and educational materials. All these significant costs are sponsored by our supporters – partners of the (un)conference.
** Charity contribution should be donated according to the policy of equal chances: people who live in Kharkiv / Kharkiv region and do not have transportation expenses donate 350 UAH to the budget of the program “EdCamp in a Box 4.0” to support regional (un)conferences throughout 2018-2019.
AFTER-EDCAMP – VISIT THE NEXT DAY MASTER CLASSES
FROM THE "BILA VORONA" CENTER
OUR PARTNERS
THE LONG TAIL EFFECT
It has been proved that the most interesting things start after EdCamps. As a result of your communication with many people, new acquaintances, as well as new ideas, are born: this is the so-called the long tail effect.
After EdCamp Ukraine 2017, we:
held GLOBAL DIGNITY DAY IN UKRAINE for the third time – a training course that united 30,000 schoolchildren
from 230 educational establishments,
by the results of the STUDY "CHILDREN AND PAPERS: HOW TO ACHIEVE BALANCE AT SCHOOL"
we liberated the educators
from wandering around "microdistricts", updated
the instruction manual
and managed to create
a separate Project Office
of the Ministry of Education and Science for deregulation,
47 REGIONAL (UN)CONFERENCES
in EdCamp format became discussion platforms of the
NEW UKRAINIAN SCHOOL,
are preparing the BOOK
AND ONLINE COURSE
on how to organize your EdCamp,
opened the "BILA VORONA" LIFELONG TEACHER TRAINING CENTER
with first programs – EDMANDRY
to Finland and Estonia
and Finnish-Ukrainian experiment
for school transformation CHANGE FOR 7 DAYS,
did NON-DISCRIMINATION EXPERTISE of school textbooks for 5th and 10th grades and curriculums
for pre-school education,
launched the SURVEY “HOW AND WHAT DIRECTION CAN SCHOOL TEACHERS GROW?” which studies answers to the questions about problems
and perspectives
of teachers professional development in Ukraine.
have finally released MOOC from COURSERA: COACHING TEACHERS: PROMOTING CHANGES THAT STICK. The course will promote developing
the growth mindset culture
of school teachers.
What will happen this year? We are looking forward to it ;)
EdCamp Ukraine is proud to be helped and sponsored by the below organizations and their employees:
These materials are created with the support of the Public Affairs Section of the US Embassy in Ukraine.
The point of view reflected in these materials may not coincide with the official position of the US government.
This initiative (publication, event) is prepared under the Enhanced Public Sector Transparency and Integrity project, implemented by the United Nations Development Programme in Ukraine with financial support
from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark during 2015-2018.The opinions, attitudes, and assessments contained in the report do not necessarily reflect those of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark,
the United Nations Development Programme or other UN Agencies.
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VIDEO
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