Education Initiative in Morocco
Conference in Casablanca with 200 educators
The Faculty of Education organized a conference in Morocco on Saturday, November 7, where Faculty members met with 200 educators to discuss the possibilities of creating professional development and graduate programs for teachers and principals.
The conference was held at the Hotel Indou Anfa, 85 Bd. d’Anfa, Casablanca.
Currently, the highest level of post-secondary education a teacher or a principal can obtain in Morocco is an undergraduate degree and an instructor/professor diploma (the Moroccan equivalent to the Province of Ontario’s Bachelor of Education program).
Faculty of Education professors conducted workshops on the following topics:
- Technology and education
- Reading and writing opportunities
- Assessment and evaluation
- Leadership
- Mentoring
- Teaching students with learning problems
- Competency based instructions
Why Morocco? Why now?
As a result of recent reforms to the Moroccan education system, the Ministry of National Education and educators have expressed an interest in the Faculty’s professional development programs, as well as graduate studies in education.
Pre-conference
University President Allan Rock was the keynote speaker at a pre-conference event held on Thursday, November 5. One hundred distinguished guests attended the event including representatives from the Kingdom of Morocco, the Ministry of National Education, the Canadian Embassy in Morocco, universities and educational institutions.
The pre-conference was held at the Royal Meridien Mansour (27 avenue de l’Armée Royale, Casablanca).
Objectives of the Education Initiative in Morocco
- To establish a partnership with the Moroccan centre for civic education
- To develop professional development programs for educators in Morocco.
- To enrol cohorts of students in the professional development programs in Morocco.
- To recruit Moroccan teachers as international students in the Faculty of Education’s graduate programs.
- To develop graduate programs in education tailored to the Moroccan education system.
- To enrol cohorts of students in graduate education programs in Morocco.