DEEP in Poland

Polish part of the program consists of three branches, which constitute at the sa,e time three branches of conducted workshops: Democracy, Everyday law and i*EARN.

1. Democracy
The rationale behind this part is learning democracy by acting. The main aim is to help teachers and students identify problems of their local communities and develop projects which are to combat at least one of the problems. Workshops activities include: working out the succeeding stages of the project, searching for partners and funds, designing grant applications and budgets. Designed projects are to be carried out by both students and teachers during the next school year, as part of beyond school curricula.

2. Street Law
This part was designed to make teachers and students more familiar with the functioning of elected and appointed govornments of different levels, rights and duties of citizens, teachers, patients, consumers, etc. A collateral goal of these workshops is to show teachers that lessons about law can be interesting and that even pasing acquaintance with law can be very useful ni everyday life.

3. International Education and Resource Network (iEARN)
This part presents Internet and e-mail as an attractive educational tool and answers the question how to realize international programs and create circles of interests in schools. The more specific target of this workshops is to encourage teachers and students to join the interesting ideas of iEARN programs which for the time being function in 4000 schools in 100 countries
One of the main tasks of the DEEP program is to create and foster a network among educators and policy makers (that is teachers, lecturers form Higher Education Institutions, students, representatives of central and local governments, non-profit organisations) from Central and Eastern Europe, newly independent states of the former Republic of the Societ Union and their counterparts from the United States in order to promote and improve, through exchange of ideas and experiences, civic and law education. iEARN, which in Poland has been led for a few years by Internet Teacher Association, is just to ease such a communication.

Apart from iEARN there are also two other non-government organizations which, through their representatives working for the project, cooperate with the DEEP program. These are: Polish Association of Law Education (www.psep.pl) and Center for Citizenship Education (www.ceo.org.pl). They provide expertise, experience and high quality materials for law and civic education. Also other NGOs, which would like to contribute to the development of the program are very welcomed.

The whole of the international DEEP program is administered by a consortium of American non-profit organisations, such as: The American formu, Inc. New York, Close Up Foundation Washington, DC, Street Law, Inc Washington, DC, constitutional roghts foundation Los Angeles, CA, Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago, IL and others.


page 2 - Profits from working in program
page 3 - Calendar of workshops 2002
reports:
page 4 - WILKANÓW 2002,
page 5 - NOWY SĄCZ 2002
page 6 - WARSZAWA 2002
page 7 - GDYNIA 2002
page 8 - Project facilitators

What will our program give to teachers?
It will enable them to develop their knowledge and skills which are essential for teaching civic education and froming well-educated citizens of our country. We believe that the participation in the program will become an interesting stage on their way of both professional and civic development.

What will our program offer to students?
It will provide them with the knowledge and skills which are crucial for making wise and rational choices in both public and private life in an emerging civil society. I will teach them critical thinking, critical analysing of information transmitted by mass-media, appreciating meaning of law in everyday life. It will teach them, how to make a difference, therefore how to take an active part in social, political and economical life, which is what democracy is really all about.

We invite all schools, teachers, educational and local authorities who have a willingness to cooperate with us. Especially we invite headmasters of gymnasiums, and civic education, history, English and computer teachers. Schools which would like to participate in the program will receive necessary methodological materials (CD ROMs, textbooks) and wide help of our consultants.

If you are interested in the program or have other concerns or questions please do not hesitate and write to: sawicki@ids.edu.pl


2 Profits from working in program; 3 Calendar of workshops 2002;
4 WILKANÓW; 5 NOWY SĄCZ; 6 WARSZAWA; 7 GDYNIA;
8 Project facilitators

POLAND

Nowy Sacz 4-6.10.2002

Warsaw 18-20.10.2002

Gdynia 22-24.11.2002

Please send your aplications to: deep@sni.edu.pl


2 Profits from working in program; 3 Calendar of workshops 2002;
4 WILKANÓW; 5 NOWY SĄCZ; 6 WARSZAWA; 7 GDYNIA;
8 Project facilitators

Report from workshops in Wilkanow

1. Place of workshops: Wilkanów
2. Place of accomodation: Wojtowice, Miedzygorze
3. Dates: June 7-9, 2002

4. Organisers and trainers:
Dorota Komornicka, Krzysztof Kosela, Andrzej Litwin, Agnieszka Rymsza, Monika Figiel, Beata Budzik, Dagmara Wozniakowska, Marek Sawicki

5. Participants: 40 teachers and headmasters of Gymnasiums and High Schools from 4 districts of Masyw Snieznika, 30 students schools leaders, members of Teenage Council of Local Fund of Masyw Snieznika

6. Parts of workshops

Plenary session:

Short speeches:
Dorota Komornicka: introduction, welcome of organisers, participants and guests (local authorities, media), Dagmara Wozniakowska, Beata Budzik, Marek Sawicki, Monika Figiel - short presentation of particlular branches of workshops and rules of evaluation

Main lecture: Krzysztof Kosela Civil society in Poland in the light of the results of the research conducted in 28 countries on civic knowledge and skills of 14 years olds, which became a basis for creating DEEP program.

Democracy course:

Trainers: Agnieszka Rymsza, Beata Budzik, Monika Figiel

Content: principles of and road to democracy, three kinds of citizens according to Joseph Kahne, identifying local communities problems and developing stages of projects aiming to combat chosen problems, which are to be carried out by both teachers and students during the next school year, as part or beyond school curricula.

Street Law course:

Trainer: Dagmara Wozniakowska

Content: functioning of elected and appointed governments of different levels, rights and duties of citizens, students, patiensts, conumers, etc., teaching about law

International Education and Resource Network (iEARN) course:

Trainers: Andrzej Litwin, Marek Sawicki

Content: Internet and e-mail as an attractive educational tool, how to realize international programs and create circles of interests in schools, encouraging teachers and students to join the interesting ideas of iEARN programs,functioning in 4000 schools in 100 countries.

7. Evaluation, Monitorning of the workshops:
Monika Figiel, Agnieszka Rymsza -
Conducting questionnaires and interviews on content and organization of the workshops

8. Accompanying events:
- July 7, 2002, Evening in Wojtowice's barn integrating party for workshops participants
- July 8, 2002, Sponsor of the year an annual event of Local Fund Masyw Snieznika followed by a clasical music concert performed by the most talented students of High music schools LFMS scholarships winners
- July 8, 2002, farewell dinner to folk music

9. Continuation of the program 4 districts of Masyw Snieznika
- June 15 July 15, 2002 participants of the workshops are working on the final version of their socialy useful projects and submit them to a competition: Act locally announced and monitored by LFMS
- July 6, 2002 additional workshops for competition participants: designing budget
- September 1 December 31, 2002 realisation of the projects in schools, two meetings with DEEP consultants
- Starting from September 1, 2002, laureates of: Act locally competition realize their projects
- September 2002 meeting of youth from Teenage Fund Council with mayors, leaders and aldermen of Masyw Snieznika district
- Organization by the Teenage Fund Council of a Hyde Park for potential candidates for mayors and aldermen
- October, 2002 meeting of the youth from Teenage Fund Council with prefect of Klodzk and districts aldermen
- November/December 2002, Educational trip to Warsaw of youth from the Teenage Fund Council accompanied by a few teachers of civic education
- Constant monitorning of the program by trainers, coordinator and subcoordinators

10. Organizations and Institutions cooperating to realize the program:

Fundusz Lokalny Masywu Snieznika, Polskie Stowarzyszenie Edukacji Prawnej, Stowarzyszenie Nauczycieli Internautow (Internet Teachers Association), Malopolskie Towarzystwo Oswiatowe, Stowarzyszenie "Zdanie", City administrations of: Bystrzyca Klodzka, Miedzylesie, Ladek Stronie Slaskie, Plebania w Wilkanowie, Fundusz Wczasow Pracowniczych w Międzygorzu, Panstwowa Szkoła Muzyczna w Bystrzycy Kłodzkiej.


2 Profits from working in program; 3 Calendar of workshops 2002;
4 WILKANÓW; 5 NOWY SĄCZ; 6 WARSZAWA; 7 GDYNIA;
8 Project facilitators

The DEEP Workshop in Gdynia, Poland

"Active citizen"

1. Place: Gdynia

2. Time: November 22-24, 2002

3. Participants:
33 teachers of high and primary schools of Gdynia, Gdansk, Sopot, headmasters of these schools, representatives of local authorities and press.

4. The DEEP workshop consisted of three main parts:

- Democracy
- Street Law
- iEARN

During the opening session quests and participants of the DEEP workshop were familiarize with an idea of civic society and the DEEP Project as a whole. Goals and outcomes of each of them are described in the following parts of this report.

Democracy
Teacher trainers:Beata Budzik, Agnieszka Rymsza,

Goals:

- learning how to recognize conflicts in a local society,
- finding solution to controversial issues or conflicts recognized and described by participants of the DEEP workshop; promoting negotiations as one of the best solution,
- project method used in civics,
- lobbing and writing grant application,
- shaping projects for the following year 2002.

Results:

The participants of the DEEP workshop were introduced to a project method - how is it used in civics, what are advantages and disadvantages of this method. They enthusiastically learned how to write a grant application and how to organize lobbing. They began writing projects.

Street Law
Teacher trainer: Dagmara Wozniakowska, Witold Klaus

Goals:

- to familiarize students and teachers with the idea of how authorities (chosen and appointed) function,
- to show students and teachers the rights and responsibilities following different social roles we perform in every day life, ( citizen, customer, patient, pupil etc.)
- to show how to make lessons about law more interesting, playful, hilarious,
- to explain how understanding of law is very useful in our daily life.

Results: The participants has acquired knowledge what are legal possibilities to work in social environment and solve problems by realization of different projects. The content of this part of the DEEP workshop was based on CD and manual 'Randka z paragrafem' by W.Klaus, M.Platek, D.Wozniakowska.

iEARN
Teacher trainers: Renata Witucka, Andrzej Litwin

Goals:

- to introduce iEARN, what kind of a program it is, how it works
- to show how iEARN can cooperate with the DEEP Program, and how to realize other international programs,
- to teach how to use an E-mail and the internet as helpful tools to develop educational programs and make school lessons more attractive.

Results:

The participants of the DEEP workshop learned what is iEARN and how to search its large number of civics and others projects and how to work with iEARN/DEEP projects. They also were participating in a discussion on iEARN web forum. They have acquired new skill. Similar, to above described parts of the DEEP workshop, iEARN part raised great interest among teachers; they had prepared few projects to work with students.

Teachers have received CD and manual 'iEARN 2001-2002 Project Description Book'.

5. Continuation of the projects created during the DEEP workshop

There is ongoing monitoring of the DEEP Program realization by teacher trainers, the coordinator and sub coordinators. There are number of projects on going as a result of workshop or created later on and among others, the teachers from schools in Gdynia has been working on following projects:

- "Teddy Bear" - iEARN project for young pupils, main purpose is to teach them about other countries and cultural differences.
- "HIV among children in the world" - iEARN, informational project.

6. The following institutions and organizations have been cooperating with the DEEP Program:

Gimnazjum and Primary School No 1, Gdynia Polish Association For Legal Education Internet Teachers Association Educational Society for Malopolska Local authorities "Gazeta Morska" - local newspaper ("Gazeta Wyborcza")

7. Additional Information

All participants of the DEEP workshop in Gdynia received certificates, and all trainers received certificates with regards to the subject-matter. An individual approach to every participant gain an appreciation of teachers and students. Teacher trainer give participants orientation in law, local authorities, and use active methods of teaching as discussion, problem solving etc.


2 Profits from working in program; 3 Calendar of workshops 2002;
4 WILKANÓW; 5 NOWY SĄCZ; 6 WARSZAWA; 7 GDYNIA;
8 Project facilitators

The DEEP Workshop in Warsaw, Poland

"Active citizen"

1. Place: Warsaw,
2. Time: October 18, 19, 2002

3. Participants:
24 teachers of high and primary schools of Warsaw - Bemowo, headmasters of these schools, representatives pf local authorities (Gmina - Bemowo) and press, the Director of the DEEP Project in USA, representative of American Embassy in Warsaw, teachers from Los Angeles, Montebello Intermediate School,

4. The opening plenary session

Lectures were given by: Mrs. Mariola Moczon, headmaster of Gymnasium No 1 in Warsaw, Mrs. Wieslawa Sawicka – the DEEP Project country coordinator, representative of local authorities, Mr. Wlodzimierz Calka, representative of the Department of Education, Gmina – Bemowo – Mrs. Barbara Stasikowska, Mrs Emily Abbott – Program Director Democracy Education Exchange Project, Mrs. Beata Milewska, Cultural Affairs Assistant, Public Affairs Section of American Embassy in Warsaw.

5. The goals of this session were:

- to present the DEEP Program as a whole
- to familiarize quests and participants of the DEEP workshop with an idea of civic society
- to present civic education in Polish schools.

Mrs. Beata Milewska, USA Embassy, has offered a support for our schools in developing international schools exchange and English Language Educational Programs.

The local authorities has offered their support for the DEEP Project in schools of Warsaw - Bemowo.

6 The DEEP workshop consisted of three main parts:

- Democracy
- Street Law
- iEARN

Goals and outcomes of each of them are described in the following parts of this report.

Democracy

Teacher trainers: Monika Figiel, Agnieszka Rymsza,

Goals:

- finding solution to controversial issues or conflicts recognized and described by participants of the DEEP workshop; promoting negotiations as one of the best solution,
- project method used in civics
- lobbing and writing grant application
- shaping projects for the following year 2002,

Results:

The participants of the DEEP workshop were introduced to a project method – how is it used in civics, what are advantages and disadvantages of this method. They began writing projects.

Street Law

Teacher trainer: Dagmara Wozniakowska, Witold Klaus

Goals:

- to familiarize students and teachers with the idea of how authorities (chosen and appointed) function,
- to show students and teachers the rights and responsibilities following different social roles we perform in every day life, ( citizen, customer, patient, pupil etc.)
- to show how to make lessons about law more interesting, playful, hilarious,
- to explain how understanding of law is very useful in our daily life.

Results:

The participants has acquired knowledge what are legal possibilities to work in social environment and solve problems by realization of different projects.

Content of this part of the DEEP workshop was based on CD and manual 'Randka z paragrafem' by W. Klaus, M. Platek, D. Wozniakowska.

iEARN

Teacher trainers: Wieslawa Sawicka, Marek G. Sawicki

Goals:

- to introduce iEARN, what kind of a program it is, how it works
- to show how iEARN can cooperate with the DEEP Program, and how to realize other international programs,
- to teach how to use an E-mail and the internet as helpful tools and make school lessons more attractive

Results:

The participants of the DEEP workshop learned what is iEARN and how to search its large number of civics and others projects and how to work with iEARN/DEEP projects. They also were participating in a discussion on iEARN web forum. They have acquired new skill. Similar, to above described parts of the DEEP workshop, iEARN part raised great interest among teachers; they had prepared few projects to work with students.

Teachers have received CD and manual 'iEARN 2001-2002 Project Description Book'.

7. Additional activities

During the workshop in Warsaw, there were guests from, Montebello Intermediate School, Los Angeles, USA, Mrs. Linda Quemada and Mr.William Quemada. Polish teachers had rare occasion listen to teachers, who have been working in American schools for almost 20 years. They introduced Polish teachers to Los Angeles educational system in high schools, they gave information about work circumstances of American teachers, and healing programs for schools with problems in educational and economic area. Polish teachers have acquired new knowledge and motivation to teach.

8. Continuation of the projects created during the DEEP workshop

There is ongoing monitoring of the DEEP Program realization by teacher trainers, the coordinator and sub coordinators. There are number of projects on going as a result of workshop or created later on.

The teachers, form the environment of Warsaw schools, who have participated in the DEEP workshop, have been carrying out 10 projects:

ˇ Competition on the knowledge about the United States - the aim was to raise the level of knowledge about the US, their history and constitution.
ˇ Competition on the knowledge about the Great Britain and North Ireland - the aim as above.
ˇ Project 'School with character' :
ˇ 'I have character' - teaching values such as wisdom, responsibility, cooperation, humor, beauty, etc.
ˇ 'The art of communication' - rules of correct communication, good speaking and listening, rules of conflict solving, rules of meditation and discussion, art of rhetoric and public speaking.
ˇ Competition of recitation of poems in foreign languages.
ˇ 'My school in the European Union'
ˇ 'Days of Europe' - students learn more about main institutions of the European Union.
ˇ 'Guidebook on Bemowo' (Bemowo - district of Warsaw, where the DEEP workshop was held), students find interesting places and learn more about local environment, where they live.

9. The following institutions and organizations have been cooperating with the DEEP Program:

Gimnazjum No 1, Warsaw – Bemowo
Polish Association For Legal Education
Internet Teachers Association
Local authorities ( Gmina Bemowo)

10. Additional Information

All participants of the DEEP workshop in Warsaw received certificates, and all trainers received certificates with regards to the subject-matter. An individual approach to every participant gain an appreciation of teachers. Teacher trainers were able to catch participant attention and made the workshop attractive to them. They gave participants orientation in law, local authorities, and use active methods of teaching as discussion, problem solving, plays, etc. The participants fully appreciate knowledge and skills of trainers the DEEP Project.


2 Profits from working in program; 3 Calendar of workshops 2002;
4 WILKANÓW; 5 NOWY SĄCZ; 6 WARSZAWA; 7 GDYNIA;
8 Project facilitators

The DEEP Workshop in Nowy Sacz

'Active citizen'


1. Place: Nowy Sacz
2. Time: 4 - 6 October, 2002

3. Participants:
25 teachers of high and primary schools of Nowy Sacz, Rytro, Piwniczna, Januszowa, Wieloglowy, headmasters of these schools, representatives of local authorities.

4. The DEEP workshop consisted of three main parts:

- Democracy
- Street Law
- iEARN

During the opening session quests and participants of the DEEP workshop were familiarize with an idea of civic society and the DEEP Project as a whole. Goals and outcomes of each of them are described in the following parts of this report.

Democracy
Teacher trainers: Dorota Komornicka, Agnieszka Rymsza,

Goals:

- learning how to recognize conflicts in a local society,
- finding solution to controversial issues or conflicts recognized and described by participants of the DEEP workshop; promoting negotiations as one of the best solution,
- project method used in civics,
- lobbing and writing grant application,
- shaping projects for the following year 2002.


Results:

The participants of the DEEP workshop were introduced to a project method - how is it used in civics, what are advantages and disadvantages of this method. They enthusiastically learned how to write a grant application and how to organize lobbing. They began writing projects.

Street Law
Teacher trainer: Dagmara Wozniakowska, Witold Klaus

Goals:

- to familiarize students and teachers with the idea of how authorities (chosen and appointed) function,
- to show students and teachers the rights and responsibilities following different social roles we perform in every day life, ( citizen, customer, patient, pupil etc.)
- to show how to make lessons about law more interesting, playful, hilarious,
- to explain how understanding of law is very useful in our daily life.

Results:

The participants has acquired knowledge what are legal possibilities to work in social environment and solve problems by realization of different projects. The content of this part of the DEEP workshop was based on CD and manual 'Randka z paragrafem' by W.Klaus, M.Platek, D.Wozniakowska.

iEARN
Teacher trainers: Andrzej Litwin, Wieslawa Sawicka

Goals:

to introduce iEARN, what kind of a program it is, how it works
to show how iEARN can cooperate with the DEEP Program, and how to realize other international programs,
to teach how to use an E-mail and the internet as helpful tools to develop educational programs and make school lessons more attractive.

Results:

The participants of the DEEP workshop learned what is iEARN and how to search its large number of civics and others projects and how to work with iEARN/DEEP projects. They also were participating in a discussion on iEARN web forum. They have acquired new skill. Similar, to above described parts of the DEEP workshop, iEARN part raised great interest among teachers; they had prepared few projects to work with students.

Teachers have received CD and manual 'iEARN 2001-2002 Project Description Book'.

5. Continuation of the projects created during the DEEP workshop

There is ongoing monitoring of the DEEP Program realization by teacher trainers, the coordinator and sub coordinators.

As a result of workshops in the Nowy Sacz participants from Gymnasium Nr 2 have prepared grant applications to Polska Fundacja Dzieci i Mlodziezy (Polish Kids and Youth Foundation) in order to continue their newly created projects. September 1st - December 31st 2002, schools from Nowy Sacz area had been working on projects concerning Democracy, Street Law and some iEARN projects. The consultants visited schools few times.

6. The following institutions and organizations have been cooperating with the DEEP Program:

ˇ Polish Association For Legal Education
ˇ Internet Teachers Association
ˇ Educational Society for Malopolska
ˇ Local authorities The Snow Mountain Community Fund
ˇ Association 'Zadanie'
ˇ Polish Foundation for Children and Youth
ˇ Association 'Sowa'.

7. Additional Information

All participants of the DEEP workshop in Nowy Sacz received certificates, and all trainers received certificates with regards to the subject-matter. An individual approach to every participant gain an appreciation of teachers and students. Teacher trainer give participants orientation in law, local authorities, and use active methods of teaching as discussion, problem solving etc.


2 Profits from working in program; 3 Calendar of workshops 2002;
4 WILKANÓW; 5 NOWY SĄCZ; 6 WARSZAWA; 7 GDYNIA;
8 Project facilitators

Wieslawa Sawicka - Polish DEEP program coordinator - e-mail sawicki@ids.edu.pl

Marek Sawicki - ITA, Polish iEARN coordinator - e-mail: sawicki@ids.edu.pl

Andrzej Litwin - ITA, subcoordinator, iEARN instructor - e-mail: jedrekl2@wp.pl

Dorota Komornicka - subcoordinator - e-mail: flms@ng.pl

Beata Budzik - subcoordinator, democracy - e-mail: budzikbt@wp.pl

Monika Figiel - democracy, evaluation - e-mail: figiel@chello.pl

Agnieszka Rymsza - democracy, evaluation - arymsza@poczta.fm

Katarzyna Stanislawska - iEARN instructor - e-mail: astan@limes.com.pl

Dagmara Wozniakowska - Street Law - dasha@poczta.onet.pl


2 Profits from working in program; 3 Calendar of workshops 2002;
4 WILKANÓW; 5 NOWY SĄCZ; 6 WARSZAWA; 7 GDYNIA;
8 Project facilitators