The educational and developmental skills of children have been a concern of educators and parents for decades in the United States. Apart from the necessary knowledge and tools to help educators integrate geosynthetic topics into their courses, the program also provided the opportunity to establish contacts with IGS institutional members from industry for future collaborations such as student on the job training (OJT) programs and faculty industry immersion.
With access to some of the world’s leading education researchers, policy makers and thinkers, the ACE delivers a range of professional learning, development and networking opportunities to assist current leaders and aspiring leaders in achieving their career ambitions.
Each school’s principal, teachers, and parents should form a School Community Council (SCC) and a Planning Guide for regular meetings to be followed to ensure that educational values develop school-home communication and education thrive, intergenerational bonds strengthen, and community agencies help shape the school community.
If you do not teach in the Pre-K through 12 range but are a formal or informal educator, you can still participate but will likely have to adapt the resources and materials to fit your needs as they were designed with the Pre-K through 12 educator and learner in mind.
The increasing understanding is that globalization is being reflected in an educational agenda that allows for various, and countless, improvements upon the education system that allows the educators themselves to expand on their teaching, and present students with real world situations that require them to “think outside the box”, or outside the realm of their particular field, if you will.