“Education On-line for teachers” is a joint venture of Polish Telecomunication Group Foundation and the Center for Citizenship Education, that is directed towards improving ICT (information and communication technologies) skills of teachers of Polish of middle schools.
Students search for information concerning the literary heritage of their town and region. Their findings are placed on an internet map of Poland, and the most interesting testimonials are published in a printed edition of the Literary Atlas of Poland.
The program requires that participating schools attempt to implement such principles as: providing every student with a good education; guaranteeing fair assessment; developing thinking skills and helping to understand the world; promoting a social orientation; helping students believe in themselves; preparing young people for the future. Over 5000 schools have been awarded the title of a "School with Class". The program has sponsored such projects as the "School with Class Academy", "Lego, cogito, ago" and "Teacher with Class". It is run in cooperation with the newspaper "Gazeta Wyborcza".
1March 2008 saw the launch of a new ecological education project: Active by Nature – Young Ambassadors for Environmental Treasures of Local Communities. The project is run by a Polish NGO Center for Citizenship Education in partnership with other NGOs from Argentine, Iceland, Norway and Poland, who shall provide expertise in sustainable development issues. The main aim of the project is to activate young people in local communities, promote the natural beauty of local nature, think about sustainable ways of living and raise environmental awareness through student designed educational projects and initiatives.
A curriculum and textbooks for teaching civics in lower secondary schools , designed with the use of active learning techniques. The Civic Education Program has been distinguished by the Minister of National Education, and the CCE has been awarded the honorary distinction "For Outstanding Services in Education" for promoting the program in Polish schools.
A business studies curriculum and textbook for higher secondary schools. Every year several hundred student teams participate in an online project "Establishing and running a company", simulating the operation of a small enterprise.
Teachers learn how assessment can help support students in the learning process. The CCE helps schools to implement formative assessment and publishes materials on the subject. In cooperation with the National In-Service Teacher Training Institute, the CCE is running a pilot formative assessment project commissioned by the Ministry of National Education
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The Program was officially launched in 2005. Before that date many activities concerning global issues was incorporated into other CEE programs (eg. lesson scenarios included into the Civic Education manuals published by CCE, workshops on intercultural issues).
A civic knowledge curriculum and textbooks for higher secondary schools: "Friends with Democracy", "A Young Citizen’s Guide" and "The Graduate’s Guidebook".
The CCE assists local governments in developing their educational policies, in cooperation with teachers, parents, students, local employers and representatives of the local educational administration.
What does it mean to be a patriot in our time and age? What do the words "my homeland" mean to me? Students search for answers to these questions during classes conducted using materials prepared by the CCE, and participate in an online debate on patriotism.
All over the country secondary school students read books to children in primary schools, kindergartens, special education schools, hospitals, children’s clubs and orphanages.
The project "Righteous Among Nations - righteous among us" is an oral history project addressed to the students from middle and high schools in Poland. In the project students are collecting the life stories of people, who saved Jews doomed to extermination during the Second World War, people awarded with a title "The Righteous Among the Nations".
The CCE prepares classroom curricula and trains teachers in lessons on corruption, its dangers, and the ways it may be combated. It encourages students to undertake their own anti-corruption projects. The program is part of a Polish-American program for preventing and battling crime.
The project focuses on increasing the educational opportunities of students attending rural schools. 443 schools received grants supporting their school development projects. The program, jointly funded in the 2005-2006 school year by the European Social Fund and the Ministry of Education with a sum of 43 million zlotys, is implemented in cooperation with national and regional partners.
A network of schools which the CCE supports in their efforts to incorporate quality assessment systems. Quality assessment requires that the school focuses on: teacher teamwork, goal development and monitoring progress, and an aware organizational, didactic and educational practise. The program is run in cooperation with the Polish-American Freedom Foundation.
Trainings are addressed to teachers and members of school staff, and cover such topics as: formative assessment, active learning methods, teacher assessment and civic education. Some of the courses are conducted over the internet.
The children and teenagers taking part in the educational program Traces of the past search for a historic monument in their region learn about its history and take care of it. They try to restore memories of the place and the people connected with it.
The educational program Traces of the past - students adopt monuments started in 2001. Program is realized in cooperation with the Leopold Kronenberg Foundation and the National Centre for Culture in a frame of Ministry of Culture Programme “Patriotism of Tomorrow”.
The electoral committees (of presidential candidates or political parties) provide answers to questions, prepared in collaboration with the papers "Gazeta Wyborcza" and "Polityka", concerning key issues confronting Poland and the world,. A special online program helps voters decide whom to cast their votes for.
Since 1995 this project has enabled young under-age citizens to participate in elections, parallel to all state elections. The project helps young people organize presidential, parliamentary and local government elections as well as referendums in their schools, the results of which are published in the media.
Young people identify problems affecting their local community and select one they consider to be the most significant. They develop solutions which they then persuade the local authorities to implement, or implement themselves. The program is part of the international "Project Citizen", run in several score countries all over the world.
A European educational project which focuses on informing young people about the opportunities and perspectives created by Poland’s membership in the European Union. It helps answer what it means to be a citizen of Europe today.