2024-04-11 04:36:30
A series of educational activities, with the aim of continuous education and training of nursery and kindergarten teachers, in order to respond to modern challenges, is organized by the Municipality of Zitsa in collaboration with the Panhellenic Association of Early Childhood Educators
The actions started at noon on Wednesday, with the participation of 21 educators, in the meeting room of the municipal council and the speaker was the assistant professor of the Department of Early Childhood Education and Care of the University of Ioannina dr. Konstantina Renzou.
On the occasion of the start of the educational activities, the competent deputy mayor Katerina Balafa thanked the Panhellenic Association of Early Childhood Educators as well as the Department of Early Childhood Education and Care of the University of Ioannina for their valuable cooperation and assistance. “We are thus given the opportunity to upgrade the services provided and the parents of infants and toddlers, who choose the preschool education structures of the Municipality of Zitsa, to feel that they trust their children in educators who are aware and with modern training”, he emphasized.
The program of activities for educators continues on Wednesday, April 17 with the theme “The role of adults in children’s play” and on Wednesday, May 29, with the theme of “Parental involvement and parent-educator collaboration: Strategies for achieving effective involvement within and outside the school curriculum”.
Educational activities for parents as well
Mrs. Balafa also announced the holding of corresponding educational activities, which will be addressed to parents. In particular, as he mentioned, the Municipality, in collaboration with UNICEF Greece and Mrs. Rentzou, are planning a series of educational activities, which are aimed at parents who have children of preschool age and live in the Municipality of Zitsa.