Hello everyone! My name is Kazuya Hirose , and I serve as an Educational Supervisor in Kameoka City, Japan. I currently coordinate professional development for over 500 educators across 21 public schools. While our training model is designed with purpose and depth, reaching every teacher remains one of our biggest challenges.
This year, we facilitated three key types of workshops:
• Creative Lesson Design Seminars (4 sessions/year): We observe classroom lessons and engage in deep discussions around the question, “What makes a lesson truly creative?”
• ICT Leadership Seminars (3 sessions/year): Focused on school-based ICT leaders sharing their practical concerns and challenges with peers.
• Digital Citizenship Seminar (1 session/year): Led by experts presenting real-world case studies on digital citizenship and online responsibility.
Each workshop is highly interactive, reflective, and focused on sustainable change. However, with only about three educators per school able to attend, our current reach is around 60 participants—a fraction of the 500 we aim to support. As a result, we are now exploring strategies to scale the impact and encourage knowledge sharing back at each school.
We’re considering developing micro-learning content, fostering school-based mini communities, and building a citywide platform for asynchronous learning. But we’d love to hear how others are approaching this same issue.
🙋How are you supporting professional learning for all teachers—not just your early adopters or tech leaders?
🙋 What strategies have helped scale your efforts across an entire school district or city?
Looking forward to learning from this community!
March 24, 2025
Hirose sensei,
I read your post and I completely agree.
The three important seminars you proposed are very attractive and necessary. I wish our school had this kind of training.
I think training is important.
I'll take it into consideration.
Thank you!
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