AMMAN — Her Majesty
Queen Rania Al Abdullah Tuesday
visited the
Queen Rania Teacher Academy (QRTA) in the King Hussein Business
Park to congratulate its staff after one of its training programs received the
Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) accreditation,
according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
اضافة اعلان
Last week, the QRTA announced its in-service Teacher
Education Professional Diploma (TEPD), which offers online and in-person
training to teachers, had been accredited by the CAEP, the largest
accreditation council of its kind in the US, making the academy the first
educational organization to have received the international academic
accreditation in Jordan and the third in the Middle East.
In a meeting with QRTA’s CEO
Osama Obeidat and members of
the academy’s management, Her Majesty stated the CAEP accreditation is a
testament to the competency of the academy and the caliber of its in-service TEPD
programs.
"This achievement didn’t happen overnight. It comes
after a ten-year journey of hard work and constant evolution," Queen Rania
said, adding that the QRTA must continue to assess its programs to monitor
their impact on teachers and students.
The TEPD was launched in 2016 by the QRTA as a pre-service
diploma in cooperation with University College London and the Ministry of
Education. In May 2021, the QRTA handed over the pre-service diploma to the
University of Jordan and three other public universities, making the
first-of-its-kind diploma available to prospective teachers across the country.
The QRTA has since moved out of the University of Jordan
campus and developed an in-service version of the TEPD, which it now offers to
teachers in Jordan and the region.
In the meeting, Obeidat explained the CAEP accreditation
process took two years to complete, and it included the submission of a
comprehensive roadmap, rigorous documentation, several interviews, and a site
visit.
The QRTA’s in-service TEPD was granted full accreditation
for the coming seven years, which is the maximum accreditation period granted
by the council.
Her Majesty was briefed on the QRTA’s current work,
including its introduction of an online and blended teacher-training model in
light of the pandemic. The team explained their efforts to share their
experience in pre-service teacher training with public universities,
contributing to the successful scaling of the pre-service TEPD programs.
The meeting also included a summary of the QRTA’s recent
contributions to the local and regional education industry, such as the
academy’s series of free live webinars hosted by Jordanian and Arab educational
experts, totaling 72 sessions and netting 789,000 views to date.
In September, the QRTA launched a number of open-source
online courses, attracting 6,105 registered users from Jordan and across the
region for courses on topics including managing an online classroom, behavior
management, and innovation in education.
Established in 2009, the QRTA is a non-profit organization
aimed at empowering educators with the skills to nurture and lead future
generations. It has extended thousands of professional development
opportunities to public school teachers and leaders.
It continues to offer many training programs to educators.
The QRTA also hosts the annual Teacher Skills Forum, with this year’s online
version drawing the viewership of nearly 7,000 educators from 50 countries
worldwide.
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