Facts and figures in the period of 2002-2009:
· teacher-trainer participated in 46 (total time - 402 hour) conferences and seminars in Lithuania, consultants of education about Holocaust - 21 (317 hour);
· 42 (total time - 314 hours) conferences and seminars in Lithuania for other teachers
· 18 conferences and seminars abroad (Israel, USA)
· Number of participants of the seminars: 2064
Two levels of the teacher-training programme has been developed aiming to train professionally the sufficient number of teachers of different subjects for the implementation of the Programme. The special training programme has been developed with the seminars for the teacher-trainers and other teachers in Lithuania and abroad. 45 teacher-trainers of different subjects were selected in 2003. The third group of 15 teachers was compiled in spring 2005. The most qualified and highly motivated teachers of different subjects enter the group of teacher-trainers. At the present moment there are 52 teacher-trainers enlisted.
The topics of the seminars are based on the structure and material of the researches of the Commission. They cover the main historical issues related with the Nazi and Soviet occupation regimes, presenting the latest researches, educational and management topics. The teachers have theoretical lectures, practical activities and guided tours in the museums. The seminars for the teacher-trainers give deeper understanding about historical issues and educational sciences. Teacher-trainers need such knowledge and development of educational skills for preparation and experimentation of Comprehensive National Curriculum and methodological package, and for management of the Tolerance Education Centres. The seminars for the other teachers of different subjects cover the same topics however the issues are presented not so deeply.
The goals of the seminars for the teacher-trainers and other teachers are to reveal, discuss and reflect on political and social reasons, consequences of violation of human rights and intolerance of Nazi and Soviet occupation regimes, dilemmas and moral choices. The lecturers are the most prominent researchers of the Commission, professors of philosophy and political sciences, psychologists, sociologists and educators. The educators from Lithuania present modern theories of educational sciences, educational and management principles, learning and teaching styles. The educators from the partner institutions abroad present methodological guidelines of teaching the Holocaust developed in their centres and contribute to the development of the guidelines for Lithuanian schools. In the workshops the participants reflect on historical and pedagogical competences they possess and evaluate the principles of Holocaust education in other countries. They discuss about methodological guidelines of teaching the Holocaust taking into consideration the peculiarities of Lithuanian history, tools and methods. The teacher-trainers develop teaching material with the integration of different subjects for appropriate age groups of students using the materials of the seminars.
Training of teachers involves peculiarities of the history of Jews, Nazi and Soviet occupations, elements of modern educational sciences, and educational management.
