Step by Step Czech Republic
 Step by Step Czech Republic is a non-profit
organization that was established in 1994 as a
center for continuous development and implementation
of the Step by Step Program as well as other projects
that focus on reform of the system of education
and development of civil society.
SBS-Czech Republic provides training opportunities
for professional enrichment to in-service, pre-service
teachers as well as faculty in universities and
teacher training institutions. SbS-CR has gained
accreditation from the Ministry of Education for
the further education of teachers and accreditation
for verification of the quality of educational
programs in SbS pre-schools and primary schools.
Mission
Step by Step Czech Republic supports the development
of democratic society, improvement of quality and
access to life-long education and motivates individual
persons and communities to build a tolerant, multicultural
society.
Program Areas:
- Step by Step - child centered teacher methodology
for preschool and primary school
- Inclusion and integration - children and teenagers
with specific needs (minority groups, children
with special needs)
- On-going professional development for teachers
and faculty
- Publishing for children, parents and teachers
Services
The basic products of SbS _R are four interdependent
programs that are fulfilled and realized by the
following services:
- Trainings, seminars, summer schools
- Technical, organizational and methodological
support to teachers, schools and adminstrators
- Publishing
Current Projects
- Step by Step Preschool Project
- Step by Step Primary School Project
- Step by Step Higher Education Project
- Children with Special Educational Needs Project
- Region Training Site Project
- Step by Step Roma Initiative Project
- Children´s Web publishing Project
- Teachers for Democracy Project
- Antibias Education for all Project
Network
The Step by Step Czech Republic network includes
45 kindergartens, 36 mainstream schools, 6 special
schools and 5 pedagogical faculties evenly distributed
all over Czech Republic.
Through this network the SBS Program Foundation
supports 12586 children in total, including 1335
children with disabilities and minority children.
Staff
There are six full-time employees working in
the Step by Step office and a lot of consultants
All team members are experienced and good professionals
in their field of work.
Step by Step involves 4 Master Teacher Trainers,
10 faculty teachers who train preschool and primary
student teachers in the pedagogical faculties,
15 preschool teacher trainers and 19 primary teacher
trainers who are well prepared to conduct training
in various Step by Step modules.
Partners
In order the organization purposes to be more
successfully fulfilled, Step by Step Czech Republic
work in cooperation with governmental institutions
and non-governmental organizations from country
and abroad. Some of the our partners are:
- Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Czech
Republic
- Open Society Foundation - Prague
- Open Society Institute - New York
- Socrates National Agency Prague
- RWCT - Critical Thinking NGO
- NGO Resource Centers
- New school Foundation Prague
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