VISITEDUFINN
Meet a Finnish Teacher or Principal!
VisitEDUfinn Ltd. is the only organization in the world offering online meetings with selected Finnish teachers and principals. Meeting a Finnish teacher or principal is open to everyone– teachers, principals, school administrators, consultants, education influencers, government officials, parents, and anyone interested in the Finnish education system. You can have a personal conversation, ask questions, compare experiences, or just discuss and share ideas about education. This service can also provide the potential for a more long-term relationship with a Finnish teacher or principal that can have a lasting impact. Here are some comments from individuals that have met a Finnish teacher using our service:
Ms Kontra was so kind and friendly, so I could ask her many questions. I could learn Finnish education well. 45 minutes is good time to talk easily.
"The session was what I wanted it to be. I'm only sad that it wasn't longer!"
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MEET A FINNISH TEACHER OR PRINCIPAL
What are the benefits?
Talking with a professional expert or colleague often provides the opportunity to learn and get new ideas. However, talking with a teacher or principal not only from a different school- but from an entirely different country and culture- can give you a whole new perspective. Things can be done in a different way. Challenges can be looked at from another angle. Your thinking can be broadened and enriched.
We put you in touch with carefully selected, highly educated Finnish teachers and principals with whom you can have a dialogue and discuss the themes that interest you the most. There are teachers and principals from different levels of education– pre-school, primary school, middle school, high school, and university. Each teacher and principal has his/her specific themes, but your conversation does not need to be limited to those. Teachers and principals are also prepared to talk about their challenges and how they overcame them, and what tools and solutions they used to fix a certain problem.
For instance, you can select to discuss:
- The child-centered pedagogical approach in Finnish education
- Assessment process
- How e-learning is organised
- STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) teaching techniques
- Phenomenon-based learning
- The role of play in learning
- Emotional awareness in teaching
- School management and leadership
- Use of ICT
- Applying curriculum
- Inclusion
- Co-teaching
For all of these topics, the internet is full of information. The impact, however, is a lot more significant when the information is linked with a personalized conversation and practical examples provided by a Finnish teacher or principal. Your motivation to improve your work and routines will be on a completely different level.
MEET A FINNISH TEACHER OR PRINCIPAL
How to connect with Finnish Teachers and Principals?
Below you will find all our current teachers and principals available for a LIVE virtual meeting. The list will be updated constantly so if you are interested in someone, do not think about it too long – he or she might not be available anymore after next month. You will find which level they teach, what they teach, and what are their specialties.
Here are the key features of the service:
- One meeting takes 45 minutes, the typical length of one class period in a Finnish school. It is possible to book several meetings in a row.
- The idea is that you communicate during the session, not before or after, as teachers and principals do not have resources for continued communications. For this reason, teachers’ and principals’ contact information will not be shared at any time.
- Up to five participants can join the meeting (unless meeting with a class). For bookings for bigger groups or audiences, ask for a quotation by contacting info@visitedufinn.com.
- To maximize the benefit of your investment, it is highly recommended that you familiarize yourself with our material about Finnish education before the meeting. This helps you to have the right context for the themes you want to talk about and better understand the Finnish teacher or principal.
- The price is 99 euros for a teacher and 199 euros for a principal.
- A series of meetings can be made available for a discounted price. For instance, ten sessions for the price of eight.
Please read the following details carefully before booking.
- When you have chosen the teacher or principal you would like to meet, send us an email at info@visitedufinn.com with time slots available for you. We will contact the teacher or principal, and after the meeting time is confirmed, we will send you a link to register.
- During the registration, you can pay your booking with a credit card or get an invoice for a bank transfer. After the payment, we will send you a Zoom link to attend the meeting.
- Please connect a few minutes before the meeting starts, especially if you have not used Zoom before. And if you want to use your mobile phone for your meeting, make sure you have installed the application beforehand. Finns are punctual, so the teacher or principal you booked the meeting with will be there exactly at the booked time – and not later.
- Cancellation is not possible, but you can change the date and time of your online meeting three days before the scheduled time. After that, no changes are possible.
- If in doubt, please contact us by email at info@visitedufinn.com or WhatsApp at +358 407 516 478.
Finnish Teachers and Principals available for your meeting
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Expert lecture/workshop
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Eeva Penttilä
TOP 3 TOPICS
– How did we get here: the process of the changes needed in 40 years for the success of Finnish education
– Towards the shared responsibility between parents and school
– Support and Special education in Finland
Ms. Penttilä has a long and varied career in education both in Finland and on the international level. After working as a teacher and principal since 1977, she was elected president of ESHA in 1995 – The European School Heads´ Association with 17000 members. After the presidency, the city of Helsinki asked her to use her expertise for the benefit of its schools as the first Head of International Relations in the Education Department.
Jukka Sinnemäki
Mr. Sinnemäki was one of the top 50 finalist at the Global Teacher Prize 2018. He is holding following degrees: Master of Education, Master of Arts and Specialist Qualification of Product Development (Research and Development R&D). Sinnemäki has 20 years experience on teaching field in different positions, class teacher, subject teacher and principal. At present, Sinnemäki is developing solutions to increase overall well-being integrated in different subjects at schools, both in Finland and internationally.
Pekka Tukonen
TOP 3 TOPICS:
-Qualification and Training to be a Principal
-How school is organized? What is Principal’s role?
-Management or Leadership? What Principals do at schools?
Mr. Pekka Tukonen is a School Principal from Järvenpää. Besides an experience of ten years in school leadership and taking part in several municipal projects, Pekka previously had a long experience as a Primary School teacher.
He studied pedagogy at Helsinki University. After finishing his studies, he worked in Spain, near Barcelona, during eight years, in one of the best-known private schools in Catalonia. His Finnish degree was recognized to a Spanish higher degree in Pedagogy and he did various post-graduate studies, as well as language studies (e.g. Spanish, Catalan and English).
He has participated in various conferences and has given talks to English and Spanish speaking education specialists. He has organized different visits related to education and has a wide net of collaborators in schools and universities.
Sari Kontra
Ms. Kontra is an elementary school teacher who would rather take her students outdoors to learn than stay and teach in a traditional classroom environment. She believes that by incorporating physical activity and new forms of functionality and devices into teaching, we can tackle many of today’s challenges in the field of education. She currently works at the International School of Vantaa close to Helsinki, Finland.
Suvi Krista Westling
‘Ms. Westling is an educational psychologist and expert in the field with both grass root teaching experience from school and teacher education as well as research from these environments. She has a broad and holistic view of education and a deep understanding of human mind and learning. She has graduated from and later taught new students in an innovative program of educational psychology at the University of Helsinki. Her teaching has included lecturing, supervising pre-service-teachers’ practice, and facilitating group processes and process-oriented group studies. In her research she studies the quality of regulation of students’ learning and activity, at school and at teacher education. She has worked as an expert in educational program design at an academic level as well as in the world of international organizations.
Linda Liukas
Ms. Liukas is the author and illustrator of Hello Ruby, a children’s picture book about the whimsical world of computers, as well as the founder of Rails Girls, a global movement to teach young women programming in over 260 cities. As Linda is an extremely looked after speaker, you can also ask for alternative speakers from her team. Read more>>
Cultural program
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Educational walking tour in the city center
Helsinki city center is full of interesting education related buildings and institutions. Get the know the city center with one of our educational experts.
Guided tour in Suomenlinna
Suomenlinna is #1 place to visit in Helsinki. With an official Suomenlinna guide you get most out of it. Read more>>
Welcome coctail
What would be better way to start your study tour than spending a relaxed evening with your local host before the educational action starts.
Farewell dinner
Have an unforgettable end for your study tour with a farewell dinner! Your local host will take you to a traditional Finnish restaurant where you can try plates made out of traditional Finnish ingredients.
