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At HEI Schools, we highly value the role of teachers as essential pillars in our educational community. We are committed to providing teachers with comprehensive training in research-based methods and supporting their continuous professional development to empower them to excel in their important work.
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Stand out in both the classroom and your career with HEI Schools' certified diploma programs. With the framework of Finnish pedagogical principles, our diploma programs are designed to equip you with valuable knowledge and insights that will empower your professional growth.
Holistic
The most important part of an early educator’s role is to establish children’s overall wellbeing. Without wellbeing, learning cannot happen, which is why we take a holistic approach to education. Teachers are trained to focus on all aspects of a child’s growth, not just their academic advancements. They learn how to consider the social, emotional, physical, mental, and intellectual development of the children in their care as well as their own wellbeing. Learn more
Play-based
Play is one of the most natural ways for children to learn. Children are internally motivated to play and research shows that motivation drives learning. Through play, children can practice real-life skills such as problem-solving, empathy and communication in a context that feels natural to them. At HEI Schools, teachers learn how to make time for play in everyday situations and utilize it as a pedagogical tool in their activities. This makes learning more enjoyable for everyone!
Supportive
One of the key elements in the HEI Schools approach is focusing on children’s strengths instead of their challenges. This builds children’s self-confidence, and research shows that when we focus on positive things, it increases children’s satisfaction, engagement in learning, and social and collaboration skills. Our teachers also take a strength-based approach to their own and others’ professional development. Teamwork is key to delivering high-quality early education, and we share best practices to foster warm, supportive teacher communities.
Testimonials from our Teachers
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It gives me the freedom to do all these things that I wanted to do but couldn’t do because of the previous curriculum standards. It has also restored and renewed my passion and energy as an educator.
Heather
Toolkit teacher, USA
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The Toolkit is very good and beneficial because we teachers need to constantly update our knowledge. Education is not just about teaching. It's also about being resourceful and improving ourselves.
Nuramirah
Toolkit teacher, Malaysia
It was a great experience, it motivated and empowered me to keep going. The platform is very friendly and the modules are clearly priced and very interesting. 100% recommendable!
Nancy
Diploma graduate student, Mexico
In public services, children are all treated the same, but at HEI Schools, we recognize children as unique individuals. As educators, we continuously learn from the children, and this allows us to become more flexible in order to meet their needs.”
Amanda
HEI Schools Center Director, Australia
In local HEI Schools Kindergartens, Preschools & K12
Comprehensive introductory training to familiarize local teachers with different aspects of the HEI Schools pedagogy.
Onsite mentor teaching to offer hands-on support and guidance when implementing the HEI Way in practice.
Monthly pedagogical support calls with our experts to address practical concerns and maintain the strong relationships developed during trainings.
Ongoing teacher training materials to keep our educators up-to-date with the latest findings in educational research.
In Toolkit Curriculum
Onboarding sessions for new customers with our pedagogical experts to help teachers get familiar with the platform.
Finnish pedagogical experts on call to answer questions via direct messages or on the platform’s home page.
Ongoing self-study materials to to enrich teachers’ daily practices and to keep educators up-to-date with the latest findings in educational research.
In additional Training programs
We offer a variety of training programs separately from our other products.
Basics of Finnish Early Education training can be delivered online or onsite and it gives a good foundation for your team to understand and implement Finnish early education.
Our Special Education training gives the basic level of understanding and skills all pedagogical teams should have.
In Teacher Diploma Programs
Finnish pedagogical experts on call to answer questions via direct messages or on the platform’s home page.
Videos of our experts sharing real-life examples of challenging teaching moments and how they worked through them.
Regular calls with our experts to discuss module contents and answer students’ questions
Study buddy program to give our students an opportunity to study together and build a community.