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CONNECT
Entry and thematic connection
3 cycles · 3 cities
Kapan → Vanadzor → Yerevan
- 2 online courses
- 1 in-person lab workshop
- Community building
Total duration: October 26 – November 28, 2026
Joint opening information session: October 10, 17:00–18:15, on Zoom. The meeting is open to everyone; preliminary registration is required.
What is MindX Teachers Lab
From idea to experimentation and impact
MindX Teachers Lab connects educational ideas with the teacher's everyday practice. Each thematic cycle includes two online meetings, for exploring new ideas, asking questions and self-reflection, and one in-person lab, for experimenting, designing and creating a practical outcome.
From every cycle, participants leave not only with new knowledge, but with a tool, prototype or action they can test in their own classroom or school.
Learning Architecture
A unified learning rhythm
All meetings are built on the same logic, preserving the connection between topics while remaining self-contained for newly joining participants.
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EXPLORE
Exploration
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REFLECT
Self-reflection
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APPLY
Application
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CONTINUE
Continuation
Thematic Architecture
Three roles · three thematic cycles
I · LEAD | LEADERSHIP
Teacher as Leader
Kapan · October 26–31
How can I lead change regardless of my position?
- Online course 1 · Oct 27 · ZoomTeacher Leadership: Leading Beyond Position
- Online course 2 · Oct 29 · ZoomStudent Agency: From Voice to Action
- In-person workshop · Oct 31 · KapanFrom Everyday Actions to Collective Change
II · BUILD | COMMUNITY BUILDING
Teacher as Community Builder
Vanadzor · November 9–14
How can we ensure a child's holistic development through a social-emotional environment and collaboration with the community?
- Online course 1 · Nov 10 · ZoomFrom Classroom to a Community of Belonging
- Online course 2 · Nov 12 · ZoomFamilies as Partners in Learning
- In-person workshop · Nov 14 · VanadzorSchool Environment Transformation & Whole-School Development
III · DESIGN | DESIGNING
Teacher as Learning Designer
Yerevan · November 23–28
How can we turn a real-world problem into a learning experience?
- Online course 1 · Nov 24 · ZoomLearning & Teaching in the Age of AI
- Online course 2 · Nov 26 · ZoomDesigning Learning for Learner Variability
- In-person workshop · Nov 28 · YerevanFrom Real-World Problems to Change-Based Learning
Format
Online courses and in-person lab workshops
Online course (Online · 75 min)
Explore & Reflect
Presentation of new ideas and frameworks, questions, discussion, self-reflection, small practical experiments and sharing of resources.
In-person lab workshop (In-person · 120 min + networking)
Experience & Act
Group work around real problems, modeling, design, feedback and creation of a practical outcome. After each in-person lab, one more hour of networking is planned.
Calendar
2026 calendar
Cycle Joint opening
- Date
- Oct 10
- Time
- 17:00–18:15 (75 min)
- Format and location
- Online · Zoom
- Topic
- Opening information session. Open to everyone; preliminary registration required
- Facilitator
- Anna Khachian / Alberta Piroeva
Cycle I · LEAD · Kapan cycle
Teacher as Leader
Kapan · October 26–31
- Date
- Oct 27
- Time
- 17:00–18:15
- Format and location
- Online · Zoom
- Topic
- Teacher Leadership: Leading Beyond Position
- Facilitator
- Tamara Grigoryan
- Date
- Oct 29
- Time
- 17:00–18:15
- Format and location
- Online · Zoom
- Topic
- Student Agency: From Voice to Action
- Facilitator
- Narine Vardanyan
- Date
- Oct 31
- Time
- 14:00–16:00 + 1 hour networking
- Format and location
- In person · Kapan
- Topic
- From Everyday Actions to Collective Change
- Facilitator
- Margarita Khamoyan and team
Cycle II · BUILD · Vanadzor cycle
Teacher as Community Builder
Vanadzor · November 9–14
- Date
- Nov 10
- Time
- 17:00–18:15
- Format and location
- Online · Zoom
- Topic
- From Classroom to a Community of Belonging
- Facilitator
- Narek Antonyan
- Date
- Nov 12
- Time
- 17:00–18:15
- Format and location
- Online · Zoom
- Topic
- Families as Partners in Learning
- Facilitator
- Venera Abovyan
- Date
- Nov 14
- Time
- 14:00–16:00 + 1 hour networking
- Format and location
- In person · Vanadzor
- Topic
- School Environment Transformation & Whole-School Development
- Facilitator
- Ani Mkrtchian and team
Cycle III · DESIGN · Yerevan cycle
Teacher as Learning Designer
Yerevan · November 23–28
- Date
- Nov 24
- Time
- 17:00–18:15
- Format and location
- Online · Zoom
- Topic
- Learning & Teaching in the Age of AI
- Facilitator
- Vahe Hovsepyan
- Date
- Nov 26
- Time
- 17:00–18:15
- Format and location
- Online · Zoom
- Topic
- Designing Learning for Learner Variability
- Facilitator
- Mariam Aleksanyan
- Date
- Nov 28
- Time
- 14:00–16:00 + 1 hour networking
- Format and location
- In person · Yerevan
- Topic
- From Real-World Problems to Change-Based Learning
- Facilitator
- Gayane Khalatyan and team
Cycle dates: Kapan cycle: October 26–31 · Vanadzor cycle: November 9–14 · Yerevan cycle: November 23–28.
MindX Teachers Lab
Session Facilitators
Joint opening
Alberta Piroeva
Director of Learning and Educational Initiatives, Armenia Education Initiative
Alberta Piroeva holds a Master’s degree in Education, specializing in English Language and Literature, and has around ten years of experience in the education sector. Her expertise includes the design of educational programs, learning communities, and instructional plans, with a particular focus on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and competency-based learning approaches. She has designed and delivered multi-stage professional development programs for teachers and leadership development managers. She currently serves as Director of Learning and Educational Initiatives at the Armenia Education Initiative.
LinkedIn · Alberta Piroeva
Anna Khachian
Senior Learning Design Officer, Armenia Education Initiative
Anna Khachian is a historian by training with around twelve years of professional experience spanning education, communications, public relations, management, and leadership. She currently leads the Master’s Program in Teacher Leadership at the Armenia Education Initiative and serves as Executive Director of the “Enlight” Public Research Center. Her professional work focuses on educational program development, leadership development, research, and advancing systemic change in education.
LinkedIn · Anna Khachian
Oct 10 · Online · Zoom
Opening information session. Open to everyone; preliminary registration required
During this launch session, participants will be introduced to the concept and learning approach of MindX Teachers Lab, its key thematic areas, and its facilitators, gaining an overall understanding of the learning journey and participation opportunities ahead. The session will also provide detailed information on session formats, participation and engagement opportunities, registration and payment procedures, as well as key organizational matters.
I · LEAD · Kapan cycle
Tamara Grigoryan
Leadership Development Manager, Teach For Armenia
Tamara Grigoryan is an education and leadership professional with more than ten years of experience in teaching, mentoring, research, and public media. She currently serves as Leadership Development Manager at Teach For Armenia, supporting the professional growth of Teacher Leaders and coordinating mentoring and coaching processes. Tamara holds a Master’s degree from the Faculty of Journalism at Yerevan State University.
LinkedIn · Tamara GrigoryanOct 27 · Online · Zoom
Teacher Leadership: Leading Beyond Position
During this session, participants will explore how teachers can become leaders of change without holding formal leadership positions. They will examine how individual teacher initiative and leadership can evolve into collective action that creates meaningful change in the classroom, school, and wider community.
Narine Vardanyan
Senior Leadership Development Manager, Teach For Armenia
Narine Vardanyan is an education professional with around nine years of experience. She has taught Armenian Language and Literature and later specialized in teacher leadership development, applying contemporary approaches to coaching and self-discovery. She has experience building and developing student, teacher, and educational leadership communities. Narine is a graduate of Yerevan State University’s Faculty of Journalism and has also completed studies in Literary Studies.
LinkedIn · Narine VardanyanOct 29 · Online · Zoom
Student Agency: From Voice to Action
This session aims to equip teachers with practical tools for developing students’ independent thinking, readiness to make decisions, and confidence in their own abilities. Participants will explore ways to encourage students to take initiative and become leaders of positive change in their schools and communities, while also strengthening their own leadership competencies.
Margarita Khamoyan
Head of the Teach For Armenia Program
Margarita Khamoyan is an education and systems-change professional with more than nine years of experience. She currently leads the Teach For Armenia Program, overseeing its strategy, teams, and partnerships across all ten regions of Armenia. Her areas of expertise include teacher leadership, coaching, strategic planning, and educational innovation, with a strong emphasis on data-informed decision-making and collective accountability.
LinkedIn · Margarita KhamoyanOct 31 · In person · Kapan
From Everyday Actions to Collective Change
Through case studies and participatory activities, participants will explore how they can exercise leadership and work with others to influence educational challenges that matter to them. Each participant will identify a real challenge and, through group discussion and peer feedback, develop a small-scale change initiative that can be tested within one week and involves students, colleagues, or other stakeholders.
II · BUILD · Vanadzor cycle
Narek Antonyan
Senior School Transformation Manager, Armenia Education Initiative
Narek Antonyan is a historian by training and an education professional. As a Teach For Armenia Teacher Leader, he taught history before moving into school transformation work. He currently serves as Senior School Transformation Manager within the Armenia Education Initiative’s Seroond School Transformation Program. His professional work focuses on school development, teacher practice, and the transformation of educational communities.
LinkedIn · Narek AntonyanNov 10 · Online · Zoom
From Classroom to a Community of Belonging
This session explores the teacher’s essential role in transforming the classroom into an environment grounded in mutual trust and support. It focuses on active participation, a genuine sense of belonging, and strengthening partnership-based relationships with students.
Venera Abovyan
School Transformation Manager, Armenia Education Initiative
Venera Abovyan is an education professional with around twenty years of experience. She currently serves as School Transformation Manager within the Armenia Education Initiative’s Seroond Program, contributing to children’s holistic development through social-emotional learning, professional development for school staff, and meaningful family engagement. A biologist and chemist by training, she has worked as a teacher, school principal, mentor, and subject-matter expert.
LinkedIn · Venera AbovyanNov 12 · Online · Zoom
Families as Partners in Learning
This session invites participants to rethink the relationship between schools and families, moving beyond routine information-sharing toward deeper trust and genuine partnership. Participants will explore new approaches and practical tools for strengthening teacher–student–parent relationships and engaging parents as meaningful partners in the school community.
Ani Mkrtchian
Head of the Seroond Program, Armenia Education Initiative
Ani Mkrtchian is an education professional with around twenty years of experience. She currently leads the Seroond School Transformation Program at the Armenia Education Initiative. Her areas of expertise include social-emotional learning, teacher professional development, and the creation of safe and inclusive learning environments. She has contributed as an expert to teacher professional development programs at the National Center for Education Development and Innovation and teaches at Khachatur Abovian Armenian State Pedagogical University.
LinkedIn · Ani MkrtchianNov 14 · In person · Vanadzor
School Environment Transformation & Whole-School Development
During this workshop, participants will explore the school environment as a key factor influencing students’ holistic development, well-being, and learning. They will examine how schools can create safe, inclusive, and supportive environments by strengthening a sense of belonging, relationships, and collaboration among different members of the school community, while identifying practical opportunities for meaningful change within their own contexts.
III · DESIGN · Yerevan cycle
Vahe Hovsepyan
Leadership Development Manager, Teach For Armenia
Vahe Hovsepyan is a historian by training and a graduate of the Faculty of History at Yerevan State University. From 2018 to 2020, he served as a Teach For Armenia Teacher Leader, teaching history in Tsmakahogh village in the Martakert region of Artsakh. He later worked as a Regional Coordinator and subsequently in regional partnerships and placement. Since 2025, he has served as Leadership Development Manager at Teach For Armenia.
LinkedIn · Vahe HovsepyanNov 24 · Online · Zoom
Learning & Teaching in the Age of AI
During this session, participants will explore how artificial intelligence is changing the ways we learn and teach, as well as reshaping the roles of teachers and learners. They will examine the opportunities and challenges presented by AI and consider how to design learning experiences and assignments that continue to foster students’ thinking, independence, and meaningful learning in an environment where AI is readily available.
Mariam Aleksanyan
Learning Design Manager, Armenia Education Initiative
Mariam Aleksanyan is a Learning Design Manager and education professional. She is currently a doctoral researcher at Yerevan State University’s Center for Pedagogy and Education Development, where she also teaches the course “Classroom Culture.” Mariam also works as an educational program developer at DUEL NGO. Her professional focus includes the localization and application of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) frameworks.
LinkedIn · Mariam AleksanyanNov 26 · Online · Zoom
Designing Learning for Learner Variability
During this session, participants will approach learner diversity not as a barrier, but as a starting point for designing learning. They will explore practical ways to create flexible assignments, diverse learning materials, and alternative assessment formats that provide each learner with different pathways to learn in ways that best support their needs.
Gayane Khalatyan
Leadership Development Manager, Teach For Armenia
Gayane Khalatyan is an education professional with a background in teaching biology and chemistry. She currently serves as Leadership Development Manager at Teach For Armenia, supporting the professional growth of Teacher Leaders and the development of their leadership capacities. Her professional interests include educational leadership, project-based and Change-Based Learning, student leadership development, and the use of artificial intelligence in education.
LinkedIn · Gayane KhalatyanNov 28 · In person · Yerevan
From Real-World Problems to Change-Based Learning
During the workshop, participants will explore how a real need within a school or community can be transformed into a project that engages students in investigating problems, developing solutions, and taking action. They will experiment with change-based and project-based learning tools and examine how these approaches can strengthen students’ initiative, collaboration, and leadership capacities.
Participation & Payment
Choose a single course, a workshop, or a full thematic package
Participants can choose individual online courses and in-person workshops, as well as the full thematic cycle package.
A participation certificate is issued upon completion of every course and workshop. During registration, you will be able to choose the individual courses, workshops or the full thematic package you are interested in. Payment terms and technical details will be provided after registration.
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