Realistic Teacher Development on short Summer School Courses [email protected].

Realistic Teacher Development on short Summer School Courses

[email protected]

Teacher Development

Induction with sessions for developmentLesson Plan PackWebsite with materials and guidance

Developmental ObservationPeer Observation

“Thought For The Day” Buddy and level pools

INSET

Young learners aged 7-17 years old

1500 students

120 Teachers

2 weeks to 3months

11 Centres

•The Session.

How can we provide some useful development in such a

short time?

Newly qualified teachersBusy timetablePart of the school for only a few weeks

Induction

• Pre-course induction (March or April) for those who can attend• The language teachers use to challenge and motivate their students• How to do Action Research

• Pre-course induction for each centre • Classroom Management For Teenage classes• Project work • Effective homework• Pronunciation features of English • Error correction

Frankie Boylecomedian

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.

Give a man a fishing rod and…

he’ll swap it for a fish.

OISE Internal website

On the website

Lesson PlanPacks

PhotocopiableMaterials

Essays on teaching practiceteachingenglish.org Developing Teachers teslji busy teachers onestopenglish etc.

Weblinks &VideosOUPPearson/Longman

Senior Teacher

• INSET session once a week• Observation standardisation • Teacher Training Workshop packshttp://www.languages.ac.nzl

ESOL Teaching Skills Task Book

Core issues in the learning context Micro skills of teaching ESOL Teaching skills-focused lessons Teaching language-focused lessons Materials and resources for teaching ESOL

ESOL Teaching Skills Task Book

Unit 2: Micro skills of teaching ESOL

Teacher language Questioning techniques Giving instructions Pace in the classroom Drilling techniques Conducting feedback on classroom activities Correcting spoken errors Correcting written language

Tasks

Tasks

Induction

Do you do similar things? What do you do in your centres that’s different than this?

INSET.Based on the observations. Where do teachers need most help?

Project work with young learners (YLs)

Arts and crafts for YLs

Using interactive whiteboards with YLs

Setting up speaking activities

Observation

Before lesson• Aims• After lesson• Let the teacher talk about their lesson • Ideas from the teacher after reflection• Questions from senior teacher• A unit from the self study pack (NZ)• A relevant essay on the website links • Peer observation

Peer Observation

•Why use peer observation?• Observation tends to be hierarchical• Building trust between colleagues• Develops the teacher by reflecting on lessons• Discover “What you’re doing is what everyone else is doing”-building confidence

OPEN DOOR DAY

•How•Name •Class•Time (and duration)

•How does it work?• The senior teacher covers each teacher for a lesson

• The teacher can observe one (or two) teachers

•The Rules• No one talks about peer observation• For teachers by teachers

•An Observation Task

ERROR CORRECTIONWhen does the teacher correct errors (write down the stage of the lesson)?

How does the teacher deal sensitively with correction? (write examples of what the teacher says/does.)

Could there be more correction? When? How?………….

The staffroom

Day 2• What challenges are there with discipline today? Why did this

happen? How did you deal with it?

GOOD MORNING OISE!!!!!

“Thought for the day”

Buddy system

Level pools

Teacher Development

Induction with sessions for development. Lesson Plan PackWebsite with materials and guidance

Developmental ObservationPeer Observation

“Thought For The Day” Buddy and level pools

INSET

DiscussWhat else do you do in your centre(s) during summer school to help teacher development?

Realistic Teacher Development For Summer Courses

Glasgow Online.

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