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What do Teacher Educators need?

What do Teacher Educators need?. Sue Leather & Leila Tehrani IATEFL, Glasgow 2012. 2. 5. 7. 28. What do Teacher Educators need?. Overview . Background to project Trainer training course Learning points. Background to project. Aims of Project Selection Process Constraints.

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What do Teacher Educators need?

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  1. What do Teacher Educators need? Sue Leather & Leila Tehrani IATEFL, Glasgow 2012

  2. 2 5 7 28

  3. What do Teacher Educators need?

  4. Overview • Background to project • Trainer training course • Learning points

  5. Background to project • Aims of Project • Selection Process • Constraints

  6. Aims of Project • Project background • ETTE project experience • Traditional teacher training in Iran

  7. Selection Process • Application form • Shortlist • Ability to cascade

  8. Constraints • Access to state schools • Travel & work • 5 days

  9. Trainer Training course • Aims • Content • Post course

  10. 3 Aims?

  11. Aims • Develop teacher training skills through receiving input, awareness raising and micro-training practice. • Develop the practical skills to be able to deliver sessions and sessions to teachers in trainers’ own cities and regions. • Develop self-awareness through reflection.

  12. And… • Make the project sustainable by training up local trainer trainers.

  13. Content • Reflective learning • Input • Micro training

  14. Reflective Learning • Pre-course task (Handout 1) • Introduces participants to diary • Gets them thinking about course in advance

  15. Reflective Learning • 30 minutes reflection each morning • Training diary in which participants reflect on day

  16. Input What’s included? Task: 5 minutes With a partner, choose 3+ topics you might include, 3+ you wouldn’t include. (given Aims) Handout 2

  17. Input: included • Getting to know your trainees • Making lectures interactive • Observation and feedback • Evaluating your training • Making your sessions effective • Ways of providing input in training • Planning a teacher training session

  18. Input: not included • The differences between teaching and training • Constructivism in teacher education • Theories of teacher learning • The history of teacher education • Presentation skills

  19. Input • Theory? • Short input in sessions • Supplementary reading

  20. Micro training • Task: 1 session to try at home • Pairs for support • Starter list of sessions (see Handout 3) • Participants added own ideas • Focus on local context • Organisation & time

  21. Post course • Task: to deliver the session they worked on locally twice by end March. • Ongoing support on Moodle.

  22. Ongoing support • Discuss issues in forums • Read articles & discuss • Post sessions onto wikis • Tell each other what they’re working on Moodle VLE What can they do there?

  23. Learning points • Logistics • Course and content

  24. Learning points : Logistics • Training in a non educational environment • Break out rooms • Level of participants

  25. Learning points : Course & content • PowerPoint • Include practical session on instructions • Pairings for micro training • Extra (half) day for micro-training • Break in middle of course

  26. We talked about… • Background to project • Trainer training course • Learning points

  27. 2 5 7 28

  28. 2 courses 5 days 7 pairs 28 participants

  29. Thank you!

  30. Contact emails • sue@sueleatherassociates.com • leilatehrani@ymail.com

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