Projekt3a foreign teachers introduction 08 12 09 (1)

Project: COMMUNICATION IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES Implementing innovative approaches to foreign language teaching through foreign teachers inclusion into the school curriculum FOREIGN TEACHERS’ MEETING Katja Pavlič Škerjanc, 9/12- 2008 Operacijo delno financira Evropska unija iz Evropskega socialnega sklada ter Ministrstvo za šolstvo in šport Operacija se izvaja v okviru Operativnega programa razvoja človeških virov v obdobju 2007-2013, razvojne prioritete: Razvoj človeških virov in vseživljenjsko učenje; prednostne usmeritve: Izboljšanje kakovosti in učinkovitosti sistemov izobraževanja in usposabljanja FOREIGN TEACHERS (of foreign languages) IN SLOVENE SCHOOLS Seeking employment: Whom to turn to? Teaching jobs? • CMEPIUS (= Centre of the Republic • Comenius language of Slovenia for Mobility and European assistants (European funding) Educational and Training programmes) • Ministry of Education and Sport, International Cooperation and European Affairs Service (bilateral in multilateral co-operation: Bronka Straus) • The National Education Institute, Centre for Development and Research, Katja Pavlič Škerjanc • DSD teachers (national funding) • Austrian FL teachers (national funding) • Foreign FL teachers in European classes (national funding) • Foreign FL teachers (European funding - ESF) ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC INFORMATION ZAVOD REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE ZA ŠOLSTVO (The National Education Institute) http://www.zrss.si/ Pogosto obiskane strani Tuji učitelji pri pouku tujega jezika http://www.zrss.si/Default.asp?a=1&id=908 FOREIGN TEACHERS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES • from a national programme run by the Ministry of Education and Sport (“Foreign language teachers in Slovenia”)… • … to a curriculum development project run by the National Education Institute and funded mostly from the European Structural Funds (Euopean Social Fund, ESF) (“Communication in Foreign Languages - Implementing innovative approaches to foreign language teaching through foreign teachers inclusion into the school curriculum”) ► KEY DIFFERENCES KEY CONCEPTS School development – Pilot projects – Dissemination of results • Intercultural (communicative) competence • Authenticity (of learning goals and objectives, learning situations, assessment) • Language across the curriculum (contentbased language learning, discipline literacy development) • School curriculum (planning – implementation – monitoring – evaluationdissemination) • Integrative curriculum (cross-curricular connections – intra- and interdisciplinary cooperation) • Cooperative teaching – Team teaching • Project approach (to teaching and learning) DEVELOPMENT - INNOVATION SCHOOL PROJECTS Ministry of Education and Sport STRATEGIC LEVEL National Education Institute → concepts (“white books), development strategies (strategic papers) → frameworks and guidelines TACTICAL LEVEL Schools OPERATIONAL LEVEL → monitored and evaluated implementation, feedback on suggested solutions, dissemination of results KEY DIFFERENCES • • • • • • Not a programme, but a development project A systemic national development project, pursuing its goals through school development projects A European Social Fund project – strict observance of regulations, particularly reporting on activities – “acceptable evidence” (prerequisite for funding) Schools follow the same employment procedures as for Slovene citizens – no mediation by the ministry or the NEI (mutual recognition of qualifications!)! The foreign teacher is a co-teacher, a teaching partner, not an assistant, expected to become a vital member of the school project team; former mentors become FL coordinators Co-teaching follows the collaborative teaching philosophy and principles, non necessarily type A team teaching • Idea sharing (structured & guided) • Discussion groups (guided) • Peer observation • Joint teaching activities (student projects, homework etc.) – between classes at school level – between schools on national and international level • Teacher exchanges – between classes at school level – between schools on national and international level • Team teaching (type A and type B) COLLABORATIVE TEACHING Aims and goals of the project FOREIGN TEACHERS • upgrading the quality of foreign language teaching in Slovenia by innovative approaches, based on – an enhanced authenticity of learning situations (communication with a native speaker of the target language or a non-native speaker with other FL1 than Slovene and using the target language as a lingua franca) and – cooperative teaching in multicultural teams (Slovene & foreign teachers of foreign languages, Slovene teachers of non-language subjects & foreign teachers of foreign languages); • developing a systemic approach to foreign teachers inclusion into the Slovene educational system piloting alternative organizational options Teacher’s knowledge Grossman, P L (1995) Teachers' knowledge In L W Anderson (Ed.), International encyclopedia of teaching and teacher education (2nd ed., pp 20-24) Knowledge of content Includes subject matter knowledge and pedagogical (how to teach) content knowledge Knowledge of learners and learning Includes knowledge of learning theories; the physical, social, psychological and cognitive development of students; motivational theory and practice; and ethnic, gender and socio-economic diversity Knowledge of general pedagogy Includes knowledge of classroom organisation and management, and general methods of teaching Knowledge of curriculum Includes knowledge of processes of curriculum development and of the school curriculum within and across grade levels Knowledge of context Includes knowledge of multiple and embedded situations and settings of teachers' work - school, district, region and state; also, knowledge of students, families and local communities, historical, philosophical and cultural foundations of education in particular countries Knowledge of self Includes knowledge of personal values, dispositions, strengths and weaknesses, personal educational philosophies, goals for students and purposes for teaching Continuum of learning Feiman-Nemser, S (2001) From preparation to practice: Designing a continuum to strengthen and sustain teaching Teachers College Record, 103(6), 1013-1055 Central tasks of learning to teach Preservice Induction Continuing professional development Examine beliefs critically in relation to vision of good teaching Learn the context students, curriculum, school community Extend and deepen subject matter knowledge for teaching Develop subject matter knowledge for teaching Design responsive instructional programs Extend and refine repertoire in curriculum, instruction and assessment Develop an understanding of learners, learning and issues of diversity Create a classroom learning community Develop the tools and dispositions to study teaching Develop a professional identity Strengthen skills and dispositions to study and improve teaching TEACHER COMPETENCES ► Common European Principles for Teacher Competences and Qualifications (2005) TEACHER COMPETENCES ► Common European Principles for Teacher Competences and Qualifications (2005) TEACHER COMPETENCES ► Common European Principles for Teacher Competences and Qualifications (2005) NOVE VLOGE UČITELJA in učiteljev profesionalni razvoj New roles and professional development • posredovalec znanja → svetovalec za učenje knowledge provider → learning counselor • uvajalec sprememb – change agent • raziskovalec - researcher • sooblikovalec kurikula – curriculum designer • ustvarjalec učnih gradiv – materials writer • ocenjevalec/evalvator kakovosti… - evaluator • itd – etc SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS With a development project, a school • introduces change(s) • into the usual (everyday, established) teaching and learning process(es) • in a planned and systematic way • to raise – directly or indirectly - the quality of student learning and outcomes PROJECT PHASES AND ACTIVITIES Planning Implementation Monitoring Evaluation Dissemination • Monitoring – Which data to collect? When? How? Who? • Evaluation – Quality indicators, criteria, benchmaks? PLANNING: Levels and directions If you fail to plan, you plan to fail… ENVIRONMENT PRESCRIPTIVE legislation, ministry decrees… SCHOOL CURRICULUM EXPECTED students, parents, local and wider community DESIRED teachers, headteachers etc POSSIBLE human resources, financial and other constraints and limitations SCHOOL • What must we do? → PRESCRIPTIVE (mandatory/compulsory curriculum) • What should we do? → EXPECTED (elective/optional curriculum) • What do/would we like to do? → DESIRED vs • What can we do? → POSSIBLE (SWAT analysis – constraints and limitations etc.)  SCHOOL CURRICULUM (compulsory + elective + optional) NAČRT - PLAN izvajanja (implementation), spremljanja (monitoring) in evalviranja (evaluation) Cilji - goals Pričakovani dosežki – expected outcomes Kazalniki kakovosti dosežkov (kvantitativni in kvalitativni) – product quality indicators • Kriteriji in merili ocenjevanja kakovosti Dejavnosti za doseganje ciljev - activities Kazalniki kakovosti procesov (kvantitativni in kvalitativni) – process quality indicators • Kriteriji in merili ocenjevanja kakovosti Omejitve in tveganja – limitations and constraints • Načini odpravljanja omejitev in zmanjševanja tveganj Nujni pogoji – necessary conditions