Fifth Week

WEEK 5: Collaboration: Professional Learning Communities

«Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time and energy needed to develop yourself»

Denis Waitley


LEARNING OUTCOMES

by the end of the week you will be able to:

  • define co-teaching models
  • explain why professional development is important for teachers
  • describe contemporary approaches to professional development
  • find and become part of PLCs
  • share their experience widely with English teachers

PART 1: CO-TEACHING MODELS

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PART 2: CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & PLC

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INTERVIEW

Interview with our guest – Pamela Johnson

  • About Pamela Johnson
    About Pamela Johnson

    Pamela Johnson is a U.S. State Department English Language Specialist and a learning consultant based in Dubai. She has consulted with higher education faculty of all disciplines on technology, pedagogy, and content, and she presents frequently at conferences and events. Before joining Pearson, Pam was an Apple Education Trainer and a Google Certified Trainer. She has an MS Ed TESOL from the University of Pennsylvania, and she has worked in Latin America, Asia, and Eastern Europe. She has lived and worked in the UAE for the past 14 years.

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TEST OF THE FIFTH WEEK

Week 5. Test "Collaboration: Professional Learning Communities"

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1. What are some advantages of co-teaching?

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2. ONE TEACHING - ONE ASSISTING

This model can be extremely useful if the teachers swap roles so that both gain comfort in teaching the content and in assisting students one-on-one.

Identify all of the pros for utilizing this model.

Please, choose two answers

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3. PARALLEL TEACHING

This is a model ideal for reducing the feel of a large class. The teachers break the students into two groups and teaching the lesson simultaneously, This is also a great model when the content is extremely challenging allowing better understanding and differentiation for stronger understanding.

Identify all of the pros in utilizing this model.

Please, choose three answers

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4. Which co-teaching model requires educators to share all instructional responsibilities?

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5. Teaching partners should consider each model’s purpose and merit before deciding which to use for a particular lesson or part of a lesson.

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6. Effective teacher professional development leads to

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7. How many key features of successful professional development programmes are there?

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8. Professional learning communities are created to

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  • SUMMARY
    What co-teaching model appeals to you? Why? Do you have any colleagues that you can collaborate with? How? How will your students benefit from it? Do you know any professional development communities that you can join?


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