Professional Development
Guo An Elementary School 國安國小
Head School for the FET ProgramGuo An is located in the Xitun district of Taichung city and is the Head School of the Foreign English Teacher program. Principal Hsieh and Director Liao will be responsible for collecting data from our schools and assessing the work that we complete as part of our Professional Development Program. This data will then be used to calculate our final score which is used to determine our annual bonus.
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Professional Development Coordinators
Ian Garner
Head Coordinator (Mountain) |
Amanda Readal
Assistant Coordinator (Sea) |
Caitlyn Klein
Assistant Coordinator (City) |
Orientation Sessions - August/September 2022
Due to the pandemic it has once again been very difficult to plan our orientation sessions for this school year.
Teach Taiwan and the coordinator team have therefore put together a short program that we hope will allow new teachers to gain an understanding of the education system and what it is like to work as an English teacher in Taiwan.
Note that some of the sessions will be held LIVE using Google Meet, some sessions will be pre-recorded, and the session on September 21st will be 'in-person'.
Teach Taiwan and the coordinator team have therefore put together a short program that we hope will allow new teachers to gain an understanding of the education system and what it is like to work as an English teacher in Taiwan.
Note that some of the sessions will be held LIVE using Google Meet, some sessions will be pre-recorded, and the session on September 21st will be 'in-person'.
Date | Topic | Time | Presenter | Location | August 31st | Welcome to Taichung FET Program General Overview & Introduction |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Ian Garner |
Google Meet | September 7th | Competence Based Lessons Backward Design |
Watch at Leisure | Alex Andrade | Pre-Recorded Video | September 14th | Designing Speaking and Learning Activities |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Fulbright | TBC | September 21st | Elementary & JH Curricula Activities & Resources |
9.00 am - 12.00 pm | Ian Garner | Taichung Elementary School |
September 21st | Whole Body Learning Activities in the Classroom |
1.00 pm - 4.00 pm | Caitlyn Klein | Taichung Elementary school |
September 28th | Requirements of the Head School PD Lesson Plan Task |
1.30 pm - 4.00 pm | Pamela Lee | Google Meet |
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Orientation Documents / First week of school administration
Professional Development - Monthly Meetings
For the second sememster monthly meetings we would like to try and get the whole group together as much as possible. Therefore meetings will be held at a location that is central to most FETs.
Semester Two - ALL TEACHERS: Monthly PD Meetings
Date | Topic | Time | Presenter | Location |
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February 22nd |
Planning & Teaching Foundational Phonics Skills |
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Liam Gomez-Kervin |
Jhong Hua Elementary School |
March 22nd |
Promoting English Speaking Skills & Assessment Strategies |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | 1. Robert Lee 2. Mario Niel Villarias |
Jhong Hua Elementary School |
April 19th |
Learning by Doing Interactive Language Teaching Strategies towards Student-Centeredness |
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Kathleen Sarmiento | Jhong Hua Elementary School |
May 17th |
Using Picture Books to integrate listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing |
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Ting WEN-YING |
Jhong Hua Elementary School |
June TBC |
Topic TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC |
Documents for Competence-Oriented Lesson Planning:
Weekly Reflections
In order to keep communication up to date, all FETs are required to complete a weekly teaching reflection.
The reflection form is a requirement of the Head School and contributes 20% towards the FETs final performance score. By completing the reflection form and submitting to your PD coordinator we aim to share good practice and also solve any problems if and when they arise. The reflection form should be emailed to your coordinator by the end of the week (Friday 4pm). The coordinator will then review the reflections and if there are any items that you would like to discuss then he/she will contact you before the end of the following Wednesday (4pm). *Click image to download form. |