Professional Development
Guo An Elementary School 國安國小
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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.
Professional Development meetings that have an external speaker will be held at Guo An. School Address: No. 1, Guoxiang Street, Xitun District, Taichung City, 407. 臺中市西屯區國祥街一號 |
Professional Development Coordinators
Due to the size of Taichung city it is much more convenient to hold our monthly meetings in smaller focus groups.
The Professional Development coordinator for that area will lead the monthly PD sessions at his/her school.
* If an external speaker is organized all FETs should go to the Head School (Guo An) for that PD session.
The Professional Development coordinator for that area will lead the monthly PD sessions at his/her school.
* If an external speaker is organized all FETs should go to the Head School (Guo An) for that PD session.
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Ian Garner
Head Coordinator (Mountain) |
Amanda Readal
Assistant Coordinator (Sea) |
Alex Andrade
Assistant Coordinator (City) |
Orientation Sessions - August 2021
Due to the pandemic it has once again been very difficult to plan our orientation sessions for this school year. Moreover, due to current restrictions we will hold the sessions online via Google Meet.
Teach Taiwan and the coordinator team have put together a short program that we hope will allow new teachers to gain an understanding of the country, the education system and what it is like to work as an English teacher in Taiwan.
Teach Taiwan and the coordinator team have put together a short program that we hope will allow new teachers to gain an understanding of the country, the education system and what it is like to work as an English teacher in Taiwan.
| Date | Topic | Time | Presenter | Location | August 23rd | Bilingual Teaching & CLIL Curriculum Implementation in Taichung City |
9 am - 12 pm | Pamela Li 李旻珊 |
Google Meet | August 23rd | Introduction to Taichung FET program | 1.00 pm - 4.00 pm | Ian Garner | Google Meet | August 24th | Welcome to Taiwan History/Culture/Language etc. |
9 am - 12 pm | Ben Schulz | Google Meet | August 24th | Taiwan Education System Overview JH School Teaching |
1.00 pm - 4.00 pm | Amanda Readel | Google Meet | August 25th | CLIL Task Design | 9 am - 12 pm | Fay Chen | Google Meet | August 25th | Elementary School Teaching FET Curriculum |
1.00 pm - 4.00 pm | Peter Dunstan | Google Meet |
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Orientation Documents / First week of school administration
Semester One - Monthly PD Meetings
Competence Oriented Lesson Design
Each semester we are required to submit one competence-oriented lesson plan as part of our on-going professional development. The lesson should be designed using the curriculum guidelines as set out by the Ministry of Education.
The Professional Development meetings for the first semester will therefore focus on understanding the core competencies and curriculum standards and subsequently applying them into an objective led, competence based lesson.
The Professional Development meetings for the first semester will therefore focus on understanding the core competencies and curriculum standards and subsequently applying them into an objective led, competence based lesson.
| Date | Topic | Time | Presenter | Location |
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| October 20th | Introduce PD Task Core Comepetencies |
2.00 pm - 4.00 pm | Local PD Coordinator |
Dongshan JH (Mountain) Zhong Hua Elementary (City) Wu Qi JH (Sea) |
| November 17th | Backward Design | 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm | Alex Andrade | Qun An Elementary |
| December 15th | Curriculum Guidelines & CLIL |
2.00 pm - 4.00 pm | Local PD Coordinator | Dongshan JH (Mountain) Zhong Hua Elementary (City) Wu Qi JH (Sea) |
| January 12th | Lesson Plan Sharing Peer Review |
2.00 pm - 4.00 pm | Local PD Coordinator | Dongshan JH (Mountain) Zhong Hua Elementary (City) Wu Qi JH (Sea) |
