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Professional Development

Guo An Elementary School  國安國小

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Head School for the FET Program

Guo 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.
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.
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

Orientation Documents / First week of school administration

FET Policy Document
FET Introduction Packet
First Week - FET and School checklist
Weekly Reflection Form
List of Teachers and Schools (excel)

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.
Date Topic Time Presenter Location
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)

Semester Two - Monthly PD Meetings

This semester we will call upon the expertise within the FET program to lead the professional development meetings. Most meetings will therefore be held at Qun An Elementary school thus allowing us all to share our collective thoughts and work as a full team. 
Date Topic Time Presenter Location
Febryary 16th Taichung FET Program
Planning for the Future
2.00 pm - 4.00 pm Local PD Coordinator
Dongshan JH (Mountain)
Zhong Hua Elementary (City)
Wu Qi JH (Sea)
March 23rd Supporting your
SEN Students
2.00 pm - 4.00 pm Cyndie-Lea Wang Yu Ying Junior High
April 6th Preparing for
Observation
2.00 pm - 4.00 pm Local PD Coordinator Dongshan JH (Mountain)
Zhong Hua Elementary (City)
Wu Qi JH (Sea)
May 25th Whole Body Learning &
Activities in the Classroom
2.00 pm - 4.00 pm Caitlyn Klein Da Zhi Elementary
June 22nd Sharing Best
Practice
2.00 pm - 4.00 pm Ben Lu Da Zhi Elementary

​Documents for Competence-Oriented Lesson Planning:

Blank Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan Rubric
English Curriculum Guidelines (Complete)
Elementary Excel Document for Lesson planning (Core Competencies / Learning Performance / Learning Content)
Junior High Excel Document for lesson planning (Core Competencies / Learning Performance / Learning Content) 
Senior High Excel Document for Lesson Planning (Core Competencies / Learning performance / Learning Content)
Writing clear learning objectives
Elementary and Junior High Vocabulary List

Weekly Reflections

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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.

General Administration Documents:

General Guidelines MOE Document

Other Documents:

Blank Seating Plan (6 x 6 classroom)
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