Professional Development

Guo An Elementary School 國安國小

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)

Peter Dunstan
Assistant Coordinator
(City)

Orientation Sessions - 2020

Due to the pandemic it has been very difficult to plan our orientation sessions for this school year. However, we have put together a short program that 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.
The address for the meetings is:

11F,No. 213, Chaofu Rd., Xitun Dist., Taichung City 407
亞璞商務中心(台中市西屯區朝富路213號(CBD時代廣場))

* Teachers that are either in quarantine or have not yet arrived in Taiwan will be able to join the sessions on Facebook live.

Date	Topic	Time	Presenter	Location
August 20th	Introduction to Taichung FET program	9am - 12pm	Ian Garner	Taichung City
August 20th	Taiwan Education System Overview JH School Teaching	1.30pm - 4.30pm	Richard Li 李國禎	Taichung City
August 21st	Welcome to Taiwan History/Culture/Language etc.	9am - 12pm	Ben Schulz	Taichung City
August 21st	Elementary School Teaching FET Curriculum	1.30pm - 4.30pm	Peter Dunstan	Taichung City
August 24th	Classroom Management Human Rights/Gender Equality	9am - 12pm	Pamela Li 李旻珊	Taichung City
August 24th	New Educational Policy K-12 National Curriculum Guidelines	1.30pm - 4.30pm	Pamela Li 李旻珊	Taichung City

Orientation Documents / First week of school administration

FET Policy Document

FET Introduction Packet

First Week - FET and School checklist

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
September 16th	Communicative Activities 4 part lesson	2pm - 4pm	PD Coordinators	Head School Guo An Elementary
October 14th	Core Competencies	2pm - 4pm	Local PD Coordinator	Dongshan JH (Mountain) Zhong Hua Elementary (City) Wu Qi JH (Sea)
November 18th	Learning Content Learning Performance Learning Objectives	2pm - 4pm	Local PD Coordinator	Dongshan JH (Mountain) Zhong Hua Elementary (City) Wu Qi JH (Sea)
December 23rd	Lesson Plan Sharing Discuss and Improve	2pm - 4pm	Internal Team Speaker	Dongshan JH (Mountain) Zhong Hua Elementary (City) Wu Qi JH (Sea)
January 13th	Exemplary Lessons Share and Discuss	2pm - 4pm	Director Chen Pamela Lee	Head School Guo An Elementary

Semester Two - Monthly PD Meetings

Improving our Skills as Educators
The Professional Development meetings for the second semester are focused on developing our language teaching skills in the classroom, and computer skills in the office. We will also look at some of the initiatives that are high on the agenda of the Ministry of Education and how we might be able to design lessons to incorporate these ideas.

Please note that this semester the PD coordinators will focus on one topic and therefore travel to the separate meetings in order to lead the sessions. See the second semester schedule below for details.

Date	Topic	Time	Presenter	Location
February 24th	Resource Design : ICT Skills Planning for CLIL Communicative Activities	2pm - 4pm	Peter Ian Mandy	Zhong Hua Elementary (City) Dong Shan JH (Mountain) Wu Qi JH (Sea)
March 24th	Planning for CLIL Communicative Activities Resource Design : ICT Skills	2pm - 4pm	Ian Mandy Peter	Zhong Hua Elementary (City) Dong Shan JH (Mountain) Wu Qi JH (Sea)
April 21st	Communicative Activities Resource Design : ICT Planning for CLIL	2pm - 4pm	Mandy Peter Ian	Zhong Hua Elementary (City) Dong Shan JH (Mountain) Wu Qi JH (Sea)
May 12th	Lesson Plan + Video Peer Review	2pm - 4pm	Local PD Coordinator	Dong Shan JH (Mountain) Zhong Hua Elementary (City) Wu Qi JH (Sea)
June 2nd / 9th	Lesson Plan + Video LOCIT Evaluation	2pm - 4pm	Director Chen Pamela Lee	Head School Guo An Elementary

Documents for Competence-Oriented Lesson Planning:

Blank Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan Rubric

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)

Writing clear learning objectives

Elementary and Junior High Vocabulary List

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.

General Administration Documents:

General Guidelines MOE Document