Teacher Development Programme

OLSET Provincial Co-ordinators have the responsibility and remit to undertake teacher-training workshops. A workshop schedule for this is formulated at the beginning of each year. These work-plans are generally devised in co-operation with the DoE and are held in urban and rural areas alike. In the 2006-2009 period, OLSET intends making greater use of increased Inservice teacher support at a distance, through Audio visual formats and radio programmes, reducing costs incurred by conventional face to face training.

Inservice Teacher Development Workshops

Introductory workshops

Introduction to design, methodology and pedagogic principles underpinning English in Action, IRI radio learning approach. This includes and overview of

• Planning and preparations of lessons
• Classroom management and organization
• IRI content and methodology
• Links between EIA and NCS
• Use fo EIA and LSMs
• Application of key principles of Radio lessons to other subject areas

Ongoing Inservice training and professional development and support to teachers using the countrywide.

Classroom Observation and Support

‘On the ground support’ for individual teachers with a view to enhancing teaching and learning practices in classrooms. Teacher Support staff undertake classroom visits, lesson observation, discussion and feedback as a strategy in shifting teacher practice to more constructivist one fostering critical enquiry and thinking skills by allowing for greater learner participation during the lesson.

• Teacher Support Groups (TSG)

Providing a forum for teachers to share key classroom challenges and engage in reflective practice around a host of issues and concerns beyond Additional Language teaching. Opportunities to engage and explore pedagogic approaches in keeping with the needs of under resourced teaching environments and the attendant challenges.

• English in Action (EIA)

• Direct daily instructional programmes for core curriculum Additional Language teaching (with Activity Books, Teacher Guides, etc)

• Teacher Development – Classroom Lesson observation