Off Campus Programs : Development Options For Secondary Teachers
Topics/Modules
General
- Understanding Language Standards in the New Curriculum- Graphic Organizers: T-Lines, Venn Diagrams, K-W-L Charts, etc.
- Thematic Planning & Course Design
- Question Posing
- Gap-fills: principles & variations
- Lesson Planning
- Materials Development
- Thematic Planning & Course Design
- Assessment Techniques
- Using Pictures
- Essential Classroom Language & Instructions in English
- Expanding Classroom Language & Instructions in English
Reading Focus
- Pre-reading Activities- Helping Students Become Strategic Readers
- Using Class Readers
- Helping Readers Respond and Interact with Texts
- Using Folktales & Short Stories
- Using the Bangkok Post
Listening Focus
- Using Video- Dictation Techniques
- Using Songs & Music
- Focused Listening Activities
Speaking Focus
- Controlled Conversation: Working a Dialog- Information-Gaps
- Discussions & Debates
- Role-Play & Drama
- Warm-up Games & Activities
- Public Speaking & Oral Presentations for Secondary Students
Writing Focus
- Critical Thinking & Problem Solving- Business Writing for Secondary Students
- Academic Writing for Secondary Students
- Writers’ Workshops for Secondary Classrooms
- Poetry for Language Teaching
- Creating a Classroom Newspaper
Vocabulary Focus
- Increasing Student VocabularyGrammar Focus
- Communicative Grammar TeachingTypical One-Day Format (6 hours for each of the above modules)
Morning: 3 hours of FOCUS SESSIONS (demo-discussion)
Afternoon: 3 hours of microteaching WORKSHOPS (peer-teaching & preparation)
Possible Secondary Teacher Development Courses
COMPLETE SECONDARY PACKAGE= approximately 200 hours*
CUSTOMIZED SHORT-COURSES = 6 - 12 – 18 – 24 – 30 up to 120 hours
* Secondary Packages can be scheduled as 4-week intensive courses during the summer holidays, with a one-week break for Songkran (2 weeks on, 1 week off, 2 weeks on). One week and two-week intensives (30 hours/week) are also convenient options. Schools and districts should consider spacing longer courses out during the year, say 2 weeks in the summer and another 2 weeks in October for a 120-hour option, with follow-up observations and consultation advisable for the interim period.
Client Costs
* Additional teachers can participate upon negotiation for additional trainers