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Day 3: Sunday 1 March Time Venue Activity 12.00 – 13.00 Various PARALLEL SESSION 2 continued 12.00 – 13.00 G03 Reflection as a tool for sustaining and assessing self-directed Continuing Professional Development, Padmini Shankar Kankata This paper explores the role of reflection in individual-initiated, selfdirected CPD. The content and the outcome of reflection of ten in-service university teachers are examined with a view to a) identifying factors that trigger reflection, and b) mapping areas of growth subsequent to reflection, as assessed by teachers. Findings show that teachers’ urge to develop themselves not only emerged from but was also closely aligned to student learning, leading to instances of enhanced student achievement. K. Padmini Shankar teaches at the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India. Her research interests include teacher development, teaching young learners and psychology for language teaching. ___________________________________________________________________________________ 12.00 – 13.00 G04 Where there’s a will ...: facilitating effective blended learning for Malaysian English language teachers, Lucy Lamazares and Kathy Howard How can you implement blended learning in regions with poor communication infrastructure? Two coordinators from the British Council’s Professional Upskilling Project for English language teachers will illustrate how they successfully facilitate combined face-to-face and online teacher training to 14,000 Malaysian schoolteachers. They will discuss how reluctant teachers, with little or no ICT training, overcome barriers to e- learning. Due to close collaboration between online and face-to-face trainers, participants are embracing blended learning as learners and teachers. Lucy Lamazares and Kathy Howard work for the British Council, Malaysia as Project Coordinators in Borneo. ___________________________________________________________________________________ 12.00 – 13.00 G05 Continuing Professional Development: tips and techniques to deliver teacher training workshops, Kamini Taneja Continuing Professional Development (CPD) presents opportunities to deal with new challenges and improve performance. This workshop illustrates a range of factors that need to be present to make CPD sessions effective. Furthermore, it critically analyses how CPD impact can be monitored and evaluated. If you are a trainer or an educator, then this session is for you. Kamini Taneja is a Senior Training Consultant at the British Council specialising in corporate training. She has extensive experience in training teachers and corporate clients. ___________________________________________________________________________________ 12.00 – 13.00 101 How to write papers for publication, George Pickering Many language teacher educators would like to be published in an ELT publication but don’t know how to go about it. This practical workshop will 70
Day 3: Sunday 1 March Time Venue Activity 12.00 – 13.00 Various PARALLEL SESSION 2 continued help you to take your research and turn it into a paper. The session will focus on how to produce a paper that might be accepted for the TEC15 publication, but will also be of use to those who want to publish elsewhere. Particular attention will be given to structure, reporting findings and referencing. ___________________________________________________________________________________ 12.00 – 13.00 102 Tracking development of teachers’ language assessment literacy online: a case study, Santosh Mahapatra This paper attempts to track the development of teachers’ language assessment literacy (LAL) as they participate in a needs-based online professional development course on language assessment. A record of teachers’ progress throughout the course was kept using various Web 2.0 tools. The presentation will present a report of an experiment with capturing professional development online, an evaluation of the effectiveness of the process and a framework for future use. Santosh Mahapatra is a student of language assessment and an English language teacher at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India. ___________________________________________________________________________________ 12.00 – 13.00 103 Don't talk to me about teaching! …well…unless you're also talking about learning, Rhona Brown This presentation will look at ways of embedding a focus on student learning outcomes into teacher education programmes. English Teachers in Action (ETIA), an in-service programme which focuses on developing Sri Lankan students' listening and speaking skills, will be used to illustrate the processes and the challenges of planning, monitoring and measuring the impact of a small teacher education project. Rhona Brown is a training consultant with the British Council, Sri Lanka. She works on primary and secondary English teacher education programmes. ___________________________________________________________________________________ 12.00 – 13.00 104 Ensuring quality standards in teacher education through the new Professional Award in Teacher Training, Simon Etherton The British Council has developed a new award, The Professional Award in Teacher Training, designed for teachers who want to make the transition from teaching into training or for experienced teacher trainers who want to refresh and test their skills. The qualification aims to provide status for and recognition of teacher training expertise. The award specifies learning outcomes and related assessment criteria for measuring candidates' skills, knowledge and understanding relating to the professional standards required to provide skilful, motivating and effective teacher training. Simon Etherton works for the British Council supporting State Partnership teacher education programmes in South India. His areas of specialism include initial literacy, practitioner research and teacher knowledge. ___________________________________________________________________________________ 71
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