TEACHING PRACTICE at SCHOOL

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TEACHING PRACTICE at SCHOOL

• Nida Koemiakaite, Teacher of English
• Vilnius Simonas Daukantas Gymnasium
• Vilnius Pedagogical University

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First Week of Teaching Practice

• Welcoming trainees at school
• present information about school
• introduce mentors
• present information about learning/teaching
  resources available at school
• Trainees observing lessons
• 2-3 lessons a day
• discuss and describe lessons observed

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Second Week of Teaching Practice

• Trainees conducting lessons
• discuss course plans, course books, assessment
  with mentor
• write detailed lesson plans
• observe peer lessons
• analyse lessons with mentor and other trainees
• schedule credit lessons and independent lessons
• Mentor observing trainee lessons
• help plan lessons
• provide feedback (in journal, in feedback
  sessions)

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Weeks 3-9 of Teaching Practice

• Trainees conducting credit lessons
• write plans for every lesson
• select and arrange material independently
• observe peer lessons
• analyse lessons with mentor and other trainees
• Mentor observing trainee credit lessons
• provide feedback (in journal, in feedback
  sessions)
• fill in Professional activity observation sheets
  for every lesson
• assess according to descriptors of students
  performance

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Descriptors of Students Performance

• Personal qualities (professional attitude, voice,
  command of language, rapport)
• Planning (clarity of aims, balance of activities,
  suitability of materials, awareness of FLT
  national requirements)
• Performance (classroom management, presentation
  techniques, questioning techniques, mode of work,
  pace and timing, smoothness of flow, exploitation
  of materials, class dynamics, in-class feedback,
  ending the lesson, degree of achievement of aims)
• Reflection (ability to evaluate own performance)

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Other Tasks for Trainees

• Conducting independent lessons (at least 12)
• Filling in Self-evaluation sheets
• Organising an English event at school
• Attending a seminar at school
• Assisting a class teacher
• Performing other assignments for university
  (psychology, health education, pedagogy)

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Self Evaluation Sheet
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Week 10 of Teaching Practice

• Trainees finish all university assignments
• Trainees write Practice report for university
• Mentors describe trainees progress and suggest
  overall evaluation
• Tutor, mentors and trainees discuss Teaching
  practice in meetings

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APartMent (2000 2002)

• Partnership for Mentorship
• Project No. 56329-CP-3-2000-1-UK-LINGUA-LA
• St Martins College, Lancaster University, UK
• Pädagogische Akademie des Bundes in Tirol,
  Austria
• University of Iceland, Iceland
• IUFM de Poitiers, France
• Staatliches Seminar für Schulpädagogik,
  Tübingen, Germany
• Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain
• Kaunas Technology University, Lithuania
• Vilnius Pedagogical University, Lithuania

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MenTTime (2002 - 2005)

• Mentoring for Trainee Teachers of Foreign
  Languages Implementation, Monitoring and
  Evaluation
• Project No. 106353-CP-1-2002-1-UK-COMENIUS-C21
• St Martins College, Lancaster University, UK
• Pädagogische Akademie des Bundes in Tirol,
  Austria
• University of Latvia, Latvia
• Kaunas Technology University, Lithuania
• Vilnius Pedagogical University, Lithuania