Design and Evaluation of Training Programs - Week 13 - Group Collaboration Time

Introduction: Hello and welcome to Week 13 of the course Design and Evaluation of Teacher Training Programs and Workshops for the Master's in English Teaching at ULACIT Term IIIC 2023. Today we will do a few activities to reflect our PD Journal writing this term and the professional development tips we learned through the readings and our in-class activities. Then we will se a sample presentation showing how we might organize our PD Program Proposal project. Then we will spend the rest of our class time working on our training module. 

Today's Goals:

• Reflect on your experiences journaling this term and on the PD tips that you found most useful.
• Analyze a sample PD Program Proposal presentation similar to the one you will give in Week 15.
• Collaborate with your partners to continue building your sample training module in Canvas.

Guiding Questions:

• What topics in the professional development strand of this course were most meaningful to me?
• How can I support the ongoing professional development of teachers at my school by offering a selection of practical initiatives?
• How can we design an effective training experience that combines both asynchronous and synchronous elements?

Warm Up: Teacher Debates

In your breakout rooms you will compete in a series of debates. In each round two people will be the debaters and the others will be the judges. For each topic the judge will choose one of the debators and spin the wheel to see what topic they get. That debator must argue in favor of this statement for 60 seconds despite their personal feelings. The other debator must argue against them for 60 seconds. When the time is up, the judges decide who the winner is based on who gave the best arguments.

Task 1: Sharing your PD Journal

We've come to the end of your PD Journal project this term. Click the link and discuss the questions to reflect on your experiences regarding the professional development strand of this course. 

• Group Link: CLICK HERE

Task 2: Beginning of the Year Staff Meeting

Let's take a look at how you might organize your Ongoing Professional Development Program presentation for Week 15. 

Task 3: Group Collaboration Time

The rest of today's session is dedicated to small group collaboration time regarding your upcoming Sample Training Module project in Canvas. Feel free to ask your teacher any questions you may have. 

References:

Richards, J. (2017). Jack C Richard's 50 Tips for Teacher Development. Cambridge University Press.