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School Culture & Expectations for Teachers: Comparative analysis Georgia 2008 OTS LAB George Mason University 9/29/2008

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School Culture & Expectations for Teachers: Comparative analysis  Georgia  

2008 

OTS LAB George Mason University 

9/29/2008 

 Teachers: Diana Japaridze; 

Eliso Gachechiladze;   Rusudan Janjibukhashvili 

             

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Georgia 

Clothing  Official  / casual 

Schedule Classes 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Planning 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. 

# Classes Taught  4 ‐5  per day 

Salary  $ 160 min 

Education required BA – 1st – 9th grades 

MA – 10th – 12th grades 

Supervision Principal / vice principle / head of 

the department 

Career Path MA / PhD 

ToT, Education Manager  

Other aspects of teaching? 

Team teaching,  Peer  review, observation,  feedback, native speakers, field trips, projects, 

presentations, pair/ group work, students’ day, clubs 

 

 

 

  

1. How long have you been teaching? 7 years. 

2. What are your future career goals? I am doing my MA in Ed. Management at the moment in Georgia and I want to get my degree and open a 

language school. 3. What kind of methods do you use to motivate your students? 

Games, activities, field‐trips, stage plays 4. What kind of methods do you use to assess your students? 

Tests, presentation, projects 5. How do you differentiate instruction for students at different levels? 

I use appropriate vocabulary for the certain level 6. To what standards do you link your instruction? 

_____________ 7. What types of interactive activities do you use in the classroom? 

Group/Pair work, discussions. 8. What would you most like to learn during your time here? 

I would most like to learn the usage of modern technology during teaching/learning. 9. What places do you hope to visit? 

The places that is in this program. 10. Do you have any other special needs or request? 

I like everything in here, and I don’t have special requests so far ;)))              

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What is the purpose or goal of a portfolio in your country?

The goal of a portfolio in Georgian schools is to gather information about students and teachers work done during the school year.

1. The goal of a teachers’ portfolio is to • Collect all the syllabi developed during the year • Gather all the test samples developed by the teacher • Monthly reports • Teachers’ reflections • Lesson plans

2. The goal of a students’ portfolio is to • Collect all the presentations and projects developed by the student during the school year • Keep the tests written during the year • Students’ biography • Students’ pictures • Students’ reflections

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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                                                            How can group work aid your teaching? 

A lot!!! I always use group work at my classes and sometimes it is indispensable to. So,

WHY do I need this strategy?

‐ Because I have multi-level classes of students

‐ Because I have 15-30 students at a time and want everyone to work at the lesson at least a little

‐ Because I do find it useful

‐ Because I need to develop such skills of my students as reading and speaking skills

WHEN do I use group work?

‐ As a warm-up activity

‐ To present a new theme

‐ To reinforce the presentation/ practice part of the lesson

‐ When I especially need their speaking skills to develop

‐ When there is a necessity in discussion

‐ A project work

‐ A problem solving activity

‐ A role-play

HOW group work helps me?

‐ To keep time management

‐ To get involved as many students into the learning process as possible

‐ To interest my students

‐ To encourage communicative and cooperative skills among my students

‐ To involve competition between students as a motivation

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I love my profession, I think that the reason I work at school with pleasure is that I love kids, I love working with them, when I see their curious eyes and hear the questions they ask… that makes me curious too and I feel being a teacher is kind of being a learner too… I don’t want to say that I teach my students I would rather put it this way: I learn together with my students. 

The thing that I love most about my profession is that I love staging plays, of course, I do it in English and that’s so amazing when I see how motivated and interested my students get during this process. They learn while having fun. They never get bored and they love the lessons.  

The most important thing is that motivating students at the same time motivates me and I want to do more for them. 

At our school we use “Peer Review” to help teachers improve their teaching. For example, at our department English Teachers have to attend each other’s classes and fill in the questionnaire specially designed for this process, after the lesson the teacher who observed another one has to hand in the questionnaire to the teacher he/she observed. Teachers have a chance to look at their lesson with other teachers’ eyes and see their pluses and minuses, and this way they try to improve their teaching. 

 

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    What factors does the teacher consider in planning? 

 

1. A teacher must consider the objectives of the lesson. She/he must have clear objectives stated in a lesson plan. 

2. A teacher must think of the ways how to achieve these objectives. 3. A teacher should prepare proper materials for the lesson. 

4. She/he should also think of how to assess students. 5. She/he should consider student learning style. 

6. A teacher must consider prior knowledge of the students. 7. Warm‐up 

8. National standards/School standards/Curriculum 9. Differentiation (how to group Ss with different needs) 

10. Time management.  

 

 

 

 

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LESSON PLAN Intern: Ms. Rusudan Janjibukhashvili Grade Level: 7 & 8 Title: The NEW Americans Date: 10-15-2008

Mentor: _Mrs.Vilma Larigakis____________ I. Objectives

• Learn and practice vocabulary • Be able to use dictionary

II. Materials for Learning Activities

• A sheet of paper • A pen/pencil • Students’ book • Dictionary • Flip chart

III. Procedures for Learning Activities

• Warm-up – Students are given a piece of paper and they have to answer the questions that are written on it.(individual)8

• Pair work – students work in pairs and share the information with each other. 5 • The whole class – Students can share their ideas with the whole class (volunteer) 5 • Students look at the photos at page 8 and answer the following question: “For many people, the American

flag & Statue of Liberty stand for freedom. What other important ideas might they stand for?” 7 • Teacher writes a sentence starter on the board to help structure students’ responses. “I think that the

flag/Statue of Liberty also stand(s) for ________ .” (every student participates) • Students finish the sentence. .”(oral activity)12 • At page 9 students work on Vocabulary Builder and rate their knowledge.3 • Pronunciation 2 • Meaning ( brainstorming) & example 15

IV. Assessment

• Students complete the sentences by choosing the correct Target Word. 3 V. Reflection (to deepen understanding) – wrap up 15

• Students are to answer 5 questions that relate each word to students’ lives. (They will use the target word in their answers)

1 To explain why you are mad at a friend, would you rather communicate in person, on telephone, or in an email?

2 What are 2 things you could do to help a new immigrant feel more comfortable? 3 Who has influenced your life the most? 4 What’s an example of a fair school policy? 5 What is a new fashion trend that you would like to start?

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LESSON PLAN  Intern:  Ms. Rusudan Janjibukhashvili  Grade Level:  7 & 8    Title:  School Before Soccer  Date:  10‐22‐2008   

Mentor: _Mrs.Vilma Larigakis____________  I.  Objectives 

• Identify the steps used to find the topic, main idea, and details. • Find the topic, main idea, and details of a newspaper article. • Organize information in a main idea web. 

 II.  Materials for Learning Activities 

• Student’s Book (READ 180) • A pen/pencil 

 III.  Procedures for Learning Activities 5 + 11 

• Warm‐up – Read  the newspaper article at page 10 and answers  the question:” what  is  this article mainly about?” – 5mins. 

• Identify the topic – HINT: the topic is what the article is mostly about…2 • Find the main  idea that relates to the topic – HINT: the main  idea tells the most  important  idea about the 

topic. It’s often stated at the beginning of a text or section.3 • Reread  the  rest of  the article, modeling how  to  find details  that support  the main  idea – HINT: The Adus 

came to the U.S. so that the kids could get a better education. That supports the main idea that school was important. 6mins 

 IV. Wrap‐up 

• REACT – Freddy turned down $750,000 to stay in school. Imagine you are Freddy. Do you take the money or stay in school? Explain 

 

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Portfolio Strategy Sheet 

 

Choose a method or strategy that you have learned about or observed during field experience.  

1. Name of method or strategy: Dividing a group into 3 different working groups: (1) Small group; (2) Independent group; (3) Computer.  

2. When is this method or strategy useful? While conducting a reading lesson.  

3. Why or how is this method or strategy useful? It engages all students throughout a reading lesson. It is often difficult to get the attention of all the students during a reading lesson. So, this strategy helps a teacher to engage all the students in different group activities during the lesson.  

4. What are the steps involved in using this strategy or method? A teacher makes a list of the students already divided into 3 different groups (A, B, C). These groups are then divided by the working group activities: small group, independent group, computer group. At the same time, each group is assigned a different group activity.  

5. When would this method or strategy be useful in your setting? It will be really a useful tool while teaching reading.  

6. What would you like other teachers in your school to know about this method or strategy? I will introduce this strategy, and they will be able to use it during a reading lesson. 

     

 

 

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5R

Responsibility Contribute as much as you can

Complete the work assigned to you

Reliance Help each other to:

• Learn from the project • Complete the project

Relationship Encourage each other to

• Share information • Exchange viewpoints • Discuss learning strategies • Form good partnerships

Show acceptance to different personalities

Respect Be sensitive to each other's

• Needs • Feelings • Positions

Be devoted to the project

Reflection Be aware of:

• How much progress the group has made • How much you have contributed to the group • How well you have communicated with the members • How well the project has been done

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