International Professional Development Course Madrid Bilingual Teachers

The Development of Teaching Competences:

• School Teaching Practicum• Preparation for School Practicum• Lesson Planning for Content Teaching• English Language Skills (Professional)• Language Development

Stephen CorcoranFrancisco Gutierrez

Kathy ReinaSimon JamesDavid Smith

Autumn 2015

Starting the lesson• Space and gaze• Calms down and settles – students

‘unbunch’• Desk can be barrier – go into main

body of classroom• Paces forward• Takes eyes where she wants them to

go (and their minds)• Hands palm up – open to their ideas• Smile and appreciates their response

Establishing Relationships• Paces up and down – at no point is

distance too great• Mingles in• Inclination towards child who offered

answer• Reaches in with approval• If wrong answer, turns slightly and

offers it back• Relaxed, arms – shows comfortable with

children and subject• Taking command, conducting and

taking it forward

Engaging and Motivating• Nodding• Taps his head / mimics thinking• Physically captures ideas with

‘pinching’ action• Moves momentarily into their ideas and

minds• Conducts their learning, emphasising

points (jabs / baton movement of his hands)

• Looking intently, for next response that he can latch onto and emphasise

• Holds hand out to reinforce the kind of response he’s looking for

Reinforcing Learning• Non-verbal cues maintain her presence

even though fixed at front of class• Animated, moving frequently• Inviting pupils to become involved –

smiling, questioning, nodding ferociously

• Praising – bodily and verbally• Hands – hold attention• Thinking pose – looks how she wants

children to behave• Intonation – flat=proclaiming,

rising=join me

Ending the lesson• Gives specific jobs to do• Carefully monitors - they’re doing job

correctly• High profile / strong presence• Praise and talks them through the

process• Outstretched hands – retains

attention of pupils, without making eye contact

• Voice is flat – even though irritated• Invited to leave, in orderly and

reasonable manner, conducted.