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•Part 1 – Background to the projectGraham Stanley, British Council
•Part 2 – Working with remote teachersGricelda Martinez, Classroom
Teacher
•Part 3 – The road to empowerment: Teacher mentoring in Ceibal en Ingles
Valentina Dubini, Plan Ceibal Mentor
• Q&A from the audience
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BRITISH COUNCIL
•The British Council is the UK’s official organisation for cultural and educational relations•We are a not-for-profit organisation. • We are present on six continents and over 100 countries, bringing international opportunity to life, every day•Our purpose is to create a friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and other countries•We do this through making a positive contribution to the countries we work with, and making a lasting difference to the UK’s international standing, prosperity and security.
The Plan Ceibal en Inglés project in Uruguay is at the vanguard of a new way of teaching English in the primary classroom. One lesson is taught remotely, with the English teacher beamed into the classroom via video-conferencing and then there are two follow-up practice lessons, facilitated by a classroom teacher (CT) who does not necessarily speak much English.
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Use of technology in only one innovation of Ceibal en InglésThe real innovation is in the team teaching between CT & RT
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BACKGROUND
• Started 2007 with distribution of XO-1 laptops (ceibalitas)
• By 2009 Uruguay became first country in world to have given one laptop to every primary school student
• By 2009, 350,000 children & 16,000 teachers had received ceibalitas
• No cost wireless Internet connection in all state schools
• Fiber optic connections progressively replacing these
• Video conferencing equipment being installed in all schools
http://www.ceibal.edu.uy
Plan Ceibal
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• In 2012 the British Council was selected by Plan Ceibal to project manage Ceibal en Inglés (Ceibal English), delivering remote teaching via video conferencing in Uruguayan primary schools.
• Goal = provide access to English language learning to primary students (grades 4-6) and their teachers all over Uruguay.
• Because of a lack of trained/qualified English teachers, Ceibal English uses remote teachers (RTs) via video conferencing
• Additionally, classroom teachers (CTs) are taught English via moderator-supported English course (LearnEnglish Pathways)
http://uruguay.britishcouncil.org
Ceibal English
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• Proof of concept pilot phase 2012 - 20 primary schools; 1,000 Year 4 learners (aged 10-11)
• March 2013 expansion: 500 classes; 96 schools; Years 4,5 & 6
• July 2013 expansion: 1,000 classes
• March 2014 expansion: 2,100 classes
• June 2015: Universal access 3,300 classes (c. 85,000+ learners)
http://uruguay.britishcouncil.org
Ceibal English
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3 x 45 minutes per wk.
Lesson A – RT via VCLessons B & C – CT
Team Teaching
Weekly coordination between RT ^ CT
CTs learning English throughonline self-access course
Remote Classes
Philippines
Uruguay
the experience of being a
remote teacher
Argentina
New ways of working / new place to work
Plan ofTeaching Points
Remote Teaching Centre
British CouncilMontevideo
2015
Remote Teaching Centre
British CouncilBuenos Aires
Challenge of team teaching at a distance
Coordination
Weekly meeting betweenRT and CT in Spanish
Both need to agree on what is going to happen in classes A, B and C
CT reports on progress
Teachers coordinate via:-• VC• Skype• Telephone• Google hangouts• Whatsapp, SMS, Email
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Detailed lesson plans for classes A, B & C
Coordination allows CTs to do the B & C practice lessonseven though they do not know much (any) English
Materials
New skillset required for teachers
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The importance of ‘camera presence’
RT Maria Eugenia
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RT Daisy & CT Omar
The importance of teamwork
CT Maria Ines Cuadrado CT Andres AmiliviaRT Mariela Masuyama
Intercultural communication
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Supporting teachers
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Supporting CTs and RTs: face-to-face training
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Supporting CTs and RTs: online training and observation
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Sharing student work
Between classes
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Submitting student work
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Correcting student work
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Results: Assessment and Evaluation: Impact Test
August 2013 (baseline) and
December 2013
Aims:Evaluate differences:-
Pilot groups March 2013 groups
July 2013 groupsGroups not studying English
grammar/vocab test only
Excluded children studying English outside school
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Results: Assessment and Evaluation: Impact Test 2013
Average scores by grade and time of test
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Results: Assessment and Evaluation: Adaptive Test 2014
All 4th, 5th & 6th grade students studying English
Programa Escuelas Grupos %
Ceibal en Inglés 383 2.128 64
Segundas Lenguas 269 1.181 36
Total 652 3.309 100
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Results: Assessment and Evaluation: Adaptive Test 2014Example test items
Mira la foto y completa la oración con la opción correcta. I can’t move my ___________. I hurt myself playing tennis.
A arm
B knee
C leg
Completa la oración con la opción correcta. This is my dog. It __________ in a kennel
A Sleeps
B Sleep
C sleeping
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Results: Assessment and Evaluation: Adaptive Test 20140 “dog”
1 “is browm is short”“el dog es mols, have tail , eyes blak , les gusta nadar y saltar”
2 “It is a brown dog is eating more food likes meat. is the old boy has a cachoro. can sleep inside and out.”“this is tito tito is brown is large Hall has eyes blak short legs you like run”
3 “this is dog it is brow body, has got four legs , one tail, one black nose, big two black eyes , small two ears.”“my pet is big she name is yago she is brow she like run and est she dont like fly she like meat she doesent fish”
4 “luna is my dog He is grey and withe He is 18 years old He can swim bomb and fight He bomb fight and run He likes football the dosen`t like eating He hates cat I LOVE MY DOG :)”“his has got two black eyes,four short legs and one tail short he like fish he doesn't like watermelon it can run,swim and jump it can't walk”
5 “This is my pet. Its name is Choncho and it is brown. It has four legs and in my opinion is the best dog in the world. It is seven years old and was born in Montevideo. Its favorite food is the meat and the milk. It likes walking on the beach and doesn't like the storm. It have a little house in the garden of my house. It is very inteligent, I love my pet!”
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Results: Assessment and Evaluation: Adaptive Test 2014
A0 A1- A1+ A2- A2+%
26%30%
40%
3%%
27%30%
38%
5%
En % de alumnos que hicieron la prueba
Ceibal en Inglés Segundas Lenguas
56% of the Ceibal en Inglés students reached A1 compared to 57% of Segundas Lenguas.
43% of students in both programmes reached A2.
“It is not easy, but in some magical way RTs become part of the school staff, they are one more of the special teachers who come every week to do face to face gym or any other activity, students adapt to working with them, and we all reach a pedagogical agreement: RT-students-CT. “Gricelda Martínez-CT 6th grade-Escuela 71 de Tacuarembó.
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Remote teaching, distance learning, team teaching or
blended learning?
Thank you!
Graham [email protected]
