2017 Schedule of Teacher Training and Other Activities
Chinese School, Middlebury College
In order to prepare for the pre-service teacher training I recommend the following:
1. Read 5 articles: On Principles of Effective CFL Teaching, On Teaching Methods, On Spiraling On Teaching and Testing and On Conducting Individual Sessions Effectively.
2. Take a look at the syllabi for Level 1, Level 2, Level 2.5 Level 3, and Level 4
Wednesday, June 21 |
Teachers can arrive any time during the day. Meals available in Ross Dining Hall: 7:00-9:00 breakfast, 11:30-1:00 lunch, 5:30-7:00 dinner |
Thursday |
RAJ (Robert Jones Hall, behind the tennis court) |
| 7:00 to 8:00 | Breakfast (Ross Dining Hall) |
8:40-10:00 |
Introduction: Approach, Methods and Techniques (lecture and Q&A), Bai Jianhua |
10:00-10:20 |
Break |
10:20-12:00 |
Lesson planning (Levels I and 2): how to design and implement different class activities. How to proceed from controlled contextualized grammar practice to application-type of grammar pattern drills to communicative tasks. Both principles and specific examples will be used to illustrate how we do the different types of classes. This session will be lead by Bai Jianhua, Chen Tong and Yang Yusheng laoshi. |
12:00-1:30 |
Lunch (Ross Dining) |
1:30-2:45 |
Lesson planning (Levels 2.5, 3 and 4): how to design and implement different class activities of advanced levels. Both principles and specific examples will be used to illustrate how we do the different types of classes. This session will be lead by Wang Youhui, Yao Yuwen and Bai Jianhua laoshi. |
2:45-3:00 |
Break |
3:00-4:00 |
School policies: language pledge, teacher behavior, classroom management, etc. (3:30 to 5:00: each level will send one or two teachers to received IT training)l |
4:00-4:30 |
Q&A and Reflections |
4:30-5:30 |
Lesson planning by levels. |
5:30-6:30 |
Dinner in Ross and After-dinner Party |
Evening |
Prepare Lesson 1 of your level |
Friday |
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| 7:00 to 9:00 | breakfast (Ross Dining Hall) |
9:00-10:00 |
Q&A about lesson planning. Demo teaching by new teachers and discussion. |
10-12:00 |
More Demo by new teachers and more followed by discussion |
12:00-1:00 |
Lunch in Ross Hall |
1:00-2:20
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OPI: concepts and procedure. Get ready for placement tests.
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2:20-2:30 |
Schedule OPI tests |
2:30-3:00 |
Presentation by and discussion with Jodi Litchfield, Ximena Mejia |
3:00-4:00, 4:00-5:00 |
Human Resources to fill out paperwork, in two groups (Service Building) |
5:30-6:50 |
Dinner with students in Atwater, which is our regular dining hall for lunch and dinner. Our regular dining hours will be breakfast 6:30-9:00, lunch 12:00 to 1:00 and dinner 5:30 to 6:50 and Sat and Sunday brunches 7:00-10:30 (Ross) and 10:30--1:00 (Atwater). |
Saturday |
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8:00-10:00 |
Written placement test, AXN 219, 229 |
10-11:30 |
Reading of written test. |
Morning |
Computer reading test in (Place TBD) |
Afternoon |
OPI placement tests (Times and Places TBA) |
Evening |
Lead teachers meet to discuss student placement. |
Sunday |
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Lesson planning by levels and Level Orientations etc. LS Orientation 2:45-5:15 |
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7:30 pm --- |
LS Convocation, Mead Chapel |
Monday |
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8:15-11:15 |
School orientation, Sunderland Dana Auditorium |
Afternoon |
Level 1 – AXN 100 (capacity 45) Level 2 – AXN 103 (cap. 45) Level 2.5 – AXN 229 (cap. 70) Level 3 – AXN 219 (cap. 45) Level 4 – AXN 104 (cap. 25) |