Innovation / Framework of In-Service Teachers Training Program

Institute of Business Management (IoBM)Presented by:

Nur Ali Tejani (10745)Rafiq Bharwani (00000)

In-Service, we define as

• In service training is a process and a part of continuing education that helps the teachers to gain greater insight into teaching.

• In this training teachers become involved in order to broaden their knowledge, improve their skills and attitudes. This training takes place once the teacher has joined a school and can be both formal or informal in nature

Factors determining In service Model

In Service training

Model Steps for In-service

Training

Action

Awareness

Key paradigmatic shift – in service training

(Fraser, 2006)

From … To(wards)…

Pragmatism Philosophical Enquiry

Informed Prescription Informed Professional Judgement

Culture of dependency Culture of professional authority

Best practice thinking Next practice thinking

Communities of Practice Communities of Learning

Collaboration Networked Learning

Institutional Leadership Educational Leadership

Reforming schools and systems

Evolving schools and systems - Transformation

Distributed Leadership Distributed Knowledge

The innovative Framework

The following activities will lay the foundation for

effective In service program.

•Moving from one spurt teacher training to continuous development program•Shifting from lone theoretical teaching •Building learning partnerships•Developing communities of practice •Interconnectedness •E- Readiness

Continuous development programNEW DIMENSIONS

• Children With special needs, • Tolerance• Multicultural education• Classroom management• Communication with parents• Multicultural education• Bilingual education• Respecting social diversity in classroom (incl. poverty)• Communication• Child development• Psychology of learning• Teaching methods• Curriculum design• Assessment• Subject knowledge• Education management

• INSET COURSES SHOULD BE – Interactive– Based on the needs of teachers– Connected to real life problems

Building Understanding

• The most important aspect of continuing professional development is

“to continue the process of developing understanding about it.”

We all need to engage ourselves in an ongoing process of READING, THINKING and TALKING about all those ideas necessary to educate the young learners.

Interconnectedness

Content

Pedagogy

SkillTechnology

Attitude

Developing New Communities of Practice

Teaching Practicum

Shadowing

Peer To Peer Learning

Co Teaching

In-service

Monthly Open Seminars

• Continue enhancing understanding about Content / Pedagogy / attitudes.

• Example: First Monday of each Month– A monthly schedule with themes, venue, timings,

and facilitators to be circulated– teachers can log in for any one session – Both External and internal human resource can be

engaged in leading the seminars.

Teacher Learning Projects (TLPs)

The other most important aspect is to experience it.

Teacher want to explore any area.

Based around themes

Through TLPs, we can engage ourselves in the process of unfolding concepts and

initiate small projects

One way of building an understanding is through seminars and discussing the

ideas at theoretical level.

E- Readiness

• CONTENT

• Knowledge of WHAT we teach in our subject / learning area

• PEDAGOGY

• Knowledge of HOW we teach

– teaching methods

• TECHNOLOGY

• Knowledge of technologies that support teaching and HOW to use

these

Keeping On-line Forum alive

• An online forum can be developed.• Teachers can be encouraged to use such forums to

engage in healthy discussions and sharing of best practices.

• At least on working Saturdays, teachers should be encouraged to go on to forum and share their thoughts.

• Blogs to share best practices globally

Networking Learning

Other innovative features…..

Reflective Practice in form of journaling

Teachers conducting mini researches

Sharing of best practices through publications

Subject Based meetings – content discussions

Tutorials - on professional school days