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Kate English in Hadiach school #4TRANSCRIPT
You’ll see the USA
It is not only the tourist trip to the USA
• New information from the American university
• New friends• Alumni membership – news in your e-mail
box• Opportunity to host an American teacher• Opportunity to win a small grant• Opportunity to apply to Muskie program• Opportunity to study (on-line courses and
webinars, IREX seminars and reunions)
• Opportunity to look to your life with other eyes
About me… • Hadiach, Poltava region• ESL teacher, teacher of the year
2008• Alumni TEA-2007-2008 –
University of Alabama in Hunsville (fall 2008)
• Head of the district methodological unit and Small Academy of Science
• Coordinator of the Polish-Ukrainian youth exchange program 2006, 2007, 2008
• Trainer of the Internet-centre in the district library – project “Internet for the public libraries”
The beginning….
• 23d of July
• Pre- departure orientation
• My birthday
• My wish “Need to win the teacher”
The continuation ….• Conference in Alabama• Kate English or Jody Smith • Project deadline – 8th of
December• January result• E-mail with Kate • Skype• Wiki-page• Planning workshops• Kate’s visit from 5 to 16th of April
2008
• Mansfield, state Connecticut, USA
• English teacher at Colchester middle school
• Interests:
Holocaust and other genocides
Project methods
Theatre
Kate English
First acquaintance
Trip around city6 students, 2 teachers
Meeting with mayor 5 students, 3 teachers
Seminars and trainings
Teaching reading & writing ,
12 teachers
Project methods, 24 teachers
Holocaust studying, 9 teachers
Meetings with
teachers
• Official meetings are really necessary to show the respect
Meeting with school stuff , 56 teachers
District department of
education
Lessons and activities with kids
Reading 7th form
Wiki-kids 8th form
8 students, 3 teachers
Team-games in village Tsipky
Political round table 10-11th form28 students,
7 teachers4 schools
New method KWA“Know, want
activities”
Observing the lessons
English lesson “London” 7th, 16 students,
4 teachers
NATO presentation, 19 students,
9 teachers
English lesson “Wales” 8th, 16 students,
6 teachers
Law lesson in English,
“Women ” 25 students,
7 teachers
Shows and concerts
My school – Hadiach specialized school #4
Farewell concert,
100 students, 15 teachers
Welcome concert,
150 students, 25 teachers
Shows and concerts
Educational concert in Luten’ka
“Embroidery”, 25 students, 15 teachers
Concert in Tsipky village,
35 students, 17 teachers
Concert at the musical school
Village schools
• Bread &salt• Planting snowball-tree• School museum (hata,
skrynya, clothes varenyky)• Holodomor presentation• Nature • Dinner “national style”
Village Luten’ka8 teachers
Village Tsipky4 teachers
Village Hytsi3 teachers
Other city’s schools
There are 5 schools, the school of culture, agricultural lyceum, school of Arts, Musical school and 6 kindergartens in Hadiach
Boarding school6 teachers
Hadiach Gymnasium 11 teachers
School of culture4 teachers
Kindergarten “Pervotsvit”
250 kids14 teachers
Regional centre Poltava
Opishnya , 12 teachers
Dykan’ka
Poltava
Trip around Hohol’s places • Dibrivka horse farm• Myrhorod• Hoholeve• Velyki Sorochyntsi
Jewish in Hadiach
Informal communication
Ukrainians are open-minded, cheerful and very friendly
Important • Hotel and food• Interpreters • Organizing of the Excursions (kids &
teachers)• ESL teachers from different schools• Support of the educational
department and headmaster• Time and scheduler