Competency-Based Projects
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, includes descriptions of competency-based projects and practical application for both teachers and inspectors. Discussion topics focus on guidelines to incorporate competency-based projects into the classroom and resources for teachers.
Performance Assessment Example
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This resource is an example of a performance assessment. It includes an assignment to write a short article for the class newspaper and a competency-based assessment rubric for grading the assignment. It is used on the second day of the Best Practices for Inspectors 2 course.
Inspector Training, Day 1
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2011
This resource provides the first part of an inspector training guide agenda. Included are self-introductions, a warm-up, check in, introduction to the course, competency-based approach review and homework for the lesson. It is used on the first day of the Best Practices for Inspectors 2 course.
Competency-Based Assessment of Learners
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, provides an overview of the competency-based assessment of learners. Included are descriptions of competency-based learner assessments and practical application for teachers and inspectors. Discussion topics focus on guidelines for incorporating the assessment into the classroom and resources to help teachers.
Taking Observation Notes
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, provides advice on note taking and summarizing for both teachers and inspectors. Discussion topics include guidelines to taking observation notes, as well as concerns, considerations and options when writing observation notes.
Types of Learner Assessment Activities
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, provides an overview of different types of learner assessment activities. Included are descriptions of several learner response concepts and performance-based task typologies. Discussion topics focus on product, performance and process/strategy-focused tasks.
Student Self-Assessment
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, provides descriptions of self-reflection and self-assessment, along with practical applications for learning. Discussion topics focus on student engagement in the classroom, keys to life-long learning, creating a culture that values self-reflection and self-assessment, and tools to help students self-assess.
Appendix D, Sample Unit
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2011
Appendix D of the Guide to the Algerian English Curriculum for Middle School Year 4 (MS4) outlines a sample unit related to the fifth unit of the school year, as laid out in Appendix B. Included are sample unit objectives and daily lesson plans, which are divided into stages that follow the unit cycle found in Appendix C.
The Teacher as Observer
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, provides descriptions of teacher observer strategies and the impact they have in the classroom. Discussion topics focus on teacher observational comparisons, data collection, data analysis, observational difficulties and observational implications.
Day 2 Handout
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This handout focuses on the learning aspects of competency based assessment. Included are questions related to the assessment and a writing exercise. It is used on the second day of the Best Practices for Inspectors 2 course.
Day 1 Handout
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2011
This resource provides an entry/exit profile for Secondary Education Year 1 (SE1) writing and linguistic competencies. Included are student entry/exit expectations for grammar and vocabulary, as well as a writing exercise. It is used on the first day of the Best Practices for Inspectors 2 course.
Competency Based Assessment Plan, Part 6
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This resource is part six of a competency based assessment plan focusing on teacher competencies and trainer evaluation rubrics. Included are the objectives, required materials, timing, rationale and procedure for completing the assessment. It is used on the sixth day of the Best Practices for Inspectors 2 course. For more information, please see part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, and part 7.
Workshop Feedback Form 2
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, provides a workshop feedback form for participants. Included are a series of short-answer questions for participants to reflect on the effectiveness of the workshop.
David Kolb and the Experimental Learning Cycle
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, provides an analysis of the Experimental Learning Cycle, as presented by author David Kolb. Included are descriptions of four distinct learning styles and the four-staged learning cycle on which they are based. Discussion topics focus on the basis of Kolb’s experimental learning model.
Workshop Feedback Form 1
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, provides a workshop feedback form for inspectors. Included are a series of multiple choice questions that reflect on how well the objectives of the workshop were met.
The Teacher Competency Framework
Langue(s): Anglais, Français
Publié: 2010
This resource lists guiding principles for teaching English in Algeria and describes teaching competencies, such as viewing English as a tool to make connections with the world and the aim of communicative competence.
Day Eight: Daily Schedule
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2008
This resource provides a detailed plan for the eighth day of the Best Practices for Supervisors course, including the schedule, training objectives and activities. Activities include: suggesting solutions to common problems in giving feedback to teachers, analyzing transcripts of oral feedback, analyzing teacher’s understanding and implementation of feedback, reviewing teacher competencies, and describing teacher behaviors to look for during observation.
Day Five: Reading Awareness (60 min)
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2008
This resource, used on the fifth day of the Best Practices for Supervisors course, is an exercise plan focusing on strategies and methods for teaching second language reading. The aim is for participants to analyze an experience of reading a text in a second language, identify key features of reading skills, list strategies that facilitate reading and link these strategies to teaching the skill of reading.
Section IV, The Competency Based Approach
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2011
Section IV of the Guide to the Algerian English Curriculum for Middle School Year 4 (MS4) describes the Competency-Based Approach to language evaluation for students. Included are definitions and goals of the approach, emphasizing what learners can actively do with language.
Day Five Lesson Plan: Reading in "Sahara Unit" MS4 File 5
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2008
This resource, used on the fifth day of the Best Practices for Supervisors course, provides a sample English reading lesson plan. The lesson provides practice on reading, speaking, writing and vocabulary skills, in a lesson on pre-historic life in the Sahara. It also reviews grammar lessons on the use of “used to…” and “didn’t use to...”. Included are: sample personal goals, objectives, assessment methods, rationale and interaction patterns, target Algerian English Framework competencies and required materials and/or resources.
Section V, Algerian English Framework (AEF) Table for Grades 6-12
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2011
This resource consists of a series of tables that supplement Section V of the Guide to the Algerian English Curriculum for Middle School Year 4 (MS4). It outlines the expected level of attainment of each of the competencies by grade level and across grade level. It also includes a focus on oral interaction, interpretive listening and reading, productive writing and listening, and linguistic competency.
Questions When Considering Planning a Workshop Session
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, provides a brief guide to planning a workshop session. Included are a series of guiding questions and corresponding answers for planning a session. Discussion topics focus on what is expected of the participants, what is needed of the instructor and how to assess what participants have gained from the workshop.
Day Five: Dear Becky
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2008
This resource, used on the fifth day of the Best Practices for Supervisors course, is a reading exercise that complements the sample English reading lesson plan on pre-historic life in the Sahara.
Teacher Self-Assessment Form
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, provides a three-part teacher self-assessment exercise. The exercises aim to analyze individual strengths and areas for improvement and provide a plan to take action to develop competencies.
Developing Competency-Based Learner Assessments
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
Day Four: Lesson Plan
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2008
This resource, used on the fourth day of the Best Practices for Supervisors course, is a lesson plan template for teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) teacher and teacher supervisor. It includes a table for teachers to record their personal goals, the lesson's focus, objectives, procedures, rationale and interaction patterns (teacher to student, student to student), competencies to target, methods for assessment, required materials and/or resources, and post-lesson teacher reflections.
Syllabus, Best Practices for Inspectors Online 2
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This syllabus outlines the 12-week curriculum and educational goals of the Best Practices for Inspectors online course. Included are a table that labels each week’s lesson and a list of skill expectations from completion of the course.
Teacher Observation and Feedback Overview
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, provides descriptions of observation visits and practical application for teachers and inspectors. Discussion topics focus on guidelines to implementing observation visits and incorporating observation visits into teaching.
Day Four: Daily Schedule
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2008
This resource provides a plan for the fourth day of the Best Practices for Supervisors course, including the schedule, training objectives and activities. Sample activities include: identifying teachers’ anticipated strengths and challenges in implementing the Algerian English Framework competencies, participating in a sample training workshop on adapting textbooks and evaluating learning objectives.