Training guide
1. Introduction
1.1. Teacher Collaboration
In the TGMs, and between TGMs, you will have also discussed the different approaches and how to use them effectively in your classrooms with other teachers. A key element of the whole SPRINT approach is collaboration, so you all develop your skills as a teacher.
Watch and listen to an assistant DRCC and a head teacher talking about the teacher collaboration that they have observed and how it has helped teachers and learners.
Activity 3.1: Collaborating with othersWatch the video with the head teacher from Kabwe talking about the impact of teacher collaboration in her school. As you listen, make notes in your Teacher Notebook about the activities this head teacher has seen in relation to:
Now watch the video with the Assistant DRCC from Chisamba talking on a similar topic and make further notes. Have you had similar experiences in your TGMs with colleagues? Make a note in your Teacher Notebook of ways in which you could use collaboration with other teachers to help your practice and your personal CPD. In your Teacher Notebook write down three resolutions to improve your teaching and your collaboration with other teachers for this term. For example, ‘I will have tea break with… every Friday and we will discuss…’. |
Picture: Teachers collaborating with others
In this course, the emphasis is on assessment for learning. This means finding out what learners know and understand before you set a formal test, and using the information to plan effective lessons. You will consider how to elicit prior knowledge from your students, how to monitor learning and give appropriate and useful feedback as well as a range of ways to undertake formative assessment, in your classrooms. There will be classroom examples which you can use or adapt.