IH Teacher Trainer
Final project - Kseniia
While you must submit the project to qualify for final certification, we hope that the
overall process is one that allows for formative feedback to help you develop your training
skills. As such, there are a number of opportunities throughout the course for you to get
feedback on drafts of your work.
There is no final grade for your project but you will get feedback from your tutor on your
final submission. If you do not include all the necessary parts of the project, you may be
asked to amend your submission.
The project for assessment has three parts, (a-c below) and requires you to analyse your
current LTO. If you’re currently not in an LTO you may refer to one you have previously
worked in. If you are not yet training, you can hypothesise but you should ensure you
justify your choices.
The format of the final project is as follows:
● Create and record a presentation in which you outline your a-c above, giving
reasons for your choices and making reference to relevant aspects of the course.
● Your finished presentation should be no more than 15 minutes in length.
Part A
a) Reflect on your ability to be a teacher trainer, based on the areas covered by the
course. Make sure you make reference to the course input when detailing your
description.
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Final comments
Well done: this is a well-structured and articulate exploration of
your stage of development and how you are planning to expand
on your experience as a teacher and teacher trainer. You have
decided to structure your analysis around Roberts’ constituents
for the teacher’s knowledge base. You have included a range of
concrete examples to illustrate your analysis of your current skills
and experience based on your journey as a teacher which you
have outlined against the Cambridge framework.
It was really useful to see how you analyzed Roberts’ bases of
knowledge providing examples of your experience. It is also clear
that your knowledge has changed over time as you progressed in
your career (e.g. you have an example of how your language
analysis skills have improved). You have made several references
to the course modules, in general, and module 9 in particular.
Part B
b) With reference to the course input, analyse either the teacher development or training
process in your LTO.
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You have established a very clear context, with continuous
reference to your LTO and some of its needs: you gave us
essential information on how teacher development needs are
addressed in your private school. It is clear that you feel invested
of a big responsibility in your context and that you wish to make
the most of your new role to offer the best possible service. It
was really useful to hear your considerations on your experiences
in your school with training sessions as well as observations
compared to your peers on the course. As you noted in your
discussion, we talked about the criticalities of running training
sessions and/or observations in small contexts where trainers
and teachers are friends. Your analysis helped you identify clear
needs for your LTO’s teacher training program.
Part C
c) Based on your analysis in B, suggest one change that you would make to your school's
development / training procedure and why. This might be a change in the observation
process or the types of sessions offered in the LTO.
Final comments
Your proposal is well organised and you make it very clear why
the objectives you have set out would be advantageous for the
organisation. Your suggestions follow through from your analysis
in PART B. It would have been interesting to hear how you could
use your plan to work on the areas that you identified as your
own training aims in PART A. When you get to the actual
implementation of you plan make sure to establish whether you
whether you would make all the changes at once or whether you
would suggest following a timeline.
Well done for adding the final slides on the befits of your plans as
these clarify why your changes would be beneficial to your
context in particular. It was also interesting to hear your
suggestions for parent-teacher meetings: well done for
incorporating something else that the course helped you to
design.
Final comments on Well done! There is clear signposting throughout, and the slides
presentation
have been judiciously planned and designed to illustrate your
discussion of the various sections. I particularly appreciated how
your signposted the benefits of your plan in your LTO.
Overall tutor comments
This is a solid final project, Kseniia. You have clearly made the most of all the
opportunities the course had to offer to build on your existing skills as a teacher trainer.
There are many references to your reading, to the course modules and to some references
to the discussion of course forums throughout your presentation. You explored your own
LTO really well and you have offered concrete solutions: read my suggestions above
regarding the details of the implementation of your plan. A major strength of this work is
how your suggested solutions are justified by the areas in need of improvement you
identified in PART B and how their benefits are analyzed at the end of your video.
We wish you all the best with your future career as a teacher trainer.