2. SEMINARS

3. ABOUT MYSELF

4. LIFE STYLE INVENTORY

6. 9. MY INTERNSHIP AT J.E.B. STUART HIGH

7. SCHOOL

9. The IREX trainers acquainted the teachers on American education system especially on the Teacher training programs and the licenses for teaching. There was a talk show on the American school students and the educators (teachers).

11. Dr. Steeley covered extensively on Reflective Practices by the Teachers and Portfolio Development. I found the Reflective Practice a unique concept for Teacher Development. I have earlier reflected many times on my teaching, but none as scientific as the one I have developed after the orientation. I was able to reflect after every seminar. This concept I was able to put into practice during my internship at the J.E.B. Stuart High School.

12. The Portfolio Development is also a new concept for me. The very fact that I have developed a portfolio encourages me to share this concept with my peers back home. I am sure this idea will be welcomed by everyone.

14. Dr. Steeley’s seminars touched upon:

15. The Role of Reflective Practices

16. Introduction to Portfolios: Purposes and Goals, Portfolio Outlines, Lesson Plan template and Portfolio Strategy Sheet

17. Introduction to Blackboard

18. Professional Development and CHANGE (Notion of Teacher Agency). Reflective Practice. Individual Action Plan and Action Research

19. Lesson Planning: A tool for learner centered- pedagogy, Lesson Plan template

20. Lesson Planning: Objectives and Backward Design

21. Learning Strategies and Student Metacognition- Cultural applications and differences

22. And Types of Strategies

23. Cooperative Learning Strategies

24. Portfolio Presentation and Implementation

25. Dr. Farnoosh Shahrokhi: Outreach and Administrative Coordinator, Education and Leadership Program, George Mason University

26. Dr.Beverly Woody: Assistant Professor, Education Leadership Program, George Mason University

27. Dr. Shahrokhi and Dr. Woody together covered the topics in the seminars on Teacher Leadership, Teacher Agency for Change and Application of theory to practical educational settings. They explored the meanings of leadership in schools, leader’s role in school change and restructuring, leadership choices and development of a vision of one’s leadership practices. The importance of Multiple intelligence and its place in Lesson planning and Lesson Strategy was stressed.

28. The seminars covered the following areas:

29. Life Style Inventory (LSI)

30. Theory of Multiple Intelligences

31. MI: Curriculum and Development and Teaching

32. A Framework for Leadership –Moral Purpose

33. Understanding Change and Relationships

34. Knowledge Building for Effective Functioning of the Schools

35. Coherence Making for Effective Change

36. Professional Learning Communities (PLC)

37. Ms. Megan Garnett: Social Studies Teacher, Robinson Secondary School

38. Ms. Megan Garnett’s workshop was on Teaching Social Studies in the Secondary school. The emphasis was on Standards based Instructions with an emphasis on the BACKWARDS DESIGN MODEL, LEARN INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL in order to develop a Unit Plan highlighting the broad range of instructional strategies, various of types of Assessment, Literacy strategies for social studies classrooms and differentiation of instruction and assessments to meet the needs of diverse learners and to use Reflective Practice in order to improve instruction.

39. The Seminars were on:

40. Overview of Social Studies Curriculum

41. Standard Based Education

42. Backwards Design Model; Assessment: Formative and Summative

43. Lesson planning and Development

44. Instructional strategies-Best Practices

45. Technology in the classroom

46. Creating a Unit Plan

47. Creating Scoring Rubrics

48. Dr. Rebecca Fox: Associate Professor, Advanced Studies, Teaching and Learning, George Mason University

49. Dr. Rebecca Fox gave a presentation on ‘The Professional Teaching Portfolio: Alignment Teaching with National Standards’. In her presentation;

50. She defined portfolio

51. The purpose of Creating one’s professional portfolio

52. Portfolio as a tool for Reflections, Formative and Summative assessment

53. Dr. Bev Shaklee: Director, College of Education and Human Development, George Mason University

54. Dr. Bev Shaklee gave a presentation on ‘Learner Differences’

55. She delved deeply on differentiation of students in the schools and the labeling of students and its impact on them. Giving reasons for the differences she listed the following as the causes for differences:

56. Social-Emotional

57. Learning Disabilities

58. Chronic Diseases

59. Neurological

60. Communication

61. Physical

62. Intellectual

63. She also analyzed the Gifted and the Academically Advanced students and their differences

64. Dr. Marjorie Hall Haley: Ph.D. George Mason University

65. Dr. Marjorie gave a presentation on ‘Easy Way to use Brain-Compatible teaching in Today’s language Classrooms’. She used the K-W-L method for Brain Compatible Teaching. She stressed on using multiple intelligence as the most effective tool for the student learning process.

66. Ms. Svetlana Filiatreau: Ph.D. Research Scholar

67. Ms. Svetlana spoke about ‘Community based Learning’. She stressed on inter relationships between people for the community development in the following areas-Social, political, Cultural, Environment, Personal and Economic resulting in strong educational systems.

68. Ms.Cara Bremer: ESOL Dept. Chair at Key Middle School, Springfield, VA

69. Ms. Cara was designated to take the U.S Culture classes. Basically her sessions were to familiarize the TEA teachers with strategies in the class involving group activities. Some group activities that we did were:

70. a. 3-2-1 strategy

71. b. Exit ticket

72. c. Save the last word for me

73. d. Just like me

74. e. Tea party

75. f. Think-pair-share

76. g. Somebody…Wanted…But…So

77. h. 3 corners

78. i. Jigsaw

79. j. Give one get one

80. k. Two truths and one lie

81. l. Inner circle, outer circle

82. m. Ice breaker

83. Dr. Christopher Johnston: Mathematics Education Center, George Mason University

84. Dr. Johnston gave a seminar on ‘Introduction to Lesson Study’. He defined the model as a plan to improve teaching and bringing out a model lesson plan. The teacher is to take a class with a panel of teachers and educators observing him/her and later evaluate the teaching. This, he said, was a Japanese model and is being introduced in the U.S.A. This model is applied only in the math subject. However it could to other subjects as well.

85. Intensive Technology Training (DoIT):Abel, Justin, Tamara and Krishna

86. The computer training program was basically to strengthen the computer skills of the TEA teachers. The 26 teachers were divided into two groups according to their skills. Majority were in the Basic level group, including myself. The Instructors were extremely patient with us. The syllabus covered the following:

87. Exploring Word

88. Using Basic Text

89. Printing

90. Using Character, Paragraph and Document Formatting

91. Indenting paragraphs

92. Using Numbers and Bullets

93. Working with Headers and Footers

94. Exploring Power Point

95. 704850948690Basic Presentation Skills

96. Exploring Excel and its working

99. The students will be able to explain the major events leading to war in Europe

100. The students will be able to demonstrate how the geographical locations affected the war

101. The students will be able to explain the causes of the United States entry into W.W.II

104. Analyzing the photo documents and the primary source the newspapers of the late 19th century

106. Daily Formative Assessment: 3-2-1 strategy

107. 3 causes for the establishment of the British power in India

108. 2 factors for the rise of nationalism in India

110. The students will analyze the factors uniting the early leaders

119. Examine the contributions of Gandhi to India’s freedom struggle.

121. Probable passages. Students are given different quotations from newspapers. They are split for pairs, they read a quotation and try to guess what kind of pollution the quotation tells.(Interpersonal, linguistic)

122. Tea party. Students are given separate words from the article they will read later. Students mingle, exchange their words. Then they give more specific prediction about the article. (Interpersonal, linguistic)

123. Reading.

125. Students work in pairs to complete the table: (Interpersonal, linguistic)

126. somebodywantedbutso

127. Writing.

129. To develop the listening skills

131. Easy to develop the vocabulary

134. List out key concepts e.g. mercy petition, nominal, ordinances, Electoral College, assent of the Bill, prorogue.

136. It can be applied in any situation

138. His/her imaginative skills will develop

142. It can be applied to any topic

143. It generates discussions

145. When is this method useful?

146. Why or how is this method or strategy useful?

147. What are the steps involved in using this strategy or method?

148. When would this method useful in your setting?

149. What would you like other teachers in your school to know about this method or strategy?

150. Warm-up.

151. This method is useful in the beginning of the lesson when you want to tune students for working wave and prepare them for the concrete topic you want to discuss.

152. This strategy is useful because it helps to motivate and intrigue students. It provides them with materials and information they can with connect with themselves thus their interest to the topic increases.

153. Usually there is a first activity connected with some visuals (pictures or a film) and a suggestion to guess what the lesson is about.

154. At my school breaks between lessons are very short so warm-up can help to switch from one subject to another.

156. Bangladesh 7. India

157. Cambodia 8. Kazakhstan

158. El Salvador 9. Ukraine

160. INDIA

161. ARGENTINA CAMBODIA

162. GHANA (TOP) GEORGIA (CENTER) ELSALVADOR & GUATEMALA

163. KAZAKHSTANUZBEKISTAN

165. The IREX officials

166. George Mason University

167. Dr. Sherry Steeley

168. Dr. Farnoosh Shahrokhi

169. Dr. Woody Beverly

170. Dr. Rebecca Fox

171. Dr. Bev Shaklee

172. Dr. Marjorie Haley

173. Dr. Christopher Johnston

174. Ms. Megan Garnett

175. Ms. Cara Bremer

176. Ms. Svetlana Filiatreau

177. J.E.B. Stuart High School

178. Ms. Pam Martinov

179. All the teachers who have helped me

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