On Friday Series 2 of Teaching English Radio kicked off!
The topic was 'Teachers Supporting Each Other ' and among today's guests were Kiros,Teacher Trainer at British Council Tunis,Arbi,Vocational Teacher Trainer,Jawida,teacher coordinator at the Tunis Business School and teacher trainers Rachida and Tarek from Morocco joining the discussion in a telephone link up,unfortunately there were problems with the connection,in fact it sounded like Rachida was talking from the bottom of a well! Hayet said that teachers can feel alone in their profession.There was a lively discussion on the topic of sharing material,the benefits of peer observation and teacher associations culminating with some interesting quotes by the radio presenter,Hayet.
Jawida mentioned the importance of getting feedback from your colleagues and also team spirit so that teachers feel happier and not so alone.
Arbi emphasised the importance of feedback from your peers,in fact he used to create a lot of resources but as nobody gave him feedback he stopped creating more materials,Arbi said 'he was like a blind person ' as he wasn't getting any feedback at all.So if you create great materials please share them and of course give feedback on your colleagues's resources!
It seems that many teachers are afraid of being evaluated by others and keep materials to themselves.
Kiros joked that those teachers should have their materials confiscated!
Talking about the recent teacher training sessions he had run in Algeria Kiros said that constructive feedback was important in teachers going in the right direction.Later on Kiros talked about the forming of new teacher associations in Tunisia,which should be helpful with teachers creating/creating materials and discussing various issues.
Hayet summed up the programme: 'get together and share', 'observe other teachers with a purpose',
'the importance of teachers associations to share/discuss issues' and finally ended the programme with the comment 'encouragement does more'.
If you missed the programme,click the following link to listen to the programme
http://www.radiotunisienne.tn/rtci/sounds/anglais/anglais02112012.mp3
Be sure not to miss the next programme in December on the topic 'Finding and Creating Resources'!
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