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Sharing Best Practice Staff Development Programme. Ms Jean Meakin Senior Lecturer, English Language Wing Defence School of Languages, Beaconsfield, UK. Scope of Presentation. The School Existing Staff Development Setting up ‘Sharing Best Practice’ Issues. Mission
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Sharing Best PracticeStaff Development Programme Ms Jean Meakin Senior Lecturer, English Language Wing Defence School of Languages, Beaconsfield, UK
Scope of Presentation • The School • Existing Staff Development • Setting up ‘Sharing Best Practice’ • Issues
Mission To deliver foreign language training to British Armed Forces personnel and English language training to foreign military personnel. The Defence School of Languages
Existing Staff Development • Induction of new staff • Mentoring • Lesson observations • Appraisals • INSET days • Defence Language Training Seminar • Distance Based Learning • Defence Learning Portal (e-Learning) • BILC Seminars • Language Testing Seminar • Job-specific courses • Mandatory courses • Personal development courses
A ‘learning’ organisation Adult Learning Inspection Summer 2005 Why More?
Initial meeting – Needs analysis Scoping exercise Team agreement on aims, format, frequency, venue, ethos Agreement on team roles Drawing up of first term’s schedule Preparation
Deliver a staff development programme of Sharing Best Practice for instructors across the whole of DSL. Aims Share skills and ideas Get to know colleagues Increase uniformity Mission
Workshops on different topics about teaching All instructors encouraged to attend Sessions facilitated by different staff Every 3 or 4 weeks, Weds 3 pm – 4.30 pm Lecture theatre Refreshments The Programme
Format of Sessions • Welcome, refreshments • 15-minute presentation by facilitator • Group tasks • Feedback plenary and discussion
CO’s address Publicity The Launch
Defence Systems Approach to Training • Aims, Objectives, Lesson Planning • Learning Styles • Informal Assessment Ideas • Teaching Note Taking Skills AND Downloading Sound from the Internet First Five Sessions
The Sessions • Informal • Genuine Sharing of Best Practice - Not just a presentation
Sustainability and Continuity • Average of 20-30 attendees per session • Now in its fifth term • More sessions planned and facilitators still volunteering
Reduce formality: Location facilitator’s role Payment for attendance? Who should attend? Certificates of attendance? When and how to end? What next? The Issues