Hello everyone,
Here is a message about our upcoming event at the 50th IATEFL Annual Conference in Birmingham this coming April. Hope to see some of you there.
Dear Colleagues,
The Teacher Development SIG Pre-Conference Event for IATEFL 2016 is The Teacher’s Voice. On 12 April we invite you to join us for a series of talks and Open Space discussion to celebrate the teacher’s voice. We’re delighted to be joined for the day by Marek Kiczkowiak, Suzanne Antonaros and Pilar Aramayo Prudencio, who will each deliver a short talk and then help us to facilitate whatever discussion ensures. - See more at: http://tdsig.org/2016/01/tdsig-pce2016/#sthash.EUjdbUdV.dpuf
Here is an outline of our talks:
CRITICAL COMPETENCIES OF EFFECTIVE LANGUAGE TEACHERS
(Marek Kiczkowiak, University of York)
If we look at ELT job ads, it becomes self-evident that a teacher’s worth has been reduced to being/or not being a Native English Speaker. Yet, being a successful English teacher is so much more than being highly proficient in a language. As a result, this talk will explore what the critical competencies of successful language teachers are and what we can do to develop them.
TEACHER CULTURE AND IDENTITY
(Suzanne Antonaros, TESOL Greece)
Language and culture are inseparable. Yet with the English language, there is no single culture or cultural standard that reflects the language that needs to be taught. Here we intend to acknowledge the dynamic nature of the definitions of culture and identity in teacher development, and through dialogue, gain a better understanding of the layers that make up the bigger picture.
ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY
(Pilar Aramayo Prudencio, British Council Mexico)
The discourse around teacher performance, teacher accountability and teacher responsibility are becoming increasingly formalised in the world of teacher development today. This is sometimes problematic as teachers are observed irresponsibly and judged irrationally, and sometimes is the only way policy decisions are made. In this section, we intend to problematise the notion of what teaching is and what we think it should be, how policy should dialogue with practice and who really is responsible for what happens in the classroom.
VENUE
Our PCE will take place at the Digital Humanities Hub at the University of Birmingham.
The address is Digital Humanities Hub – ERI Building, University of Birmingham, Pritchatts Road, Edgbaston, United Kingdom B15 2TT
You can register at https://secure.iatefl.org/registration/conf_reg_login.php by the end of today 14 January to get your ticket at earlybird prices – £65 for IATEFL members and £81 for Non-members! After this the prices are £78 and £93 respectively.
A copy of our poster can be found at http://tdsig.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/pce_poster3.pdf and we ask if you would share it with your colleagues and trainee teachers if they would like to attend the event.
Kind regards,
Gemma Fanning on behalf of the TDSIG
(Events Co-ordinator)
You can also follow the event on Facebook for up-to-date news! https://www.facebook.com/events/1212953195399460/
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