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Teacher Training
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This SIG is for anyone involved in the training and professional development of ELT teachers. The Co-ordinator of the Group is Vefa Abdullayeva.
The Group implemented Outreach Teacher Training Project in 4 regions of Azerbaijan, including Neftchala, Lenkaran, Xachmaz and Mingechevir in 2004-2005 and 2007-2008 with the financial support of the Open Society Institute - Assistance Foundation.
Group members also visit different regions of Azerbaijan regularly for giving workshops, promoting AzETA
Prof. Glenn Deckert, Senior English Language Fellow brought to Azerbaijan by the US Embassy, organised teacher training for 15 AzETA members in 2006-2007. After his training the trainers visited AzETA branches to train their peers there in 2007-2008.
Alecia Rubino, English Language Fellow (2008-2010) also trained AzETA members in Baku. So she organised 2 training courses: (a) for mentor teachers (b) for new AzETA members. This was a three-month training organised in November 2008-January 2009 and March - May 2009.
Besides this, she also offered open workshops to the AzETA members every Saturday in AzETA Baku office during the school year.
AzETA members also share their experiences through open workshops with their peers every Saturday. AzETA members who were awarded with the title of Best Teacher with the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan organised demonstration of their lessons they had given during the contest for the nomination. On 14 February Elmira Ilizarova and on 21 February Farida Safarova demonstrated their lessons. This was a great assistance to the teachers who participated in the contest this year.
Alecia Rubino also visited AzETA branches to give workshops on 2-5 June 2009. She gave a workshop in Ismayilli, Qebele, Sheki, Mingechevir and Ganja during this period. In each region 10-15 members attended the workshop. The Minsitry of Education provided organisational support to these workshops instructing the Regional Education departments to create a favourable condition for organising the workshops.
Alecia Rubino will be working with AzETA in 2009-2010 academic year, too. She will have the training for other membest of AzETA to have more trained members. AzETA acknowledges the US Embassy for this great opportunity as the members get empowered professionally through thes training courses.
English Global Product
On 12-15 January 2009 the British Council organized four-day training for teacher trainers from Baku and other regions of Azerbaijan on English Global Products. 20 participants from Baku and regions of Azerbaijan, most of who are AzETA members took part at the trainings.
The training was held on the following topic: Introduction to TKT – Teaching Knowledge Test. This knowledge includes concepts related to language, language use and the background to and practice of language teaching bad learning and is assessed by means of objective format tests, which are simple to administer and to take.
The British Council awarded AzETA with a grant to cascade this training in AzETA branches and the regions that AzETA co-operates with. The trainees of the TKT training are involved in the project as the trainers. The training was held on 25 and 27 June in the below regions:
1. Guba/Xacmaz
2. Sheki/Zaqatala
3. Tovuz/Ganja
4. Goychay/Ismayilli
5. Beylaqan/Lenkaran
Seeing the effectiveness of the training, the British Council awarded AzETA with the grant to continue the training in other regions of Azerbaijan in 2010. The training will be held in March and June 2010. The regions include:
1. Oguz
2. Qebele
3. Goranboy
4. Goygol
5. Agdash
6. Mingechevir
7. Lenkaran
8. Salyan
9. Jalilabad
10. Bilesuvar
11. Alibayramli
12. Beylaqan
13. Shamakhi
14. Agsu
15. Zaqatala
16. Balaken
More information on the result of the training will be available when the training is over in all these regions.
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