Series 2 of Teaching English Radio has kicked off!
Today's 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 Guelzim (Teacher Trainer and Inspector)and Mr.Zaki (President of MATE -Morocco Association of Teachers of English)
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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 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'!
Patric