ESL Mapleleafers Remain Mobilized for Brand New Endeavors

学习课程标准 研讨课型教法

——记大英语中心新学期教研培训

The pleasant autumn breeze sways the maple leaves in our beautiful school where we do not only hear the sonorous military slogans, but also see all ESL teachers shuttling among three campuses.

优美的枫园，怡人的天气，这几天校园内不仅能听到新生军训时嘹亮的口号，还能看到在各校区穿梭的大英语中心老师们的身影。

At the beginning of the new school year, based on Maple Leaf ESL Curriculum Standards and class models, Greater English Project organized a three-day Professional Development with 1 workshop, 11 topics and 17 sessions. The topics cover teaching resouce sharing, effective lesson planning, class management, and BC writing rubrics, etc. Teachers chose two to eleven topics according to their teaching experience in Maple Leaf.

新学期伊始，针对《枫叶ESL课程标准》和课型教法，大英语中心开展了为期3天的教师职业发展培训。1场研讨会、11个课题、17轮主题分享，内容涵盖教学资源、高效备课、课堂管理、BC写作评分标准等。全体老师思维碰撞，为新学期ESL教学做好充分的准备。此次培训对不同任教经验教师的选课数量做了相应要求，体现培训分层，保证新教师参与到每个课题的学习，老教师取长补短，所有教师相互探讨，共同进步。

At the staff meeting on the first day, we reviewed the main goals of this semester and our ESL management structure of “Teaching Groups - ESL Centers - GEP Center”. All 18 teaching groups presented themselves under group leaders’ lead. In the team building session, teachers worked in groups and tried to fold a small boat out of a big piece of paper in limited time. Each person could use only one hand. From there we understood the importance of working as one team and each member takes a certain role. We also studied the ESL Teachers’ Handbook together by playing a Handbook Jeopardy game. The questions impressed teachers more effectively.

全体教师会上，我们明确了新学期主要教学目标和“备课组-学部-大英语中心”的教学管理体系。18个备课组在备课组长的带领下纷纷亮相，每个备课组的年段特点分明可见。在团建环节，教师们通过单手共同折纸船的活动体会到团队合作和角色分工的重要性。为了让老师们透彻学习《ESL教师手册》的内容，我们特意设计了“教师手册大冒险”游戏环节，以问答积分的方式提炼重点信息，使老师们印象更加深刻。

In the ML ESL Curriculum Standards Workshop, our directors elaborated the significance of implementing the CS, how to incoperate academic competence, how to use assessment methods and teaching methods effectively in teaching. After that, teachers discussed in groups about the foreseeing difficulties on the implementation of the CS. We are going to have further thorough discussions on the solutions in the workshops to come in September.

在以《枫叶ESL课程标准》为主题的研讨会中，四位主任分别就标准介绍和实施意义、学术能力、主要教学法和教学评估为全体教师进行了培训，之后老师们分组讨论标准实施过程中可能出现的问题和主要着手点。这些问题也将在九月份每周的大英语中心教研中继续进行更深入的研究和探讨。

In CMLES 21^st Annual Work Report, “take the opportunities, make up for our defects, and create an education brand of high quality” was put forward. For our teachers, workshops and pro-ds are the opportunities to improve ourselves; experienced teachers’ strengths are the room for our betterment; pertinent, systematical and continuous trainings are the guarantee for the strong faculty so as to enhance the teaching efficiency and quality.

董事长在第二十一次工作报告中指出要“抓机遇，补短板；创优质教育品牌”。对于教师而言，什么是机遇？每一次教研，每一次思维碰撞，每一次教学实践就是机遇，抓住机遇学习，抓住机遇进步，抓住机遇展现自己。什么是短板？别人强的，别人做的更好的就是自己的短板，会借鉴、会改变、会创新就能补短板。有针对性、系统性和连续性的培训更能培养优秀的师资团队，从而不断提高课堂效率、提升课程质量。

Let’s end this by the three major questions. Who are we? We are ESL Maple Leafers; What do we do? We educate future international elites; What is our goal? We build students’ English foundation and send them to BC Program successfully. Wish everyone a good start in the coming school year!

最后让我们重温三大定位问题。我们是谁？我们是枫叶ESL团队；我们做什么？我们培养未来精英人才；我们的目标是？让学生本能地使用英语、培养英语思维，为成功升入加方BC课程体系做准备！预祝大家开学顺利，新学期收获满满。