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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES “ BEST PRACTICES FOR ENHANCING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT ” *Presented by : E.L.T. Amal Al-Otaibi.
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
COMMUNITIES
“ BEST PRACTICES FOR
ENHANCING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT ”
*Presented by : E.L.T. Amal Al-Otaibi.
INTRODUCTION
The idea of improving schools by developing professional learning communities is currently in vogue. People use this term to describe every imaginable combination of individuals with an INTEREST in education—a grade-level teaching team, a school committee, a high school department, an entire school district,
a state department of education, a national professional organization, and so on.
THAT THREE “BIG IDEAS” THERE ARE
REPRESENT THE CORE PRINCIPLES OF
OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
COMMUNITY
Big Idea #1: Ensuring That Students Learn
Three crucial questions that drive the work within a professional learning community:
1. What do we want each student to learn?
2. How will we know when each student has learned it?
3. How will we respond when a student experiences difficulty in learning?
THERE ARE THREE “BIG IDEAS” THAT
REPRESENT THE CORE PRINCIPLES
OF OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
COMMUNITY
Big Idea #2: A Culture of Collaboration
-Collaborating for School Improvement.
-Removing Barriers to Success.
Big Idea #3: A Focus on Results
-Hard Work and Commitment.
OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY AT SCHOOL
Laila Al-Obaidan Head Teacher
Amal Al-Otaibi Senior
Teacher
Hind Al-Subhi Senior
Teacher
Amani Surrati
Senior Teacher
Asma Al-Hazmi
Lead Teacher
Tahani Al-Subhi
Lead teacher
Hind Al-Ghamdi
Senior Teacher
Haneen Al-Ahmadi
Senior Teacher
MISSION :
We are responsible for developing our profession and improving our students’ achievement.
VISION:
Working together to
improve students’
achievement.
VALUES :
-Team work
-Hard work
-Collaboration
-Commitment
-Responsibility
GOALS:
- Developing Teachers’ skills.
- Enjoying English as a language.
- Enhancing students’ achievement.
- Having fun during learning.
- Exchanging experiences.
- Preparing Students for college.
- Creating an attractive atmosphere for learning.
USING SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS
AS PLC
-We ( the English Teachers of 2nd Sec. School )
have created a group in WhatsApp to discuss
as well as curricularmany topics dealing with
topics such as: extracurricular
1- idioms
2- Different ways of pronouncing some words.
3- Newspaper articles.
4-New vocabulary
5- Sharing general information
IDIOMS
GOING BEYOND THE WORDS
DISCUSSING DIFFERENT PRONUNCIATION OF THE SAME WORD
IMPROVING OUR PRONUNCIATION
IMPROVING OUR VOCABULARY
IMPROVING OUR VOCABULARY
UTILIZING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
SHARING GENERAL INFORMATION
VOLUNTEERING IN SCHOOL
USING DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES
Desuggestopedia -1 By T. Laila Al-Obaidan. She used this strategy in Grammar Lessons.
What are the goals of teachers who use
Desuggestopedia? 1-Teachers hope to accelerate the process by which students learn to
use a foreign language for everyday communication.
2-More of the students' mental powers must be tapped.
*How are the feelings of the students dealt with?
1-A great deal of attention is given to students’
feelings in this method.
2. One of the fundamental principles of the method
is that if students are relaxed and confident, they
will not need to try hard to learn the language. It
will just come naturally and easily.
How is evaluation accomplished?
Evaluation usually is conducted on students' normal
in-class performance and not
through formal tests.
How does the teacher respond to student errors?
Errors are corrected gently and indirectly.
Ice cream sticks -2
by T. Hind Al-Ghamdi.
good Listening and effective participation in Aim :classroom discussions.
Teacher Role :
-She uses it in reading classes , answering questions , discussions, etc.
-She chooses a stick and reads the student’s name written on it and asks her to answer.
-Not only excellent students are chosen .
USING DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES
STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENTS
experience new -1 language forms :
e.g. writing English poems
interacting -2 with
current affairs : e.g. expressing their feelings in the Saudi National Day.
Practicing English outside their -3
classrooms :
e.g. We ( E.L.T. in 2nd Sec. English activated an School )
in the School’s Club week “ Lotus Club “ was entitled “ Learning by Fun “.
ENGLISH WEEK “LEARN BY FUN “
FASHION
“ MAKE-UP & HAIR “ BY: T. AMANI SURRATI
FASHION
“ MAKE-UP & HAIR “ BY: T. AMANI SURRATI
Winter vs. Summer By: Haneen Al-Ahmadi
My Dream By: T. Tahani Al-Subhi.
