Teaching Operational Manual

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Teaching operational Manual

This manual is intended to inform the teachers of the systems and procedures used in theschool regarding teaching and the school. If you have any further questions please speak tyour DOS or ADOS who will be happy to help you.

The academic program

English lessons take place on 6 mornings a week (approximately 20 hours per weedepending on the age group). Students are placed in multilingual classes according to theage and level. Each class has two teachers: a Functional and Skills teacher for lesson1&3 and an Active English teacher for lesson 2. Both teachers are expected to wortogether to produce innovative and student centred lesson that emphasize communicatioin a positive and fun environment.

Teachers are required to:

Use positive reinforcement to encourage students and develop language learning.

Use the communicative approach in delivering lessons, emphasizing languag

practice and production. Emphasize lexical competence and development.

Choose realistic and challenging goals for their lessons.

Adapt their lessons and language targets to suit the needs of the learners.

Maintain a high standard of teaching throughout the 5 week course.

Age, levels and the syllabus

The age groups are divided as follows:

Tigers: 7-10

Mainstream: 11-14 Seniors: 15-17

There are 20 levels ranging from beginner to proficiency:

Beginner and elementary have 2 levels each

pre-intermediate to advanced has 3 levels each

proficiency has 4 levels.

The main syllabus is to be used in Functional English and English Skills lessons (1&3) whilea separate task based syllabus is used for the Active English lesson. The teacher shouldadapt the syllabus to the appropriate age and interest level of their class. An excursionpreparation lesson is taught twice a week before the excursion trip. This lesson shouldinclude basic requests, questions and phrases the students will likely hear on theirexcursion as well as giving the students information about the excursion to really maketheir trip come alive. The excursion lesson will also set challenges to the students forcompletion on the excursion (e.g. Oxford: what is opposite Alices shop?/draw the firstanimal you see in the museum etc) This should then be marked, collected, discussed in thefollowing lesson and added to the student folder.

Books and resources


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English in Mind levels 1-5 are used to support the syllabus for mainstream and seniorclassesCool English levels 2-6 (beginner to intermediate) and New English Parade 5&6 (upperintermediate to advanced) are used to support the syllabus for tiger classes.A wide selection of resource books including reward, communication games, play gameswith English, children in action, pairwork, teamwork, timesaver, etc will be made availablein the teachers room. Access to www.onestopenglish.com as well as a wide range ofscanned childrens resource books (for songs, games and stories) will also be made

available to you. Grammar and vocabulary reference books (English grammar in use,practical English usage) as well as teacher training books (Learning teaching, teachingunplugged, teaching teenagers) are also available in the teachers room.

Active English

Active English combines specialist skills and English skills taught together to create a weeklong task based mini course that stands apart from other English lessons and produceswork that can be shown in a weekly presentation. There is room for negotiation with thestudents in the Active English syllabus and the teacher is required to manage the goals ofthe class with the quality of the teaching. i.e. if the class choose to practice Active

Business, they would practice meetings, interviews, negotiations and presentations duringthe week then during the weekly presentation repeat a successful production section of anearlier lesson on stage, e.g. demonstrate how to argue during a meeting.

ActiveEnglishcourse

Specialist skills English skills

Active Drama Acting

stage direction

voice projection play writing

light and sound engineering

set and costume design

Team work

Confidence in using English

Using intonation to convey attitude

and emotion Writing dialogue

Understanding technical terms

used on stage

Improvisation

ActiveBusiness

Holding meetings

Giving presentations

Making proposals

Interviewing techniques

Negotiating strategies

Understanding and using body

language to promote yourselfprofessionally

Formal English

Language for making suggestions

and persuading

Generating ideas, team writing and

editing

Understanding and using businessterminology

Active Music Understanding music genres

Reviewing music

Packaging and promoting

music through fashion

Album design

Scheduling and planningitineraries

Understanding and using rhythm

and rhyme

Understanding and using

metaphors and idioms

Using adjectives accurately

Understanding and writing lyrics

Language for making suggestions
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Understanding and writing

lyrics interviews

and persuading others

ActivePodcasting

Generating ideas

Researching and choosing

popular topics

Researching existing podcastsand radio programs

arranging, editing and

recording the program pronunciation, intonation and

fluency.

Skim and scan reading

Using intonation to highlight the

main idea

Using clear Pronunciation

Generating ideas, team writing and

editing

Formal English and informal Englis

Language for conducting successfu

interviews

ActiveComedy

(For upper-intermediate

andadvanced

levels only)

Stand up comedy techniques

Confidence building and

presenting

Improvisation

Using props

Mime and body language toassist public speaking

Delivering punch lines andtiming

Managing audiences

Public speaking

Identifying with audiences

Understanding puns

Understanding and using idioms,

metaphors and similes

Story telling

Understanding different types of

jokes

Using intonation to convey attitude

and emotion Understanding and using slang and

irony

Language to evaluate performance

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Daily Teacher Timetable7:50-8:20am

Breakfast

8:20-8:45am

Morning meeting

8:45-9:00am

Assembly

9:00-10:30 English lesson 1 (1.5 hrs) Functional English TeacherA

10:30-10:50

Juice Break and class change over

10:50-11:50

English lesson 2 (1 hr) Active English TeacherB

11:50-12:00

Class change over

12:00-13:00

English lesson 3 English Skills TeacherATimes vary as follows:Tigers: 12:00-12:40Mainstream: 12:00-12:50Seniors: 12:00-13:00

13:00- Ensure the activity leaders are in place for supervision before going for


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13:10 your lunch.13:10-14:00

lunch

14:00-15:30

Lesson planning and preparation

*14:00-17:00

*Excursion meeting / Teacher training inset

*14:00-

17:00

This time will also be used for report writing, appraisals, observation

feedback, register updating/checking, completing any paperwork,maintaining and creating resources, researching excursions, maintainingthe cleanliness of the staff room.A minimum oftwo days notice will be given for these activities so theteacher will be able to organise their planning time accordingly.

*21:00-8:30am

Sleepover duty (maximum: once a week per teacher. Teachers are excusedfrom morning meeting on this day so they may have breakfast but are stillrequired to attend the morning assembly)

* Once a week

Weekly teacher timetable

Time/day

Monday Tuesday Wednesday

Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

8:45-9:00

Assembly

Assembly

Assembly

Assembly Assembly

Assembly

Assemby

9:0010:30

English 1FunctionalEnglish



English 1FunctionalEnglish incexcursionprep


English 1FunctionalEnglish incexcursionprep

Full DayExcursion

10:30-10:50

Juice Break Juice Break Juice Break Juice Break Juice Break Juice Break

10:5011:50

English 2ActiveEnglish





Active EngPresentation/ English 3EnglishSkills

11:50 Class change over and toilet break12:0013:00

English 3Englishskills

English 3EnglishSkills


Half DayExcursion


Active EngPresentation/ English 3EnglishSkills

13:0014:00

Lunch &Free time

Lunch &Free time

Lunch &Free time

Lunch &Free time

Lunch &Free time

14:0017:00

Lessonpreparation

Lessonpreparation

Lessonpreparation

Lessonpreparation

Lessonpreparation

17:00 EveningMeal &

EveningMeal &

EveningMeal &

EveningMeal &

EveningMeal &

EveningMeal &

EveningMeal &


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19:30 studentFree time

studentFree time

studentFree time

student Freetime

studentFree time

studentFree time

studentFree time

19:3021:00

StudentEveningActivities







ClassroomsA map of the school will be on the teacher notice board for your reference and you will be

orientated around the school during your induction. Your assigned classroom and age/leveclass will be displayed on the teacher room notice board. This should be copied onto theregister.The classrooms used are referred to as the following:

St Marys school

Area name Roomnumber/ seatsavailabl

e

Roomnumber/ seatsavailabl

e

Roomnumbe

r /seats

available


e

Roomnumbe

r /seats

available


e

Roomnumbe

r /seats

available

Roomnumbe/ seatsavailab

e

The GreyCorridor

115

215

315

415

StCecilias(St Cs)

1015

1115

1315

1515

1615

1715

The MFLblock

3122

3212

3612

3722

3824

3910

4018

4122

Drama LowerDrama

15

UpperDrama

15Humanities (Room13)

1315

St Georges school

Area name Roomnumber

/ seatsavailable/

Floor

Roomnumber

/ seatsavailable/

Floor

Roomnumber/ seats

available/

Floor

Roomnumber

/ seatsavailable/

Floor

Roomnumber/ seats

available/

Floor

Roomnumber

/ seatsavailable/

Floor

Roomnumbe/ seats

availab/

Floor

BaharrelTeachingBlock

2215G

24151st

25151st

26151st

27151st

28151st

3015

2ndMarkhammainbuilding

1151st

2151st

3151st

5151st

6151st

Classroom Rules


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The classrooms each contain a whiteboard which must be cleaned after every lesson

Tables and chairs which can be moved into communicative teaching friendly layoutsbut should be returned to their rows on the last day of the camp after classes havefinished.

Some classrooms contain computers which can be used as part of your class. A list o

these classrooms will be posted on the notice board in the teachers room.

A lot of the classrooms have interactive whiteboards which will be covered. They are

not to be used or uncovered in any circumstances. After teaching each class please ensure that all of the windows are closed properly,

the lights are turned off and the classroom is left tidy

All student folders must be kept in the classrooms overnight. When students moveclass the teachers must ensure that the student folders are given to the appropriateteacher on the same day.

Students are not allowed to eat, drink, use their mobile phones, chew gum or leave

litter in the classrooms.

Students must only speak English in the classrooms and must not use their

dictionaries excessively.

Teachers wishing to teach outside the classroom or use a DVD in class must requestpermission from the DOS first and give a lesson plan to support the request.

Classroom emergenciesIf an emergency arises during a lesson, e.g. student illness:

1. Give the supervision request form (kept with your class register) to a reliable studento take to your neighbouring teacher.

2. Set your class a task they can do independently (e.g. reading)3. When the teacher has confirmed they can watch your class, deal with the emergenc

by going to the DOS first, the general office second, welfare third.

4. Explain the situation and return immediately to your class.

Do not leave your class unattended and do not allow students to go to the offices (oany other part of the school except for the nearest classroom) unattended.

With the exception of Humanities room 13 in St Marys school, every classroom ha

another next to it or nearby so you will always have someone nearby to watch oveyour class allowing you to deal with the emergency.

StationaryAll stationary needed for teaching is provided for by the school:

Provided by DOS Available in the teachersroom

Provided by the generaoffice

Individual teaching andtraining folder

Pens, pencils, rulers, colourpencils, scissors, blue tack,glue and sellotape

Sugar paper (large & smalsizes)

Marker pens & J cloths (toclean the whiteboard)

Crayons and balls (for Tigerclasses only)

White paper A4 & A3

Class registers Hole punches and staplers Coloured marker pens(thick)

Student folders Student folders Coloured marker pens


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(thin)Certificates & report forms All course books, CDs and

resource booksNeeds analysis, feedbackforms

Posters, flashcards, story cardsand other teaching aids

Photocopy and Printing policy

The teachers room has one computer in it and the teachers have access to the computer

room when its not being used in an activity. The teachers will be given a group usernameand password that allows them to print in black and white. If you require colour printing,save the documents to the dos print folder and ask your DOS to print.The photo copier is located nearby the teachers room, the teachers will be given a code ainduction to photocopy in black and white.We ask that all teachers consider the environment: only use paper that is needed and givehandouts that students will keep in their folders and are of benefit to them.

******************The First Day

UIC t-shirts

You will be given a UIC t-shirt at induction, you are expected to wear the t-shirt everyMonday and Thursday so the students can distinguish you as staff upon arrival and duringtheir excursion.

Placement test dayThe most demanding placement test day is the first day of the camp. Accurate timing isessential.

Time Procedure Materials/activityneeded

08:45 Assembly start Supervision and energy09:00 Students go to class Efficiency, organisation

and energy09:00-09:10

Teachers hand out student folder, students completethe front page. Teachers explain the importance of thestudent folders, that their parents will want to see themand that they will be responsible for bringing them toclasses every day.

Student folders

Teachers give each student a placement test and tellthem they have 40 minutes to complete the test.

Placement testAnswer sheetSpare pens/pencils (5 pe

class)09:10-09:50

Students do placement test. Teachers interviewstudents in groups of two and three.

Speaking level guideline

0950-10:00

Teachers collect placement tests. The placement testsmust be arranged in alphabetical pilesTeachers give students instructions for their nextactivity which uses the student folder. Teachers leaveinstruction cards for students who want to check.

Student foldersInstruction cards

10:00-

Teachers finish doing the placement test interviews.Students complete their student folder activities

Student folders,Placement test, Answer


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10:30 sheet,Spare pens/pencils (5 peclass)

10:30 Teachers take the students to the juice break. Pleaseensure the students dont dawdle, you must be in thejuice break area at exactly 10:30

Efficiency, organisationand energy

10:45 Teachers teach a single workshop class in the spirit ofActive English

Lesson materials. NB thlevels will be mixed

ability.12:00 Teachers teach a skills class Lesson materials. NB thlevels will be mixedability.

Monday new student arrivals

Each Monday will see new student arrivals. Every effort is made to make this as leastdisruptive to the main student body as possible. Every Monday reduced classes of the samlevel will be merged into one class. The DOS will choose one teacher to teach the mergedclass and one teacher to assist placement testing the new students. Teachers will be

informed of these changes by Friday in the morning meeting and via notice board. Classescontinue as normal during the First lesson while the new students are placement tested.The new students will be put into their new classes during the first juice break when themerged classes are separated. During Lesson 3 and 4 all teachers will be teaching theirown classes.

The third Monday sees the largest intake of new student arrivals, on this day the placementesting teachers will remain with their placement test class and teach the mixed abilityclass as with the first Monday.

The Student Folder

The student folder is given to every student on their first day and consists of the followingpages:

Page Completed by CompletedFront cover The students On the First day (placement test day)Student progress chart The students and

the teacherEvery day

Find someone who The students By the end of the first weekMy contacts book The students By the end of the first week and when

any new student joins the classExcursion information The students Before the relevant excursion

Ascot information andmap

The students By the end of the second week

School information andmap

The students By the third day

Teacher information The class By the end of each weekActivity Leaderinformation

The class By the end of each week

Who is Billy? The class By the fourth classCool vocabulary The students Every day / every second dayMy summer diary My The students / the By the end of the second week


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journey here classAny and all otherhandouts/work done inclass

The students/ theclass / the teacher

Every day

Registers

The register is to be completed at the beginning of every function English class. The DOS

will check every classroom in the first ten minutes of the functional English lesson to checkthat all students are present.

The class register is also used for the fire drill and in emergencies to account for thestudents so it is important that all information is completed by 4:30pm every Monday andthat any changes to the registers are updated and completed by 2:30pm every Tuesday.

All registers must be completed daily and kept in the register tray in the teachers room. Aregisters must be in the tray by 2:30pm everyday with the only exception of Monday whenthey must be in by 4:30pm.

The work done section of the register must be completed daily and include page, book oncomputer exercises references to the materials used in class.

A copy of the syllabus used should be kept with the register. Teachers should tick workcompleted on the syllabus to accompany the work done record.

Class register 2011 UIC Junior VacationsLevel: Class name: TEACHER F&S 1&3: Fire Drill buddy:

Room: Week: TEACHER ACT ENG 2: Book and units used:

S E C A Name for certificate

(English name if appropriate)

M T W Th F S

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15


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S = START DATE, E= END DATE, C = COUNTRY, A = AGE

Work Done

Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat

F&S

1&3

Re Wr Li SpGr Pr Vo

Re Wr Li SpGr Pr Vo

Re Wr Li SpGr Pr Vo

Re Wr Li SpGr Pr Vo

Re Wr Li SpGr Pr Vo

Re Wr Li SpGr Pr Vo

AE2

Re Wr Li SpGr Pr Vo

Re Wr Li SpGr Pr Vo

Re Wr Li SpGr Pr Vo

Re Wr Li SpGr Pr Vo

Re Wr Li SpGr Pr Vo

Re Wr Li SpGr Pr Vo

F&S 1&3 = Functional English and English Skills lesson1&3

AE2 = ACTIVE ENGLISH lesson 2

Juice BreaksIt is important to supervise the students during the juice break as there are many

opportunities during the breaks for bullying, accidents and truancy to occur during thistime. This time is also an opportunity for the teachers to socialise with the students andmeet their friends. The students are always keen to see who their friends are being taughtby and it helps to build the community of the camp and build the rapport that will beessential during excursions, fire drills and assemblies.

St Marys SchoolThe teachers supervise four main areas in teams of two during the juice breaks. Oneteacher must be on duty at all times. This allows toilet, juice or cigarette breaks for thesecond teacher to be arranged within the team.

All students should say on the grass and line up in their classes before returning tlessons as a group with their teacher. Each teacher will assign a class name to caout so that their students know where to go (E.G. Ascot Superstars) this name wilthen be the official class name.

From time to time building materials (e.g. bricks) may be left in this area, please

ensure the students to not climb on them or sit on them.

Punctuality is essential for everyone to enjoy the juice break. Lateness upsets the

students and teachers alike.

The juice break rota will change weekly to ensure fairness.

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If the weather is bad the juice break will be held in the assembly hall. You will be informedof this change in the morning meeting or during your lesson.

Sunny Area Responsibility Rainy AreaThe canteen wall Active and younger students. Ensure the students

do not climb on the wall.Mid seatingsection

The juice area A chaotic area (The DOS will usually help with this

area). Dispense the juice and water, collect theempty cups. Ensure an orderly queuing system isused.

Stage area

handing outjuice

The Stones andwall

Mainstream students and those coupling up enjoythis area. Ensure that students are not walking orstanding on the wall. Ensure no stones are beingkicked, thrown or collected. (Students will pass hereto go to the toilet.)

Rear seatingarea and fireescape inhallway

The toilet entrance This is a truancy problem area but is easy to keepan eye on as there is restricted access.

The toilet areaand hallway

St GeorgesThe juice break is held in the canteen where juice and biscuits are provided. There are foumain areas of supervision, the teachers work individually and rotate daily. If a teacher isnot scheduled to be on an area, they should still support their team and remain awarewhen spending their break in the canteen.

Area ResponsibilityThe canteenentrance

Ensure this area is not blocked and that students move down into thcanteen. Ensure no students leave without their teacher.

The juice andbiscuit area

Dispense the juice and water. Ensure an orderly queuing system isused. Ensure that the cups are returned for washing/plastic cups are

put in the bin. Ensure students do not hoard all the biscuits.The toilet entrance Ensure that no bullying is taking place and that no damage is being

done to the area.Outside wall area If the students do go outside, ensure they do not sit on the wall and

that play is kept at a safe level.

AssemblyEvery morning the students have an assembly from 8:45 to 9:00 to inform the students ofany news, birthdays, announcements, regulations, reminders or changes to the scheduletaking place that day and reward good behaviour.The assembly hall will have designated seating areas for each class and the students must

sit in these chairs with their teacher who will supervise their class and those around them,get the students energised and having fun so they enter your class excited, awake and witthe right attitude to learning.

A Typical Assembly:

Good MorningAscot!

Shout out a big good morning to wake everyone up!

Introduce theteachers* (Mondaysonly)

It is important that the students know the whole teaching team forlessons, excursions and general support.


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Announcements To inform the students and monitors of any changes/regulationsLost property This is collected from Welfare before assembly every morning,

displayed in the assembly for collection.Birthdays A card is given with a small gift and everyone sings happy birthday.Billy Rewards Billy is our mascot panda who spots good behaviour. Teachers

nominate students for a Billy and the student is called up in assembland given a sticker to wear all day.

Fine Day dance The assembly ends with a simple dance to get everyone moving .

The assembly is presented by two teachers with one teacher operating the sound systemthat rotate throughout the team. The DOS will present the first week to get the ball rolling.

**********Forms

Certificates

The certificates are printed every Thursday. Please ensure you have given the correct leve

to be printed on the certificates and checked the spelling of your students names andgiven any amendments to your DOS by Wednesday at 4:30pm. Your printed certificates wibe available for you to sign by Thursday 5pm to be handed out on Saturday.

Reports

A report must be given to each student to accompany the certificate. These reports shouldbe printed and signed by Friday 5pm. The teacher should look back over the studentprogress chart in the students folders and make their comments according to the progresthe teacher feels the student has made over the course which may be 2,3,4 or 5 weekslong. For the students who have had more than one teacher, the teacher writing the repor

must speak to the previous teachers to compile a full and accurate report for the student.The reports are given to the students parents and should include progress made as well aareas to improve on in the future. It is important to be specific and as detailed as you can.

Needs analysis

A needs analysis should be done at the beginning of every week and should take no morethan 10 minutes.

Feedback form

Excursion feedback

Reports and certificates

Excursion lesson


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Meetings

Teacher trainingBooks usedPhotocopy policy

Handover at lunchExcursions responsibility

What length are the lessonsWhat materials/book am I using - how do I print /photocopyWhat classroom am I teaching in?What is the registration procedure?

Who do I contact when in the classroom if there is an emergency?

Photocopy code

Teachers: computer username

computer passwordStudents: computer username

computer password

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