Moderation Report - Barcelona Spain
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| Monday, 11 January 2010 00:00 |
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Moderator Name: Guy Lansing
Course Location: Barcelona, Spain Course Date: 11/01/2010 Report Date: 08/02/2010 1. Materials were available to all trainees including training materials and course schedule Yes
2. The course provided a minimum of 120 hours of course inputs as indicated on schedule Yes 3. Each trainee completed a foreign language experience Yes 4. Each trainee completed a student profile (one-on-one) meetings and assignment Yes 5. The course provided a minimum of 30 hours of professional, appropriate teaching techniques inputs Yes 6. The course provided a minimum of 4 hours of observed teaching – i.e. trainers modeling lessons with real students Yes 7. Each trainee completed peer observations including the completion of peer observation forms Yes 8. The course provided a minimum 6 hours of grammar inputs Yes 9. The course provided phonology inputs Yes 10. Each trainee completed grammar and phonology tests Yes 11. Teaching Practice A. Each trainee completed a minimum 6 hours of observed teaching practice with real students (not peers) Yes B. The course provided a minimum 6 students per class No C. The course provided qualified observers (minimum TESOL certificate) Yes D. The course provided both written and oral feedback provided to trainee by observer. Yes 12. The course provided adequate classroom study space Yes 13.Each trainee completed online feedback form Yes 14. The lead trainer is willing to personally recommend all trainees who graduate Yes 15. Lead trainer Info A. Lead trainer name: Lisa Girling B. The lead trainer has at least a diploma and five years of ELT experience or an MA TESOL and two years of ELT experience. Yes 16. Each trainee appeared to be comfortable, confident and competent during observed teaching practice. Yes 17. Total number of trainees: 14 Number of trainees passed: 14 Number of trainees failed: 0 Number of trainees that withdrew: 0 Reasons for non-completion of course 18. Additional Comments
Feedback from the January course was extremely good. On a scale from 0 to 5, one student ranked the course as 4/5, with everyone else ranking it as either 4,5/5 or 5/5. Specific feedback included: - That trainees felt prepared for the real world - That trainers had a variety of teaching styles and stressed the importance of being yourself in the classroom - That trainers were extremely professional but fun. - That input sessions were practical, interactive and never boring and used the same methodology that trainees were being taught to follow - That the practical teaching practice was vital - That trainees were helped with class preparation at the start before slowly taking the ‘training wheels off’ - That the use of USB sticks ‘made life easy’. - That feedback on classes taught was encouraging but honest, although one student expressed a wish for even more critical feedback - That overall organization of the course was excellent. |