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Georgian TTSC and TOTSI Teacher and Trainer Conference

30 November-1 December TTSC-TOTSI Conference, award ceremony . The conference was held at Radisson Blue Iveria hotel.This was the closure of the TOTSI program.30 participants from 6 regions of Georgia presented their workshops . Successful completion of TOTSI , participants received World Learning SIT Essentials in Teacher Training Certificate, this constitutes part one of a two part certification process, with the second part participants received Core Partitioner in Teacher training Certificate.

Regional Session 2

We had our regional session in Gori , on 26th of November. We started our session at 14:00 o'clock. The first session was mine- "Making Groups"( to know some techniques  how to make groups in large classes), than it was Tamar Remishvili's session- 'Using dictionaries" and  after break it was Marine Mgebrishvili's session" Using songs". We had 15 participants, they were teachers from different villages. The sessions were interesting, participants were involved and active. After sessions Radmila Popovich ( teacher trainer from the USA) gave us feedbacks. We had also special guest, the director of PH International Berdia Natsvlishvili.

Regional Session

 OUR REGIONAL SESSION- 26 November

  We had our regional session in Kvakhvreli public school. We started our session at 10 o'clock, at first we had presentations, share some informations about our traveling in the USA. The first session was Marime's session about "Warm-ups", The second was mine- 'Teaching reading beginners' ( to teach how to read a letter or word 1st graders) and the last was Tamar- the topic-" Activation schemata" . We had 12 participants, they were teachers from different villages. The sessions were interesting, participants were involved and active. After a month on-line training I think that the session was good, Thank you- everybody who help me to conduct such an interesting and useful session.

Sasion Plan

                         Module Procedures

Name: Nino Sarauli

Title: Teaching reading for beginners.

Audience:  Newly entered teachers from my school and district. I chose the topic because our students start learning English at the age of six, It is difficult to teach reading English first graders when they do not know reading in their mother language.

Objective: By the end of the session teachers will know how to teach letters and words reading beginners.

Duration:  60 minutes

Stage 1- Aim: Participants will be able to discuss/explain key concepts of beginning reading.
Time	Topic		Organization	Procedure	Materials, Handouts
5 min	1)Introductory ice-breaker		Individual	·         TT and Trainees present themselves (trainees write their names on the paper and draw plant , they explain what is the relationship between the plant and herself )
5 min	2)My personal philosophy of reading		Individual, pairs, Whole group	TT writes questions on the board: ·         Should I teach only orally or start reading from the beginning (1st grade)? ·         Should I teach Ss only single letters or the written forms of meaningful words? ·         If I decide to teach single letters, should I teach their names first , or their (usual) sound? Trainees think about the questions individually, then share in pairs and As a whole group discuss it.
20 min	3) How would you answer the question above?		Individual, group work	TT divides trainees into 3 groups and  gives handouts ( different handouts different groups ) ·         Trainees read texts individually ·         Discuss in groups ·         Change group members and share information ( jigsaw reading )	Handout2- Beginning reading: some guidelines (A Course in English Language Teaching/ Penny Ur.) Slattery, Willis (English for primary teachers)
Stage 2- Aim: Participants will be able to demonstrate activities of reading.
Time	Topic		Organization	Procedure	Materials, Handouts
20 min	1)demonstration- Letters in words	Pairs, Whole group		1)      One participant draws a letter on the back of next participant and the group tries to guess the letter and say the name. 2)      T divides trainees into groups (3 in each group) and asks them to demonstrate  how to teach a letter or a word .
5min	Summaries – Procedures		Individual, Group work	TT asks questions: ·         which useful reading techniques do you remember ? (draw mind map and write points )	Flipcharts, markers
5 min	Course Evaluation		Individual	Write the short evaluation of the session	Handout 4- Evaluation form

Bibliography: Cambridge University press- A Course in English Language Teaching/ Penny Ur.—2^nd ed. 2012 ( Teaching Reading, Beginning Reading(2): Practical principles( p. 138) Beginning Reading(3):reading tasks (p. 140) and  Slattery, Willis (English for primary teachers)

Our Action Plan (Gori Region)

Before conduct our session we are going to inform:
1)      Our audience- The teachers from our schools, especially newly entered teachers from nearest villages.
2)      Alumni ( to participate )
3)      School administration ( for places, for technical resources )
4)      Resource center ( to inform teachers )
5)      ETAG ( to inform teachers )
      Before conducting we need :  The suitable place-  well equipped for session, Recourses ( papers, flipcharts, markers, handouts…) , Break ( just coffee and cookies ).
Challenges:
Ø  Place ( Where to conduct )
Ø  Break ( How to manage break )
Ø  Resources ( papers, markers…)
       We are going to conduct our sessions at the same place and day and the audience will be the same approximately 10-15 teachers. Marine’s topic is How to begin lesson with warming up activities. Tamar’s topic is Activation of Ss schemata before reading a new text. And Nino’ topic is Teaching reading for beginners. At the end of each session we will evaluate teachers by our questionnaires , prepared beforehand. 
       While conducting our sessions we plan to observe each other. Each of us will focus on different aspects to give collaborative feedback at the end of the session.

17 August

 Travel to DC . We spent 5 days in Washington DC. we had session in the World learning office. We met the president of World learning,



We visited all the sightseeings: US Capitol, The White House, Washington Monument, Georgetown University,Pentagon , Lincoln Memorial,Albert Einstein Memorial, World War II Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Korean War Veterans Memorial, Luther King memorial, Roosevelt Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Union Station, Old Post Office , China Town and lots of Museums: Smithsonian, Air and Space, Art Gallery and so on. It was Brilliant City.

                               Georgetown University




 Pentagon




 Art Gallery




Smithsonian Museum 




  Roosevelt Monument