Teacher Training Model
A great education is not possible without a great teacher. Teachers need the best possible training and ongoing support if they are to maximize their own potential and that of their students.
Overview
Research shows great teachers change the lives of their students. NewGlobe has a core teacher training philosophy, based on years of experience and supported by academic study, focussed on the “Big Four” essential teaching skills.
These skills are focused on four essentials of effective teaching to improve learning:
- Learning to follow the teacher guides to deliver effective lessons.
- Checking on each and every student’s learning.
- Responding with feedback that accelerates student learning outcomes.
- Motivating students towards good behavior and academic effort.
It is through the lens of these ‘Big Four’ critical teaching skills and associated teaching techniques that teachers learn the approaches and techniques necessary to teach effectively in every lesson, every day. NewGlobe’s teacher training gives all teachers an opportunity to deep dive into each of these techniques and—crucially—to practice them.
Learning To Follow the Teacher Guides To Deliver Effective Lessons
- NewGlobe’s teacher guides run on a 2G e-reader style tablet device that puts every lesson plan in the hands of the teacher. This enables every teacher to benefit from carefully designed, grade-specific lessons based on pedagogical research that has been shown to help improve learning, especially in low and middle income countries.
- Teachers are enabled to focus more on teaching rather than planning, they are able to support pupils and give time to those who are struggling.
Checking On each Every Student’s Learning
- This is designed to help teachers focus on the importance of giving every student attention and feedback.
- Doing so ensures that teachers focus not only on the top students; but on every student in the classroom—questioning and involving everyone, not just the few who always raise their hands.
Responding With Feedback
- This draws attention to the importance of giving students real time feedback during lessons that research has shown is conducive to learning.
- NewGlobe supports teachers with strategies aimed at giving clear feedback to pupils. This includes reviewing assignments and marking books with pupils during the class and ensuring teachers interact with pupils at all points during a lesson.
Motivating Students Towards Good Behavior and Academic Effort
- This skill centers around helping teachers understand how they might best engage students and ensure active participation in class activities that has been shown to boost motivation for learning. It values encouraging and motivating the student with positive motivation techniques and crucial feedback on how their behavior is either helping or hindering their learning.
- In addition to bespoke training, teachers benefit under the NewGlobe model from ongoing professional coaching.
- Every teacher receives regular detailed feedback based on live lesson observations, conducted by trained learning development officers and designed to support practice of the big four teaching skills and associated teaching techniques.
- Through teacher training and coaching, teachers are empowered to take ownership of their classrooms and see themselves as the center of a positive and engaging environment which enables children to learn.
