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Workshop C: Building a Curriculum and Staying Organized

Workshop C: Building a Curriculum and Staying Organized. Basics on Scheduling. Monthly Schedule Term Schedule Yearlong curriculum Year events Weekly Schedule. School Year in Japan. Spring Beginning of school year *Entrance ceremony for Freshman Cultural Festival (sometimes)

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Workshop C: Building a Curriculum and Staying Organized

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  1. Workshop C: Building a Curriculum and Staying Organized

  2. Basics on Scheduling Monthly Schedule Term Schedule Yearlong curriculum Year events Weekly Schedule

  3. School Year in Japan • Spring • Beginning of school year • *Entrance ceremony for Freshman • Cultural Festival (sometimes) • Summer • longest vacation for students • Mid July-End of Aug • Autumn • Cultural Festival & sports Festival (sometimes) • Winter • School Trip for 2nd year • Entrance examination for college

  4. Term Schedule Oh no!! It’s in all kanji!!!

  5. Term Schedule 1st term April 2nd term September 3rd term Jan Opening Ceremony 始業式 Mid-term Exam 中間試験/考査/テスト Final-term Exam 期末試験/考査/ テスト Closing ceremony 閉会式 Mid July Mid Dec Mid March Check your own schedule (p.20)

  6. Ceremony 式　 しき Shi-ki

  7. Tips • Entrance ceremony • nyugakushiki 入学式 • Opening ceremony • shigyoshiki 始業式 • Closing ceremony • shigyo-shiki始業式 • Formal Clothes When PTA comes

  8. Events Sports-wear • Athletic Meeting 運動会 Undo-kai • Sports festival 球技大会 Kyugi taikai In Field / Gym *全校集会/ 学年集会 会　→ ask JTEs whether ALT need to attend what to wear where they meet Jeans?

  9. Weekly Schedule Teacher’s name Subject Subject Subject

  10. Scheduling Classes • How many times does each class meet? • Make sure to keep it even • What topics do you need to cover? • When is the test? • Do you have any business trips? When? Which classes will not meet?

  11. Before you make your curriculum…..Ask Your JTE! • Is this class academic or cultural? • What skills are students focusing on? (communication only, writing, etc.) • What is the curriculum for the non-TT class? • Do you use a textbook or original lessons? • What responsibilities does the ALT have? (Planning, test making, management, etc.)

  12. Types of Curriculum • Textbook • Easier; use the textbook themes to create fun lessons • No textbook • More difficult! • Choose themes you like, and teach lessons about them • For example…if you choose the theme “food,” you can have a lesson describing food, a taste test lesson, a restaurant lesson, etc.

  13. Connecting Lessons • Lessons should build on each other • Use similar themes, vocabulary, and grammar • Try to repeat points used in earlier lessons

  14. Goals • What are your personal goals for the class? • How do those goals meet JTE’s goals? • (example: JTE wants to finish textbook; ALT wants to make students comfortable in basic conversation…how do these goals work together?) • Please remember, you are the assistant. JTE’s goals are more important. • You can measure your goal with an assessment

  15. Basics on Assessment • Why we assess • to decide what to teach/review next. • to measure/report on what was learned. • To check our students learning or performance and to check the effectiveness of our curriculum

  16. Types of assessment

  17. Assessment Tools • Test (multiple choice, matching, fill in the blank, essay) • Rubric (scale to make subjective scoring objective) • Student Portfolio • Observation • Student Reflection

  18. Troubleshooting • Be flexible! • There are constant changes to your schedule • Deal with it!  • Always update your JTE if YOU make any changes to your curriculum or anything else

  19. Questions?

  20. Group Activity • You have a class with no textbook! • In a small group, choose a theme for the semester. What lessons will you teach? You have 6 classes this semester. • What is your assessment? • Test? • Long term project? • Conversation?

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