FUTURES FOR TEACHERS

Rosemary Sage

Professor of Education

Dean of The College of Teachers

IMPROVING THE TEACHER IMAGE!Don’t go near Miss Head,

Just stay in bed,

Jump in a box and hide

Our old teacher

Is fond of the little ones

Roasted, frittered or fried!

До госпожа Главчева не доближавай!!

Или в леглото си се излежавай,

или кашон голям си намери,

скачай в него и очите затвори!

И защо – деца обича госпожата наша,

нооо..... печени, пържени или сготвени на каша!

A verse by a student about teachers!

Стихче, написано от ученик за учителите!

THERE ARE MANY VIEWS OF TEACHERS & TEACHING In this Japanese school - students are the teachers!

EDUCATION FAVOURS LEFT BRAIN DEVELOPMENTTeachers need to develop Right brains to prepare for jobs

FACTS UNDERSTANDING

analyses synthesises

THE EU AIMS TO IMPROVE THE IMAGE OF TEACHERS & TEACHING

because....

• Education is vital for global understanding• Education standards vary across Europe

• There is no consensus about education purposes/goals

• Education targets critical thinking & knowledge above creative thinking & understanding required for jobs

A project to meet aims includes BULGARIA

RAISING STANDARDS OF TEACHERS & TEACHINGPOLICY FOR EDUCATOR EVIDENCE IN PORTFOLIOS (PEEP)

Based on EU principles for teachers & 3 career stages: initial, mid, specialist

Well qualified

Continual Professional Development

Partnerships

Mobility

Evidence of personal & professional development Formal - qualifications

Non-formal - planned – curriculum project

Informal - unplanned – competencies gained

from activities like learning a language

‘In seeking knowledge - the first step is silence -the second listening - the third remembering -

the fourth practising & the fifth - teaching others’ Solomon & Gabirol

Teachers do an important job

Tracking careers with a broader range of evidence establishes professional status strongly & clearly

E-portfolios enable sharing with others for many purposes –job interviews, annual appraisals & staff training

Professions using e-portfolios report they help reflective practice, monitor career development & bring pride in achievements

USING AN E-PORTFOLIO RAISES STANDARDS

•Educate for humanity & understanding as well as knowledge ...

•Target communicative & cultural issues in diversity

•Form relationships with successful nations

•Value talk as the technology for understanding

•Facilitate images & non-verbal communication

•Loosen learning frameworks & increase freedom

•Educate for students rather than systems..........

Right &

LeftBrain!

Time to rest both my Right & Left brains &

dream of my e-portfolio!

Time to rest both my Right & Left brains &

dream of my e-portfolio!