Professional
Development Online!
Carol
Brown, Director of Marketing, Latin America
"One of the most invigorating things about teaching is that you never
stop learning" (H.D. Brown, Teaching By Principles, Longman 2007)
Pearson Longman’s newest
online course, Teacher Development Interactive, provides teachers
with a solid foundation of the most current ELT teaching methodology as
well as access to ongoing professional development, anytime and
anywhere! For more details, go to the Teacher
Development
Interactive website.
Teacher Development
Interactive is a video-based, online teacher
development program that gives new teachers and teachers looking for a
refresher a really strong foundation in teaching methodology. If you
are a new teacher, or a teacher looking for a refresher, Teacher
Development Interactive is perfect for
you.
With Teacher
Development
Interactive you will learn with the very best
instructors. Each online
module focuses on a different teaching skill and is taught by a leading
expert in that particular field. You can choose to work on a specific
skill such as how to teach reading or how to teach writing.
Because Teacher
Development Interactive
is online, you can complete each module
in your own time, at your own pace from anywhere you have access to the
internet.
Certificate of Completion
Plus – When you complete any four
modules of Teacher
Development Interactive with a score of 75% or better on
the final test for each module, you receive a Certificate of Completion
from the English Language Teaching Institute at Hunter College,
City University of New York.
Hunter College is the
largest college in the City University of New York (CUNY) system.
Founded in 1870, Hunter is also one of the oldest, most widely
recognized public colleges in the USA. Currently, 21,000 students
attend the College, pursuing both undergraduate and graduate degrees in
more than 170 different programs of study.
The English Language Teaching Institute at
Hunter is designed for teachers and teacher trainers from around the
world who want to refresh and improve their English language teaching
and training skills.
For further information about The English
Language Teaching Institute at Hunter College, please visit: http://www.eltinstitute.com.
To obtain your certificate
- After completing your coursework,
take the final exam. The final exam can be taken only once.
- Once you have taken the final exam, your
results will be tabulated and recorded in a database.
- Upon completion of any four modules with
a
total score 75% or higher, Pearson Longman will send you an electronic
Certificate of Completion from the English Language Teaching Institute
at Hunter College.
Note: This
professional
development module is not part of a degree program. It is intended to
be used for professional advancement. Those seeking to satisfy any
degree requirements, state credentials, or local school district
requirements by completing this module should consult their local
education authorities.
How the
Course Works
Teacher
Development Interactive provides
teacher development and training through a series of modules which
combine text, video, audio, PowerPoint, asynchronous discussion and
quizzes.
Each module is hosted by a
well-known expert
in the field. The expert
is a well-known author, researcher, or teacher trainer in English
Language Teaching. The expert appears throughout the module delivering
video presentations, PowerPoint presentations, and so on.
For consistency and ease
of use, each module
follows the same pattern
of instruction. Though the length of each lesson may vary, the same
amount of content is delivered across the module.
Each module
focuses on one area of relevance to ELT teachers (see
detailed module information). Each module features five lessons, and
the format of the lesson is consistent across the modules.
- Each module
consists of approximately 15-20 hours of content.
- Each lesson is divided
into 6 sessions lasting 25-40 minutes each.
Each lesson
includes:
- Objectives
- 2-3 minute video
introduction with an expert
- 2-5 minute
classroom video demonstration lesson
- Discussion board
- PowerPoint-style
presentations
- Reading passages
- Interactive
concept checks and practice activities
- Practical
application assignments
- Final quiz
For more details, go to
the Teacher
Development
Interactive website. |