State of Kuwait Ministry of Education ELT General

State of Kuwait Ministry of Education ELT General Supervision Planning Based on the New Curriculum DAY 2 PREPARED BY: ELT. SUPERVISOR ABDELRHMAN AHMAD

Outcomes: �Explain the impact of the competence-based curriculum on planning of teaching and learning and applying a new way of planning based on learning units �Identify the different stages of planning �Discuss the components of the competence-based Annual Plan �Plan and design the learning units �Discuss the new plan for the learning units & the lesson plan �Plan a lesson based on a vision of the learning unit �Discuss the difficulties teachers face in writing lesson plans and the suggested solutions

Reflection: § Why do teachers need planning? § Are there steps for planning? If so, what are they? § Which are the points of reference in planning? § How can teachers create planning documents?

Planning

Planning The Didactic Journey

Planning a journey for our students Questions for planning a common journey What is the purpose of the journey? What can we do? With whom / with what, when? How should I do? How much I achieved from my initial goal? Answers for the didactic journey

Planning a journey for our students Questions for planning a common journey Answers for the didactic journey What is the purpose of the journey? (to relax, to visit relatives, to enrich my culture etc. ) Goal: developing competences What can we do? (sleeping, trips, reading, visiting museums, what places should I visit etc. ) Undertake activities to gain knowledge, skills attitudes, values (dealing with subjectrelated content and procedures) With whom / with what, when? (who are my companions, what do I need to take with me, how much money and time do I have? ) Resources (students, materials, time, place) How should I do? (in what order, what strategy) Appropriate didactic strategies, methods of teaching, learning, assessing How much I achieved from my initial goal? Assessing whether standards are being met (How much the students acquired? )

Activities Standards finalităţi Learning LL content Resources Techniques Assessment Competences Planning means vision Students’ prior experiences

Task �What are the stages of planning? (Group discussion)

Rearrange the stages of planning Designing the learning units Designing the lesson structures Consulting the curriculum Annual Planning Selfappraisal

The stages of planning 1. Consulting the curriculum 5. Selfappraisal 4. Designing the lesson structures 2. Annual Planning 3. Designin g the learning units

Annual Planning What are the purposes? • Developing the competences specified in the curriculum What are the means ? • Learning content (concepts, skills, experiences and values) For how long? • Time for the whole year, for each semester and for a learning unit

The importance of annual planning �A macro level planning estimate �Provides a possible structure for the year long journey �Aligns with the curriculum purpose �Establishes a possible itinerary �Allocates time for all learning units

Points of reference for the annual planning curriculum structure of the school year calendar textbook or workbook other instructional materials

What to be taken into consideration �We make sure we cover all the SC’s and learning content for a school year. �We take into consideration the time assigned to the subject for a certain grade. �We determine a coherent perspective on the journey proposed for students. �We may use the textbook as ONE OF THE resources rather than a unique point of reference for the plan and in teaching and learning.

Possible headings in an annual plan Grade ……………. . The title SC/ Learning content of the Curriculum LUs standards (learning units) Number Weeks of hours

A Sample Annual Plan The English Language Subject

An open and flexible learning structure, focusing on the management of the teaching and learning which: �Leads to developing specific learning outcomes �Has a common topic (and, in some cases, combines learning content from different domains of the subject or other subjects) �Progresses meaningfully and with continuity over a period of time �Includes formative assessment and ends with a summative test

Planning the learning units Why? Focus on specific competences /meet standards What? How? Select learning content Undertake learning activities With what? How much? Analyze resources Set formative/ summative assessment

How to plan the learning units �Determine the specific competences to be acquired �Identify the adequate learning activities. �Select learning activities that are adequate to the needs of the group and having in view the SC �Suggest formative/summative assessment strategies (select those that fit the group’s progress) having in view the CS (curriculum standards) as the intended target.

A possible format for planning the learning units Grade Title of the LU …………. . SC/ Curr. Learning standards content Details Learning activities Resources Classroom assessment Activities that can involve students in developing the competences and reaching the curriculum standards Materials Assessment activities and instruments

A Sample of a learning unit

Lesson Planning

Planning a lesson based on a vision of a LU � What information do I have from the LU? � What student experiences will I develop? What student experiences are expected? Important learning activities The learning evidence students are expected to produce Type of activity (individual, group etc. ) � �

Planning a lesson based on a vision of a LU � Should I add something to the corresponding sequence in the planned LU? � � How will I begin and end the lesson in order to ensure a coherent link with previous and next lessons in the LU and to motivate the students for learning? How can I begin the lesson? (links with what students already know about the topic, arouse their interest for the topic)

Planning a lesson based on a vision of a LU � � � Can I do all the learning activities planned for this sequence be included? What do I select? What do I add? Can I use all the assessment instruments mentioned in the planning? What do I select? What do I add? How can I end the lesson in order to make the learning meaningful for my students? (reflection on how they explored the topic and on how they can use the new acquisitions in different contexts)

Summing up, planning means: Vision • what is the purpose of the journey • adjusting to your schools’ mission sonalization and to your class profile owing Steps • from a global view to developing a strategic and then a tactical plan umentation • reading the curriculum and other materials that help you in planning Reflection • how the planning worked P L A N N I N G