Foundations of Quality Teachers (FQT3) – Teacher Training Course

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The Foundations of Quality Teachers (FQT3) is a 60 hour pragmatic teacher training course that is designed to enhance the caliber of teachers through an intensive, yet comprehensive training program that links theory to practice. The FQT teacher training program provides the essentials required for quality teachers to operate a classroom that is conducive to learning in an international school setting.

The FQT workshop addresses actual challenges that teachers face inside their classrooms and within their schools, and provides them with practical solutions to dealing with these problems with an aim of maximizing teaching productivity to achieve desired learning outcomes. It introduces teachers to a variety of new teaching approaches and techniques, and exposes them to crucial aspects involved in the teaching and learning process that affects their delivery, therefore affects the quality of education. It equips teachers with the adequate knowledge, skills and tools to operate a classroom efficiently and effectively according to the international standards and benchmarks.

The FQT workshop stresses equal emphasis on all four elements of the teaching and learning process; the teacher, the learner, the curriculum, and the environment that embeds all four elements. It includes effective individual and group work practical activities that allow teachers to actively participate in a collegial environment that is conducive to development.

Enrolment in one of our teacher training program entitles teachers to participate in an after delivery program that allows them to observe other teachers from different schools, collaborate and share expertise. It also includes an after training supervision service, where a multiple of classroom visits are conducted to evaluate teachers and provide them with evaluation reports and tips to make sure that they are implementing what they have learned.

CERTIFICATION

Upon completion of the course:

• Teachers receive a certificate of completion.
• Teachers get registered in Teachers Unite’s database to be recommended for recruitment.
• Teachers get enrolled in After Delivery Evaluation Program.
• Teachers get Enrolled in Peer-to-Peer Collaboration Program.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Introduction to quality education & quality teachers
• The definition of quality education
• The definition of quality teachers
• The international standards and benchmarks for quality teachers
• The essential skills for quality teachers
• The Inherent traits vs the acquired skills of quality teachers
• The varied roles of teachers in today’s diverse classroom
• The essential elements of education
• The Learning cycle
• Introduction to quality assurance and control
• Laying the foundation to classroom organization & management
• The physical setting of the classroom
• The international standards and guidelines for the physical setting of the classroom
• The essential elements for running an effective classroom
• The psychological aspects that govern an effective classroom setting
• The emotional setting of an effective classroom
• The essential elements that contribute to the setting of a nurturing classroom environment
• How to manage the classroom effectively
• Effective Planning and Preparing
• Introduction to curriculum design and development
• Introduction to Lesson Planning
• Laying the foundation to behaviour management
• Introduction to behaviour management
• The difference between behaviour management and behaviour modification
• The importance of behavior management
• Types of behaviors
• Types of misbehaviours
• Reasons for misbehavior
• How to deal with misbehavior
• Strategies and techniques to dealing with misbehaviour
• The implementation of rewards and punishments
• Positive reinforcement vs. negative reinforcement
• The consequences of rewards and punishments
• Introduction to theories of motivation
• The Law of Effect, Edward Thorndike
• The Reinforcement Theory / Operant conditioning, B. F. Skinner
• Methods of conditioning
• The Drive Reduction Theory, Clark Hull
• The Equity Theory, J. Stacey Adams
• Self Determination Theory, Edward Deci & Richard Ryan
• Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory