Title: "Teacher initiated action for a collaborative community"
Abstract: Dynamic energies within a school result from a team spirit and a supportive community. Teachers in an institution set their Professional goals and course of action collaboratively. How can individual initiatives contribute to an evolutionary development of a language program?
Teacher collaboration and active community-building can change the professional environment in an educational institution. This presentation will demonstrate how teachers can become change agents by systematically initiating a process to build collaboration and community-building.
The presenters will share their experiences as initiators of a collaborative community of teachers in an educational institution in Turkey. By systematically initiating a social interaction program, the presenters brought teachers together to share ideas about teaching, students, and the profession. As previous social and communication gaps between the teachers diminished, the teachers began to trust each other and take active roles in establishing projects cooperatively. The evolving teamwork created a more positive approach to the professional development of the institution and its teachers. In order to bridge the communication gap between the teachers, informal gatherings were organized and an online discussion forum was designed for teachers to communicate their practical ideas, successes, reflections and problems beyond the institution. To promote professional collaboration, systematic workshops were organized within the institution, and teachers were provided with opportunities to participate in the decision-making process. Additionally, a web page was designed to publish teacher work as well as news related to the development of collaborative local practices.
The presenters will give specific examples of the types of events organized, of the discussion groups and Web pages, and of teachers’ accounts in support of the process. They will also present the results of their evaluation of the effectiveness of these activities, and will conclude with an analysis of the presenters’ journals, as well as surveys and interviews in which teachers evaluated the process.
The presentation began with Halay- a type of Turkish folk dance. A group dance is a good simulation of collaboration as everbody needs to adjust their steps for a good performance that can be enjoyed by the audience.
In the second part of the presentation , ı and my coopresenter explored the theoretical issues.
Maria Snarski from USA Embassy Enlish Language Office was also among the liisteners.
After our presentation, we attended the Mihael McCarthy's pleamery session titled ' Spoken Fluency in Theory and in Practice'
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