Teacher training course

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to provide teachers from Lori region with opportunities for developing their teaching skills. The project is a teacher training course that is designed for public school teachers. The course focuses on enhancing teachers' knowledge in different aspects of language teaching. It aims to broaden teachers' knowledge of error correction types, teacher questioning strategies, classroom management, and meaningful teaching. Hence, the course is designed to equip the participant teachers with pertinent tools aimed at applying different types of error correction in their teaching process, asking effective questions to boost conversation, and managing their classrooms efficiently. Also, it focuses on fostering teachers' understanding of meaningful teaching and deepens their understanding of the importance of feedback for student learning. Twenty-hour training sessions are chosen to be the principal method of implementing the project. Consequently, the sessions are organized into thematic outlines. Session outlines include different hands-on activities and group discussions. Each session envisions a group discussion to encourage the active contribution of all participants. The sessions also open opportunities for participant teachers to get constructive feedback for better educating their students. The end goal of the project is to empower teachers from Lori region to grow professionally, ask questions appropriately, take students’ feedback into account, become more aware of error correction best practices, and be open to constructive feedback.