LA FORMACIÓN DE DOCENTES DE INGLÉS

EN CHILE

El desafío de la calidad y la pertinencia

¿Qué aspectos críticos deben ser cautelados?

Alejandro Naveas

REFDI National Director

The local sociocultural context

1813 English language teaching started

1890 Initial Teacher Training started

1981 From 8 to 25 universities

2012 First Seminar for language teacher trainers

Our country Social demands

Quality assurance Commitment

Why this seminar??

Impact Accountability

MINEDUC PIAP / British Council

To initiate the first encounter to encourage reflection and

exchange views and experiences among the teacher trainers

of the 38 teacher training programmes in the country

The concern

The improvement of quality of critical issues in initial

teacher training

The proposal

The context of language teacher training in Chile

38 teacher training programmes in the country

95% of our students come from the public sector

Length of the programme: 9,5 – 12 semesters

Less than 50% of students graduate

Seminar 1 March 2012

Language teacher

training

programmes in

Chile

Hiram Vivanco

Universidad de Chile

Can we train

teachers online?

Pete Sharma UK

Collaborative approach

in ITT

Gillian Moss / Aída

Salamanca

British Council /

Colombia

Seminars; the input

Seminar 2 6 – 7 December 2012

The TT curriculum

and the views of

employers

Pablo Torche

Consultant Chile

Foreign

experience

in TTP

Leonor

Corradi

Ministerio

de

Educación

Argentina

Foreign

experience in

TTP

Norbert Pachler

IoE London

University

UK

Framework for

Continuous

Professional

Development

Thomas

Connelly

The British Council / Chile

Seminar 3

15 – 16 May 2013

The

National

Curriculu

m; a

historical

perspecti

ve

María

Jesús

Honorato

MINEDUC

The ELT

curriculum

; 5° y 6°

básico

Marisol

Besa

MINEDUC

The ELT

curriculum

; 1° a 4°

básico

Catalina

Laage

MINEDUC

In-service

Teacher

training;

quality

and equity

Violeta

Arancibia

MINEDUC

Professio

nal

Standards

in

teachers

in

England

Ben

Ramm

Consultan

t

UK

Seminar 3 15 – 16 May 2013

The National

Curriculum; a

historical

perspective

María Jesús

Honorato MINEDUC

The ELT

curriculum;

5° y 6°

básico

Marisol

Besa MINEDUC

The ELT

curriculum ;

1° a 4°

básico

Catalina

Laage MINEDUC

In-service

Teacher

training;

quality

and equity

Violeta

Arancibia MINEDUC

Professional

Standards in

teachers in

England

Ben Ramm

Consultant

UK

Seminar 4 25 – 26 July 2013

Knowledge in ITT

Amos Paran

IoE London

University

UK

National standards;

discussion

UAH

Classroom

management

Martha Epperson

USA

Consultant

Strategies for

motivating Chilean

students

Martha Epperson

USA Consultant

ITT in Cuba

Dolores Corona

Ministerio de

Educación Superior

de Cuba

CEIBAL, ELT through

videoconference in

primary education in

Uruguay

Claudia Brovetto

Consultant

Seminar 5 9 – 10 October 2013

Standards in

ITT for

language

teachers in

Uruguay and

Ecuador

Gabriel Díaz

Educational consultant

Public

policies in

ITT

María de la

Luz

González,

CPEIP

The design of

an assessment

instrument

Barry

O’Sullivan

The British

Council

UK

A competency-

based

curriculum;

MECESUP

project

Mónica Frenzel

y Silvina Zapata

Universidad Andrés Bello

Seminar 6 5 – 6 December 2013

The

evaluation of

trainees’

language

proficiency

Martin Wedel

University of

Leeds UK

The levels of

English of

language

teachers

Julian Kenny

Trinity College

UK

Angeliki

Salamoura

Graeme Harrison

Standards

and

examinations

Cambridge

English

UK

Convenios de

Desempeño

and ITT

Diana Veneros DIVESUP

Seminar 6 5 – 6 December 2013

A competency-

based

curriculum;

MECESUP

project

Valeria Sumonte

U. Católica del Maule

ITT;

curriculum

redesign;

MECESUP

project

Claudio Díaz

Lilian Gómez

U. de Concepción

Continuous

professional

development

John Knagg

British

Council UK

In-

service

teacher

training

Alicia

Paez PIAP

REFDI

Shared

problems,

shared

solutions

A. Naveas

UCBC

Seminar 7 21 – 22 April 2014

Curriculum change and the new national standards

Gabriel Díaz,

Uruguayan

perspective

Educational

consultant

Prueba INICIA

Adriana Yañez CPEIP

Reaserch work

Annjeanette

Martin

U de los

Andes

Martin Wedell, UK

contribution

University of Leeds UK

Ricardo Contreras;

ELT in Chile PIAP

Ricardo Reich

Convenios de

desempeño DIVESUP

REFDI

Seminars; our contributions

Round table discussions

1. The Colombian experience and the Chilean context

2. Training language teachers online

3. Critical study of ITT programmes in Chile

4. TT programmes and the implementation of the

national curriculum

5. Identifying standards for graduates from a TTP

Seminars; our contributions

Questions

1. What kind of professional does Chile need for the

next 10 years?

2. What knowledge seems to be essential in TTP?

3. What must a language teacher know and understand

to be able to teach today and in the near future?

4. Do all subjects matter in TTPs? Why (not)?

Distribution of training emphasis

5. To what extent do TTPs satisfy the market?

6. What subjects should be part of the curriculum of a

TTP?

Seminars; our contributions

Questions

1. What should standards be/look like in language teacher

training programmes?

2. Does the TT curriculum of my institution respond

appropriately to the required ITT Standards?

3. How do we implement standards at my training

institution?

4. What should we change?

5. How long will it take us to implement curricular

changes?

6. What effect will the implementation of National

Standards have on INICIA 2014?

Seminars; the discoveries

1. Approximately 50% of those who teach English are

graduated teachers.

2. Need for In-service Teacher Training Programmes

3. Schools are not prepared for teacher practice

experiences

4. Initial Teacher Training Programmes vary significantly

Seminars; the challenges

1. Framework of good school teaching practice

2. Certification of the level of English of graduates

3. Training teacher trainers

4. National Standards

5. INICIA

6. Convenios de Desempeño

7. Initial Teacher Training Programmes

8. REFDI

anaveas@ubritanica.cl

anaveas@gmail.com

http://www.piap.cl/seminarios/