693. Pulling the rope as a team




One day teacher of English A said to teacher of English B, “One teacher told me once she had been the coordinator of a two-teacher team of English in a short summer camp.


Scheduled were two classes of English in the morning. The two teachers came from a school of English, one with a nice reputation in the nearby city. So, they were professionals, different from previous summers. The coordinator let and fostered those teachers to take the initiative. An ample one.


The point was that the pair of teachers should feel on their own field, teaching according to the methodology they commonly utilized. The coordinator had a clear idea: practicing speaking was the most important thing to do. The girls lacked some or a big capability of speaking/listening. The course would be short. They had few classes in total. Before the course, the coordinator was in contact with those teachers, via email, to specify objectives, the schedule of classes, the stuff about emphasizing speaking, the material the teachers wanted to use, also if there was a copier at the school camp.


The coordinator thought that those teachers should be quite aware that the students were in their hands, each and every of them. They were aware.


The atmosphere, during the camp, among the three teachers was one of close and nice cooperation, exchange of views, things about such or such student. The coordinator had them take into account the high expectations the students’ families had from that course. The teachers knew all this perfectly beforehand. Mastering English is just something so many companies in my country now demands when receiving applications for a job. Also the students themselves expected a lot: all the team did know no student should feel frustrated because of the low level of the classes.


Summing up: the course of English was something of those teachers’ own responsibility; the ball was in their hands.” / Photo from: female teacher team amandaandmattk bl


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