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HOW COMPETITIVEARE YOU?
Mara de la Lama E.
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What does it mean to be a competitiveteacher?
Ten characteristics of a good teacher:1. A contagious enthusiasm for his/her
teaching.
2. Creative3. Sense of humour
4. Challenges students
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5. Encouraging and patient.
6. Takes an interest in his/her student a as
person.
7. Takes a minute or two to answer questions
after class.
8. Leaves his/ her emotional baggage outside
the classroom.
9. Adds pace to the class.
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COMPETITIVE SUCCESSFUL
Excellence
Above average
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Imagine
A Chicago wheel
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A very cloudy morning in a city
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A very unusual shape for a building
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How to do it?
1 . PARADIGMS
Are the crystals through which we see the
world.A paradigm is the mental representation of
reality based on our own experience.
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Our paradigms are a source
of attitudes and behaviors.
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First we need to:
See reality in a different way in order to
achieve greater success.
Often the way we see the problem IS the
problem.
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To see differently we need to be differently.
The paradigm shift is essentially A CHANGEOF OUR BEING.
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Some common paradigms:
Newtechniques
The school isresponsible forupdating myteaching knowledge.
Interpersonalrelations
I feel comfortablewith the people Iwork with.
Values
I dont see the
reason for goingthe extra mile.
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COMPETITIVE TEACHERS DO
Take RESPONSIBILITY in their ownprofessional development.
Develop positive attitudes and behaviors.
Practice values, care about maintainingcredibility.
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Some factors to be avoided:
1. The opinions of others
2. Lack of self-esteemIt comes from a limiting belief in our ownidentity.
3. Previous negative experiences
4. A very wrong reason:Sometimes a career is started in response toan opportunity to meet survival needs.
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2. Begin with an
end in mind
What you want to do, what you want toachieve, what contributions you want tomake.
What you want to be, that strength ofcharacter you want to have, what qualitiesyou want to develop.
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WRITE YOUR OWN PERSONAL MISSION:
Your personal mission statement, based on
correct principles, are like a personal
constitution: the basis for making major, life-
directing decisions, the basis for making daily
decisions in the midst of the circumstances
and emotions that affect our lives.
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Your professional Mission Statement should
answer three questions:
1. What is my profession about (Purpose)?
2. What do I stand for (Values)?
3. What actions do I take to manifest my
Purpose and my Values?
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What should you include when writing a great
professional mission statement?
1. Describe your best characteristics and how
you express them.
2. Have specific, measurable outcomes (or goals)
3. Have a deadline for example,October 26th
2013.
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3.Learnabout
the market
Ipsos Apoyo
Mercado Educativo
May 4-June 6, 2012
630 students interviewed
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% of students that compare the quality of
teaching a language in the last five years:
9% It has deteriorated.
30% Its the same.61% It has improved.
About Language Centers or Institutes
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The importance of quality teaching among other
factors in the last four years:
2009 54%
2010 51%
2011 50%
2012 54%
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Qualities of competitive teachers
Knowledge
of language
50%
Methodology
30%
Good command of the language
Experience
Prestige
Vocation, patience
Dedication, FUN
Good
character
20%
Good rapport with students
and colleagues
Keeps discipline and order.
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4. Learn about
theY
Generation
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Generations
Baby Boomers 1946 1964
Generation X 1965 1977
Generation Y 1978 1994
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Baby
Boomers
Gen Y
Gen X
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ValuesBABY BOOMERS
Competition
Hard work
Success Team work
Anti rules
Fight for a cause
GEN Y
Positivereinforcement
Positive attitude
Diversity
Money
Technology
Team work
GEN X
Entrepreneurialspirit
Independence
Creativity
Information
Quality work-life
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GEN X
Both parents working
Latch key kids
More resourceful
Individualistic, self reliant& irreverent
Relationships
Outcomes
Their rights
Corporate loyalty & statussymbols
Easy to recruit
Hard to retain
Enjoy technology
GEN Y
Optimistic, cyber kids
Confident & sociable
Strong morals
Passion community service
Comfortable with ethnicity
Workplace flexibility
Think differently
Mature, resilient & practical
Fast learners Multi-tasker
Team orientated
Technology is their bag
Grew up with Internet,
speed & access to info
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What about methodology?
Learners nowadays think and behave differently
than those from previous generations.
Gen Y makes up a significant part of the worlds
population.
Gen Ys members are young: most English
learners are Gen Yers.
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Gen Y at work
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Gen Y at school
Teachers who merely follow the textbook are
likely to be perceived as vey old fashioned
teachers.
Therefore, teacher effectiveness depends on the
ability to adapt instruction to the needs of
todays learners.
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Peter Reillys article:
Research Aguascalientes Mexico:
100 middle school students
Only 25% EFL Teachers include Internet-based
activities.
71% students describe their English class asboring and very boring.
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1. Gen Y is tech savvy.
The most salient characteristic of this generationis its comfort with technology. Digital nativesvs digital immigrants.
A survey of 277 first-year British universitystudents shows the students' preference forlearning through blogs, wikis, chat rooms, etc.
Oblinger (2003): This generation seeksimmediate information and understanding fromthe web and videos, not by looking through atextbook.
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WebQuests
Video-based activities through sites such as
YouTube.
Video games and blogs
Power Point Presentations.
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2. Gen Y balances personal work and lives
They value comfort and informality over rules
and deadlines.
They prefer to work smarter rather than
harder.
Information and knowledge are available to
them via Internet allowing them to complete
projects faster.
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3. Gen Y individuals are Kinesthetic and visual
learners
We need to get students moving and include
lots of visuals in our lessons.
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4. Gen Y is feedback-dependent
Gen Y is the most child-centered generation in
history.
After school activities, teachers and coaches
offer them a humanistic, empowering learning
environment.
Frequent instant messages.
Hours spent in chat rooms..
Sensitive to peerss opinions.
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Teachers need to explicitly express whatstudents need to learn better.
Gen Y does not respond to reprimands.
Instead they prefer sincere concern on thepart of teachers.
Error correction: let them discover their ownmistakes. They prefer to think about andgenerate the correct form rather than havingthe teacher supply it.
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5. Gen Ys predilection for entertainment
and games.
We teachers need to remember that learners
are quite entertained in their personal lives.
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6. Gen Y customizes tasks
Erickson ( 2008) explains that because Gen Ygrew up in a child-centered world, they areaccustomed to getting what they want, when
they want it. Lockstep learning does not fit well in the
personalized world of Gen Y.
Faust et al.(2001) found that when webassignments were customized , universitystudents were more likely to complete theirhomework and improve their marks.
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They are not willing to conform organizational
rules because they view the rules as
ineffective.
Baby boomers and Gen X : face-to-face
meetings
Gen Y: waste of time, need flexibility in how
they do their job, with frequent texting andemails to report on their progress.
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Like employers, teachers need to reduce the
emphasis on how, when and where students do
their work. Instead we need to increase flexibility
and focus on the quality of the studentsperformance.
Researchers have suggested that technology
allows learners to more readily advance at theirown pace and receive feedback, as well as
demonstrated that they have mastered material.
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Multitasking is something most students do at
home when completing homework
assignment and they do it more easily than
previous generations.
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8. Gen Y redefines respect
Gen Y has lost respect for authority figuresdue to scandals of politicians, artists, sport
celebrities, etc. In the workplace their attitude seems to be
one of lacking respect.
They are more forthright and believe thateveryone, including the boss, has to earnrespect.
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This generation admires family, friends and
people with innovative ideas over people with
a title or years in a school/ university/
company.
Teachers should anticipate that at the
beginning of a course, the students may not
necessarily hold them in high esteem.
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Learners have had more interaction with theirpeers, so there is a prior relationship.
The tendency to multitask.
They are sensitive to personal mattersconcerning parents, family and friends.
Students of teachers who create a warm,
caring environment perform better thanstudents who do not perceive their teachersas caring.
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9. Gen Y seeks a purpose and a passion.
Gen Y has been told by parents that they can
do or be anything they want to. They are
confident because they do not fear change
but welcome it.
A very important aim for them is to make the
world a better place.
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