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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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