ISSUE 8-3
JUNE 2001
THE GRAPEVINE
HAIFA INSPECTORATE NEWSLETTER
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From Miriam’s Desk |
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On the Internet Sites for Foundation level Students |
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Courses Offered Next Year |
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Gordon College |
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Shaanan College |
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Oranim School of Education |
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Ministry of Education |
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Branco Weiss Institute (Wide Angle) |
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Dear Colleagues,
This is the final edition of the Grapevine for this year. It is hard to believe that the year is growing to a close – it has seemed to have gone by very quickly. This edition will be devoted to plans and emphases for the coming school year.
The following have been decided on as the main emphases for English for the 2001-2 school year:
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Bridging the Gap |
1. Elementary - Junior High |
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2. Junior High - High School |
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3. Non-readers - Readers. |
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Implementing the New Curriculum |
1. Elementary |
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2. Junior High |
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3. High School |
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Providing Support Systems for: |
1. New Teachers |
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2. Veteran Teachers |
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3. Teaching Slow Learners |
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4. Teaching with Television Materials |
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5 Coping with Changing Needs |
The Curriculum is now well established and is being fully implemented by many of you. Many new books are now on the market but I have seen excellent lesson by teachers who have adapted existing textbooks in the light of the Curriculum.
There is a worrying shortage of English teachers. This trend started this year and the forecast for the future is not very optimistic. Many graduates of the Universities and of the Colleges are not joining the profession or are leaving after a year or two. This phenomena is not confined just to the Haifa area but it is countrywide – not that that makes things easier for us here in Haifa. If you know of people who have been working in other fields and would be interested in a new and satisfying second career or if there are teachers of other subjects who would be interested in retraining to become English teachers please let them contact me. We really need them.
May I take this opportunity of wishing you all a very well deserved holiday – take care.
All the best,
Miriam
FOUNDATION LEVEL WEBSITES
Here are some websites you can recommend to your pupils for some summer surfing
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** abc NEWS4KIDS http://abcnews.go.com/abcnews4kids/kids/index.html A fantastic news site for kids. Twice a week new stories are published, written in clear English and superbly illustrated. |
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** Art Adventures http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/play.html Students can join Carmine Chameleon to learn about color, architecture, and painting techniques. The language is simple and the graphics are great. Links to other sites give more detailed information. |
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** Between the Lions, Adventure Maphttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/lions/redhat/ index.html An incredible site full of stories, phonetic based word games, songs and more. |
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** Arty the Part Time Astronaut
A great sight on astronomy in simple English. There are some really neat interactive activities, as well as some good games. Loading takes a while but there are games to play whilst waiting. |
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** Educational Web Adventures http://www.eduweb.com/adventure.html An amazing interactive site, packed with web adventures covering a myriad of subjects from art to science. You can choose an adventure for your class or let them choose alone. |
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** Lil' Fingers http://www.lil-fingers.com/storybooks/index.html A great selection of online, animated, interactive story books written for toddlers but fantastic for beginning readers. Pre-readers can enjoy listening to the ABC, Mom and Me |
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** Stories of the Dreaming A beautiful site that introduces readers to the Aboriginal culture of storytelling. Stories are read by aboriginal storytellers and can be read, heard or watched in video form. |
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** StoryPlace Pre-school Library http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/other.asp Six fantastic stories for pre-readers. All stories are read aloud and have follow up online activities and games. The stories take a few minutes to load but are well worth the wait. |
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** The Little Animals Activity Centre http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/laac/menu.html A series of activities for beginning learners in 5 subject areas. There are some great spelling games and some stories to hear and read. |
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** The Yuckiest Site on the Internet This site is not for the faint hearted. It's all about worms, cockroaches etc (the grosser the better) Great drawings, explanations and video clips. |
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** The World of Beatrix Potter http://www.peterrabbit.co.uk/templates/index.htm An absolutely gorgeous site about Peter Rabbit and friends. Kids can listen to stories, play games and send animated e-cards. The graphics and music are outstanding as is the narration of the books.
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Gordon College of Education is offering a two-year program leading to a teaching certificate as a special education teacher of English.
Year 1 – 1 full day and one afternoon.
Year 2 – 2 afternoons a week.
Requirements: BA in English and teaching certificate or teaching certificate or BED
If you are interested in expanding your teaching horizons and becoming officially qualified to meet the challenges of the mainstreamed, heterogeneous classroom or if you are in need of ideas for teaching English to students of special needs, this program is for you.
For details call: Gordon College English Department 04-8590129 / 111
A Course Towards an English Teaching Certificate
Gordon College is offering a course towards an English Teaching Certificate for native speakers of English.
Requirements: BA in English or BA in any subjects from English Speaking countries.
For details call: Gordon College English Department 04-8590129 / 111
Shaanan Teachers College is offering English teachers of the Haifa and Northern
regions an advanced modular program for Professional Leadership.
Electives will be held pending registration on Tuesday afternoons from 16:00 to 19:15
each semester for two years beginning October 2001.
Subject areas include:
· Developing counseling and organizational skills
· Team and staff development
· Changing Molds of Thinking in Teaching Literacy
· Rites of Passage - Reading Literature, Reading Ourselves
· Contrastive Analysis
· IntegraStory Telling, Creative Drama and Children's Literature
· The Role of Creative Thinking for Teachers and Learners
· Values Clarification and Discipline in the Classroom
· Basic Computer Technology for English Teachers
Qualified teachers are invited to register for the full program or for electives of their
choice.
Teachers will be eligible for gemul hishtalmut from the Ministry upon successful
completion of each elective. Those meeting the requirements of the full two-year
program will be granted a college certificate.
For further details please e-mail Gaby Shoshani at:
INDIVIDUALIZED PROGRAM FOR PRACTICING TEACHERS
Shaanan Teachers College offers practicing teachers a tailored program for extending their qualifications and teaching credentials and attain a fully recognized academic B.Ed.
The following courses in the English Department will be held during the coming school year:
Classes will take place for two semesters on Sunday from 8:30 - 16:45. The first semester begins on October 14.
For further details please leave a message at Shaanan or contact Gaby Shoshani at: gaby@macam.ac.il or Prof. Joel Walters at jwalters@netvision.net.il.
To register or for an appointment with Dr. Eran Levison, Head of Shaanan College please call Michlelet Shaanan Tel 04- 832-8250/1/2/3.
THE ORANIM SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
A Translation Course towards a certificate towards a qualified translator (ìéîåãéí ìúòåãú îúøâí îåñîê) – English-Hebrew, Hebrew/English. The Oranim School is offering a course. The course is intended for native speakers of Hebrew and native speakers of English. Students will study 12 hours a week (4 hours of theoretical work and four practical work) for over a period of one and a half years. The course will take place on Sundays and Tuesdays after 12.00 noon. For Further details call Galit Beaton 04-9838889
A special course will be opened to train teachers on how to deal with pupils will learning disabilities focusing on integrating children with special needs into the regular classroom. The course will be led by Dr. Dina Laron. This is a two year course (17 weekly hours) and will be held on Thursdays from 8.30 to 15.30. The course includes practice teaching.
The price of the course is 2000 Shekels, and credits participants with gmul hishtalmut and successful participants will be awarded a certificate to children with learning disabilities
(
æëàéí ì÷áìú àéùåø ìéîåãéí äîñîéê àåúí ìäåøàú àðâìéú ìúìîéãéí òí ìé÷åéé ìîéãä. )For more information contact
Galit Beaton, 9838889.
1.Linking Israeli and Diaspora schools. A 84 hr course which promotes the study of the Jewish people while encouraging pupils to creatively express themselves. The course is designed for teachers of all ages in both religious and non-religious schools. Mondays 16:45 – 20:00, Marpad Haifa, Gordon College.
2.Ethics in Education – Meetings between different populations. A 112 hour course dealing with the ethical in Education .
For details of the above courses please contact
Bracha Siriel 04- 8254570
We are pleased to inform you of the in-service courses that will be taking place at the above teachers centers next year (2001 – 2002 school year).
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Teachers from the Krayot area are invited to join courses at the Wide Angle Teachers center in Kibbutz Sa’ar (just north of Nahariya – 30 minutes drive) |
Teachers from the Hadera area are invited to join in the courses at the Hadera teachers center (Beit Eliezer) |
If you would like more details or are interested in participating in any of the courses, please
Call or email Gail for further information:
gail@kfar-olami.org.il 04-8746642
Hadera Teachers center
Adapting the curriculum to Special Needs Pupils – 112 hours. (Junior high and high school) Mondays, 14:30 – 17:45. Avi Tsur & Gail Mann
Task Based learning – 56 hours – Elementary school. Mondays, 16:00 – 19:15 . Hava Santo
Advanced Internet online – 112 hours online. David Lloyd & Gail Mann
(for continuing teachers and newcomers).Teaching in the junior high and high school – 56 hours (for new teachers)
Wide Angle Teachers Center
Learning styles in English – 112 hours. Elementary school. Wednesdays 14:30 – 17:45.
This course is divided into two workshops – 56 hours in Marpad Akko with Francine Treat and Mimi Yotzer focusing on implementing the curriculum. 56 hours in Sa’ar with Rachel Arenstein and Gail Mann focusing on using Internet and the forthcoming Snunit website. It is possible to register for only one of the modules.
Advanced Internet online – 112 hours online. David Lloyd & Gail Mann (for continuing teachers and newcomers).
Learning environments – 112 hours. Junior High. Mondays 16:00 – 19:15. Lynn Timna and Sue Chertock.
Critical Issues in Teaching – 112 hours. High School. Tuesdays 16:00 – 19:15. Lynn Timna and Sue Chertock.
For more details call or email Gail:
gail@kfar-olami.org.il 04-8746642
COURSES OFFERED NEXT YEAR