ACCESS ENGLISH MICROSCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, 2011-2012

Rina Akotonas , Access Director

Sponsored by the Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Embassy

TODAY’S TOPICS

Access Today Special Activities Teaching Literature Program Administration

ACCESS TODAY

PROGRAM SCOPE, 2011-2012

This year about 680 of our students from 15 schools will participate in the Access program

26 teachers will take part in the project 6 new teachers will join the project The 10 Graders will start the literature

program

NEW SCHOOLS

The following schools are participating this year for the first time: Kisra- Samya, Merkaz Agalil Amal Appleman, Dimona Amal Hura Metsuyanut Makif Asalam, Segev Shalom

CONTINUING SCHOOLSThe following schools are continuing their participation in the program: Zinman, DimonaTel Sheva AlephTel Sheva ElbyanKseyfe El FarukKseyfe Abu RabyaHura RabinLakya Rahat El Razi

Rahat El Najah,Arara El Nur and Arara B won’t get a 10 Graders group

STUDENT SELECTION

Make student selection significant:1. Test the students2. Get information from other teachers3. Interview the students 4. Create small groups (maximum of 20 to 25

students )5. Organize a special kick-off ceremony/event

Use relevant material

SOME ENCOURAGING DATA

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

Winter Cultural Seminar: January 2nd

Black History Month: February Service Learning Day: from March 3rd to

March 9th

Summer Cultural Seminar: June 2012 American Corner Enrichment Activities

ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES/RESOURCES Aviva Shavit – she can teach history and culture

through drama. She is free on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Friday mornings till 14.30(029908338)

Mina Hogsett, M.Ed. International Education and English Language Teaching . Works at Tel Sheva B, Hura Rabin, Kuseife El Faruk (mhogsett8@gmail.com)0548815364

The Embassy’s site –you can find a lot of material there

AMERICAN CORNER

Each school will plan where to design a corner and decide which material connected with USA will be displayed

An art teacher will help you with the implementation

TEACHING LITERATURE

TEACHING LITERATURE http://cms.education.gov.il/educationcms/units/mazkirut_pedagogit/english/whatsnew/

Literature Bagrut Exam In some questions there will be a choice and students will not be required

to answer the justification question. Learning HOTS will enable your students to better answer other questions

both on the literature module and on the other Bagrut modules. Students who have not been taught how to answer the justification

question have not choice but to answer the alternative question. Teachers preparing their students for the exam do not have to include the

teaching of HOTS for the first three years, even though it is recommended.

The process of teaching literary texts remains the same; the Key Components for teaching a literary text have not changed.

 

TEACHING LITERATURE – Key Components Key Components Pre-Reading Activity Basic understanding Analysis and interpretation Bridging text and context Post-reading activity Reflection Summative Assessment

TEACHING LITERATURE – Log

The Log Teachers who are

preparing their students for the Log have to include the teaching of six HOTS.

Teachers can decide on which six higher-order thinking skills to teach from the list of HOTS in the Handbook, in accordance with their selected literary texts.

What goes into the Log Written activities only Completed activities Completed activities Completed activity Completed tasks – can be

written, visual or recorded Answers to the questions The test

TEACHERS’ OBLIGATIONS

ACCESS TEACHER OBLIGATIONS Sign a contract Report your hours every month

Report students’ attendance Report students’ marks

CONTRACT

You must sign a contract to cover your work on the Access project

REPORTING YOUR HOURS

You must provide exact reporting of your hours on the form provided by Amal

If you do not submit your hours on time, you might not get paid on time

REPORTING ATTENDANCE

You must log students’ attendance on the forms provided for this purpose.

Prompt submission of the attendance log is MANDATORY!

REPORTING MARKS

You must log students’ performance on tasks, quizzes, and examinations.

Prompt submission of this information is MANDATORY!

DO YOU NEED HELP?

You can turn to the following people for assistance: Rina Akotonas Dr Rachel Tal Ahuva Dotan Other teachers

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU !