One of the important conditions for the professional activity of a teacher is the need for self-education. Therefore, according to the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard, an individual or group self-education program for an English teacher is being developed. What is included in it?
The topic and plan of self-education of an English teacher are developed before the start of the school year and are submitted in the form of a report at the end.
What is self-education?
Self-education should be understood as an independent educational activity of a teacher, aimed at acquiring new and improving existing skills, abilities and knowledge.
Today, self-education is one of the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard, and the participants in the process are the director, head teacher, chairman of the methodological association and the teaching staff of the school.
Therefore, teachers of the English language are actively developing a self-education plan and working on it. Self-development can be not only professional (English), but also:
- psychological and pedagogical (work with students and parents);
- psychological (the formation of personal qualities necessary in the work);
- methodical (study and testing of new technologies in teaching English);
- general developmental (legal, historical, aesthetic, political, computer).
Self-education can take place in individual and group forms.
In an individual, the initiator of self-education is a teacher.
Group includes methodological association, seminars, workshops and continuing education courses.
How to choose a theme?
Work on the plan begins with the selection of a topic, since the goals, methods and results of the work carried out depend on it. The topic of self-education of an English teacher should be relevant, interesting to the teacher himself, and the knowledge and skills gained can easily be applied in practice. It is important that it reflects one of the GEF innovations.
The topic of self-education of an English teacher can be chosen by both the teacher himself and the methodology.
How to develop a work plan?
The English teacher self-education plan consists of:
- explanatory note, which indicates the intention of the teacher to conduct work on self-education and its purpose;
- the name of the topic and the timing of its implementation, which usually consist of from 6 months to 3 years;
- goals and objectives that the teacher will achieve after finishing work on the chosen problem;
- sources of self-education, which the teacher used when working on the topic;
- methods of self-education: study of literature, the use of new knowledge in practice:
- forms of work, which can be group and individual;
- action plan;
- expected results;
- ways and forms of demonstration of work done.
The source of self-education can be not only pedagogical literature, but also:
- Media (radio and television);
- periodicals (magazines and newspapers);
- video and audio materials, paid courses online and offline;
- Traveling, exhibitions, theater performances, museums.
For convenience, you can draw up a self-education plan for an English teacher in the form of a table.
How to work on a plan?
Work on the plan can last from 6 months to 3 years. The process of self-education can be divided into 7 stages:
- Definition of the topic, its goals and objectives.
- The choice of direction in which work will be carried out.
- Formulation of expected results.
- Selection of materials for research.
- Learning materials and continuing education.
- Testing new ZUN in practice.
- Report on the work done.
Teachers who teach English have a clear advantage over other subject teachers - knowledge of a foreign language allows you to use not only literature in their native language, but also in English.
How to submit a report?
An English teacher’s portfolio or self-study folder is a report of the process of self-education. It helps to track the development of the teacher before and after the process of self-education, systematizes the learning materials and achievements obtained in the process and expands the library of materials for the methodology of combining the school.
What is included in the folder:
- achievements (diplomas, certificates, certificates, certificates);
- working materials (compendiums of basic and open lessons, demonstration materials, practical, control and laboratory works, verification tests);
- report with analysis and conclusions;
- recommendations for colleagues.
The report can be submitted in:
- paper folder form;
- form of electronic presentation or personal website.
The folder structure includes the following sections:
- Information about the teacher of English;
- self-education results;
- information on scientific and methodological activities in the process of self-education;
- information about extracurricular work in the English language;
- bases with examples of handouts and demonstration materials;
- feedback on the work done, wishes and plans for the future.
Time does not stand still, and the teacher acts as a kind of innovator and guide in the life of society. Therefore, development for him is a vital process that continues after graduation, and the plan for self-education of an English teacher is a necessary tool in implementing the process of professional growth.