Teacher’s Guide "Insights into Remote Learning and Teaching"

The Teacher's Guide is developed within the program Support for Distance English Language Education in Ukrainian Secondary Schools - SDELE.

This Guide can be used as a ‘standalone’ resource but may also serve as core content for professional development courses at Regional In-Service Teacher Training Institutes all over Ukraine. It is intended for teachers working at any grade level in Ukrainian schools, though the examples of lesson episodes and lesson plans provided in the Guide are for Grades 5 and 6 of the New Ukrainian School. Some of the recommended resources come from universities or university colleges which may seem irrelevant at first sight. But the Guide encourages teachers to pick up and reflect on ideas and not to transfer content as it is directly to the classroom.

A central purpose of this work was to improve remote teaching via the provision of effective technical guidance about how to use existing technology like computers, cell phones, accompanying software, and platforms such as Google and Zoom. However, the Guide goes beyond just addressing ‘technical skills’, it contributes to further development of teachers’ professional competence by promoting communicative approaches to language teaching, effective use of task-based activities, and enhanced use of techniques that are sensitive to the social and emotional aspects of learning and teaching; all of which can be carried with teachers back to their ‘normal’ classrooms.

You can learn more about SDELE Program on SDELE webpage.