This may entail fundamental change in how power and responsibility are viewed. The session reports on research material for teacher-training workshops gathered from videoed counselling sessions. The colloquium brings together those involved in implementing a professional development school approach to teacher training. Participants discuss current issues in teacher training for culturally and linguistically diverse students with special needs. A panel discussion and presentation of the PDS follows.
Audience response is invited.
The design of the Web-based course, learning activities, and assessment measures determine the outcomes. The presenters describe an ESOL endorsement course using a systems approach to design and development, followed by a discussion of student-centered learning strategies. For needs assessment to become a dialogue between teacher and learners, it needs to be an ongoing part of teaching. Participants explore the why, what, and how of ongoing needs assessment by examining examples from other teachers' work and by creating their own needs assessment activities. The presenters describe a procedure for educating new teachers to think reflectively, seek solutions from experience teachers and implement change in their classrooms.