Every year, Goducate in Indonesia holds a teachers’ training session for our Sing Your English (SYE) and eTalk (EnglishTalk) teachers, to refresh them with teaching methods and classroom management topics, and to empower them with inspirational topics. This year, our training was held from July 11 to 16 in Batam.
The SYE program, offered in Batam. Medan, Bandung, and Pekanbaru, was introduced 3 years ago. SYE Phonics Adventure is for kindergarten students, and SYE levels 1-3 covers basic English. We are about to launch SYE Level-Up, which aims to develop English-speaking skills and self-confidence through stage performances, English-language competitions, and fun workshops. The program covers SYE levels 4,5, and 6, and is packed with competitions in Expressive Reading, Storytelling, Poetry Recitation, Newscasting, Drama, and Musical presentations. Our teachers went through simulated classes of SYE Level-Up to learn how to facilitate the teaching of the lessons.
Our teachers’ training also offers a time of refreshment and fellowship with each other. There were sessions dealing with cases encountered in our actual classes and finding out how to manage these cases. This year our teachers were also taught to be sensitive, to observe and spot special-needs children and how to manage and deal with them properly.
We desire to deliver an excellent program for Indonesian students and we can only do this by regularly training our teachers and facilitators.
