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Sanja Milović - senior advisor for international cooperation, ETTA

35th ATEE ConferenceBudapest, 26th - 30th August, 2010

In-Service Teacher Trainers’ Development Programme in Croatia

- Impact and Challenges -

Rod Bolitho, UKSanja Milovic, Croatia


Content

• Country background

• ETTA & ETTA advisors as agents of change

• About the Teacher Trainers’ Development Programme

• Results

• Conclusion


Background

Policy iniciatives: • HNOS• national exams• State Matura• external evaluation• selfevaluation of schools• national curriculum framework (2010)Centralised INSETT system decentalised

Sanja Milović - senior advisor for international cooperation, ETTASanja Milović - senior advisor for international cooperation, ETTA

Education and Teacher Training Agency (ETTA)

• independent public institution responsible for promoting and supporting implementation of educational policies of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sport on a large-scale.

• one of four important roles: supporting and training teachers, school counsellors and school principals from pre-school to secondary-school level throughout their professional career


ETTA advisors (110)

Strengths:• a long tradition of cooperating with schools and

teachers and culture of trust developed (since 1874.)

• positive perceptions of ETTA regarding the issues of educational change/reform

• a good insight, from a national perspective, into the strengths and weaknesses of current teaching practices and situations in schools

• advisers may act upon their professional insights immediately in order to make improvements


ETTA 2009

• 110 advisors

• 948 training events – national level

• 57.166 paticipant

• 1.432 CCoTT

• 4.4001 training events – regional level

• 111.236 participant


Challenges

• how can 110 advisers give the best possible support to all teachers in their process of change?

• how can teachers be encouraged to take more ownership of their professional development?


Aim

UK

students

outcomes

ETTA teachers (55.7619) (20/110) CCoTT (1.432) students edu.spec. (753.412) principles


Ineffective INSETT (Fullan 1991)

• one-shot workshops• imposed topics; little attention to participants’

individual needs• deficit view leads to resistance and negativity• little follow-up support or monitoring• little systematic follow-up evaluation of impact• teachers from different schools thrown together• lack of conceptual basis for planning; the

process is often arbitrary and random; not shared with teachers

• trainers often lack face validity for participants


Effective INSETT (Fullan 1991)

• school-based programmes• immediate practical relevance• opportunities to learn from each other• draws on teachers’ experience and what they

can do well• attention to individual needs of participants• involvement of teachers in planning/decision-

making• course as part of a longer-term development-

oriented strategy with follow-up and accountability


About the project

• Project leader: Sanja Milović, ETTA

• Expert: Rod Bolitho, Norwich Institute for Language Education, UK

• Project group: 20 senior advisors, ETTA

• Activities: 4x2days moduls, intermodular tasks, end-of-project conference, publishing Quide for professional development, dissemination to all ETTA advisors, new training courses/projects

• Duration: 2009 – 2010

• Funding: ETTA, Croatia


Objectives

• to train advisers and key trainers in the principles and practice of in-service teacher development and lifelong professional learning

• to build training capacity at regional and local levels through a cascade model of County Coordinators of Teacher Training(CCoTT)

• to establish guidelines for good practice in in-service course design and delivery

• to prepare sample training materials based on generic training principles

• to familiarise participants with good practice in observation and supervision for professional development

• to establish a team ethos and mutual support strategies among the advisors


ETTA Advisors (20)

Location:• Zagreb 9• Rijeka 4• Osijek 4• Split 3

Subject areas:

16 subjects

ETTA working experience:

English speaking:65%

4

12

31

do 1 god

od 1 do 5 god

od 5 do 10 god

više od 10 god


Module - topics

Modul 1: 2-3.2.’09.Donja Stubica

training principles; good practice in training; the qualities of a good trainer; the professional development of teachers; teachers’ professional life cycles; adult learning

Modul 2: 12.-13.3.’09.Krapinske toplice

feedback from the inter-module task; experiential learning cycle; design of training materials

Modul 3: 28.-29.5.’09.Crikvenica

feedback from the inter-module task; observation & supervision of teachers; action research; starting on Guide

Modul 4: 1.-2.10.’09.Zagreb

discussion about the Guide; training programme design and evaluation; management of change


Programme

Modul 1 12 -interviewing teachers at different stages in their careers

- 4

Modul 2 12 -design and carry out training session based on experiential learning cycle

- 4

Modul 3 12 -produce a first draft of the Guide - 4

Modul 4 12 -

produce a final draft of the Guide - 10

Total: 70 hours 48 22


Results

1.) 20 Advisers trained - results presented to all ETTA 110 Advisers

2.) implementation now underway

3.) the publication of a Guide for Professional Development for advisers, CCoTTs, mentors and other teachers trainers and teachers themselves.

“This Guide is specially valuable because it fills the gap in literature in Croatian language on issues of teacher training and professional development of teachers, educational specialists and principles.” (Basic, 2010.)


Evaluation after Modul 4

Relevance of the topics for the work of ETTA 5,0

The content of the project 5,0

Structure of Activities and Methods based on experiential learning cycle 5,0

Cooperation among advisers themselves and UK expert 5,0

Knowledge gained and exchange of ideas and experience 5,0

Organisation and working conditions 4,8

Overall project 5,0


Evaluation after 6 mounths

Relevance of the topics for the work of ETTA 5,0 5,0

The content of the project 5,0 4,9

Knowledge gained 5,0 4,7

Application of the gained knowledge in everyday work - 4,7

Materials used in the project - 4,8

The writing of articles for the Guide - 4,7

Present cooperation among advisers-participants - 4,3

Value for future work 5,0

Overall project 5,0 5,0


Advisers’ voices I’ve improved the way I design training courses and implemented

the majority of ideas...teachers like my new approach to training..

I’ve also noticed that other colleagues changed the structure of

their training courses, and together with one colleague I am

preparing a course...

The greatest value of the programme is that content and methods

provided a better insight into the aim of training, and effective

training of teachers as adult learners.

You just can’t ignore what you’ve experienced, learned and

understood as the programme participant.


Dissemination (topics)

levels number of hours participants

County 49 611

Regional 64 583

National 15 331

International 10 209

End-of-project conference 6 120

ETTA training events 13 108

Total: 157 1962


http://www.azoo.hr/tekst/zbornik-radova-strucno-usavrsavanje-i-profesionalni-razvoj-/2510


Remember..“Change is mandatory; growth is optional”(Fullan 1993)

Thank you for your attention!

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