Training courses for teachers!

Today, I have to think about training courses:


Which training courses would you like to have access to as a teacher? Why? Which is, in your opinion, the best way to share good practice amongst teaching professionals? Why?

          Everybody thinks that Teaching Degree is an easy career because we teach children. But, they are wrong, because a teacher is learning and studying along his life. Nowadays, the society demands us a continuous learning and training in different areas, especially in a second language and in Information and Communication New Technologies (ICT).

In Spain, having a good level in English as a second language is a fundamental requisite to find a job. That’s good, because in the rest of Europe children acquire two languages at least when they are growing. In addition, the Education System has to improve the foreign languages methodologies. Spanish people are very good at grammar or writing a composition, but they find a lot of difficulties in listening, comprehension and speaking in another language. That’s why the young teachers have to take into account it and use innovative methodologies which assess the four basic skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. For that reason, training courses about teaching in foreign languages which develop successful methodologies could be useful for the improvement of students’ linguistic competence. Personally, I would like to attend courses in which I can see first-hand methodologies like Finland’s ones.

In addition, a teacher have to change and adapt to the word demands. Technology has developed some instruments to improve the teaching and learning process: blogs, digital blackboards, webs…So, if we love our job, we will interested in use innovative ways to motivate our pupils and achieve a meaningful learning. That’s why I’m a Primary teacher specialist in Information and Communication New Technologies (ICT). Despite of that, I would like to research more: recycling is essential!

However, if we really want to improve our education, sharing our experiences, materials and resources is completely necessary! On internet, we can find a lot of information. But, in our own school there are also a lot of creative teachers with whom we should share our advices and teaching strategies. Therefore, educational discussions in small groups could be helpful for the school’s development and especially for the teachers’ enrichment.

From my point of view, a teacher have to be trained in all areas as he can, because a class is a little world in which sometimes you have to be not only a teacher but a doctor, a nurse, a policeman, a psychologist, an artist… So, we shouldn´t be limited by the government’s demands, because there are a lot of knowledge that we have to learn and then to teach our students. We shouldn´t forget our main task: prepare people to live in the real world.