Teaching

Observations
Teachers usually have two lesson observations: Drop-in observation and Full observations. 
 Drop-in Observations 
 Drop-in observations are informal lesson observations. They last around 15 minutes and are held at the earliest opportunity in order to identify any potential issues with teaching or classrooms. Drop-in observations take place whenever the TM deems them necessary but the TM tells teachers in advance. After a drop-in observation the TM may direct teachers to the Teacher Knowledge Bank if further support is required. 
 Full Observations 
 Procedure 
 
 
 TM Produces a Lesson Observation Rota at least 3 days before the first full observation and makes it available to the all teaching staff. 
 
 
 TM Organises an individual pre-observation meeting to briefly discuss the observation checklist. Teachers can suggest areas of their teaching on which they would like specific feedback.  
 
 
 Teachers hand in or email their lesson plan for the observed lesson before the observation starts.  
 
 
 TM writes up the observation feedback report.  
 
 
 TM follows up the observation with a brief discussion with the teacher within two working days from the observation, then completes and emails a final Teacher Observation Report to teacher and HO within 5 working days. 
 
 
 Observation Lesson Plan 
 Teachers need to complete a Lesson Plan form and hand it to the TM before a full observation. 
 Observation Checklist 
 An ANGLO Teacher Observation Checklist must be completed by the TM for each full observation, then handed in to the teachers to keep. ANGLO will keep a copy. 
 Assessment: 3: Very good, 2: Good, 1: Unsatisfactory, N/O: Not Observed 
 *Any items marked Not Observed should be explained where appropriate

Board Work
Teachers must make sure there board work is always tidy and useful for the students. 
 Essentials of board work: 
 
 
 Lesson outcomes: what will students have learned or improved by the end of your lesson? 
 
 
 Teachers should explain these to their students at the beginning of the lesson, refer to them during the class then review/reflect at the end of the lesson. Learning outcomes for each lesson are listed on the first slide. 
 
 
 Language models: clear examples of functional language, with important language elements/patterns highlighted 
 
 
 New vocabulary: with parts of speech (n, v, adj, etc.), and highlighted pronunciation (stress, important phonemes) 
 
 
 Error correction 
 
 
 We recommend dividing the board into clear sections, and using colours consistently throughout the course. For example: black or blue for main text, green for highlighting important language elements or patterns, and red for error correction. See below board plan: 
 
 There's more info on Board Work on the Teaching Hub's Teacher's Knowledge Bank

Classroom Seating
In order to create the most effective learning environment for students it is important to consider seating arrangements in the classroom. Below are two possible classroom seating layouts and the types of teaching activity they work best with: 
 
 
  

Trinity GESE Exams
Some ANGLO students opt to sit their spoken Trinity exams during their ANGLO programme. 
 Teachers typically have little interaction in this process (it is handled principally by the management team). 
 The Trinity Exam Process is detailed on the Teaching Hub

Student Feedback
ANGLO collects student feedback on Programme Day 3 and at the end of the course (Course Day 7 for 13-night programmes, Course Day 8 for 14-night programmes). Day 3 feedback is used to see how students are settling in and to identify any problems they might so that these can be resolved as soon as possible. 
 End of Course feedback is used to assess satisfaction throughout the programme and the results are used to make changes (where necessary and appropriate) for subsequent student intakes.  
 Student feedback forms are completed in the classroom with the teacher helping students to locate the form and assisting with any comprehension difficulties. 
 Procedure for Collecting Student Feedback 
 
 On a feedback day, teachers should bring QR code posters to their classroom (these are available in the Teaching Office from the Teaching Manager) 
 Teachers ask students to scan the QR codes on students' own devices 
 Students complete the form individually and submit their answers 
 
 Students need to complete their own form on their own device. This is important so that every student has the opportunity to give feedback

Student Academic Management (Teaching Managers)
Attendance, Evaluation & Reports Guide 
 Teaching Managers : Managing attendance and evaluation of students 
 ANGLO uses the name  SAM for the documents that are used for  S tudent  A cademic  M anagement 
 The Student Academic Management (SAM) Google Sheet document brings together attendance, class profile, class records, progress checking and report generation to one place. This guide explains how to use the SAM from an administrator’s perspective. TMs and WTS can interact with more parts of the SAM than teachers can. 
 To understand how your teachers need to complete the attendance, profile and evaluation information, please refer to the  Student Academic Management Guide for Teachers . 
 🔎 Overview of the SAM document 
 There is a SAM Google Sheet for each group A and group B in each turn. These SAM documents are already in your Academic Shared Drive > Academic > Turn 1 (or Turn 2, 3, 4). You can easily identify these documents from the title of the document, for example: 🔴 Group A Turn 1 SAM Or 🟢 Group B Turn 2 SAM Each of these documents has permissions so that everyone can edit it Naturally, there are controls in place to make sure users don’t edit areas they shouldn’t. 
 🔀 Flow of the SAM document 
 
 Set Up: Assigning Teachers to Groups 
 Class Lists: Generating class lists 
 Daily Use: Recording attendance & evaluating students 
 Reports: Generating reports for each student 
 
 🤹🏽‍♂️ Set Up: Assigning Teachers to Groups 
 When you first open a SAM document you will land on the ‘⚙️ DASH’ sheet. Here is where you will see the various classes at your centre - each one denoted by a name - and the course level of each one: 
 In the example above, there are 3 concurrent classes. Now you need to assign teachers to teach each class by entering their name in the relevant group's row in the Teacher column. You also need to enter the classroom assigned to that teacher. 
 The Number of Students, the Course Level and Age Range of each group are also shown to facilitate assigning the most appropriate teacher to the group. 
 That’s the end of the setup! If you visit any of the class sheets at the bottom of the document e.g.  ‘Bath’, you will see the teacher’s name and class level just as you assigned them on the ‘⚙️ DASH’. 
 The only thing that remains is to make sure your teachers have the link to the SAM document. You can send this via email or WhatsApp 
 Remind teachers that they will need to pay attention as they will have two parallel SAM documents; one for group A and one for group B. 
 Remind teachers to follow the information detailed in " Student Academic Management (Teachers) " which is linked on the Teaching Hub . 
 📃 Class Lists: Generating class lists for distribution 
 Once the setup is complete, and each group has been assigned a teacher and a classroom, the SAM can be used to generate a printable Class List for each class: 
 
 A PDF is created for each class. These can be printed and stuck on a noticeboard or wall, or shared digitally with Group Leaders. This is essential for students and group leaders to know where they must be for their classes. 
 To generate the class lists: 
 
 Click Academic Management Operations > Create Class Lists at the top of the document
 (If this is the first time you are using the menu, you will need to authorise the script ) 
 
 A popup message will confirm the classes that a class list will be created for. It also informs you that the generated Class Lists will be stored in Google Drive and also emailed to you. If you are happy, press Yes to continue 
 DO NOT PRESS ANYTHING ELSE . You will see a notification in the bottom right hand corner of the screen indicating progress 
 When the operation finishes you will see a success message 
 You can find the Class Lists in your email inbox as well as in your Academic shared drive 
 
 🗓️ Daily Use: Recording attendance & evaluating students 
 Once the course begins and students are in the classrooms with their teachers, the regular daily use of the SAM document begins. 
 Teachers must record attendance, complete class profile, complete class records, and evaluate students. It is best to refer to Student Academic Management (Teachers) for further details. 
 📝 Reports: Generating reports for each student 
 Towards the end of each course, when all the attendance and evaluation* has been entered by the respective teachers, you are ready to generate reports for each class. *For reports to be correctly generated, all basic student info (First Name, Last Name, Group, Nationality, ID) and Day 4 and Day 8 evaluation results must be entered 
 You need to generate reports class by class: 
 
 Make sure the sheet for the class you want to generate reports for is active (click it to make it active)  (the blue colour means it’s active) 
 Click the Academic Management Operations button at the top of the screen and select Generate Student Reports (Active Sheet): (If this is the first time you are using the menu, you will need to authorise the script ) The system will do some checks to make sure that everything looks right. If there is something wrong, you will be informed by an error popup notice. Follow the instructions given in the popup message. If you are not able to, reach out to Chris. 
 Assuming there are no error popups, you will be greeted by a confirmation message. It’s important to read this message carefully!
 The folder location will be shown to you again at the end of the process. In any case the reports will be in the same location as the SAM, in Student Reports > Group B Reports (or A) > Austen (or other group name) 
 
 
 If you are not happy and want to edit student information in the sheet, click ‘No’. Otherwise, click ‘Yes’. ⚠️ Once you have clicked "Yes", DO NOT CLICK anything else. Wait until you see a success message. 
 
 
 You can copy the folder link and then paste it into another browser tab to see the reports. 
 ℹ️ Each student's generated individual PDF report will be linked in the rightmost column for future reference Inside the folder, each report has the name of the student, with the first letter of their surname and their group name as the file title You should check all generated reports. Liaise with the Programme Manager to arrange sending them to the group leader. 
 
 
 🔀 Moving a Student from one group to another 
 Carefully follow these steps: 
 ➡️ If the course hasn’t started yet: 
 
 Select the student’s information in columns B to I of the group sheet and press ‘Ctrl + C’ to copy (or click the ‘Edit’ button at the top, then click ‘Copy’) 
 Navigate to the new group’s sheet 
 Select the cell in column B where there is the first empty row and on your keyboard press, ‘Ctrl + Shift + V’ (or click the ‘Edit’ button at the top, then click ‘Paste without formatting’) 
 Go back to the old group, select the student’s information in columns B to H, then press backspace on your keyboard to remove the student (since no attendance or profile data has been entered for this student, it is safe to delete them) 
 If there are other students below the empty row and you wish to remove the empty row, select all their data with your mouse, then press ‘Ctrl + C’ to copy (or click the ‘Edit’ button at the top, then click ‘Copy’) 
 Press backspace on your keyboard to delete the selected students 
 Select the cell in column B where there is the first empty row and on your keyboard press, ‘Ctrl + Shift + V’ (or click the ‘Edit’ button at the top, then click ‘Paste without formatting’) 
 
 ➡️ If the course has already started (meaning that some attendance for the student has been recorded): 
 
 In the old group’s sheet, select the student’s information and any attendance , and press ‘Ctrl + C’ to copy it (don’t delete it!) 
 Move to the new group’s sheet, and select the cell in column B where the first empty row is (i.e. after the last student) and press ‘Ctrl + Shift + V’ (or click the ‘Edit’ button at the top, then click ‘Paste without formatting’) 
 Repeat steps 1 and 2, except this time copying the student’s Class Profile information from the old group to the new group (if it was filled out) 
 IMPORTANT: Return to the old group’s sheet and modify the student’s departure date to the new departure date (i.e. the date on which the student left the class). The easiest way to do this is to double click the cell, and select a date from the picker 
 IMPORTANT: Now select the student’s Nationality, Age and Level. Press backspace to delete them. You can now see the departed student’s row has turned red, indicating to the teacher that the student is no longer in the class. They are also not counted among the total number of students 
 
 🆘 Help! (FAQs) 
 
 Q: What happens when you click the 'Academic Management Operations' button for the first time? 
 IMPORTANT: The first time you press this button and Create Class Lists or Generate Student Reports you will need to to give authorisation for the script to allow access to Sheets and Drive. This is safe to do. Authorise the script by following the instructions on screen. 
 When you see the message: 
 
 Click OK to move on. 
 Click Continue (after making sure the account you are logged into is your ANGLO Google Workspace account): 
 
 Select all to give the script the necessary permissions: 
 
 Press Continue and the popup window will disappear. 
 You now need to go back and click the Academic Management Operations button again to perform the process you wanted. 
 
 
 Q: I have generated some reports and I’ve discovered there’s some missing information that I would like to add (or information I would like to change). How do I go about regenerating the reports? 
 A: If you discover any mistakes, correct them in the class sheet. Then delete the Report link in the rightmost column for the student(s) you would like to regenerate reports for. Finally, run the Generate Student Reports again via the button at the top. (Pro tip: You may wish to move or rename the old PDF reports in Google Drive first)

Student Academic Management (Teachers)
Attendance, Evaluation & Reports Guide 
 Teachers : Filling in attendance and evaluating your students 
 ANGLO uses the name  SAM for the documents that are used for  S tudent  A cademic  M anagement 
 This guide explains how to use the ‘Student Academic Management’ (SAM) Google Sheet, a link to which your Teaching Manager will send you. This document is used to record your students’ attendance, evaluation, and class profile in one single place. 
 🔎 Overview of the SAM document 
 Your Teaching Manager will send you a link to a SAM Google Sheet for each course you will teach: one document for group A and one document for group B for each student intake. You can easily identify this information from the title of the document, for example: 🔴 Group A Turn 1 SAM Or 🟢 Group B Turn 2 SAM 
 ⚙️ DASH 
 When you open the document, you should see the ‘⚙️ DASH’ sheet. Click to view it. Here you will see the names of the various classes, the level of course material the class will follow, and the name of the teacher assigned to each class. You will also see a classroom assignment* and a link to this document should you need to read it again. *It is possible that classrooms have not been assigned when you first receive the link to the document. Consult your Manager. 
 In the example above there are groups: each one has a level, a teacher, a classroom, number of students and the age range of the students. 
 Class Sheet: Class Info 
 You can easily identify the name of the group assigned to you. Locate your sheet at the bottom of the document. It will have the group’s name on it (in this example we are using Josh who is teaching Austen group). Click to select it: 
 
 You'll find the main information about the class in the top left: 
 Here you can see confirmation of the classroom (B1.21), group name (Austen), level (B1), group B (the green colour), and the teacher (Josh). 
 Class Sheet: Student Info 
 Your students are located in rows 7 to 26 (depending on the number of students in your class*) *The maximum number of students is 15 (there is space in the register for 20. This is in case students are moved from one class to another. More on this below) 
 For each student in your class you have their full name, group/group leader name, nationality, ID, age, level and departure date. 
 
 Since the Student Academic Management document covers 4 aspects of student management, convenient links are also placed in a prominent location. Simply hover, and click the link to be taken to the part of the sheet you are looking for. 
 
 We'll delve into more detail on each of these 4 items in the next sections. 
 🙋‍♂️ Attendance 
 ℹ️ Click on the ‘🔗 Attendance’ to jump across to the 🙋‍♂️ Attendance section. Alternative, scrolling to the right, the first section next to your students' names is the Attendance section. For each day of the course you need to complete the attendance for each of the 3 lessons. Fill in the attendance for each learning session with a 'P' for present, a 'L' for late or an 'A' for absent. Inform your TM 10 minutes into class if you have any absent students. 
 
 Inform your TM 10 minutes after the class begins if you have any absent students 
 Each day is marked with the date, and any other tasks to be completed on that day. In the example below, today is Wednesday 15th April and the attendance for that day needs to be taken, as well as completing the Class Profile. 
 
 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 Class Profile 
 ℹ️ Click on the ‘🔗 Class Profile’ to jump across to the 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 Class Profile section. The Class Profile needs to be completed on Day 1, using the Needs Analysis and your own observations. It needs to be reviewed on Day 3 (and changed if necessary). 
 
 📝 Class Records 
 ℹ️ Click on the ‘🔗 Class Records’ to jump across to the 📝 Class Records section. At the end of the 3rd lesson each day, fill in the Class Records (rows 29-32) with information about what you have covered in class. 
 
 Class Records are a great reminder for yourself and are really beneficial if another teacher has to cover your class 
 📋 Evaluation 
 ℹ️ Click on the ‘🔗 Evaluation’ to jump across to the 📋 Evaluation section. On day 4 and day 8, complete the progress report for your class.  Enter the test result out of 10, then assign Excellent, Good or Needs Improvement for each of the areas indicated. Finally, leave your comments. 
 
 The image above shows the Day 4 Evaluation section but the Day 8 one is identical. 
 The cell space for leaving comments is really small. TIP: Select the comments cell with your mouse, then type in the formula bar towards the top of the screen. 
 📜 Certificate Grades 
 On Day 5 the SAM will indicate to you that it's time to indicate students' certificate grades 
 
 Click the Certificate Grade link or scroll to the right side of the SAM. 
 Enter P (Pass), M (Merit), D (Distinction) for each student. 
 TIP: When a Certificate Grade cell is selected, press Return on your keyboard. You can then use the arrow keys to select P, M or D. Press Return again to make the selection and automatically move to the cell (student) below, 
 🆘 Help! (FAQs) 
 
 Q: Do I need a Google account to use this system? 
 A: Nope! You just need a web browser and the link to a SAM document. However, it is perhaps more convenient for you if you are logged into a Google account, as you can save the link in My Drive for easier access. 
 
 
 Q: Why are some of the rows in my student list grey? 
 A: If the rows are grey like this: 
 
 It means there are no students in those rows, so you don’t need to fill anything in. Alternatively, it means the student isn’t expected to be present i.e. they have departed or have been moved into a different group. 
 
 
 Q: Why is there a student with red text? Why are there red rows? 
 A: If the rows are red like this: 
 
 Then information about the student is not complete. Ask your TM to check your SAM sheet. 
 
 
 Q: Why do some of my students have different departure dates? 
 A: Some students may leave earlier than others (usually by only one day). Alternatively, the student has been moved to another group. In that case, you will see the Teaching Manager has changed the departure date to indicate the student is no longer in your group, and so you don’t need to mark attendance or do evaluation for that student. 
 Pay attention to students' departure dates as you may be asked to complete evaluation or certificate grades by your TM earlier than indicated on the SAM