A COORDINATOR ’ S YEAR PLAN Written by Rina AKOTONAS, Head of ACCESS Microscholarship Program AMAL NETWORK

SEPTEMBER Diagnosing the pupils’ level Checking the pupils’ lists Presenting the year program to the pupils, the teachers and if possible to the parents

Teaching Goals To reduce gaps To build new topics To vary teaching methods To vary assessing methods To build a staff where each teacher will be responsible for a specific task

OCTOBER Discussing the plan with the staff Building the teaching program for each group Reflecting on the books chosen in each group

A Teaching Plan Deals with: Goals Contents Skills Strategies Time division Teaching methods Assessment Reflection

How do we evaluate books ? They must follow the new curriculum They should be rich and attractive They should be relevant to the pupils and tell about issues close to the pupils’ world There should be different levels of exercises There should be different types of texts

NOVEMBER Reflection on what has been done. Preparation for the winter exam if there is any: mock exams, “magen” mark Assessment of the pupils’ level Preparation for the pedagogical councils

DECEMBER PLANNING THE PROJECTS IN EACH CLASS  Choosing a topic  Planning time  Preparing the material  Planning assessment criteria  Deciding how the project will be presented

JANUARY Planning comparative exams Developing new materials Planning open lessons to learn from each other…

FEBRUARY Evaluating the work done Evaluating teaching methods Evaluating assessment methods

SPRING: MARCH and APRIL Analyzing the Bagrut results Preparing plan for the following year

SUMMER : MAY, JUNE,JULY Deciding upon books and other material, Thinking about teachers’ training, Preparing pupils’ final exams, Preparing mocking exams, Deciding about “magen” policy, Organizing summer courses, Organizing summer exams, Deciding upon teachers’ hours and classes.

LIKE A CIRCLE, A WORK PLAN WILL START FROM THE BEGINNING …