Archives for Best Practices
Team 6 – Reflecting on two inspiring days of Sharing and Learning!
Our team came together for two energizing mornings filled with creativity, reflection, and lots of great conversations during our Idea Sharing Days on June 12th and 13th. These sessions...
“Together We Teach: The Impact of Peer Collaboration on Professional Growth” by Ayşe Gizem Çiftçi, Betül Selcan Şentürk, Leyla Yıldız, Sedef Güzelyurt, and Şule Bakırcan Yalçın
In ScOLa, we conduct regular annual class observations with team members. This year, with a group of instructors, we aimed to bring an innovative and developmental dimension to our...
2024-25 Fall Semester TLDU Update
Dear all, Please find ScOLa TLDU update for 2024-2025 Academic Year Fall Semester below: 1. Teacher Strand 1.1 ScOLa Induction Program – Fall Semester Our new instructors—three from the...
A reflection by Işıl Özdemir on the Third International Language-For-All Conference by Çukurova University
This month, I had the privilege of attending the Third International Language-For-All Conference at Çukurova University in Adana. The event was supported by the TÜBİTAK 2223-B Grant Program for...
Published Article by İlke Menekşe Gerede-Hoyland
İlke Menekşe Gerede-Hoyland, one of our preparatory program instructors, has recently published an article titled “EFL Learners and EFL Teaching in Turkey: Native English-Speaking Teachers’ Perspectives” in the latest...
Reflections on Instructional Rounds Observation by Adam Rackham, Sinem Altuğ and Tibet Elmalık
As per City, Elmore, Fiarman, and Teitel (2009), instructional rounds provide a structured approach for educators to collaborate and enhance their teaching. The practice combines three common elements of...
Team Teaching Journey by Nazlı Hazar, Özge Özgen, Eugene Giovanelli
Team teaching has been around for years, and it is used to enhance learning and teaching in many fields of education. There are different types of team teaching defined...
REFLECTIONS ON OUR TEAM TEACHING EXPERIENCE by ROBERT M. SPODEN & ÖZLEM BAYKAN
Believing in the fact that teaching is a learning process both for learners and teachers, we wanted to pool our skills, experience, and efforts to increase the effectiveness of...
BLOG-ID 19: CAN IT BE THE MAGICAL PANACEA IN TEACHING AND LEARNING DURING COVID TIMES? by Petek Şirin
Covid-19 has dramatically affected the trajectory of teaching and learning. In a matter of weeks, traditional in-person classroom was expected to leave its place to new learning modalities. But,...
Cambridge Assessment English Webinar:Assessing Reading and Listening online
Tuesday 09 June 2020 09:30 (UK Time) Thursday 11 June 2020 16:00 (UK Time) REGISTER * Please join with Chrome or Firefox browser After the event, you will receive...