Task 1-2

TASK 1: THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND WHOLE SCHOOL ISSUES

1. What are his/her goals for the school?

• To improve the quality of education and acquisition and to raise worthwhile individuals for the future.

2. What are the expectations that the principal has for the teaching staff?

• S/he must be good at communication, 

             supervise students at shifting hours, 
             attend lessons on time, 
             s/he also must programme yearly lesson plans.
If we consider the English lesson, we expect them to give more importance to speaking and listening, she says.

3. What role does he/she take in helping new teachers fit into the school during their first year?

• Actually in our school, there isn't any new teacher. Our teachers are experienced. But even if there is, we direct them to the principal teacher of her department to get help when s/he needs.

4. What is the principal's opinion regarding the characteristics which good teachers possess?

• S/he must be up-to-date today's world of English Language Education, and s/he must know how to conduct technology integrated lessons. 

5. What makes the director proud about the students and the staff of the school?

• The success of the school and the students.

6. What are the school discipline rules for the students and the teachers?

• There are not strict discipline rules due to their puberty of the children in middle schools, she says.

TASK 2: YOUR DEPARTMENT IN SCHOOL

1. English teachers at Osmaniye Middle School:

• Menekşe Kocagil - 6,7 years
• Emel Koçak - 2 years
• Ece Karabulut Susam - 6,7 years
• Şadıman Esatoğlu - Attendant Teacher

3.Rewards and Punishments*:

• Medals
• Gifts for Sportive Students
• Certificates of Honour

*Punishments are not processed affectively in middle schools. 

The students are at their most sensitive ages and their parents represent them in cases.

3. Resources at school:

• Laboratory-like designed classes
• Smart Boards