Catharina and Bu are coaching each other. Catherina is in New Jersey and Bu is in Australia. Someone in Canada is coaching a teacher in France. It’s called 1:1 Coaching.
How does it work?
1. Teacher A teaches her language to Teacher B using TPRS.
2. When Teacher B feels that she has had enough exposure to Teacher A’s instruction, she then assumes the role of the teacher of her own language and Teacher A becomes the student.
3. At the end of each session, both have a meeting to identify areas for improvement. This heavy coaching by Teacher A would come in at the end of the session and not during it, to avoid interruption of the flow of the work of the teacher being trained.
4. When skill areas that need improvement are identified, Teacher B agrees to read the articles/Primers/watch videos that are available here as homework.
5. After a week of homework, the above process is repeated.
The commitment of both teachers could be as little as one hour per week, more during vacations. We could call it 1:1 Coaching.
Suggestions are welcome. I am willing to create the hard link if anybody wants us to make this a feature of what we do here as a PLC. Anything that helps us get better at this should be explored. This is something that can be done during the year, without us having to depend on one week of training in the summer (for those who have the time and can afford it).