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RESC – CHILAW

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE  - CHILAW

STAFF

}  COORDINATOR                   - VACANT

}  TEACHER IN CHARGE – PP CHANDRANI

}  TEACHER ASSISTANT –   JE BULATHSINGHALA

}  Usually we conduct programmes after school except workshops and students programmes.

}  Teachers visit RESC after their work as they don’t want to neglect the work.

}  Though there are two members we arrange to do the maximum work.

}  Apart from that ADE and the ISA get the help of us for their programmes too. Ex; English Language camps, Reading camps, Life skill programmes, workshops and students seminars.

Teachers come to the  library and refer books and talk to the staff  when they want to resolve problems.

}  For zonal and provincial English day competitions we give our service whenever they needed.

}  Conducting GCE O/L Literature workshops

RESC – CHILAW

ZONAL EDUCATION OFFICE  - CHILAW

STAFF

}  COORDINATOR                   - VACANT

}  TEACHER IN CHARGE – PP CHANDRANI

}  TEACHER ASSISTANT –   JE BULATHSINGHALA

}  Usually we conduct programmes after school except workshops and students programmes.

}  Teachers visit RESC after their work as they don’t want to neglect the work.

}  Though there are two members we arrange to do the maximum work.

}  Apart from that ADE and the ISA get the help of us for their programmes too. Ex; English Language camps, Reading camps, Life skill programmes, workshops and students seminars.

Teachers come to the  library and refer books and talk to the staff  when they want to resolve problems.

}  For zonal and provincial English day competitions we give our service whenever they needed.

}  Conducting GCE O/L Literature workshops

                                      

past and present particulars of the chilaw resc

RESC – CHILAW

Zonal Education Office

Chilaw

Established when ?

05.10.1992  at St/Mary’s Boys College, Chilaw.

Staff then…

Ø  Coordinator – Mr.Boniface Fernando

Ø  Ms  - KL Piyasoma

Ø  Ms – PP Chandrani

Ø  Ms – Radhika de Silva

Together with the NIE Ms Fiona Kelly assisted the staff giving basic training at the beginning.

Later VSO – Ms. AB Heningfield residing at Chilaw, helped the staff guiding them. After doing a great service to Chilaw area, she left the country.

When Mr – Boniface Fernando went on  his retirement, Mr – G Gunathilake assumed duties as the coordinator.

RESC shifted to Bishop Edmond Pieris College in August 1998

VSO – Ms.Simone O’ conor visited time to time and helped a lot to conduct workshops and same year the PELP project started. And staff launched  the popular PELP workshops. Ms. Simone left after two years of her service.

Next  VSO – Ms. Valerie Eliotte resided in Chilaw. Together with the staff, she started many new programmes to enhance the knowledge of teachers of English and the students in the area.

Ø   PELP workshops

Ø   Methodology workshops

Ø   Library workshops

Ø   Mobile workshops

Ø   Prepared GCE O/L support papers every year.

Ø   Conversation club for school leavers.

Ms – Valerie Eliotte left the country and also

Mr – G Gunathilake left the centre to the Teachers’ College, Bingiriya.

Ø  Mrs. KL Piyasoma became the    coordinator.

Ø   Mr. WMA Fernando joined the staff.

Ø    Ms.Radhika de Silva too left the centre  to the open university.

RESC shifted to the Zonal Education   Office, Chilaw in 2005

Ø  Ms. Kumari Saradha joined the staff and left again vacating her post and became the ISA to Anamaduwa.

Ø  Mr. JE Bulathsinghala joined the staff instead of her.

Ø  Coordinator Ms. KL Piyasoma went on her retirement on June 17, 2010

Ø  Since beginning of the RESC, the staff did a tremendous service to promote the English knowledge of the teachers and the students in the area.

Ø  Following are the prominent workshops…

Ø   PELP workshops

Ø   SELP workshops

Ø   Various workshops planned by the staff

Ø   Library workshops

Ø   Mobile workshops (staff attended far a places )

Ø   ABOE workshops

Ø   Literature workshops

Ø   English programme for grade V scholarship students.

Ø   Programmes for non – English primary teachers

Ø   Conversation clubs for school leavers

 English classes for low achievers (CHENIM) programme

Various other activities

u GCE O/L seminars for the students

u GCE A/L seminars for the students

u Literature seminars for the students

u English camps

u Projects to uplift the results in selected schools.

u Various types of competitions – essay, quiz programmes…

u English Language Exhibitions

u English courses for school leavers

u English courses for principals

u English programme for pre school teachers

u Life skill programme

u Results uplifting projects

Sponsored by the British Council and done by the RESC staff

u TKT courses for the Teachers

u Road Show – ‘Confident Classroom Voices’  in  2010

u Hornby Cascading Programme 2010 – 2011 ’Bringing Grammar to Life in the Secondary Classroom’

                                               

  (These workshops are always requested by the teachers…)

u Project to uplift the English language  results.                                    

   After analyzing results of O/L,  RESC staff decided to help the schools

   who have got lowest results. The intention was  to uplift the results at least by 10%.

Procedure :-

                Each staff member selected two schools from Arachchikattuwa and Chilaw Education Divisions.

                Visited the schools.

                Discussed with the teachers of English.

                Planned various types of activities.

                Support classes were conducted by the schools too.

                Students were assisted to face the exam confidently.

                This was done since 2008.

                Staff noticed that there is a progress in English results later when anzlyzing…

Pass Percentage of GCE O/L

                                                                                                                                                                                             

u This year too we have decided to select 4 schools as there are only 2 staff members. We expect to enhance the results by 10%.

Selected schools                                                                                                                                                                                      2010      

Ilippadeniya MV                                                                                                                                                               33.75 %

GCS Corea MV                                                                                                                                                                  35.00 %

Karukkuliya MV                                                                                                                                                                38.88 %

Rajakadaluwa MV                                                                                                                                                            32.95 %

u In 2008 Ms.PP Chandrani has done an action research.

u This was done with the intention of finding out how effective is changing the teacher role in the language classroom.

u Results showed that the changing teacher role leads to effective positive teaching and learning in learner centered classroom.

u Papers prIn year 2000 for the first time SLELTA conference, two staff members presented their papers.

Papers presented by the RESC staff nationally or internationally

u In year 2000 for the first time SLELTA conference, two staff members presented their papers.

Ms.PP Chandrani – on ‘Spoken  Language’                                                                                                          

Ms.Radhika de Silva – on ‘ Students’ perception of the   English Teaching/Learning                                                  experience in classrooms’

In 2001 Ms.PP Chandrani conducted a workshop on ‘Be Resourceful in the Language Classroom’

It’s a pleasure to inform that Ms. PP Chandrani has won the crossword – 9 in the international magazine English teaching professional.