2022 TFETP

Professional Development Program for Taiwan Foreign

English Teacher and Teaching Assistant

Date: 2022.04.14 ~2022.04.15

 INTRODUCTION OF THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Purpose
In an effort to achieve the 2030 bilingual nation target, the K-12 Education Administration of the
Ministry of Education (MOE) has launched the Taiwan Foreign English Teacher program (TFETP) to
procure English pedagogical talents, transform domestic English education infrastructure, and further
enhance core English skills of Taiwanese students. Initially, inducted faculties underwent Orientation
to acclimate to a distinct professional environment and cultural context. To ensure professional
development opportunities and smoothen collaborative misalignment following a period of in-person
experience, a midterm workshop has been drafted.

Course credit type

⚫ Required: All the TFETP participants are requested to complete the required courses.

⚫ Required Elective: Participants can choose the courses based on their needs or
preference.

Course delivery method

All the courses of this midterm workshop are live stream courses that require the participants to
join at a pre-arranged time.
* The courses will be conducted via either Cisco Webex or Google Meet.

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Professional development program structure
The courses consist of Special topic course (S), Classroom observation and practice workshop (C),
Work-related discussion (W), and Roundtable discussion (R). The color in the chart below are
categorized by the course credit type, including required and required elective.

1. Special topic courses

Course
Course Title Course Credit Type Date/Time
No.
Lesson Planning and Learning Activity
4/14
S1 Design: Principles and Experience Required
(14:10 – 15:00)
Sharing
Designing and Implementing School- 4/14
S2 Required
Based and Thematic Curriculum (13:10 – 14:00)

Co-teaching Models: Approaches and 4/14

S3 Required
Experience Sharing (11:00 – 11:50)

Designing and Implementing 4/14

S4 Required
Competence-Based Assessment (09:00 – 09:50)

Differentiated Instruction and Assessment 4/15

S5 Required
for Diverse Learners (09:00 – 09:50)

4/15
S6 ICT Integration and Distance Education Required elective *
(11:00 – 11:50)
＊ Topics for S6 elective course:
1. The Implementation of Google Classroom in WanHua School
2. Technology Tools for Education in a Connected World
3. Teaching with Interactive Flat Panel

2. Classroom observation and practice workshop

Course
Course Title Course Credit Type Date/Time
No.

How to Enhance Learning Quality 4/15

C1 Required
Through Classroom Observation? (10:00 – 10:50)

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3. Work-related discussion

Course
Course Title Course Credit Type Date/Time
No.

TFETP Year Plan and Website 4/14

W1 Required
Navigation (15:10 – 15:30)

4. Roundtable discussion

Course
Course Title Course Credit Type Date/Time
No.

4/14
R1 Work Troubleshooting Roundtable Required elective *
(10:00 – 10:50)
＊ Topics for R1 elective course:
1. An Introduction to School Culture
2. Common Teaching Problems

＊ Notes:

Curriculum Type (Course Code)

S Special topic course W Work-related discussion

Classroom observation and practice

C R Roundtable discussion
workshop

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TFETP Professional Development Workshop Course Outline & Timetable

Time 4/14 (THU) 4/15 (FRI)

S4 (Required) S5 (Required)
09:00
~
Designing and implementing competence- Differentiated instruction and assessment
09:50
based assessment for diverse learners

R1 (Required Elective)
C1 (Required)
10:00
Work Troubleshooting Roundtable
~
How to enhance learning quality through
10:50
classroom observation? R1-1. Introduction to School Culture
R1-2. Common In-Class Issues

S6 (Required Elective)

ICT integration and distance education

S3 (Required)
11:00
~ S6-1. Teaching with Interactive Flat Panel
Co-teaching models: Approaches and
11:50 S6-2. Technology Tools for Education in a
experience sharing
Connected World
S6-3. The Implementation of Google
Classroom in WanHua School

S2 (Required)
13:10
~
Designing and implementing school-based
14:00
and thematic curriculum

S1 (Required)

S1-1. Lesson Planning and Learning

Activity Design: Principles and
14:10 Experience Sharing - Elementary
~ School
15:00
S1-2. Lesson Planning and English
Relevancy in Activity Design:
Principles and Experience Sharing -
Junior High School
15:10 W1 (Required)
~
15:30 TFETP Year plan and website navigation

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 Special Topic Course

Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program (TFETP)

Professional Development Program Information Form
S1-1
S1-1 - Lesson Planning and Learning Activity Design: Principles
Course Title
and Experience Sharing
Education Level Elementary School
Course code S Course length 50 min
1. Overview of approaches to lesson planning and learning activity
design
2. When to choose various approaches and how to mix and match
Course Objective
and blend ideas
3. Apply story telling skills and readers’ theater/ drama in assessing
learning outcomes
Name of Lecturer An-Hsiang Liu
Introduction of Lecturer ◼ Current employer and job title:
English teacher, National Taipei University of Education
Experimental Elementary School

◼ Highest education level:

M.Ed., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

◼ Work experience:
1. English teacher, Elementary school (21 years)
2. Advisor, Taipei City Compulsory Education Advisory Group
(Elementary English Team)
3. English teacher, Remote Area On-line Instruction, Ministry of
Education of Taiwan

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 Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program (TFETP)
Professional Development Program Information Form
S1-2
S1-2 - Lesson Planning and English Relevancy in Activity Design:
Course Title
Principles and Experience Sharing
Education Level Junior High School
Course code S Course length 50 min
1. Overview of personal and potential approaches to lesson planning
and classroom activity design
2. Choosing various approaches to classroom materials and
Course Objective brainstorming topical ideas
3. Creating socially and culturally relevant materials to promote
English use
4. Roles within the co-teaching classroom (If time allows)
Name of Lecturer Corey Sanderson
Introduction of Lecturer ◼ Current employer and job title:
English Teacher, Grades 7 & 8, New Taipei City Municipal Jialin
Junior High School

◼ Highest education level:

MEd in International Teaching; BSEd in Secondary English
Education; BA in East Asian Studies

◼ Work experience:
1. Teacher (G7/8), New Taipei City Municipal Jialin Junior High
School
2. Editor, Translator, & Localizer, Contracted work for various
companies and organizations
3. Teacher (G4), Tamkang Sun-Tek Elementary School

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 Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program (TFETP)
Professional Development Program Information Form
S2-1
S2-1 - Designing and Implementing School-based and Thematic
Course Title
Curriculum
Education Level Elementary School
Course code S Course length 50 min
1. Needs analysis for school-based and thematic curriculum
2. Different approaches and models of school-based curriculum
Course Objective development
3. Designing the school-based and thematic curriculum
4. Assessment of learning outcomes
Name of Lecturer Pei-Lan Wang
Introduction of Lecturer ◼ Current employer and job title:
Principal, Keelung Dun Xin Elementary School

◼ Highest education level:

Ph.D. National Taipei University of Education

◼ Work experience:
1. Director, Keelung English Teaching Resource Center
2. Director, Keelung English Curriculum & Instruction Consulting
Team on Language Arts Learning Area (English)
3. Assistant Professor, National Taipei University of Education

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 Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program (TFETP)
Professional Development Program Information Form
S2-2
S2-2 - Designing and Implementing School-based and Thematic
Course Title
Curriculum
Education Level Junior High School
Course code S Course length 50 min
1. Needs analysis for school-based and thematic curriculum
2. Different approaches and models of school-based curriculum
Course Objective development
3. Designing the school-based and thematic curriculum
4. Assessment of learning outcomes
Name of Lecturer Corianne Ewert
Introduction of Lecturer ◼ Current employer and job title:
Native English Speaking Teacher, New Taipei Municipal Qingshan
Elementary and Junior High School

◼ Highest education level:

Bachelor’ s degree Seattle Pacific University

◼ Work experience:
1. Create and implement original, thematic curriculum for grades 5
to 8
2. Utilize creative learning methods, including project-based
learning, game-based learning, design thinking, computational
thinking, and STEM activities
3. Collaborate with subject teachers to incorporate different topics
and learning methods into lessons

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 Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program (TFETP)
Professional Development Program Information Form
S3-1
Course Title S3-1 - Co-teaching Models: Approaches and Experience Sharing
Education Level Elementary School
Course code S Course length 50 min
1. Examples of co-teaching
2. What works well and the biggest challenge
Course Objective
3. Dos and don’ts of co-teaching

Name of Lecturer Cynthia Tsai

Introduction of Lecturer ◼ Current employer and job title:
English / Bilingual teacher, Co-teaching with ETA and FET 2018-
2022, Huai Sheng Elementary School

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 Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program (TFETP)
Professional Development Program Information Form
S3-2
Course Title S3-2 - Co-teaching Models: Approaches and Experience Sharing
Education Level Junior High School
Course code S Course length 50 min
1. The approaches to create a successful co-teaching model
2. The roles of foreign teachers and native teachers in the classroom

Course Objective

Name of Lecturer Lichun Lin

Introduction of Lecturer ◼ Current employer and job title:
Subject teacher, Lujiang Junior High School in New Taipei City

◼ Highest education level:

M.Ed., Tamkang University

◼ Work experience:
1. Ipad seeding teacher (2016~2019)
2. NEST coordinator in Lujiang Junior High School (2020~2022)

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 Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program (TFETP)
Professional Development Program Information Form
S4-1
S4-1 - Designing and Implementing Competency-Based
Course Title
Assessment
Education Level Elementary School
Course code S Course length 50 min
1. Key concepts of competency-based curriculum
Course Objective 2. Competency-based approaches of teaching and learning
3. Methods of competency-based assessment
Name of Lecturer Chia-Hui Cindy, Shen
Introduction of Lecturer ◼ Current employer and job title:
Educator and teacher-trainer, Bureau of Education, Taipei City
Government

◼ Highest education level:

Ph.D., Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University,
NTNU

◼ Work experience:
1. 20 years of teaching experience at elementary school in Taiwan,
including two years of being a bilingual Science teacher
2. Teacher trainer, Bureau of Education, Taipei City Government
3. Textbook Review Committee, National Academy for Educational
Research, NAER

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 Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program (TFETP)
Professional Development Program Information Form
S4-2
S4-2 - Designing and Implementing Competency-Based
Course Title
Assessment
Education Level Junior High School
Course code S Course length 50 min
1. Key concepts of competency-based curriculum
Course Objective 2. Competency-based approaches of teaching and learning
3. Methods of competency-based assessment
Name of Lecturer Li-Na Tseng
Introduction of Lecturer ◼ Highest education level:
BA in English Language and Literature, Tamkang University

◼ Work experience:
1. English teacher, New Taipei Municipal Xinzhuang Junior High
school.
2. Consular, K-12 EA MOE Curriculum & Instruction Consulting
Team
3. Host, Magic English, National Education Radio
4. 2019 National Teacher of the Year

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 Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program (TFETP)
Professional Development Program Information Form
S5
S5 - Differentiated Instruction and Assessment for Diverse
Course Title
Learners
Course code S Course length 50 min
1. How to plan lessons differentiated by readiness, interest, and
learning profile
Course Objective 2. How to differentiate content, process, and products
3. How to prepare students and yourself for the challenge of
differentiation
Name of Lecturer Hsiao-Feng Tsai
Introduction of Lecturer ◼ Current employer and job title:
Associate Research Fellow, National Academy for Educational
Research

◼ Highest education level:

Ph. D., The Ohio State University

◼ Work experience:
1. Consultant, Central K-12 guidance group for Chinese Mandarin,
Ministry of Education
2. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Educational
Research and Evaluation, National Taiwan Normal University
3. Inspector, Project of “Education Opportunity and Quality
Enhancement for Disadvantage students”

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 Classroom Observation and Practice Workshop

Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program (TFETP)

Professional Development Program Information Form
S6-1
S6-1 - ICT Integration and Distance Education
Course Title
- Teaching with Interactive Flat Panel
Course code S Course length 50 min
1. Introducing basic functions of an interactive flat panel
Course Objective 2. Providing examples of teaching with an interactive monitor
3. Planning for tech-rich learning experiences
Name of Lecturer Shang-Wen Huang
Introduction of Lecturer ◼ Current employer and job title:
Section Chief of Information Technology, Taipei Municipal Xin Xing
Junior High School

◼ Highest education level:

M.A. University of Warwick

◼ Work experience:
Executive Secretary, Taipei Smart Education Advisory Panel

Name of Lecturer Ching-Jung Chen

Introduction of Lecturer ◼ Current employer and job title:
Section Chief of Equipment, Taipei Municipal Xin Xing Junior High
School

◼ Highest education level:

B.A. National Taiwan Normal University

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 Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program (TFETP)
Professional Development Program Information Form
S6-2
Course Title S6-2 - Technology Tools for Education in a Connected World
Course code S Course length 50 min
1. Using Apps for more engagement with students in class
2. Providing various ways to display students’ work
Course Objective 3. Creating more motivating and stimulating opportunities for
language learning
4. Managing students’ progress more efficiently
Name of Lecturer Yu-Ting Chen
Introduction of Lecturer ◼ Current employer and job title:
English Teacher, Hong Jen Junior High School

◼ Highest education level:

MA, University of Southampton

◼ Work experience:
1. Teaching English in junior high school for 20 years
2. Won second place in the Ministry of Education’s mobile-
learning program in 2016
3. Won first place in designing PBL (project-based learning) lesson
plan for self-regulated learning in Technology-Enhanced
Learning Environments in 2021

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 Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program (TFETP)
Professional Development Program Information Form
S6-3
S6-3 - ICT Integration and Distance Education_
Course Title
The Implementation of Google Classroom in Wan Hua School
Course code S Course length 50 min
1. Introduction of usage of google classroom during online learning
and onsite learning
2. Planning for tech-rich learning experiences
Course Objective
3. Providing time and space to create learning products
4. Creating opportunities for sharing
5. Assessing students
Name of Lecturer Yi-Hua Tseng
Introduction of Lecturer ◼ Current employer and job title:
School guidance teacher/ administrator, WanHua Junior high school

◼ Highest education level:

M.Ed., Georgia State University

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 Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program (TFETP)
Professional Development Program Information Form
C1-1
C1-1 - How to Enhance Learning Quality Through Classroom
Course Title
Observation?
Education Level Elementary School
Course code C Course length 50 min
1. Building a shared vision of effective teacher feedback among
observers
2. Ensuring a common understanding of a classroom observation
Course Objective tool
3. Collecting objective evidence from a lesson, efficiently and free
of bias
4. Leveraging data to improve teaching
Name of Lecturer Wen-Chi Lee
Introduction of Lecturer ◼ Current employer and job title:
Principal, Miaoli ChiaoYu Elementary School

◼ Highest education level:

Ph.D., University of Taipei

◼ Work experience:
1. Chairperson of Miaoli English Curriculum & Instruction
Advisory Team
2. Vice chairperson of Miaoli English Teaching resource Center
3. Dean of Miaoli Remedial Instruction Resource Center

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 Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program (TFETP)
Professional Development Program Information Form
C1-2
C1-2 - How to Enhance Learning Quality Through Classroom
Course Title
Observation?
Education Level Junior High School
Course code C Course length 50 min
1. Building a shared vision of effective teacher feedback among
observers
2. Ensuring a common understanding of a classroom observation
Course Objective tool
3. Collecting objective evidence from a lesson, efficiently and free
of bias
4. Leveraging data to improve teaching
Name of Lecturer Wu, Fang-Hui (Judy)
Introduction of Lecturer ◼ Current employer and job title:
English teacher, Jiangcui Junior High School / FET Program
Coordinator in New Taipei City/ Assistant Professor, Soochow
University

◼ Highest education level:

Ed.D., Durham University

◼ Work experience:
1. FET Program Coordinator in New Taipei City since 2014
2. English Advisory Team member in New Taipei City
3. Assistant Professor at Center for Teacher Education in Soochow
University, Taipei

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 Roundtable discussion

Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program (TFETP)

Professional Development Program Information Form
R1-1
Course Title R1-1 - An Introduction to School Culture
Course code R Course length 50 min
1. Introduction
2. Literature Review: What is School Culture? How can it affect
your school?
Course Objective 3. Know your school: Staff, Students, and Co-Teachers
4. Scenario Activity
5. Implementing more English into your school’s culture
6. How teachers can impact School Culture in their schools
Name of Lecturer Ebon Raymond Carmichael
Introduction of Lecturer ◼ Current employer and job title:
Foreign English Teacher, Lu Jiang International School

◼ Highest education level:

Ed.D., Brock University, Canada

◼ Work experience:
1. LJIS Foreign English Teacher
2. Hsinchu International School Teacher
3. Wagor International School Teacher

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 Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program (TFETP)
Professional Development Program Information Form
R1-2
Course Title R1-2 - Work Troubleshooting Roundtable
Course code R Course length 50 min
1. Understanding school culture in Taiwan
Course Objective 2. Understanding parental expectation
3. Quick fixes for common teaching problems
Name of Lecturer MIN-SHAN LEE
Introduction of Lecturer ◼ Current employer and job title:
Director, English Teaching Resource Center, Education Bureau of
Taichung City

◼ Highest education level:

Ed. Master, University of New South Wales, Australia

◼ Work experience
1. Director, Taichung English Teaching Resource Center
2. Full-time Counselor of Elementary English Team, Taichung
City Compulsory Education Advisory Group
3. Senior Co-teacher, Taichung Municipal Datung Elementary
School

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 Work-related Discussion

Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program (TFETP)

Professional Development Program Information Form
W1
Course Title W1 - TFETP Year Plan and Website Navigation
Course code W Course length 50 min
1. Help TFETP teachers and teaching assistants understand TFETP
program
Course Objective 2. Explain the requirements and expectations of TFETPs for 2021-
2022
3. Introduce the TFETP website and system
Name of Lecturer Li-Yun Wang
Introduction of Lecturer ◼ Current employer and job title:
Professor, Department of Education, National Taiwan Normal
University

◼ Highest education level:

Ed.D., Harvard University

◼ Work experience:
1. Principal Investigator, North Center for Taiwan Foreign English
Teacher Program, K-12 Educational Administration, Ministry of
Education
2. Director, Center for Educational Research & Evaluation, National
Taiwan Normal University
3. Director, Division of Research and Development, Higher
Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan

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