For Teachers and Volunteers
- 2023-24 Teacher Training has been Scheduled on Saturday, Aug 26th 2023
- Time : 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
- Location: Will be announced shortly
New Textbooks and Curriculum:
SA Tamil School Management, Academic Team and Teachers have decided to adopt new textbooks developed and released by Texas Tamil Academy (TTA - https://texastamilacademy.org/textbooks. These books are designed based on TEA’s (Texas Education Agency’s) LOTE (Language Other Than English) TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) curriculum requirements. SA Tamil School Team was collaborating with Houston Tamil School Team during the last year to introduce these books to our teachers.
Why do we need this change? What are the advantages?
(i) We have been following American Tamil Academy (ATA) Textbooks from 2016. However, we received feedbacks from both parents and teachers that the lessons and exercises were difficult as they were too heavy on grammar
(ii) In order to approach local school districts and request approval for LOTE High School credit for our higher-level students, need a curriculum that is aligned with TEA-TEKS for foreign language courses
(iii) Above all Houston ISD has approved these textbooks and we can use that as precedent for our local ISDs
Teacher Responsibilities:
- Following curriculum, textbooks and teaching classes
- Encouraging students in their learning and evaluating their work and progress
- Supervising student behavior and maintaining classroom discipline
- Demonstrating good citizenship and equal respect for all the students and parents
- Communicating with parents regarding student performance and behavior
- Please refer to the Teacher Handbook for more detailed information on Teacher responsibilities, School Calendar, Lesson Plan and Teaching Pedagogy for each class.
Volunteers:
Students are the focus of our school and their holistic growth in addition to learning the Tamil language will be encouraged by our school. We welcome any elder member or parents to volunteer to mentor and guide the students in their various needs like understanding concepts of grammar, speaking practice, listening and understanding, etc. San Antonio Tamil School is always looking for Volunteer teachers for our various classes. If you or someone that you know is interested but not quite sure what this commitment entails please feel free to contact us at the email: satamilschool@gmail.com
Volunteer Roles and Responsibilities:
Useful Links for Teachers:
- American Tamil Academy (ATA): http://www.amtaac.net/index.php
- ATA Course details: http://www.amtaac.net/1_course-details
- ATA Teacher training videos: http://www.amtaac.net/teacher-training/
- ATA eLearning: http://www.amtaac.net/elearning/teacher-demo.php
- Texas Tamil Academy (TTA): https://texastamilacademy.org/
- TTA Textbooks and Curriculum details: https://texastamilacademy.org/textbooks
- SA Tamilschool Teacher Handbook: http://satamilschool.org/documents/SA_Tamil_School_Teacher-Handbook.pdf
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Important Documents
- SA Tamil School Parent Agreement
- SA Tamil School Calendar
- SA Tamil School Parent-Student Handbook
- SA Tamil School Teacher Handbook
- SA Tamil School by-laws
- SA Tamil School General Policies and Guidelines
- SA Tamil School Lesson Plan