On January, 21 in Lviv ITTI  the first stage of the All-Ukrainian contest “The Teacher of the Year” was held.

As a starting point other participants and I had to cope with the writing test on Methods of Teaching English, Pedagogics and Psychology.  We had an hour and forty-five minutes for this to be done.

After the short break we started participating in workshops.

I must say, it was extremely interesting to get involved into the activity, as we`re

all teachers and we`re all students. I tried to cooperate with my colleagues in every possible way.

Each of us had to give the presentation  with the help of audio-visual aids interactively in 15 minutes.

Enormous paper and computer work was done beforehand. But personally for me it is a very rewarding experience. I regret I did not take part in the contests of the previous years. That is a real challenge, I must admit.

My thanks go to the whole team of organisers and the jury. Without their marvelous cooperation this contest would not have been possible.

My personal result exceeded all expectations!   It inspired me a lot for further occasions.

Today we`re participating in the second stage. We`ll have to present the English Educational Project on the topic “Continuing Education through the Holidays”.

Finally, I wish all the participants lots of joy along with success today and when implementing new ideas in their classrooms. I hope we shall start networking.