Business teacher at International School, Tatjana Vilček, was voted the Favorite Teacher 2022 in the competition organized by IntegralEdu, and thus gained the opportunity to speak for different media about the teaching methods that have led her to victory – the title of the Favorite Teacher 2022.

 

The success of our teacher was covered by such respected media companies as N1, Nedeljnik.rs, Euronews.rs and Nova.rs, which stand out for their professionalism and commitment to socially engaged topics. Education is certainly one of those topics, as well as advanced teaching methods that the teacher of International School was invited to present.

“Teacher of the future” answers the question: How to get students interested in learning?

International School is first and foremost a school that fully responds to the challenges of the future, utilizing all available resources for advancement and improvement to ensure that instruction is at the highest level and in line with the global educational standards. This primarily refers to the use of modern technologies for educational purposes, which makes learning more engaging, easy to master, and more relatable in terms of receiving and processing information, and the benefits of such an approach are many.

Our teacher Tatjana proves this hypothesis with her success in teaching, which is further confirmed by this award, in addition to the validation she receives in class – interested, active and satisfied students who achieve maximum results. She is committed to introducing innovations in teaching, because she believes that students can enjoy teaching only if it is adapted to their way of thinking and functioning, and if it is interactive, because interactive instruction puts students in the role of active participants, unlike the traditional ex cathedra model, where students are just passive recipients.

“My teaching style falls half-way between strictness and friendly rapport. I teach Business, because our school works according to the Cambridge International Program. I am sorry that many schools in Serbia still use outdated, 19th-century teaching models and styles.The use of technology, mobile phones and gaming is nowadays widely-accepted in teaching, and teachers can use these technologies to make instruction more engaging and improve its quality”, says the awarded teacher of International School.

You can read the whole interview with Tatjana Vilček for Euronews. rs portal here »

As a result, Tatjana strives to make her classes creative, intellectually stimulating, interactive and interesting to young people who belong to the digital natives generation, so she experiments with the use of smart devices, digital platforms and educational apps in teaching.

The latest innovation that she introduced to her classes is the concept of gamification. This concept has proven to be a very efficient way for presenting learning material to new generations who, in their own teacher’s words, crave innovations like these, because they activate and utilize children’s natural curiosity and minds oriented toward problem-solving in the best possible way.

The success and efficiency of the curriculum and teaching methods at International School are perhaps best illustrated by the fact that our students are placed among the top 3% of students when it comes to the result on Cambridge exams.Due to their incredible success in international programs, Cambrudge and IB Diploma, our students regularly enroll in the most prestigious universities in the world.

Continuous professional development as the key to success in teaching

Just like all other teachers at International School, Tatjana also has access to various resources for personal and professional development aimed at improving the quality of teaching.

These resources are provided by the LINKgroup company, which has successfully provided professional education and certification in the field of information technologies and modern business for more than two decades, given that International School, together with Primary School Savremena and Savremena gimnazija, as well as many other formal and non-formal educational institutions, is part of the LINK Edu Alliance.

The Institute for Contemporary Education, which represents an organizational part of the LINKgroup company, provides a whole range of resources for professional development of teachers, such as the Distance Learning platform, and various teacher professional development programs, thus implementing the concept of lifelong learning in practice.

Nedeljnik.rs: What makes Tatjana Vilček “a teacher of the future”? »

With such support, teachers of International School are truly able to provide their students with the best educational experience, turn their classrooms into a stimulating learning environment, and help students realize their full potential and pursue their talents.

This is the way to meet the highest teaching criteria and implement the idea that good teachers are what makes a good school. They lead by example, showing their students that learning is a lifelong process, and that there is always room for improvement, and only such teachers are able to train generations of future scientists, innovators, leaders and scholars who can change the world for the better.