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The Teaching Programme

The teaching sub-committee have developed a comprehensive syllabus to become a qualified bridge teacher.  Full details of the modules required are  available at the link below.  Teachers chould ask their clubs to sponsor their participation in the teacher training course.  Ultimately it is the clubs which benefit from teachers work, with the inflow of new members. For a minimal investment clubs can reap big dividends and over a long period of time too.  A number of clubs in different parts of the country have already  done just that and their initiative and foresight is to be lauded.

We request that all qualified teachers provide us with details of their classes for inclusion on the CBAI web site.

Complete Syllabus For CBAI Teacher Training Course

Teaching Certificate:

The CBAI is in the process of finalising a distance learning course to facilitate the training  of potential bridge teachers all around the country.   This will allow prospective teachers to complete the syllabus in a self paced, self instructional way.   The course is divided into modules and through either snail mail or email correspondeance worksheets and assignments can be submitted for feedback on a continuing basis.

Trainee teachers will receive course materials including PowerPoint presentations on CD-ROM and printed lectures and information sheets.  There will also be a series of worksheets which can be returned to the administrator and correction/feedback reports be returned to the trainees.

Final assessment for all modules shall take place at a weekend seminar to be held annually. Assessment will include written examinations in Bridge Bidding theory,  Card Play theory and   matchpointing in addition to practical demonstrations of teaching practice and public speaking.

Before attending the seminar trainees will be expected to prepare a body of work based on the guidelines detailed in course materials.  Full details of the body of work are detailed in the Complete Syllabus

OVERVIEW

Candidates will be required to study for three examinations -

Module 1. Bridge Bidding Theory and Bridge Play and Module  5 . Matchpointing.  Course texts are recommended in the Complete Syllabus. 

In addition, prospective teachers will be required to do the preparatory work detailed in Modules 2, 3, 4 and 6 and give the presentations required in the same modules.

The CBAI is currently developing the necessary support materials for this course but encourage any interested parties to commence work on the recommended texts.

Qualified teachers running classes are expected to either provide pupils with suitable local clubs for them to join, (ideally that partake in our monitor programme), or run a novice club for their pupils themselves. We request that all qualified teachers provide us with details of their classes for inclusion on the CBAI web site.

Monitor Programme

Monitors are special assistants for people just out of classes.  The CBAI last ran a one day monitor training programme in Dublin on 5th September 2004, this was a tremendous success. If you or members of your club would like to partake in Teacher Training or Monitor Programmes please contact us directly.

Qualified School Teachers

With the recent inclusion of Bridge into the Transition Year programme,  the necessity to organise in service training has arisen

The draft schedule for our in service course is as follows:

Friday Evening

6:00-7:30                                                     Mini-Bridge

7:30-9.00                                                     Managing the time/class size, discipline

Saturday 10:00 – 1:00      

                                                                   How to run competitions

                                                                   How to score

                                                                   Types of competitions

                                                                   How to set up a club

1:45 –3.00                                                    Link to Bridge in Manuals

3.00 – 4.00                                                  Open Forum

Please email the CBAI if you would like to participate and indicate what time of the year you would find suitable.

Annual Seminar

The last CBAI Annual Teaching Seminar was held in The Templeogue Castle Community Bridge Centre in April 2009.  The next one will be held in April 2010 - the Date and Venue have yet to be confirmed.