January 2022 Professional Development and Personal Growth - Lower Primary : Philosophy & Practice

 Lower Primary is all about gaining, inculculating and developing the skills and attitudes for success in Middle School and beyond. These sessions focus on both and are also applicable to Early Years and Middle School teachig and learning.

Lower Primary : Philosophy & Practice

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Active Learning

Active Learning is a student-centred approach to teaching and learning in which the student is actively engaged with the materials, topics, skills and outcomes. In mnay respects, it it she opposite of a traditional teacher-centred, top-down, direct or passive approach. Each of these sessions considers one aspect of Active Learning and how it might look in a classroom. 

Monday 3 January 4.30 - 5.30pm : What is Active Learning? A definition and an overview.
Tuesday 4 January 4.30 - 5.30pm : The Role and Place of the Teacher.
Wednesday 5 January 4.30 - 5.30pm : Assessment
Thursday 6 January 4.30 - 5.30pm : Questioning
Friday 7 January 4.30 - 5.30pm : Feedback

Monday 10 January 4.30 - 5.30pm : Purposeful Play
Tuesday 11 January 4.30 - 5.30pm : Mathematics : Numbers 1 - 31
Wednesday 12 January 4.30 - 5.30pm : Writing
Thursday 13 January 4.30 - 5.30pm : Tabletop Science
Friday 14 January 4.30 - 5.30pm : My Family (a plug-and-play mini-unit, or a teaching and learning model to be adopted)

Early Years : Philosophy & Practice

Although focussed on Early Years teaching and learning, these sessions and approaches are also useful and applicable to Lower Primary.

Monday 17 January 4.30 - 5.30pm : Lesson Planning for the Early Years English Teacher
Tuesday 18 January 4.30 - 5.30pm : Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) for the Early Years
Wednesday 19 January 4.30 - 5.30pm : Active Learning in the Early Years
Thursday 20 January 4.30 - 5.30pm : Developing Executive Function in the Early Years
Friday 21 January 4.30 - 5.30pm : Assessment in the Early Years

Monday 24 January 4.30 - 5.30pm : Mathematics in the Early Years : Numbers 1 - 100
Tuesday 25 January 4.30 - 5.30pm : Writing in the Early Years
Wednesday 26 January 4.30 - 5.30pm : Tabletop Science in the Early Years 
Thursday 27 January 4.30 - 5.30pm : Purposeful Play in the Early Years
Friday 28 January 4.30 - 5.30pm : Free Stuff for the Early Years

Methodology : Writing

Monday 17 January 3.00 - 4.00pm : Writing : PK - 12, an overview
Tuesday 18 January 3.00 - 4.00pm : Writing : Lower Primary, an overview
Wednesday 19 January 3.00 - 4.00pm : Writing : Lower Primary narratives
Thursday 20 January 3.00 - 4.00pm : Writing : Lower Primary descriptions

Each session $5000, including the teacher self-pay discount with additional multi-session discounts also available. Ask about institutional rates. Contact us for registration information.

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A C1 or higher level of English is assumed.

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