Welcome to our fourth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. Click on the session title(s) for more information.
This page may be updated so please let us know of your interest in a specific area or session by completing the Contact Us form to the right, or please check back.
Tuesday 2 January 2024
9.00 - 10.00am : Advanced Use of English, how the language works : Commas and Full-stops
10.30 - 11.30am : Advanced Use of English, Practice & Feedback : Just and Only
12.00 - 1.00pm : English as a Second Language (E2L, ESL), Practice for Teachers : Introduction, Definitions, Overview, the "other" Cambridge
1.30 - 2.30pm : International Education : What is international education? Cambridge International (CIE), International Baccalaureate (IB), also mentioned AP, IPC, O/AQA
3.00 - 4.00pm : Active Learning for Early Years and Lower Primary : What is Active Learning? Introduction and Overview
4.30 - 5.30pm : Upper Secondary / High School Methodology (G9-12) Writing : Paragraphs, the best approach
6.00 - 7.00pm : Exploring English Literature : Short Story, "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane
7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations and Governance Issues : Do teachers have free speech?
Wednesday 3 January 2024
9.00 - 10.00am : Advanced Use of English, how the language works : Inverted commas and question marks
10.30 - 11.30am : Advanced Use of English, Practice & Feedback : Be a Good Sport
12.00 - 1.00pm : English as a Second Language (E2L, ESL), Practice for Teachers : Reading Comprehension, Knowledge & Understanding
1.30 - 2.30pm : International Education : Introduction to the International Baccalaureate (IB)
3.00 - 4.00pm : Active Learning for Early Years and Lower Primary : Mathematics, numbers 1 - 31
4.30 - 5.30pm : Upper Secondary / High School Methodology (G9-12) Writing : Descriptions, what meets the eye
6.00 - 7.00pm : Exploring English Literature : Essay, "A Hanging"
7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations and Governance Issues : What should a school do? Problematic issues and student behaviour.
Thursday 4 January 2024
9.00 - 10.00am : Advanced Use of English, how the language works : Apostrophes
10.30 - 11.30am : Advanced Use of English, Practice & Feedback : Using Fillers
12.00 - 1.00pm : English as a Second Language (E2L, ESL), Practice for Teachers : Reading Comprehension, Analysis & Response
1.30 - 2.30pm : International Education : All the IB Englishes
3.00 - 4.00pm : Active Learning for Early Years and Lower Primary : Mathematics, Fractions
4.30 - 5.30pm : Upper Secondary / High School Methodology (G9-12) Writing : Formal Letters, or writing with a purpose
6.00 - 7.00pm : Exploring English Literature : Short Story, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber
7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations and Governance Issues : Grading, standards and grade inflation : when is a 7 a 7?
Friday 5 January 2024
9.00 - 10.00am : Advanced Use of English, how the language works : Colons and semi-colons
10.30 - 11.30am : Advanced Use of English, Practice & Feedback : Relations or relationships, it's relative
12.00 - 1.00pm : English as a Second Language (E2L, ESL), Practice for Teachers : Reading Comprehension, Note-taking
1.30 - 2.30pm : International Education : Introduction to Cambridge International (CIE or CAIE), the Cambridge Pathway, the "not Cambridge English"
3.00 - 4.00pm : Active Learning for Early Years and Lower Primary : Writing: handwriting
4.30 - 5.30pm : Upper Secondary / High School Methodology (G9-12) Writing : Essays, making a point
6.00 - 7.00pm : Exploring English Literature : Essay, "The Stream"
7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations and Governance Issues : Teacher quality and performance; do "bad" teachers exist?
Monday 8 January 2024
9.00 - 10.00am : Advanced Use of English, how the language works : Groups and grouping
10.30 - 11.30am : Advanced Use of English, Practice & Feedback : Don't use a dummy
12.00 - 1.00pm : English as a Second Language (E2L, ESL), Practice for Teachers : Summaries
1.30 - 2.30pm : International Education : All the Cambridge Englishes (First, Second, Foreign, Literature)
3.00 - 4.00pm : Active Learning for Early Years and Lower Primary : Problem-solving
4.30 - 5.30pm : Speaking in Lower Primary, pairwork
6.00 - 7.00pm : Exploring English Literature : Short Story, "Her First Ball" by Katherine Mansfield
7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations and Governance Issues : Does teacher appearance matter?
Tuesday 9 January 2024
9.00 - 10.00am : Advanced Use of English, how the language works : Similar words, Synonyms, Euphemisms
10.30 - 11.30am : Advanced Use of English, Practice & Feedback : Cleft sentences using "what" and "all" aka inversions aka transformations
12.00 - 1.00pm : English as a Second Language (E2L, ESL), Practice for Teachers : Informal letters / Email to a friend
1.30 - 2.30pm : International Education : Introduction to Cambridge's Primary Programmes, including Upper Primary / Lower Secondary (not just English)
3.00 - 4.00pm : Active Learning for Early Years and Lower Primary : Purposeful play
4.30 - 5.30pm : Reading in Lower Primary, effective reading groups
6.00 - 7.00pm : Exploring English Literature : Poetry, "The Eagle" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations and Governance Issues : Bullying - when, what and who.
Wednesday 10 January 2024
9.00 - 10.00am : Advanced Use of English, how the language works : Opposites, Antonyms, Oxymorons
10.30 - 11.30am : Advanced Use of English, Practice & Feedback : Modals of deduction
12.00 - 1.00pm : English as a Second Language (E2L, ESL), Practice for Teachers : Composition / Writing an article
1.30 - 2.30pm : International Education : Introduction to Cambridge's Secondary Programmes, including Upper Secondary / High School (not just English)
3.00 - 4.00pm : Active Learning for Early Years and Lower Primary : Tabletop Science
4.30 - 5.30pm : Reading in Lower Primary, out with the old - effective approaches
6.00 - 7.00pm : Exploring English Literature : Essay, "Death of the Moth"
7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations and Governance Issues : Bullying; is the school the bully here?
Thursday 11 January 2024
9.00 - 10.00am : Advanced Use of English, how the language works : Sayings and Aphorisms
10.30 - 11.30am : Advanced Use of English, Practice & Feedback : Modals of obligation
12.00 - 1.00pm : English as a Second Language (E2L, ESL), Practice for Teachers : more Summaries
1.30 - 2.30pm : International Education : Introduction to Cambridge English as a Second Language
3.00 - 4.00pm : Active Learning for Early Years and Lower Primary : Reading : decoding, letter and word recognition
4.30 - 5.30pm : Reading in Lower Primary, reading checks
6.00 - 7.00pm : Exploring English Literature : Short Story, "Ha'penny" by Alan Paton
7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations and Governance Issues : Gifted education, what is it and who deserves it?
Friday 12 January 2024
9.00 - 10.00am : Advanced Use of English, how the language works : Taboo Language
10.30 - 11.30am : Advanced Use of English, Practice & Feedback : F-bombs
12.00 - 1.00pm : English as a Second Language (E2L, ESL), Practice for Teachers : more Composition / Writing an article
1.30 - 2.30pm : International Education : Introduction to Cambridge English as a First Language and English Literature (Cambridge Spanish and Cambridge Spanish Literature are the same, just in Spanish)
3.00 - 4.00pm : Active Learning for Early Years and Lower Primary : Assessment and Evaluation
4.30 - 5.30pm : Four Transportation Field Trip Ideas for Lower Primary
6.00 - 7.00pm : Exploring English Literature : Poetry, "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley
7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations and Governance Issues : Hot-button issues; is discussing them in the classroom controversial or appropriate?
Monday 15 January 2024
9.00 - 10.00am : Advanced Use of English, how the language works : Ordinals, Dates, Fractions
10.30 - 11.30am : Advanced Use of English, Practice & Feedback : Inversions
12.00 - 1.00pm : Head of Department and Leadership : Leading a Department, an overview
1.30 - 2.30pm : Jobsearch Support: Teaching Internationally, information for Chilean teachers
3.00 - 4.00pm : Early Years Methodology Philosophy & Practice : Lesson Planning for the Early Years English Teacher
4.30 - 5.30pm : Writing in Lower Primary : An Introduction and Overview; what, why and how
6.00 - 7.00pm : Upper Secondary / High School Methodology (G9-12) Speaking : Effective Pairwork
7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations and Governance Issues : Teachers and bias
Tuesday 16 January 2024
9.00 - 10.00am : Advanced Use of English, how the language works : Why now? Exhortations to act quickly, or not.
10.30 - 11.30am : Advanced Use of English, Practice & Feedback : Transformations
12.00 - 1.00pm : Head of Department and Leadership : Developing and Implementing a Departmental Mission
1.30 - 2.30pm : Jobsearch Support : Teaching in the US, information for Chilean teachers
3.00 - 4.00pm : Early Years Methodology Philosophy & Practice : Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) for the Early Years
4.30 - 5.30pm : Writing in Lower Primary : Narratives
6.00 - 7.00pm : Upper Secondary / High School Methodology (G9-12) Speaking : Effective Groupwork
7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations and Governance Issues : Student placement : promotion, retention and acceleration
Wednesday 17 January 2024
9.00 - 10.00am : Advanced Use of English, how the language works : Much ado about a-words
10.30 - 11.30am : Advanced Use of English, Practice & Feedback : 'Ats off to at
12.00 - 1.00pm : Head of Department and Leadership : Developing and Implementing a Departmental Handbook
1.30 - 2.30pm : Jobsearch Support : Cover Letter and Resume advice
3.00 - 4.00pm : Early Years Methodology Philosophy & Practice : Developing Executive Function in the Early Years
4.30 - 5.30pm : Writing in Lower Primary : Descriptions
6.00 - 7.00pm : Upper Secondary / High School Methodology (G9-12) Speaking : Quick and Easy Assessment / Evaluation of Oral Activities
7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations and Governance Issues : Educating boys; are they the same?
9.00 - 10.00am : Advanced Use of English, how the language works : What makes a house a home?
10.30 - 11.30am : Advanced Use of English, Practice & Feedback : Transitive and Intransitive
12.00 - 1.00pm : Head of Department and Leadership : Departmental Finances
1.30 - 2.30pm : Video-based Teaching & Learning : Creating a student-centred teacher-friendly lesson with an online video
3.00 - 4.00pm : Early Years Methodology Philosophy & Practice : Assessment in the Early Years
4.30 - 5.30pm : Writing in Lower Primary : Publishing and Feedback
6.00 - 7.00pm : Upper Secondary / High School Methodology (G9-12) Speaking : Group Oral Test
7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations and Governance Issues : Is school "choice" a human right?
Friday 19 January 2024
9.00 - 10.00am : Advanced Use of English, how the language works : Light, light, lightning, lightening
10.30 - 11.30am : Advanced Use of English, Practice & Feedback : Dates
12.00 - 1.00pm : Head of Department and Leadership : Developing and Implementing Evaluation and Assessment Policies and Procedures
1.30 - 2.30pm : Video-based Teaching & Learning : Ready-to-use lesson as a part of a Sustainable or Renewable Energy unit
3.00 - 4.00pm : Early Years Methodology Philosophy & Practice : Values-based Education in the Early Years
4.30 - 5.30pm : Writing in Lower Primary : Assessment and Evaluation
6.00 - 7.00pm : Upper Secondary / High School Methodology (G9-12) Speaking : The Five Features of Voice
7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations and Governance Issues : Is education a public or private good?
Monday 22 January 2024
9.00 - 10.00am : Advanced Use of English, how the language works : Connectors
10.30 - 11.30am : Advanced Use of English, Practice & Feedback : Times
12.00 - 1.00pm : Head of Department and Leadership : Top Five Paths to Success as a Head of Department
1.30 - 2.30pm : Advanced Use of English, Approaches to Learning / Study Skills : Summing
3.00 - 4.00pm : Writing in Upper Primary / Lower Secondary / Middle School : Introduction and Overview, Planning a G5 - 8 Writing Programme
4.30 - 5.30pm : Cambridge English for Schools Methodology : Speaking and LIstening : Examination format, assesment, markschemes, strategies for success, preparation
6.00 - 7.00pm : Cambridge English for Schools Methodology : Writing : Exam format, assesment, markscheme, strategies for success, preparation
7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations and Governance Issues : Teacher pay and fairness
Tuesday 23 January 2024
9.00 - 10.00am : Advanced Use of English, how the language works : Paragraphs
10.30 - 11.30am : Advanced Use of English, Practice & Feedback : Taling about the not-so-smart
12.00 - 1.00pm : Head of Department and Leadership : Effective Recruitment Practices
1.30 - 2.30pm : Advanced Use of English, Approaches to Learning / Study Skills : Condensing
3.00 - 4.00pm : Writing in Upper Primary / Lower Secondary / Middle School : Paragraphs, the Foundation of Writing
4.30 - 5.30pm : Cambridge English for Schools Methodology : Speaking and Listening : Listening Parts One, Two - formats, strategies for success, examples, preparation activities
6.00 - 7.00pm : Cambridge English for Schools Methodology : Writing : Part One Essay - format, strategies for success, examples, preparation activities
7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations and Governance Issues : Are private schools wealthy?
Wednesday 24 January 2024
9.00 - 10.00am : Advanced Use of English, how the language works : Speech : direct, indirect and reported
10.30 - 11.30am : Advanced Use of English, Practice & Feedback : Counting Uncountables
12.00 - 1.00pm : Head of Department and Leadership : Teacher Appraisal v Teacher Evaluation
1.30 - 2.30pm : Advanced Use of English, Approaches to Learning / Study Skills : Note-taking
3.00 - 4.00pm : Writing in Upper Primary / Lower Secondary / Middle School : Narratives
4.30 - 5.30pm : Cambridge English for Schools Methodology : Speaking and Listening : Listening Parts Three, Four - formats, strategies for success, examples, preparation activities
6.00 - 7.00pm : Cambridge English for Schools Methodology : Writing : Part Two Letter / Email - formats, strategies for success, examples, preparation activities
7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations and Governance Issues : Is for-profit education bad?
Thursday 25 January 2024
9.00 - 10.00am : Advanced Use of English, how the language works : Narratives
10.30 - 11.30am : Advanced Use of English, Practice & Feedback : Un mis dis and not
12.00 - 1.00pm : Head of Department and Leadership : Widening your Departmental Footprint
1.30 - 2.30pm : Advanced Use of English, Approaches to Learning / Study Skills : Summarising
3.00 - 4.00pm : Writing in Upper Primary / Lower Secondary / Middle School : Reports and Reviews
4.30 - 5.30pm : Cambridge English for Schools Methodology : Speaking and Listening : Speaking Parts One, Two - formats, strategies for success, examples, preparation activities
6.00 - 7.00pm : Cambridge English for Schools Methodology : Writing : Part Two Review - format, strategies for success, examples, preparation activities
7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations and Governance Issues : League-tables; publishing SIMCE and PSU results
Friday 26 January 2024
9.00 - 10.00am : Advanced Use of English, how the language works : Essays
10.30 - 11.30am : Advanced Use of English, Practice & Feedback : Numbers and Quantities
12.00 - 1.00pm : Head of Department and Leadership : Planning and Running a Successful English Week
1.30 - 2.30pm : Advanced Use of English, Approaches to Learning / Study Skills : Editing
3.00 - 4.00pm : Writing in Upper Primary / Lower Secondary / Middle School : Essays
4.30 - 5.30pm : Cambridge English for Schools Methodology : Speaking and Listening : Speaking Parts Three, Four - formats, strategies for success, examples, preparation activities
6.00 - 7.00pm : Cambridge English for Schools Methodology : Writing : Part Two Story - format, strategies for success, examples, preparation activities
7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations and Governance Issues : Book-bans, trigger-warnings and sensitive students
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A C1 or higher level of English is assumed.
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