January 2025 Professional Development and Personal Growth : Week Two (6 - 10 January)

 

Welcome to our fifth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. 

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Monday 6 January 2025

2.00 - 3.00pm : Advanced Use of English Practice & Feedback : Vocabulary : er, who does that? 

3.30 - 4.30pm : Implementing and Using Cambridge E2L (ESL) Speaking descriptors 

5.00 - 6.00pm : Cambridge English C1 Advanced (was CAE), an overview of what the examination covers, and how

6.30 - 7.30pm : Literature : "The Stream" - author unknown

8.00 - 9.00pm : Professional Conversations : Do teachers have free speech?

Tuesday 7 January 2025

9.00 - 10.00am : Leadership : Evaluating Teachers (v Staff Appraisal) 

12.00 - 1.00pm : Advanced Reading Comprehension (EFL) Practice & Feedback 

1.30 - 2.30pm : Advanced Use of English Practice & Feedback : Vocabulary : agree (or not) 

3.00 - 4.00pm : Implementing and Using Cambridge ESL Writing descriptors 

4.30 - 5.30pm : Reading groups - a guided Philosophy & Practice (methodology) discussion for Lower Primary (G1-4)

6.00 - 7.00pm : Literature : "Indian Camp" - Ernest Hemingway

7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations : Education, a public or private good?

Wednesday 8 January 2025

2.00 - 3.00pm : Advanced Use of English Practice & Feedback : Usage : just and only 

3.30 - 4.30pm : Introduction to the Cambridge Primary Programme

5.00 - 6.00pm : Teaching Reading : No to Round Robin (around the class) - a guided Philosophy & Practice (methodology) discussion for Lower Primary (G1-4)

6.30 - 7.30pm : Literature : "Death of the Moth" - Virginia Moth

8.00 - 9.00pm : Professional Conversations : Is for-profit education bad?

Thursday 9 January 2025

9.00 - 10.00am : Leadership : Developing and Implementing a Departmental Handbook 

12.00 - 1.00pm : Advanced Reading Comprehension (EFL) Practice & Feedback 

1.30 - 2.30pm : Advanced Use of English Practice & Feedback : Vocabulary : Be a good sport 

3.00 - 4.00pm : Introduction to the Cambridge Upper Secondary and Advanced Programmes

4.30 - 5.30pm : Teaching Reading : Reading Checks - have they done it and if so, how well?

6.00 - 700pm : Literature : "A Hanging" - George Orwell

7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations : Performance-related (merit) Pay and Teachers

Friday 10 January 2025

2.00 - 3.00pm : Advanced Use of English Practice & Feedback : Vocabulary : relations or relationships, it's relative 

3.30 - 4.30pm : Writing Methodologies for Cambridge's English for Schools examination series

5.00 - 6.00pm : Teaching Reading : Cereal Packages - a G3 / Y4 UK Reading / Visual Language model lesson

6.30 - 7.30pm : Literature : "Ha'penny" by Alan Paton

8.00 - 9.00pm : Professional Conversations : Teachers and bias

Each session $6000 with discounts for 5, 10, 20 etc sessions. Complete the Contact Us form to the right for registration information, for institutional and group rates, and to ask about our February 2025 programme.

• These one-hour, synchronous, online video-conferencing, open-enrolment group sessions are limited in size to allow for participation and questions. Minimum group sizes apply. Ask us about closed programmes where you choose who, what, where and when. A C1 or higher level of English is assumed.

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