January 2025 Professional Development and Personal Growth : Week Four (20 - 24 January)

 

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

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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.

Monday 20 January 2025

2.00 - 3.00pm : Advanced Use of English Practice & Feedback : Usage : transformations 

3.30 - 4.30pm : Advanced Reading Comprehension (E2L) Practice & Feedback 

5.00 - 6.00pm : Introduction to Visual Language

6.30 - 7.30pm : Literature : "The Secret Life of Walter MItty" by James Thurber

8.00 - 9.00pm : Professional Conversations : "Mixed-ability" or ability-grouping

Tuesday 21 January 2025

9.00 - 10.00am : Leadership : Effective Recruitment Practices 

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

1.30 - 2.30pm : Advanced Use of English Practice & Feedback : Grammar : 'Ats off to at  

3.00 - 4.00pm : Active Learning - Introduction to Active Learning

4.30 - 5.30pm : Visual Language Analysis and Response; preparing and planning a lesson

6.00 - 7.00pm : Literature : "Her First Ball" by Katherine Mansfield

7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations : Gifted education, what is it and who deserves it?

Wednesday 22 January 2025

2.00 - 3.00pm : Advanced Use of English Practice & Feedback : Grammar : transitive and intransitive 

3.30 - 4.30pm : Advanced Reading Comprehension (E2L) Practice & Feedback  

5.00 - 6.00pm : Visual Language Analysis and Response; blogs

6.30 - 7.30pm : Literature : "The Furnished Room" by O Henry

8.00 - 9.00pm : Professional Conversations : Student placement : promotion, retention and acceleration

Thursday 23 January 2025

9.00 - 10.00am : Leadership : Top Five Paths to Success as a Head of Department 

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

1.30 - 2.30pm : Advanced Use of English Practice & Feedback : Vocabulary : what makes a house a home? 

3.00 - 4.00pm : Active Learning - Play-based learning, doing it effectively

4.30 - 5.30pm : Visual Language Analysis and Response; preparing a video-based lesson

6.00 - 7.00pm : Literature : "The Stoat" by John McGahern

7.30 - 8.30pm : Professional Conversations : League-tables; publishing SIMCE and PAES results

 

Friday 24 January 2025

2.00 - 3.00pm : Advanced Use of English Practice & Feedback : Vocabulary, Structures and Usages : Dates 

3.30 - 4.30pm : Advanced Reading Comprehension (E2L) Practice & Feedback 

5.00 - 6.00pm : Visual Language Analysis and Response; a sample, lug-and-play, video-based lesson

6.30 - 7.30pm : Literature : "Journey" by Patricia Grace

8.00 - 9.00pm : Professional Conversations : Grading, standards and grade inflation : when is a 7 a 7?

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. 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.

• 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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Ask us about programmes of support for you and your colleagues during the academic year where you choose who, what, where and when. Simply complete the "Contact Us" form to the right to start the conversation.

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.

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