Welcome to our sixth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. These single-topic Professional Conversations about issues of educational governance have been developed from the needs and requests of Chilean National Programme and International Programme (Cambridge and IB) teachers and students.
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This page will 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 12 January
4.30 - 5.30pm : Advanced Use of English Practice & Feedback : Advanced Vocabulary : er, who does that?
6.00 - 7.00pm : Literature - Short Stories You Need to Read and Can Use in Class : "The Stoat" by John McGahern
7.30 - 8.30pm : Issues in Education / Professional Conversations : Performance-related (merit) Pay and Teachers
Tuesday 13 January
9.00 - 10.00am : Teaching in the USA, information for Chilean teachers
10.30 - 11.30am : Evaluating Teachers (v Staff Appraisal)
12.00 - 1.00pm : English as a Second Language : Foreign, Second or First - the difference matters
1.30 - 2.30pm : English as a Second Language : Implementing and Using Cambridge E2L (ESL) Writing descriptors
3.00 - 4.00pm : Early Years (PK - K) : Play-based learning, doing it effectively
4.30 - 5.30pm : Advanced Use of English Practice & Feedback : Advanced Vocabulary : agree (or not)
6.00 - 7.00pm : Literature - Short Stories You Need to Read and Can Use in Class : "Journey" by Patricia Grace
7.30 - 8.30pm : Issues in Education / Professional Conversations : Teachers and bias
Wednesday 14 January
4.30 - 5.30pm : Advanced Use of English Practice & Feedback : Advanced Vocabulary : what makes a house a home?
6.00 - 7.00pm : Literature - Short Stories You Need to Read and Can Use in Class : "The Moving Finger" by Edith Wharton
7.30 - 8.30pm : Issues in Education / Professional Conversations : Teaching boys; they're not the same
Thursday 15 January
9.00 - 10.00am : Teaching Internationally, information for Chilean teachers
12.00 - 1.00pm : xxx
1.30 - 2.30pm : English as a Second Language : Implementing and Using Cambridge E2L (ESL) Writing descriptors
4.30 - 5.30pm : Advanced Use of English Practice & Feedback : Advanced Vocabulary : Be a good sport
6.00 - 7.00pm : Literature - Short Stories You Need to Read and Can Use in Class : "Secrets" by Bernard MacLaverty
7.30 - 8.30pm : Issues in Education / Professional Conversations : Teacher appearance, does it matter?
Friday 16 January
4.30 - 5.30pm : Advanced Use of English Practice & Feedback : Advanced Vocabulary : relations or relationships, it's relative
6.00 - 7.00pm : Literature - Short Stories You Need to Read and Can Use in Class : "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury
7.30 - 8.30pm : Issues in Education / Professional Conversations : What should a school do? Problematic issues and student behaviour
Saturday 17 January
Currently reserved for closed / private sessions. Complete the "Contact Us" form on the right (or click here) to ask about a programme of your choice.
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. One session $6.000, five sessions $25.000, multiple-session discounts.
- for registration information
- for institutional and group rates
- to ask about our February 2026 programme
- if the date and time of any sessions are not convenient, to ask about an "on demand" session on a different date and at a different time
- to be placed on the interest list for any of these topics and to receive advance notice of the next open-group session
- to ask about a private one-to-one or small-group closed session on any of these topics, or on any other Advanced English and English teaching & learning and evaluation concerns you have
- to ask about job search support, CV / resume and personal statement support, and interview practice and feedback
- to ask about programmes of support for you and your colleagues during the academic year where you choose who, what, where and when
- if you would like to receive our once or twice a week event announcements. We will not spam you and you can leave the email-list at any time
- with any queries about any of our programmes.
This page will 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.
Click on the label(s) to the right for related programmes. Click here to go to our January 2026 main page.
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