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 26 January
4.30 - 5.30pm : Advanced Use of English Practice & Feedback : Advanced Vocabulary : F-bombs
6.00 - 7.00pm : Literature - More Essays You Need to Read and Can Use in Class : "My Periodic Table" - Oliver Sacks
7.30 - 8.30 pm : Issues in Education / Professional Conversations : League-tables - publishing SIMCE and PAES results
Tuesday 27 January
9.00 - 10.00am : Effective Recruitment Practices
10.30 - 11.30am : Top Five Paths to Success as a Head of Department
12.00 - 1.00pm : xxx
1.30 - 2.30pm : English as a Second Language : Footsteps of an Astronaut - a Cambridge English as a Second Language (E2L) exemplar lesson
3.00 - 4.00pm : Early Years (PK - K) : Active Learning : "Food" Field Trips for Early Years (PK - K)
4.30 - 5.30pm : Advanced Use of English Practice & Feedback : Advanced Vocabulary : talking about the not-so-smart
6.00 - 7.00pm : Literature - More Essays You Need to Read and Can Use in Class : "Professions for Women" - Virginia Woolf
7.30 - 8.30pm : Issues in Education / Professional Conversations : Grading, standards and grade inflation : when is a 7 a 7?
Wednesday 28 January
4.30 - 5.30pm : Advanced Use of English Practice & Feedback : Advanced Vocabulary : death and dying
6.00 - 7.00pm : Literature - More Essays You Need to Read and Can Use in Class : "This is Water" - David Foster Wallace
7.30 - 8.30pm : Issues in Education / Professional Conversations : Bullying; is the school the bully here?
Thursday 29 January
9.00 - 10.00am : Widening your Departmental Footprint - promoting your area and showcasing your students' success
10.30 - 11.30am : Planning and Running a Successful English Week
12.00 - 1.00pm : xxx
1.30 - 2.30pm : English as a Second Language : Keeping a Diary - a Cambridge English as a Second Language (E2L) exemplar lesson
3.00 - 3.30pm : Early Years (PK - K) : Handwriting in the Early Years
4.00 - 5.00pm : Advanced Use of English Practice & Feedback : Advanced Vocabulary - On Yer Bike!
5.30 - 6.30pm : Literature - More Essays You Need to Read and Can Use in Class : "Against Interpretation" - Susan Sontag
7.00 - 8.00pm : Issues in Education / Professional Conversations : Book-bans, trigger-warnings and sensitive students
Friday 30 January
4.30 - 5.30pm : Advanced Use of English Practice & Feedback : Advanced Vocabulary : light, light, lightning, lightening
6.30 - 7.00pm : Literature - More Essays You Need to Read and Can Use in Class : "There’s no such thing as a fish" - Mathew Ingram
Saturday 31 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.
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- 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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