Plug-and-play reading comprehension : Vaccines

A plug-and-play lesson involving Reading Comprehension, Use of English, vocabulary acquisition and development, speaking and listening and writing. For use with High School, college and adult learners at B2 and above levels in an EFL programme, or for Middle School and above in an E2L or bilingual programme. Based on a 90-minute lesson.

Coming soon - more Active Learning

Active Learning : Tabletop Science

Cambridge Primary Science should not be a subject, but a student's exploration of the world around him/her while s/he develops scientific inquiry and learns how to follow scientific practice. Science should be incorporated into daily activities and into the regular classroom; a laboratory and specialist equipment are not required; this science can be done on the top of a table.

Active Learning : Purposeful Play

Play for young(er) chidren is seen as "a good thing". It is often described as the child's "work" and "play-based" programmes abound. However play is frequently misunderstood and mis-applied, and it can have no educational value which is where purposeful play comes in. 

Cambridge Primary English Lesson Planning, a model

English in Cambridge Primary is not as much of a subject as it is a collection of receptive and productive skills; the "what" comes from other subject areas. So when teaching Art or Mathematics or Music or Science, the Cambridge Primary teacher must plan with language acquisition and development in mind.

Active Learning Mathematics : Fractions

From a young age, the Early Years (or PK - K), children are well aware of things in parts, also known as "fractions", and teachers should take advantage of this awareness to further develop these essential concepts of number relationships. 

Active Learning Mathematics : Numbers 1 - 31

This session is rooted in the Philosophies and Practices of Active Learning and of Developmentally Appropriate Practice, and provides plug-and-play, tried and true activities for teaching numbers 1 - 31. Although the examples given relate to teaching Mathematics in English, they are appropriate for programmes in other languages. Lower Primary (G1 - 4) teachers will also find this useful.

Planning and Running English Week

English teachers are often tasked with running "English Day" or "English Week" with little or no guidance, while even those with experience look for support and new ideas. These sessions provide a road-map to a successful English Week (or Day) and ideas you can incorporate into yours.

October 2021

 

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Teaching in the USA, information for Chilean teachers

Are you a Chilean teacher interested in or thinking of teaching in the USA? Recruiters have started recently targetting Chilean teachers and there's a reason for this. Additionally, most, if not all, of these recruiters are paid a commission for every Chilean teacher they recruit, and may not be completely transparent or completely open in what they share.

Much of the "advice" on socal media is inaccurate or incomplete and sorting the good from the bad can be at best difficult; find out what is and what is not from someone who has actually been on the hiring side.

We do not receive fees from any organisation for providing this session; information and advice is neutral and comes from experience of hiring international teachers as a school director in the US.