January 2023 - High School Methodology : Writing

We are born speaking and if not, the nurse will encourage us to start. However writing is a challenge and there is a reason why there is only one Shakespeare, one Steinbeck, one Orwell. Writing is unnatural and that gives us, teachers, something to get our teeth into. 

January 2023 - Methodology : Cambridge English for Schools Listening & Speaking

Cambridge English for Schools are EFL examinations and certificates aimed at teens, or Upper Primary / Lower Secondary (G5 - 8) and High School (G9 - 12) students. They are linked to the same CEFR levels as their main suite siblings, but with more age-appropriate prompts and tasks.

January 2023 - Methodology : Cambridge English for Schools Writing

Cambridge English for Schools are EFL examinations and certificates aimed at teens, or Upper Primary / Lower Secondary (G5 - 8) and High School (G9 - 12) students. They are linked to the same CEFR levels as their main suite siblings, but with more age-appropriate prompts and tasks.

January 2023 - Job Search support

These sessions are as yet unscheduled. If you would like to request any as closed (private, one-to-one or small group), you may choose any time labelled as "Available for "on demand" sessions" from our January by date.* Alternatively, if you would like to be informed when a closed session is scheduled please let us know.

January 2023 - Literature

A selection of short texts suitable for both Intermediate / Advanced English students and teachers, and literature atudents and teachers, Texts or text-links are sent to participants the day prior to the session(s) to allow for pre-reading. These sessions provide introductory overviews to the texts rather than in-depth literary analyses or methodology programmes. 

January 2023 - Lower Primary (G1-4) Philosophy & Practice

Lower Primary (G1 - 4) is all about gaining, inculculating and developing the skills and attitudes needed for success in Middle School and beyond. 

January 2023 - Early Years Philosophy & Practice

Early Years (aka Early Childhood or PK - K) teaching and learning is critical to Lower Primary success, and sets the student up for his/her entire academic career, so adopting and implementing appropriate philosophies and practices is essential. Each session in this selection of our most popular Early Years sessions include both ready-to-use strategies and a framework which can be applied to the rest of your Early Years programme. 

January 2023 - Active Learning for Early Years and Lower Primary

Active Learning is a student-centred approach to teaching and learning in which the student is actively engaged with the materials, topics, skills and outcomes. In many respects, active learning is the opposite of a traditional teacher-centred, top-down or "direct" approach. Sessions consider one aspect of Active Learning and how it might look in a classroom. 

January 2023 - Advanced Reading Comprehension Practice & Feedback

This is a "Knowledge and Understanding" of the text programme, with the addition of Language acquisition and development. Texts or text-links on a range of topics are sent to participants before each session for prior review, and sessions explore the "explicit meaning" and any Language questions participants may have. The Guided Discussion format also allows for Advanced Speaking Practice.

January 2023 - International Education

For teachers and educational leaders considering teaching in an international school or international programme, or in their first two years' teaching such a programme or in such a school.