Welcome to our fourth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. Writing in Lower Primary (G1 - 4) builds on Early Years, and prepares for Upper Primary / Lower Secondary (G5 - 9). Students explore narrative and descriptive writing, planning and writing within constraints, in both online and in-person classes.
13 September 2023
January 2024 Professional Development and Personal Growth : Active Learning for Early Years and Lower Primary
Welcome to our fourth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. 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.
January 2024 Professional Development and Personal Growth : Professional Conversations and Governance Issues
Welcome to our fourth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. Maintaining range and fluency while teaching beginners or younger learners is at best challenging, and many if not most teachers have been unable to manage either or both in today's reality. We all need adult conversation, and these Advanced Discussion practice sessions provide just that.
January 2024 Professional Development and Personal Growth : Head of Department and Leadership
Welcome to our fourth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. Whether you are a new (in your first two years in the rold) or prospective Head of Department, Co-ordinator or Academic Director, we can help. Even seasoned Heads of Depertment will find ideas and guidance here
January 2024 Professional Development and Personal Growth : Jobsearch Support
Welcome to our fourth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. Whether you are looking for a new post or a promotion, teaching or leadership, in Chile or outside, we can help.
12 September 2023
An Introduction to Teaching Narrative Writing
Narrative writing is both the entry point for Creative Writing and Fiction, and the best and least challenging vehicle for developing writing and language skills. Join as we review this introductory quick-and-easy teacher-friendly approach to teaching Narrative Writing which can be used at all ages and all levels.
January 2024 Professional Development and Personal Growth : International Education
Welcome to our fourth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. Many schools here in Chile label themselves as "international", but are they? Similarly, many teachers are interested in teaching in an international programme, but what does that mean?
January 2024 Professional Development and Personal Growth : English as a Second Language (E2L, ESL), Practice for Teachers
Welcome to our fourth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. English as a Second Language (E2L) is quite distinct from English as a Foreign Language, the national programme here in Chile. Unfortunately the two terms are used quite loosely and often erroneously. Join us as we explore E2L and how it might look in your classroom.
11 September 2023
January 2024 Professional Development and Personal Growth - Advanced Use of English, Approaches to Learning / Study Skills
Welcome to our fourth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. Click on the session title(s) for more information. Amongst the most important skills we can develop in our students are those variously labelled Approaches to Learning, Learner Autonomy and Study Skills, and as English teachers, we also have our part to play.
09 September 2023
January 2024 Professional Development and Personal Growth - Advanced Use of English, Practice & Feedback
Welcome to our fourth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. These single-topic Use of English sessions (Vocabulary, Structures and Usages) have been developed from the needs and requests of Chilean Advanced English users.