January 2024 Professional Development and Personal Growth : Upper Secondary / High School (G9 - 12) Methodology Philosophy & Practice

Welcome to our fourth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. xxx

January 2024 Professional Development and Personal Growth : Early Years (PK - K) Methodology Philosophy & Practice

Welcome to our fourth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. Education in the Early Years is critical for develop the attitudes and skills required for elementary level success, and an appropriate programme can do this while also building a strong knowledge base without being overly "academic" nor abandoning our very young learners to their own devices.

January 2024 Professional Development and Personal Growth : Writing in Upper Primary / Lower Secondary / Middle School (G5 - 8)

Welcome to our fourth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. Writing in Upper Primary / Lower Secondary (G5 - 8) builds on the foundations of Lower Primary and provides the building blocks for High School. 

January 2024 Professional Development and Personal Growth : Lower Primary (G1 - 4) Methodology Philosophy & Practice

Welcome to our fourth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. Lower Primary (G1 - 4) is all about gaining, inculculating and developing the skills and attitudes needed for success in Middle School and beyond. Join us as we explore subject areas and subject skills essential for Lower Primary success and beyond.

"Pets" Field Trips for Early Years (PK - K)

"Pets" and "My pet" are common Early Years topics, although finding experiential and out-of-the-classroom learning activities can be challenging. Join us as we explore some Field Trip and Field Trip activity possibilities which you can use to make your programme more lifelike and the contents more relatable for your students.

"Food" Field Trips for Early Years (PK - K)

"Food" and related topics such as "Field to Table" are common Early Years topics, although finding experiential and out-of-the-classroom learning activities can be challenging. Join us as we explore some Field Trip and Field Trip activity possibilities which you can use to make your programme more lifelike and the contents more relatable for your students.

January 2024 Professional Development and Personal Growth : Exploring English Literature

Welcome to our fourth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. This series reviews a selection of short texts suitable for both Advanced English and literature students and teachers. These texts are historically and culturally significant and should be read by all "educated" people. They currently appear or have appeared in Cambridge or IB text lists, and are suitable for use with Upper Intermediate High School classes.

January 2024 Professional Development and Personal Growth : Writing in Lower Primary

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.

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.