| On-going Continuing Education Professional Development Mini-workshops for Teachers of English to International Students It's time to share with your colleagues "what works in the classroom" Facilitator: You Teacher-Participants: You The Workshops are free, there's a virtual pat on the back if you attend, and a bigger pat if you are the facilitator and if you provide notes and handouts for the other teachers to use.... (and let me place the notes on this web site). If you are a facilitator for the next mini-workshop, please e-mail your outline or notes to Steve to place on the web site englishlesson@mail.com This page is at: Universal Resource Locator (URL): www.oocities.org/teachers2teachers/continuinged.html If you can't make it to the workshop, at least read the notes and keep up to date on the latest information from the trenches. Some workshops will be videotaped so you can get a refresher by watching the video on CD (available usually one month after the mini-workshop). Format: Facilitator presents information, Teacher Participants ask questions, Facilitator demonstrates, the Teacher Participants offer suggestions, meeting ends before 8:40. |
| Schedule of Training (Mini-workshop in 30 minutes or less) 8:10 to 8:40 a.m. Tuesdays Date Topic Facilitator Read the Notes July 19 three ways to use a still camera in a class Steve Click class 1 July 26 three sure-fire ways to get students talking to each other -?- August 2 An easy way to teach "Peter and I" vs. "Peter and me" Steve August 9 Three ways to use music in the classroom - ? - August 16 A new way to teach vowel sounds cat, pen, fish, pot, sun, dog, etc. Steve |
========================== TEACHERS OF TALK You are invited to the first of an ongoing mini-workshop, half-hour maximum, starting at 8:10 am and finishing at 8:40 am every THURSDAY. The meeting room will generally be where the facilitator wants to do it (classroom one is fun). Mature students are invited to join the teachers, since the more the students know about the teaching method, the better! (If you think a student might benefit from participating, bring along the student....If no students are present, of course, teachers can be more free to express doubts or make suggestions about current students...) Steve will give the first mini-workshop on July 19 and other teachers are invited to volunteer their ideas to Steve. If nobody comes up with an idea, then Steve will just rehash one of his conference seminars into a mini-workshop. "How to use a Video CD", "3 ways to use a camera in a classroom," "How to use websites in the classroom," etc. The mini-workshops will be videoed for teachers to watch (this is ongoing, continuing education, professional development, a chance to talk about what works in the classroom.... and it's totally voluntary). Anyone wanting to make suggestions to improve the format can contact Steve 463-0310. |