Friday 30 October 2009

RT week Feb 2010 workshops for teachers

RT WEEK 2010

February 08 – 11

All new workshops!

Once again we bring you a variety of workshops for teachers, to reflect, develop, grow and obtain ideas for the classroom!

Hoping you can join us,

Laura and Jamie

Workshop programme

RT WEEK

2010

Monday 08 February

Tuesday 09

February

Wednesday10

February

Thursday 11

February

9 to 12

How students really learn!

The Art of the Question

A 2010 map of the English speaking world

Emotions and language learning

L u n c h

L u n c h

L u n c h

L u n c h

14 to 17

The teacher and sensory acuity… learning to observe…

Time Management…

Self- Management?

Literature, creativity, learning and fun

Being fully present

Workshop details

Monday 8 Feb am

How students really learn!

This practical session will explore the latest classroom research on student learning and give activities based on ideas from NLP on how teachers can make the most of their classes to facilitate student acquisition.

Monday 8 Feb pm

The teacher and sensory acuity… Learning to observe…

A lot of people have become very interested in facial expressions, non-verbal language and other paralinguistic features, after watching “Lie to me”, the American television series that premiered on the Fox network. In the show, Dr. Cal Lightman and his colleagues in The Lightman Group accept assignments from third parties (commonly local and federal law enforcement), and assist in investigations, reaching the truth through applied psychology: interpreting microexpressions, through the Facial Action Coding System, and body language.

In this workshop we will see how to use that information in a very practical way to improve communication with our students and facilitate their learning.

Tuesday 9 Feb am

The Art of the Question

Can we polish our question-making as teachers to elicit better learning? Can we help our students find questions which lead to more discovery and reflection. Through quizzes, games and other activities we will practise the skill of finding the right question.

Tuesday 9 Feb pm

Time Management…

Self- Management?

In this session we will see how self-management is essential to manage time effectively and efficiently. We will delve into topics such as delegation, trust, self-motivation and motivation of others.

We will reflect on how to set priorities, how to schedule and have goals. By becoming aware of how we use our time as a resource in organising, prioritising, and succeeding in our jobs as teachers, coordinators or heads of staff, we will learn how to “save” our energy to be active and vibrant when we get home after a long day at work.

Apart from the moments of deep reflection you will be getting very practical ideas to start using as soon as you finish the workshop.

Wednesday 10 Feb am

A 2010 map of the English speaking world

In these days of information overload and fast-changing technology, what can we expect our students to learn and know about the world of English language and culture? This session will combine general knowledge and language styles and registers to help us identity what is essential to know and what is purely interesting and of lesser importance for the classroom as we enter the second decade of the new millenium.

Wednesday 10 Feb pm

Literature, creativity, learning and fun

In this presentation we will be working with the theory of creativity, plus specific ideas to put into practice in the classroom. Assuming creativity can be learnt, we will see ways to help both teachers and students to become aware of the creative process and its application to language teaching and learning. We will also be reading poems by Benjamin Zephaniah and we will take delight in the production of Haikus.

Thursday 11 Feb am

Emotions and language learning

Damasio (1999) states that “There is nothing distinctively about human emotions since it is clear that so many nonhuman creatures have emotions in abundance; and yet there is something quite distinctive about the way in which emotions have become connected to the complex ideas, values, principles, and judgements that only humans can have ”.

In this workshop we will see how from a neuropsychological perspective, emotions are very important: they exist in our brain and are biological, apart from elaborated by culture.

We will also discuss the implications for English language teaching and learning and we will work with some very powerful ideas to tap into optimal emotional states to learn a language.

Thursday 11 Feb pm

Being fully present

Apart from NLP, there are a large number of complementary therapies and energy techniques being taught in the world today. Many of them are very old knowledge that has been rediscovered.

How are they relevant to the classroom? Can teachers integrate aspects of them into their work? This session will consider a variety of these techniques and give a special introduction to that of EMF (Electromagnetic field) Balancing which helps people to become fully present in their daily activities.

Enrolment

Each workshop lasts three hours. AM: 9.00 - 12.00 PM: 14.00 - 17.00.

Venue: Gallardo 719, Versailles, Capital Federal.

Please enrol by by e-mail: rtcourses@resourcefulteaching.com.ar

jamiearg@gmail.com or lauraszmuch@gmail.com

or by phoning (005411) 4641-9068

There are limited vacancies per workshop. Enrolment is only guaranteed by payment of fee.

Fee Schedule: NB: Prices in Argentine pesos

Resourceful Teaching Week

2010

Enrolment before

November 10

Enrolment before

November 30

Enrolment before

December 30

Enrolment before

January 30

Each workshop

$50

$60

$70

$80

The whole week

(8 workshops)

$300

$380

$460

$550

Current RT Practitioner or Master Practitioner students

$100

$140

$170

$200

Special Discounts:

Five people enrolling together are eligible for a discount of 10% on the whole week

Students currently enrolled in Teacher Training College $30 per workshop

Note: Fees are not refundable but can be transferred to another course or to another student where applicable.