Tutor: Monica Freire

Alternative careers in ELT - Teacher Training, Content production, and Academic Coordination

This course aims to expand teachers professional options in the ELT market by sharing essential information about the most common options and discussing what it takes to follow each path.

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Day 2: On the first day of the course we will discuss what teachers need to do to become Teacher Trainers. We will discuss the kind of knowledge and experience they need to acquire to become fully fledged TTs, as well as professional development options available.

Tutor: Isabela Villas Boas

Essential topics for educational leadership

This course aims to address the essential knowledge and competencies one needs to become an effective educational leader. The course mediator will draw on readings in the field and on her experience in educational leadership, focusing on lessons learned from successes and failures and inviting the participants to do the same in relation to the leadership roles they have had and the role models they are inspired by.
 

Day 2: We will begin by reflecting upon our experiences with leadership and identifying the main characteristics of the leaders we have been inspired by. We will then analyze the difference between a manager and a leader and use scenarios to decide which is which.

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Tutor: Laura McWilliams

Practical Drama in the YL ELT classroom

Day 2: Breaking barriers and building bonds
This session will look at increasing learner confidence and creating a cohesive, positive class dynamic via a range of drama-inspired games and practical activities that can be incorporated into your English lessons. We will explore relaxation techniques, ways to use puppets and masks, and teambuilding exercises.

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This course is sponsored by the IATEFL YLSIG

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Tutor: Paulo Dantas

​Innovation and Disruption in Education

Day 2: We'll be exploring how education has changed over the last few decades and how these changes have impacted the way we teach.

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Tutor: Leticia Moraes

Gamification: going beyond using games in class

This course aims at clarifying what gamification looks in practice and experimenting
with adapting activities, lessons and courses.

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Day 2: On the second day of the course, we will work on gamifying existing activities. We will work with activities that typically appear in coursebooks and think of ways of adding elements of games to them.
 

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Tutor: Cristiane Perone

Teaching young learners: why we do what we do

The aim of this course is to discuss the learning routines widely spread when teaching kids and understand the reasons for these practices. Participants will have the chance to revisit key concepts and create a collaborative checklist for planning effective lessons.
 

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Day 2: On the second day, we will understand how learning occurs and explore key concepts, processes, and theories around memory, communication, comprehension, motivation and attention for the age group.