COD 2025 - D1116B

Webinar - Teaching English effectively at Primary & Highschool level: the challenge made easier!

Profile of the group you will be addressing Primary teachers, Highschool teachers, Head teachers and Coordinators

4 sessions, start: 11-Jun

Course detail

Year: 2025
Level: Distance
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: Distance
Facilitator/s: Mrs. Grace Bertolini
Print course
ESSARP Schools
Free of charge
Exams Schools
ARS 120000.00
Non affiliate
ARS 120000.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 11 June 2025 05:30 pm 07:30 pm
2 18 June 2025 05:30 pm 07:30 pm
3 25 June 2025 05:30 pm 07:30 pm
4 02 July 2025 05:30 pm 07:30 pm

Facilitator/s

Grace Bertolini

Grace Bertolini is an experienced EFL- ESL Teacher Educator specialized in Classroom Management, Cooperative Learning, Learning and the Brain, Social Emotional Learning, Conflict Resolution, Responsive Classrooms and Positive Education at school. Her mother tongue is Spanish and she speaks English, French, Italian and Portuguese and she has studies in Physical Education. She is a Bilingual Facilitator for Peace Education Foundation (USA) and a Certified Positive Discipline Classroom Educator for Positive Discipline Association (USA). She has got an Innovative Education Degree and a Neuro Learning Degree that has allowed her to incorporate tools for brain-compatible learning in a positive, healthy and inclusive educational environment. For more than 40 years she has taught all levels and ages and she has been Head Teacher at several bilingual schools in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At present, she delivers courses for Asociación Educar de Neurociencias and coaches several Institutions as an Educational Consultant. She has got her own Professional Development Site and Campus and she designs Courses, Workshops and E-books for Preschool, Kindergarten, Primary and High school classes and delivers Professional Development Presentations nationwide and abroad on Social Emotional Learning, Conflict Resolution, Classroom Management and teaching EFL/ESL effectively. Grace is a Life long Learner.
Profile of the group you will be addressing Primary teachers, Highschool teachers, Head teachers and Coordinators
tives:

· Explore different ways of teaching English with effective tools to learn and reinforce the language.

· Learn how to provide students with a safe and supportive classroom environment that facilitates active participation of all learners.

· Share creative strategies and skills to build comprehension while speaking, reading and writing.

· Use Cooperative Learning Structures to regulate interaction between pairs, for team work and to involve the entire class.

· Activate learning implementing Thinking Routines and Graphic Organizers in class to make thinking visible.

· Implementing Social Emotional Learning at School.

· Acquire hands-on ideas, easy to carry out in daily classes
WEBINAR 1:

· How to create an inclusive and positive classroom environment.

· 3 steps to foster an active participation in classroom.

· Using Attentional Brain Breaks to sustain and focus attention.

· Strategies and skills to build comprehension while speaking, reading and writing.

· Vocabulary Development to help students understand meaning.

· Predicting and Retelling in class. Quick and creative extension activities.

· Going from Reading to Writing.

· Visual Literacy: teaching with images and Videos.


WEBINAR 2:

· Cooperative Learning as an evidence-based teaching and learning strategy: why use it in class?

· Fostering interpersonal skills: Leadership, Decision-making, Communication, Conflict-management skills.

· Introducing Spencer Kagan’s CL Structures.

· 4 Basic CL Principles: Positive Interdependence, Individual Accountability, Equal Participation, Simultaneous Interaction.

· Practical Cooperative Learning activities for Whole Class, Pair Work and Team Work.

· Practical ideas for 1st days at school to get to know each other.

· 100% effective Visual Resources for your class.



WEBINAR 3:

· Making Thinking Visible as an approach to help learners develop clear thinking patterns.

· Thinking Routines: effective pedagogical tools developed and adapted by the Project Zero research group at Harvard Graduate School of Education (USA)

· Some Thinking Routines: See, Think, Wonder - I used to think…but now I think - Chalk Talk - Zoom in – 3,2,1 Bridge – Headlines - Colour, Symbol, Image – What makes you say that – others…

· Metacognition: the Learning Ladder.

· Using Graphic Organizers to make the complex easy to understand



WEBINAR 4:

· S.E.L in class: Social Emotional Learning at school.

· SELF – AWARENESS: Self-esteem and Self- Efficacy – Resilience – Growth Mindsets – Character Strengths – Activities to foster identity -

· SELF- MANAGEMENT: Self- regulation Strategies – Effective ways to cope with emotions –

· SOCIAL – AWARENESS: Showing understanding and Empathy for others – Appreciating Diversity and Respect. Building a Sense of Belonging – Helping students to get to know each other – Classroom Circles – Closing Circles –

· RELATIONSHIP SKILLS: Relation building – COOPERATIVE WORK – Team building – Good Social Skills & Good People Skills. Effective Communication.

· RESPONSIBLE DECISION MAKING & CONFLICT RESOLUTION: Identifying problems – Analysing situations – Reflecting- Involving students in setting Classroom Rules – Managing Behaviour – Win-win solutions -

· Effective techniques to connect with your students.
During these 4 interactive On line sessions, participants will learn how to provide students with a safe and supportive classroom environment that facilitates active participation of all learners. We will practice effective strategies and skills to build comprehension while speaking, reading and writing. We will introduce Cooperative Learning Structures and Thinking Routines and creative ideas to foster Social Emotional Learning at school. We will share 100% practical simple tools and effective techniques to strengthen students’ engagement! If you are teaching English at Primary & Highschool don’t miss this On Line Course full of ideas and energy!
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