Re-boot camp: Renewing your teaching
Re-boot camp: Renewing your teaching
Duration
1 week /25 interactive workshops
Course Date
14.08.2023 - 20.08.2023
Form
face-to-face
Number of students
max. 12 participants Group course
Level
B2 – Intermediate
C1 – Advanced
About course
The program boasts a diverse and inclusive community of educators, expert trainers, and coaches, thought-provoking discussions, and plenty of opportunities to network and collaborate with like-minded professionals. The carefully crafted schedule allows you to try out new things, explore different perspectives and change your usual routines so you can challenge yourself in new ways – e.g., coaching sessions, vegetarian food, shared bedrooms & bathrooms, evenings at fire etc.
By the end of the program, you will not only be equipped with new skills and strategies to enhance your teaching but also with a renewed sense of purpose and energy. Whether it’s trying out morning yoga, exploring the benefits of vegetarian food, or embracing environmentally friendly surroundings, it is a unique opportunity to expand your horizons and recharge your batteries.
Who is the course for
For all English and other subject teachers who are seeking to refresh their knowledge, enhance their impact, and train their coaching and leadership skills. The program is not limited to educators alone, but all individuals who seek to learn, relax, and discover new skills are welcome to attend.
Quality assurance
The Bridge is an established English language centre with a rich 15-year history in teacher training, internationally accredited by the prestigious quality assurance organization for language education, EAQUALS. As proud organizers of the international ELTFORUM.sk conference, we offer a diverse array of professional development courses for educators. At The Bridge, we firmly believe in the significance of lifelong learning and continuously foster a learning culture among our teacher team. We do our best to empower and inspire our teachers, so they bring in new ideas and teaching techniques for their students. Our guiding principle is encapsulated in the motto: “Those who dare to teach, must never cease to learn “.
What knowledge/skills will you acquire
- you improve your listening, noticing, and questioning skills necessary for teaching and coaching
- you´ll be able to identify blocks in learning and intervene to help
- you´ll gain mentoring skills: SWOT tools, reflection, identifying new skills, and identifying helpful and unhelpful patterns.
- you´ll be able to mentor new teachers and self-mentor your own career
- you´ll practice giving and receiving feedback, essential skills in helping individuals and groups to grow
- you´ll boost your creativity and using senses in teaching
- you´ll learn about building and fostering long-term trust and values
What topics will be covered?
- Balance and inner strength: Experience the benefit of a low-stress environment and use the time to reflect and renew your motivation and inner strength.
- Tools and techniques to mentor other teachers and thus create a culture of continuous learning and development.
- Difference between teaching, mentoring, and coaching. Fostering a facilitation approach so students are learning more.
- Coaching skills to engage and help with learning
- Identifying and enhancing people skills of teaching: communication, patience, empathy, adaptability, creativity, leadership, and creating a positive learning environment.
- Best practices for giving and receiving feedback
Lektori/školitelia
Mike Shreeve
Mike Shreeve served as a school director and an HR manager. His management experience became useful in his current professional training role, where he acts as a coach and a mentor to managers and HR professionals. He has designed the NLP and Coaching Skills, and the Teaching Students with Special…
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Andrea Záhumenská
Andrea is currently the Director of Studies at the Bridge English Language Centre in Bratislava, Slovakia. She has presented at a number of ELT conferences and delivered a range of external training sessions to English teachers. Andrea holds a Trinity TESOL Diploma and has recently gained EMCC coaching accreditation. She…
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