FUNecole® Teacher Development Series

Top Tips for Embedding Technology in the Classroom

Duration: 1 Hour
Industry Expert: Nina Jackson (Award Winning Speaker – Best Selling Author & Education Consultant)
Date: Tuesday 8th March 2022
Time: 16:00 CY (GMT +2)

Overview
During this session you will discover some amazing digital technology tools that can aid your teaching, learning, workload and life balance. From Productivity tools to creative use of applications, web-based systems and immersive learning, this session will be a takeaway of wonderful ideas and products.

Learning Outcomes

  • Discover how to be creative with digital technology and digital tools
  • Understand how you can ‘AppSmash’
  • Use and apply digital tools the very next day with little experience, play or practice.

Requirements

  • Language of Instruction: English
  • Use of pc or tablet
Developing and Sustaining Growth Mindset in Teaching and Learning

Duration: 1 Hour
Industry Expert: Nina Jackson (Award Winning Speaker – Best Selling Author & Education Consultant)
Date: Tuesday 25th January 2022
Time: 16:00 CY (GMT +2)

Overview
This session is suitable for educators who are curious about the use and application of Growth Mindset. You will learn how to apply Growth Mindset techniques into your teaching and learning as well as equipping students with personalised Growth Mindset.

Learning Outcomes

  • What the main ingredients of Growth Mindset is
  • Demonstrate how to encourage a Growth Mindset in yourself and your students.
  • Identify when you and your students are working in the learning zone or the performance zone.
  • Be able to apply Growth Mindset techniques in all aspects of your school.

Requirements

  • Language of Instruction: English
  • Use of pc or tablet
Revision, Reflection and Resilience During Examination Time.

Duration: 1 Hour
Industry Expert: Nina Jackson (Award Winning Speaker – Best Selling Author & Education Consultant)
Date: Tuesday 7th December 2021
Time: 16:00 CY (GMT +3)

Overview
Examination time can be really challenging for some students. They may achieve well during classroom lessons and with their homework, but the pressures of sitting and taking exams can cause stress and anxiety for many. In this session you will learn how to support and shape your learners to experience a success and celebration attitude when taking exams.

Learning Outcomes

  • Learn about helping students with coping strategies for stress and anxiety.
  • How to use Retrieval Practice in helping them to memorise and apply their learning to examinations.
  • Build resilience in students so that they acquire the skills to be able to achieve and challenge all that they wish for in examinations.
  • Gain knowledge, skills and understanding of how to support students during this difficult time.

Requirements

  • Language of Instruction: English
  • Use of pc or tablet
Strategies for Developing your Social and Emotional Learning Curriculum

Duration: 1 Hour
Industry Expert: Nina Jackson (Award Winning Speaker – Best Selling Author & Education Consultant)
Date: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Time: 16:00 CY (GMT +3)

Overview
Social and Emotional Learning is crucial for student success both academically and emotionally. In this session you will learn how to embed aspects of the SEL Curriculum into your everyday teaching. Developing appropriate balance between academic learning and wellbeing so that everyone feels safe, secure, happy and healthy.

Learning Outcomes

  • Discover the elements of success within a Social and Emotional Curriculum.
  • Build a bank of strategies to support learners.
  • See how SEL can aid students to become reflective practitioners.

Requirements

  • Language of Instruction: English
  • Use of pc or tablet
Self-Esteem and Resilience for Learning in the 21st Century

Duration: 1 Hour
Industry Expert: Nina Jackson (Award Winning Speaker – Best Selling Author & Education Consultant)
Date: Tuesday 12th October 2021
Time: 16:00 CY (GMT +3)

Overview
Helping students develop their self-esteem and resilience in facing challenges both in and out of the classroom. From workload challenges to finding wellbeing balance so that they are able to recognize and celebrate their achievements as well as be prepared to face difficulties in the future.

Learning Outcomes

  • Learn how to develop student self-esteem and self-confidence.
  • Build resilience in young people through effective leadership of learning, assessment, praise and reporting.
  • Give students skills and strategies to help them navigate their learning both in and out of the classroom.

Requirements

  • Language of Instruction: English
  • Use of pc or tablet
Returning to School – Supportive Strategies for Re-Igniting Learning and Wellbeing of All.

Duration: 1 Hour
Industry Expert: Nina Jackson (Award Winning Speaker – Best Selling Author & Education Consultant)
Date: Tuesday 14th September 2021
Time: 16:00 CY (GMT +3)

Overview
Everyone has experienced difficulties over the past year and a half due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Readjusting to different ways of learning and using the classroom environment to re-ignite relationships and learning may be challenging for some. In this session you will learn about re-integration and the re-alignment of teaching and learning that will meet the needs of your school communities and the students you teach.

Learning Outcomes

  • Discover ways of building on previous teaching and learning relationships so that students can excel with their learning.
  • Understand the importance of wellbeing as part of the learning journey.
  • Be able to adapt to new and different teaching methods that will aid everyone.

Requirements

  • Language of Instruction: English
  • Use of pc or tablet