GironaSaturday, 7th March 2015

Macmillan Teachers’ Day

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The activities organized by ICE at the Universitat de Girona have the same status as the activities included in the Department for Education’s ongoing training plan. The certificates awarded for these courses will be incorporated into the training record of the teacher (XTEC) and can be used as accreditation for taking part in the different competitions or call for papers by the Department for Education of the Generalitat de Catalunya, according to the terms of each

Escola Politècnica Superior (Edifici EPS2)Escola Politècnica Superior (Edifici EPS2) Campus Montilivi 17071 GironaBuses: Línia 8, Línia 11 5 HOURS OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED TRAINING

NEW PLACE

SessionsSessions

Schuyler Hedstrom Move to the music: musical activities to

strengthen your classroom (6 to 12-year-olds)

As an inspiration for creative play or as a memory-enhancing

technique, music and singing will increase your pupils’ vocabulary,

collaboration, and general happiness in the classroom. By

incorporating arts and crafts activities, and by using music

from different genres (classical, rock, country), this session will

provide practical ideas to promote essential life skills which will

have rewarding effects on the classroom environment.

Will Varney Projects: a route to cross curricular success

(3 to 6-year-olds)

Project work is an effective way of developing childrens’ curiosity

about the world around them.

In this session we will provide a clearly-staged structure to

introduce children to cross curricular topics. This will allow them

to develop not only language skills but also learning skills that

will help to prepare them for cross curricular learning later in the

Primary classroom. From ideas for involving parents to suggestions

for incorporating cooperative learning techniques, this session will

demonstrate how to make the most of project work to extend

childrens’ knowledge, understanding and skills beyond the

classroom.

Schuyler Hedstrom The words we use: improve your pupils’ English written work

(8 to 12-year-olds)

Writing is one of the key skills in second language acquisition

and requires time in the classroom. By focusing on creative

writing such as stories and poems, figurative language such as

metaphors and alliteration, and letter writing, this session will

provide specific writing activities to inspire individual creation,

pair work, peer critique, and group writing.

Speakers

Glòria Ferrer Viader

Glòria has been a teacher for 24 years and

is currently the Head of the English Unit at

the Servei de Llengües at the University

of Girona. She is particularly interested in

evaluation of language skills. She is part

of the team that has developed and is

writing the CLUC exams (Certificat de Llengües de les

Universitats de Catalunya).

Alanna Gluck

Alanna is a communications and public

relations professional with 10 years’

experience. A native of New York, Alanna

currently resides in Madrid where she

works with private foundations as well as

with the Comunidad de Madrid, coaching

educators and students of all levels in how to communicate

effectively in the English language. Her areas of interests

include content structure and development and overall

presentation skills that serve well both within and beyond

the classroom.

Schulyer Hedstrom

Since graduating with an English and

Drama degree from Dartmouth College in

1999, Schuyler has worked as an actor,

director, and educator, and has taught

theatre to more than 2,000 children. He

currently co-runs Action English Theatre

Company, and has taught English through Theatre in

Colegio Santa Elizabeth, Colegio Brains and Marsillach

Acting Academy, among others. He also works as a

teacher trainer for CTIF Madrid Capital and Macmillan

Training Services providing advanced education for

Madrid’s bilingual Primary and Secondary school teachers.

Josep Suller

Josep has a degree in English Philology

from URV (Universitat Rovira i Virgili). He

has taught English and computer studies at

Escola Sant Gregori (Barcelona) and Escola

Joan XXIII (Tarragona). Since 2004 he has

been teaching at the EOI Tarragona, where

he is also the ICT coordinator. He has published several

articles and has done some teacher training courses & talks

oon the use of ICT for the ELT Departament d’Educació,

APAC, URV, EOICAT, UAB, ESADE, Macmillan Education

ELT, etc.

Will Varney

Will is an experienced EFL teacher at all

levels, from Infants to Adults. He has

worked in both the state and private sectors

and has also been an examiner, materials

writer and ELT consultant. Will holds a

postgraduate diploma in Applied Linguistics

and TESOL. He is currently based in Galicia, from where he

works as a teacher trainer for Macmillan Education ELT.

Speakers

Josep Suller Reinventing the wheel with ICT

(ESO & Batxillerat)

In this session we’re going to see a few easy-to-use ICT tools

that will let you create your own motivating ELT materials or

customize those traditional activities that you probably already

know and might be using regularly so as to make them more

engaging for students.

We’ll be exploring some well-known programmes such as

Powerpoint, Word, Excel, Windows Media Player, HotPotatoes, etc.

and others you may never have heard of to discover part of the

wide range of possibilities they offer the ELT teacher.

Alanna Gluck Speaking - a skill for life!

(ESO)

Do your students have difficulty speaking in front of the class?

Public speaking skills do not develop over night. In this session,

you will learn fun and simple public speaking games to include

in your daily classroom activities that will boost the confidence

of every student, encouraging them to speak publicly no matter

their English level.

Glòria Ferrer Viader Towards effective communication skills

(ESO & Batxillerat)

The CLUC (Certificat de Llengües de les Universitats de

Catalunya) is an official exam aimed at university students or

any student over 18. This session will provide an insight into the

writing and speaking tasks with the intention of helping teachers

develop activities to help their students improve in these two key

communicative skills.