Event Programme
Key: Sesson Types
16th Friday Programme
Welcome & Event Opening
Plenary - Supporting our students’ wellbeing
Living through a time of uncertainty and restrictions, students might be feeling frustrated, lonely and lost, and the obstacles of online learning can make it difficult for teachers to notice those issues and provide the needed support. Sometimes, this means giving students the avenue to share, and sometimes, this means offering useful suggestions or taking a moment to be mindful. This session looks at some ways we can support our students’ wellbeing as we navigate through these difficult times together.
How to create wellbeing policies and programmes for internal stakeholders such as managers and teachers
The pandemic has added to the stress and potential burn out of staff, many of whom are working from home and online. This talk outlines a 10-step process to help organisations devise, implement and evaluate much-needed wellbeing policies and programmes that help people to manage their time, emotions, energy and workloads. The session content is based on research, and work conducted with organisations within and outside the language teaching sector. Reference will be made to free open resources.
Looking after yours and your colleagues’ wellbeing in times of crisis
From the transition to online teaching, to uncertainty regarding the future of education, the past 12 months have been incredibly hard on all staff within all types of educational institutions.
This presentation will explore ways you can look after your wellbeing during times of crisis, and how you can help colleagues and ensure they have the information and tools they need to thrive. This session will give practical tips on keeping both you and your team members positive, engaged and feeling good while we navigate a crisis
Managing the evolution of CPDs into PCDs: far beyond the plans
To date professional growth has been based on identified needs and clear plans to reach set objectives until we were faced with the unique challenges that the pandemic brought into our lives and which impacted all levels of teaching and learning. Given these new demands, but with teachers still remaining central to successful learning, education leaders need to respond to the essentials of teaching, learning and teacher education. This means they need to ensure that teachers as supported during this transition phase and into the post-Covid world.
The climate emergency and international language education. Reviewing our institutional cultures.
We all have roles to play in the climate emergency. In the case of educational establishments, this is usually examined in terms of operations – how we run our schools, and content – how and what we teach. Perhaps these two categories are better seen as being at opposite ends of a continuum. This discussion will include a review of some results of the surveys that form part of the British Council Language Teaching for the Planet project I am involved in.
Waltzing through the Covid-19 storm
‘Life is not about how you survive the storm; it’s about how you dance in the rain’. The hurricane of Covid-19 has been devastating on many levels, but it has blown in a whirlwind of opportunity to rethink what we do and how we do it. Mark will share examples of his own school’s journey through the crisis as well as assess the ways in which the industry is adapting and changing not only to survive but to thrive.
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17th Saturday Programme
Welcome
Plenary Session | Taking a step back: Applying Pedagogy to the Technology
Many of us took emergency action with the outbreak of Covid 19 and serious consideration of how to effectively use technology took second place to simply getting courses organised and lessons delivered. How can we build on what we have learnt and how can we integrate our new knowledge into a blended mode of learning as we hopefully return to the classroom? In a talk packed full of real examples, Russell will argue that it is time to take a step back and base our use of technologies on a few key principles that could help to deliver the type of impact on learning we have talked about for so long.
Teaching in a Socially Distanced Classroom
In this session, we will look at the constraints and opportunities offered to us by the socially distanced classroom (SDC). There are three distinct areas in this analysis: Lesson Planning, Classroom Management, and the Use of Technology which provide a more comprehensive overview of the classroom in this context. We will draw upon the collaborative efforts from the Eaquals SDC Community of Practice in order to get a clearer idea of the modern classroom in a range of contexts.
Hybrid Lessons- Planning and implementing a new mode of teaching
Hybrid lessons (live lessons in which both online and face to face students learn synchronously) are a relatively new mode within the ELT industry. This talk aims to share one school’s experience with the mode, covering tech set-up, pedagogical challenges and solutions and feedback from our teachers and academic management.
The Manager Perspective
This strand provides the opportunity to listen to the voices from all stakeholders within the international education sector – managers, teachers and students. Each panellist will share their own insights, experiences and challenges faced during the pandemic. We will also discuss the positives and negatives in the move to online teaching and learning and their thoughts about the road ahead.This strand provides the opportunity to listen to the voices from all stakeholders within the international education sector – managers, teachers and students. Each panellist will share their own insights, experiences and challenges faced during the pandemic. We will also discuss the positives and negatives in the move to online teaching and learning and their thoughts about the road ahead.
The Teacher Perspective
This strand provides the opportunity to listen to the voices from all stakeholders within the international education sector – managers, teachers and students. Each panellist will share their own insights, experiences and challenges faced during the pandemic. We will also discuss the positives and negatives in the move to online teaching and learning and their thoughts about the road ahead.
The Student Perspective
This strand provides the opportunity to listen to the voices from all stakeholders within the international education sector – managers, teachers and students. Each panellist will share their own insights, experiences and challenges faced during the pandemic. We will also discuss the positives and negatives in the move to online teaching and learning and their thoughts about the road ahead.
Eaquals Online Event Closing
