We are proud to announce that the first Annual Teacher Development Symposium will be taking place this February in Athens and Thessaloniki.
The Symposium will comprise two presentations on different aspects of teacher development by Marisa Constantinides and George Vassilakis, followed by lunch offered to participants courtesy of PEOPLECERT S.A. In the afternoon, we will be holding a round table discussion on assessment and the City & Guilds exams, and educational psychologist Despina Dimitraki will be giving a presentation on affective development, which will also be open to students and their parents, and will, for this reason, be given in Greek.
| ATHENS |
Sunday, 20 February
10:30 - 16:00 |
Athens Imperial Hotel |
New York |
| THESSALONIKI |
Sunday, 27 February
10:30 - 16:00 |
Macedonia Palace Hotel |
Aristotelis I |
Registration Required
or email support@cityandguilds.gr or call us on 2103729150
Registration Deadlines: Athens 17/2 | Thessaloniki 24/2
Symposium Agenda
| 10:30-11:00 |
Registration & Coffee |
| 11:00-12:00 |
Developing creative thinking skills in English Language Teaching |
| Marisa Constantinides, CELT Athens Teacher Education Centre Director |
| Creative thinking, or divergent production potential is present in all learners but many of the standard classroom activities stunt rather than develop it. This presentation aims to point out opportunities for making this part of our design including activities that have the potential of developing the different facets of this composite aspect of human intellect. |
| 12:00-13:00 |
Teacher Development: a never ending story |
| George Vassilakis, Language Certification Director, PEOPLECERT |
| The terms teacher education, teacher training and teacher development are often confused; and in reality, both teacher training and teacher education are related to teacher development, the main difference being that development continues even after initial training and further education has been completed. In this presentation, we will discover what is involved in teacher education and development and discuss ways in which teachers can continue developing and offering a better service to their students. |
| 13:00-14:00 |
Lunch Break / Book Exhibition [Betsis ELT, Cengage-New Editions, Burlington, Express Publishing] |
| 14:00-15:00 |
H κατάκτηση της ευτυχίας: ουτοπία ή εφικτός στόχος; |
| Δέσποινα Δημητράκη, Εκπαιδευτική Ψυχολόγος |
| Στην ομιλία αυτή θα εξετάσουμε το ζήτημα της ευτυχίας από επιστημονική σκοπιά για να δούμε σε ποιο βαθμό οι άνθρωποι σήμερα είναι ευτυχισμένοι και, κυρίως, ποια χαρακτηριστικά, γνωρίσματα και συνθήκες συμβάλλουν στην κατάκτηση της ευτυχίας. Στόχος είναι οι συμμετέχοντες να προσδιορίσουν και να μπορέσουν να αναπτύξουν τους παράγοντες που θα κάνουν τους ίδιους, τους μαθητές τους και τα παιδιά τους πιο ευτυχισμένα. |
| 15:00-15:30 |
Round Table Discussion |
| George Lampropoulos, Marios Molfetas, George Vassilakis |
| 15:30 |
RAFFLE PRIZE DRAW / Your CHANCE to WIN!
Two Scholarships covering all the tuition fees (€1,450 per course) for intensive 4-week CELTA courses at CELT Athens
One e-Book reader
Two weekends away at a Classical Hotel **** |
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