Helping our learners develop – mini-event

Join us on 11 December 2024 for three practical sessions focusing on vital skills for learner well-being in school, work and life. You can watch the event live on Facebook or register to join us on Zoom.

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About this event

In these sessions, our speakers will show you how you can help your learners understand and regulate their emotions to create a positive learning environment. You will discover classroom management ideas based on the principles of social and emotional learning. You will also explore activities that help build rapport with teenage learners.


About the sessions

Session 1: Social and emotional learning in classroom management

Speaker: 

Anna Hasper

Time and date:

9.00–10.00 (UK time) 11 December 2024

Session information:

In this interactive session, you will learn how the integration of social and emotional strategies can help create a structured, emotionally managed learning environment. These strategies can be used with learners of all ages. You will come away with a range of social-emotional infused activities for classroom management that will not only help manage your learners but can also make our lives that little bit easier! 


Session 2: Building rapport and managing stress with teens

Speaker:

Teresa Bestwick

Time and date:

10.15–11.15 (UK time) 11 December 2024

Session information:

This webinar is aimed at teachers of secondary-age learners and will look at some practical activities to help build rapport with and between our learners. Several of the activities involve learners looking inward and reflecting on their feelings and actions. We know teachers are busy, so many of the activities presented will require minimal preparation or resources. The activities will be suitable for both a face-to-face and online classroom. 


Session 3: Panel discussion: How do we work on learner development?

Speakers: 

Hiba Mahmoud Ali, Alicja Sablik, Marina Yesipenko 

Time and date:

11.30–12.30 (UK time) 11 December 2024

Session information:

Three teachers from around the world show you classroom activities and share approaches to help your students become effective and motivated learners.


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You can also watch the event live on our Facebook page. No registration is necessary to watch on Facebook.


About the speakers

Anna Hasper is a primary-trained ELT teacher and teacher trainer based in Dubai. She has worked in a range of global training contexts for education ministries, the British Council, UNICEF and educational publishers. Anna is passionate about teaching teens and young learners and is interested in research on social and emotional learning.

Teresa Bestwick is a teacher and teacher trainer based in Spain. She writes coursebooks for teenage learners and also blogs on this topic. Her other interest is professional development; she works with the teachers' organisation TESOL-SPAIN and runs an online development group for ELT professionals called The TEFL Development Hub. 

Hiba Mahmood Ali is an experienced ELT professional from Saudi Arabia. She has a decade of experience working as an ESL teacher in international schools. 

Alicja Sablik is a professional skills trainer, teacher and special educational needs champion at the British Council Poland, where she's been working for the past 9 years.  

Marina Yesipenko has been a practicing ESL teacher and teacher trainer for 15 years in the Czech Republic. At the moment she is also training to be a Gestalt therapist.   


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How to watch the webinar

Our webinars are free. They take place in Zoom events. Click the 'Register for Zoom event' button to register to join live. You can also watch the event on our Facebook page.

Webinar recordings

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Webinar handouts

PDF handouts from each presenter will be available after the webinars.

Certificates

Certificates of attendance are available for all attendees. The link to obtain your certificate is provided in the following places:

- at the end of the webinar in the chat box in Zoom and in the moderator's comments on Facebook

- in the 'Thank you for attending email' that you will receive after the webinar if you registered and watched on Zoom.

You should download the certificate to your computer. Once the certificate is saved to your computer, open it and type your name on the certificate. We recommend using Google Chrome or Internet Explorer to do this. You cannot do this from a mobile device.

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Any offensive or insulting comments will be deleted, and the participant making the comment will be removed from the webinar.

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