Mena PD Academy | Academic Programme Season 4

Hi there. My name is Nathan, and I am the teacher trainer for Macmillan Education MENA... and I am here to welcome you, and help you navigate our Advancing Learning Academic Programme for MENA teachers for the 2021/22 school year!

We have a packed programme of events and activities

planned for the 2021/22 academic year!

So, whether you're looking to get the most out of your Macmillan Education course, inject some variety into your lessons, or are looking for ideas to push your students to reach their full potential, we have everything to help you with your Advancing Learning quest in 2021/22...

Check out our schedule below and register for the events of interest to you... 👇

All of our activities follow the Advancing Learning themes! PLUS, as a special treat, click on any of the icons and access even more PD support for that theme!

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OCTOBER 2021

OCTOBER

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Note: this session is open to all...

Zarina Subhan

Harry Waters

Matthew Hayes

Mariela Gil

Jessica Gedamu

We kick off the new academic programme with one of the most important topics at the moment: Education for Sustainable Development and Citizenship (ESDC)

For this panel discussion we have invited some of the most active speakers in the fields of Diversity and Inclusion, Global Citizenship and Sustainability in ELT, and we will be challenging them with questions on the importance of the topic, and how teachers can integrate these principles into their teaching.

OCT 28, 2021

OPENING PLENARY

ADVANCING LEARNING ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: 'EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CITIZENSHIP' (ESDC)

ADVANCE YOUR LEARNING:

click the banner to visit our ESDC Hub and find a wealth of support and resources for your classroom!

CLICK THE ADVERT ABOVE AND WATCH OUR 'COFFEE-BREAK' STYLE PODCAST EPISODE ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES

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Note: this session will draw on examples from Doodle Town, but the session

is open to anyone interested in developing phonics in their classroom...

To learn more about our new Second Edition of Doodle Town, click the cover...

NOV 04, 2021

LORENA PEIMBERT

PHONICS IN PRE-PRIMARY: A GREAT PLACE TO START

Teaching young children how to read and write might seem challenging, especially when they are learning English as a second language. In fact, phonics was one of the most requested training topics from teachers in our MENA Insights survey, so we are really happy to have young learner expert and Macmillan author, Lorena Peimbert, joining us and showing us the concrete steps for introducing phonics as well as many useful classroom practices and games to make phonics fun for young learners

Don't miss this session if you are teaching pre-primary or lower primary!

ADVANCE YOUR LEARNING:

click the OneStopEnglish button and access even more phonics support!

All of our PD activities follow the Advancing Learning themes! And, as a special treat, you can click on any of these colourful icons and download our Advancing Learning Teacher's Guide for that theme!

CLICK THE ADVERT ABOVE AND JOIN US FOR OUR LIVE 'COFFEE-BREAK' STYLE PODCAST EPISODE ON FRIDAY 5th NOV @ 5pm SAUDI TIME

Note: this session will draw on examples from Global Stage, but the session

is open to anyone interested in supporting children's learning journeys...

NOV 25, 2021

LUCY CRICHTON

THE CHILD'S LANGUAGE JOURNEY: FROM RECEPTION, TO PRODUCTION, TO COMMUNICATION

Language is crucial to a young child’s development: for communicating, for building relationships and for making sense of the world. As Loris Malaguzzi said, “There are infinite ways that children can express, explore and connect their thoughts, feelings and imaginings.” In this webinar, we’ll follow this beautiful journey, and look at ways we can help and support children in acquiring a rich and diverse language skill set. By using age appropriate input and careful scaffolding, we can strengthen children’s spoken output and guide them towards confidence and autonomy.