A Satisfying School Experience Strategies and Skills for Teachers

Pubblicato il 23 May 2023 da: Anna Carretta

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Course ID

Title of the course: Europass teacher Academy
Course provider: Teacher Academy
Place: Dublin (Ireland).
Period: from 20th to 26th February 2023.

Objective

Increasing educational success and decreasing early school leaving.

Experience

PRESENTATION:

This course is interesting for teachers who want to foster a more dynamic, creative environment in the classroom to encourage and stimulate students’ interest in learning.

Teachers had the opportunity to learn ‘by doing’ through a range of activities and experiences aimed toward promoting higher student self-esteem, increased student involvement, and greater cohesion among teachers, students, and their families.

This practical, hands-on course is designed to help participants understand, identify and combat early school-leaving, negative school-family relations, and the early signs of teacher burnout.

OUTCOMES:

Improve their knowledge of the ingredients of well-being, fun, and enthusiasm at school and how to enhance them;
Develop effective communication skills to improve school relations with students, colleagues, and families;
Understand motivation and how to stimulate it in yourself and others, thanks to practical group cohesion and team-building activities;
Understand burnout prevention and care techniques;
Get more of the 3 Cs: Creativity, Critical thinking and Collaboration.

ACTIVITIES:

Lesson and activities regarding motives behind leaving school early;
Scholastic apathy and its consequences;
The importance of the school-student-family alliance and a school environment that promotes self-esteem in all;
How to keep motivation high;
Positive and clear communication, active listening, and group cohesion;
Ideas for student-led activities, conflict management, and supportive learning;
Creative and Dynamic Learning – Thinking Outside the Box – how new perspectives can promote academic motivation, trust and a refreshed sense of purpose;
Body & Mind learning, alternative forms of expression, emotional intelligence;
Mentoring and Scholastic Safety Nets;
Visit to the Epic Museum in Dublin;

Visit at the MOLI in Dublin, Museum of Literature;

Visit to Powerscourt Garden and Pearse Museum.

POSITIVE ASPECTS:

Improve our knowledge of ingredients of well-being at school; develop effective communication skills to improve school relations with students, colleagues, and families; Getting more of: Creativity, Critical thinking and Collaboration; improve linguistic competences; know different cultures and school experiences; visit Dublin and the surroundings.

NEGATIVE ASPECTS:

Very small working group.