1-day AIM Specialty Sessions
Date: July 5th, 2024
Location (Details below): The York School 1320 Yonge Street Toronto, Ontario M4T 1X2
Registration: (for new participants) - 8:00am
Cost: $275.00 per teacher for all 5 courses
You can bundle this product with any 2-Day Training Session (July 3 & 4) for $799.00.
To do so, you must order your bundle at one of the links below:
Level 1 - 2 Day Training - Core French
Level 2 - 2 Day Training - Core French
Level 3 - 2 Day Training - Core French
Note: Teachers must have attended at minimum one Beginner AIM Training (live online or in-person) to attend these sessions
Come socialize, network and relax with colleagues at our Wine and Cheese on July 3! 🍷🧀
Complimentary appies and cash bar. 🤗
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Workshop details:
1. Games in the AIM Classroom with Dan Bart, Certified AIM teacher/facilitator
Prerequisite: For teachers of Core French/FSL or Immersion students, (Grades 2 and up), who have taken Level 1 Beginner AIM Training.
In this 90-minute session, you will:
- observe and learn several fun and motivating games developed by Dan Bart, Richard Smith and Karen Oraas as well as:
- learn how games are incorporated into the AIM classroom using AIM techniques such as TLSE
- understand how games can be used to review taught material and target language
- learn why games are so useful for supporting engagement, variety, and spontaneity in the second language classroom.
2. Story Extension and Book Publishing - with Wendy Maxwell, Creator of the AIM
Prerequisite: For teachers of Core French/FSL or Immersion students (Grades 2 and up) who have taken the Beginner Foundations or live Beginner Training.
In this 90-minute session, we will focus on:
- reviewing the AIM strategies and techniques designed to support your classroom management
- introducing new strategies developed that have worked effectively such as 'le prof du jour'
- sharing with each other additional systems and strategies that have been effective
3. Classroom Management - with Pauline Galea, AIM certified Teacher/Mentor, host of Parlez avec Pauline
Prerequisite: For teachers of Core French/FSL or Immersion students (Grades 2 and up) who have taken Level 1 Beginner AIM Training.
In this 90-minute session, we will focus on:
- reviewing the AIM strategies and techniques designed to support your classroom management
- introducing new strategies developed that have worked effectively such as 'le prof du jour'
- sharing with each other additional systems and strategies that have been effective
4. Hands-on Practice with AIM Readers - with Pauline Galea, AIM certified Teacher/Mentor, host of Parlez avec Pauline
Prerequisite: For teachers of French who have taken Level 1 Beginner AIM Training.
In this 90-minute hands-on workshop, we will:
- demonstrate how to use Pauline's new readers series 'Les sons' with your students, both to teach the emergent readers in early immersion classes and to help older students in grades 3, 4 or 5 and who are new to the language, recognize sounds that are particular to French.
- provide hands-on practice to show how to effectively use AIM strategies such as des questions totales et partielles and
- provide hands-on practice with activities such as Vrai ou Faux ?, Qu'est-ce que tu vois dans l'image ? and Décris l'image to develop oral language skills in short, simple activities that may be done anytime with very little preparation!
5. La vie en action ! Developing creativity with silent movies with Richard Smith, Certified AIM teacher/facilitator
Prerequisite: For teachers of Core French/FSL or Immersion students (Grades 2 and up) who have taken at minimum Level 2 Training and who have completed a Step 2 Kit or above, confidently implementing Story Retelling and Extension with their students.
In this 70-minute session, Richard will show you how to use a silent movie to promote the development of descriptive vocabulary, thinking skills and creativity in a fun and motivating way! This workshop is for teachers whose students already have a developed proficiency in French and who have experienced both story retelling and story extension.
Refund Policy:
Up to 2 weeks prior 90% refunded.
No refunds two weeks prior to Summer Institute.