The vocational teacher toolkit: practical approaches to engagement and growth

In this workshop you’ll discover practical tools and insights to enhance student engagement and your own professional growth in vocational education, as well as effective approaches to connect with your students that will elevate your impact in vocational teaching.

Programma

Teaching vocational students is the kind of job that keeps you on your toes, challenges you in ways you didn't expect, and sometimes makes you wonder if you accidentally signed up for a teaching decathlon. That's where this course comes in. We'll talk about those challenges of teaching vocational students, but we'll also talk about a way forward. You'll get some ideas on how to:

• motivate your students: how can you keep the proverbial ‘spark’ alive? 
• manage the energy in the room; 
• teach to different learning styles; 
• see and assess the progress (without the stress); 
• let AI help you;
• compare notes with other teachers who ‘get it’. 

A particular emphasis will be placed on the foundational skills of listening and speaking, recognising their pivotal role in fostering students' future professional and personal success. We will look at practical ways to help your students build these key skills. 

This isn't about some fancy new theory or a magic bullet you haven't heard of. It's a chance to step back and take a breath, swap stories, and grab some practical ideas to handle the daily order of our classrooms. 

Doelstellingen

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

• implement strategies to increase student motivation and engagement;
• implement techniques to effectively manage classroom energy and create an optimal learning environment;
• adapt instructional methods to respond to the diverse learning styles common among vocational students;
• develop efficient approaches to assess students' progress and understanding in vocational contexts;
• identify relevant AI tools and evaluate their potential applications to improve teaching and learning in vocational education.

Doelgroep

English Teachers who teach vocational pupils in regular secondary education

Begeleiding

Joke Prinsen is leerkracht Nederlands en Engels. Ze studeerde Germaanse Taal- en Letterkunde aan de UA. Na deze studies ging Joke als vrijwilliger naar Belfast, waar ze als maatschappelijk werker participeerde in het jeugdwerk en in haar vrije tijd theaterprojecten volbracht. In 2012 startte ze als leerkracht Engels in het secundair onderwijs. Ze combineert nu haar job als praktijkassistent met een lesopdracht Engels in de 3de graad. Joke houdt van reizen, poëzie en theater. Ze is altijd op zoek naar nieuwe manieren om haar leerlingen te inspireren en te motiveren om Engels te leren.

Praktisch

Cursusmateriaal en lunch inbegrepen

Mee te brengen door cursist

Eigen materiaal voor spreek- en/of luisterlessen in het Engels