Helping our learners develop
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. The live event took place on 11 December 2024.
About the sessions
Session 1: Social and emotional learning in classroom management
Speaker:
Anna Hasper
Session information:
In this session, Anna shows you 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!
You can find a summary of the key points and references in the handout for Anna's webinar.
Session 2: Building rapport and managing stress with teens
Speaker:
Teresa Bestwick
Session information:
This webinar is aimed at teachers of secondary-age learners. Teresa looks 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 require minimal preparation or resources. The activities are suitable for both a face-to-face and online classroom.
You can find a summary of the key points and references in the handout for Teresa's webinar.
Session 3: Panel discussion: How do we work on learner development?
Speakers:
Hiba Mahmoud Ali, Alicja Sablik, Marina Yesipenko
Session information:
Three teachers from around the world show you classroom activities and share approaches to help your students become effective and motivated learners.
You can find a summary of the key points and references in the handout for the panel.
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.
All presentations and discussions were very interesting. Personally I learnt a lot and use the strategies in my actual classroom.