Changing Classrooms, Supporting Teachers

Changing Classrooms, Supporting Teachers

• Date:

  24 April 2015
• Location: Chandigarh, India

A TESOL Academy in Chandigarh, India

This TESOL Academy is designed to help teachers in India and surrounding regions meet the needs of their students, who come to the classroom from diverse backgrounds and with a variety of learning styles and expectations. Grounded in the latest research, the six academy workshops deal with pedagogy, assessment, technology in the classroom, and course design.  TESOL is proud to partner with theRegional English Language Office, US Embassy, India, and the Regional Institute of English, Chandigarh, India for this TESOL Academy.

TESOL gratefully acknowledges the support of National Geographic Learning, a TESOL Strategic Partner.

When?

24–25 April 2015

Where?

Hotel Park Plaza, Chandigarh, India

Who Should Attend?

• Primary and secondary ELT classroom teachers (Changing Classrooms Workshops)
• Teacher trainers and school administrators (Supporting Teachers Workshops)

Event Workshop Themes

Participants will choose one of the workshops below and spend 10 dynamic hours in an area of concentrated study with a top leader in the field.

Changing Classrooms Workshops

• Workshop 1: Tech Solutions for Low-Tech Situations
  Karen Price, Lecturer, School of Education, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Workshop 2: Formative Assessment in South Asian Contexts:  Some Practical Possibilities
  Geetha Durairajan, Department of Materials Development and Evaluation, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India.
• Workshop 3: Strategies for Student-Centered, Rule-Based Activities and Spontaneous, Incidental Learning
  Stephen DeGiulio, Senior English Language Fellow, The Regional Institute of English, Chandigarh, U.T. India
• Workshop 4: Creative Ways of Improving Language Skills
  Rajni Badlani, Chief Advisor: English Language Assessment, Cambridge University Press, India Private Ltd, Jasola, New Delhi, India

Supporting Teachers Workshops

• Workshop 5: The Five Ps of Effective Leadership and Professional Development
  Neil J Anderson, Professor, Department of English Language Teaching & Learning and English as an International Language, Brigham Young University, Hawai‘i, USA
• Workshop 6: Taking ELT Materials to Task: a template process for effective materials development
  Jayme Adelson-Goldstein, Educational Consultant, Lighthearted Learning, LLC, Northridge, CA, USA

REGISTRATION 

Registration form

STEP 1:

Transfer either

• 2500 INR (early registration fee available before 1 March 2015) or,
• 3000 INR (late registration fee available after 1 March 2015)

to this bank account:

USIEF Main Rupee Account; Account No. 24482018;
Bank of America 1st Floor, DLF Centre, Sansad Marg, New Delhi - 110001;
IFSC/NEFT Code: BOFA0ND6216sponsible for their own travel to/from Chandigarh.

STEP 2:

Send bank transfer verification and a copy of this completed registration form totesolacademyindia@gmail.com.

You will receive a confirmation email upon receipt of both the bank transfer and completed registration form. Your registration is not confirmed until you receive this email. Your workshop placement will also be included in this email. Once your registration is confirmed, you cannot change workshops and no refunds will be issued. Please print out the confirmation email and bring it with you as proof of registration.

REGISTRATION FEE INCLUDES

• Full two-day program
• 2 lunches in addition to tea/coffee breaks
• 1 cultural dinner event
• Certificate of attendance

ACCOMMODATION

The Regional English Language Office (RELO) is pleased to offer a limited number of free hotel rooms at the Hotel Park Plaza. There are rooms available for 110 participants who will be randomly assigned by the hotel to either a single or a shared (same gender) room. Participants cannot select a single room or whom they will share a double room with. These free rooms will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis, so if you wish to be considered, please register early. If you are not selected for free accommodations, you will need to make your own arrangements.

TRAVEL

All participants are responsible for their own travel to/from Chandigarh.

Tentative Schedule

24 April 2015

9:00 am - 10:30 am	Registration
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	Opening Ceremony & Keynote Address
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Workshops in Session

25 April 2015

9:00 am - 12:00 pm	Workshops in Session
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm	Workshops in session
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Closing Ceremony