PD EVENTS 2024
- Early Years Foundation Stage (EEFS) :-
Thank you for being a part of this incredible event. Let’s continue to elevate our PD days together
- Let’s Make American School American :-
Her innovative approach and dedication to empowering individuals is truly inspiring.
Stay tuned for our series of PD events @ PUA English Lang Centre Pharos University in Alexandria
- Back to School :-
Let’s make this academic year one of growth and success for both students and educators!
- AI in Teaching and Learning :-
PD EVENTS 2023
!The Teacher Training Centre at PUA recently organized a spectacular professional development day for those interested in AI. It was a day filled with insightful workshops, engaging activities, and networking opportunities
. The event was a huge success
, thanks to Dr. Hebatullah’s detailed planning and dedication. The workshops offered tips and ideas that would enhance the participants’ technological skills. It was a hands-on experience learning from industry experts, and connecting with others. Looking forward to more of such useful workshops by Dr. Hebatullah, and we’re confident that she would continuously be investing in the professional growth of EFL teachers to foster a culture of learning and shared knowledge.Noha Hilmy gave two sessions to K-12 school teachers of English, math and science. The first session was about how to implement the WBT, the whole brain teaching method, in their classrooms for better classroom management and more engaging lessons. She demonstrated three lessons using this technique to cover the three subjects. She acted as a teacher and the attendees acted as students to grasp the essence of the techniques.
In the second session, Noha explained the theory of PBL, project-based learning, and focussed on providing the teachers with an action plan using the National Geographic learning framework. She demonstrated three models of PBL: one face-to-face, one online, and another one 45 min face-to-face to relate it to the actual context and time frame the teachers have in their regular daily lessons.
Attendees were given guidance on how to take their professional development further.
What an Amazing Day🤩
Pharos University in Alexandria Teacher Training Center would like to sincerely thank the 40 incredible language teachers who came from different schools in Alexandria 👩🏫 👨🏫 and joined us at our Teacher Training Center.
What an unforgettable Professional Development Day The sessions were designed to provide teachers with writing and speaking skills.
We would like to send a special thank you to our trainer Mahinour Ragheb who shared her expertise and ideas today.
Please share your favorite moments and takeaways from the Professional Development Day. Let’s keep the conversation going.
PD EVENTS 2022
Date: 29/1/2022
Venue: Pharos University
Title: Professional Development Day
Trainers: ELC staff members
Dalia Ashraf
Asmaa Yousry
Teaching Reading
During the session, we went through the difference between reading sub-skills and when we use each sub-skill when reading in real-life situations. Also, the teachers learned how to stage a reading lesson and what to do in a session after reading.
Teaching vocabulary
During the session, the teachers were introduced to different ways to teach vocabulary, focusing on teaching it from a context. Also, the teachers learned how to stage a vocabulary session and what to do in a session after presenting the new vocabulary items to help students practice the presented things.
Date: 5/2/2022
Venue: Pharos University
Title: Professional Development Day
Trainers: ELC staff members
Dalia Ashraf – Asmaa Yousry
Two sessions With topics:
Reading Strategies
Reading for real
Date: 15/8/2022
Venue: Pharos University
Title: Professional Development Day
Trainers: ELC staff members
Abeer Okaz (PUA, ELC director of studies, and CELTA centre manager and tutor)
Mahinour Ragheb (academic coordinator and CELTA holder)
Two sessions With topics:
An Energetic start
Designing fun activities
On August 15th, PUA English Language and Teacher Training Centre invited teachers of English to attend two sessions that focused on using activities in class to energize students and get them engaged. Teachers attended and had the chance to try out three board games, two online ones and three with flash cards. Attendees participated as students and filled out a reflection sheet by the end of each activity. This reflection sheet encouraged them to think about the activity they are trying and whether it could be suitable for their student’s level and interest.
Date: 6/9/2022
Venue: Pharos University
Title: Professional Development Workshop for Math teachers (Day one)
Trainers: Head of Maths department upper primary at Forsan British school.
Hania Mohamed Shafik
Date: 7/9/2022
Venue: Pharos University
Title: Professional Development Workshop for Math teachers (Day Two)
Trainers: Head of Maths department upper primary at Forsan British school.
Hania Mohamed Shafik
Two sessions With topics:
Group work planning for teaching practice
Teaching practice with feedback
By the end of the training, teachers were able to understand the importance of adding
differentiated instruction and critical thinking to their lesson plans, how to use different
types of resources and materials according to different types of learning styles.
Teachers attending the workshop were very interactive and very eager to learn new
teaching techniques, they also had a chance to work in groups, plan and design an
interactive mini-lesson, where immediate feedback was provided.
Two sessions With topics:
- Planning effectively with consideration to aims, and learners’ needs and preferences
- Evaluate and select materials and resources that are suitable to the teaching context
Date: 29/10/2022
Venue: Pharos University
Title: Professional Development Online
Trainers: PUA, ELC director of studies, and CELTA centre manager and tutor.
Abeer Okaz
Two sessions With topics:
- Roadmap to writing
This session took teachers through a road map to know what they can do or use in order to help their students see the purpose behind their writing lessons and develop them as independent learners.
- Online activities & games
This session included classroom activities suitable for undergraduate ESL students, and some practical solutions to problems faced during writing lessons.
Date: 30/11/2022
Venue: Pharos University
Title: Professional Development Online
Trainers: Teacher trainer, Academic Director, Public speaker, and ELT author.
Alastair Grant
Session With topic:
- Ask the Expert
This session aims at helping participants to find all answers about DELTA Module 1 (exam- course -fees).
Date: 6/12/2022
Venue: Pharos University
Title: Professional Development day
Trainers: PUA, ELC director of studies, and CELTA Centre manager and tutor.
Abeer Okaz
Topic:
Professional Development as easy as ABC
This session helps in understanding one’s potential and threats as well as defining short and long-term goals, by looking into the rationale behind creating a profile and tips for starting it and also will focus on the three phases that teachers need to go through to better understand their professional needs and interests.
PD events 2019
Date: December,14th, 2019
Time: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Venue: PUA English Language Centre
Attendees: 60 language teachers
Trainers: ELC staff members
Workshop Description:
Session 1 : Using Critical Thinking in ESL Classes
Session 2 : Integrating Running Dictation in your Teaching
Session 3 : Teaching Reading lessons
Session 4 : Using Drawing in Grammar Lessons
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