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Course Provider: PD Academia
| 50USD | Flexible | 24 Hours | Self-paced | – |
This live facilitated online conference is specifically designed for teaching and non-teaching assistants, and co-teachers. It is also relevant for teachers who are new at working with teaching assistants. The purpose of this conference is to help participants develop practices and skills in partnering with their teachers in order to assist students in achieving their full learning potential.
Learning Outcomes
All content and cases will be related to how to build effective team cohesion with the teacher so that the teaching assistant and the teacher can both collaboratively provide high-quality teaching services to the students and make a difference in the students’ lives.
By the end of the conference, participants will be able to:
● Fully understand the role and responsibilities of an assistant;
● Identify qualities expected of teaching assistants from teachers and students;
● Learn classroom management tactics, teaching strategies, and organizational skills;
● Discover the various stages of child development and how they can influence that development;
● Develop knowledge and skills for maximizing student learning and collaboration and communication with teachers, students, and parents; and
● Network with assistants from other international/bilingual schools.
Course Commitment
This is a collection of recorded presentations from a live conference. It is intended for Teaching Assistants to review with peers and then discuss the content. We provide processing questions for this purpose.
Schedule
Flexible Schedule / Self-paced
“As part of the International School Senior Leadership teams, we want to improve the cross-departmental communication, collaboration and empower everyone to excel at running a successful school.”
This is the vision of PD Academia that inspires us to develop and facilitate meaningful and interactive professional development programs. PD Academia enriches the culture of schools by creating engaging learning environments that develop the capacity of participants to succeed in their roles and empowers them to effect positive change.
Director
Michael Iannini
Michael Iannini is ACAMIS's Contracted Leadership Development Facilitator and an affiliated Council of International School’s consultant with the following areas of expertise:
- Appraisal and professional development
- Leadership training
- School governance
- Strategic planning
His journey in education began 20 years ago as a research assistant at Arizona State University’s Child Development Laboratory, where he honed his talent for developmental education. Since moving to China in 1999, Michael has advised the Boards and Senior Leadership of a number of Not-for-Profit Organizations, International Schools, and Chinese Bilingual schools on how to develop curriculum, train teachers, create parent engagement strategies, and devise staff capacity building strategies. His exhaustive efforts have helped nurture a long and mutually beneficial relationship with ACAMIS’s network of schools for over 8 years.
As a consultant, Michael’s main focus is helping schools engage with their community and improve student learning by improving collaboration and organizational management. His diverse work experience (which spans the United States, China, India, and all of Asia) has given him the ability to satisfy the needs of diverse stakeholders, improve cross-cultural leadership skills and establish effective communication strategies.
Michael lives in Hong Kong with his wife Barbara and their two children, Helena and Marco.
This is a collection of recorded presentations from a live conference. It is intended for Teaching Assistants to review with peers and then discuss the content. We provide processing questions for this purpose.
Connie Liang
Head of School Officer, Beijing Chaoyang Kaiwen Academy
” Throughout the training course, Henry invited professionals such as a foreign teacher, a parent, and an operations director to share their customer service encounters with the school’s staff members. He also meticulously put all of us in groups to ensure diversity and encourage in-depth sharing. Henry also created case studies for us to role-play and practice the techniques. The case studies helped us to see challenges from the perspectives of colleagues in various departments. The whole training has given me two biggest inspirations: first, providing legendary service is teamwork. “
