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Language: English

In this two-day workshop, participants will walk away with practical strategies for how to boost student language production through authentic communication tasks. Participants will learn about specific collaboration practices used both within school and beyond the walls of its campuses to enhance student language skills while maintaining high academic standards.

Language: English, Portuguese

How does Design Thinking look like and feel like in the primary division and why? Can the development of a sensitivity to design through creative learning foster agency and creative confidence? We will explore the different strategies we have been using to engage K through 5th grade students in tinkering and design experiences that are meaningful, playful and linked to the real world. In these sessions, you will engage in mini workshops, conversations and classroom observations that will guide you through a primary division creative learning experience.

Language: English, Portuguese

Qual o impacto do Design Thinking e Inovação Social ao desenvolver o aprendizado baseado em projetos? Qual o impacto dessas abordagens no engajamento dos alunos e na garantia de que o conteúdo da disciplina seja efetivamente aprendido? Você terá a oportunidade de vivenciar isso na prática ao visitar salas de aula, observar professores e alunos em ação e participar ativamente por meio de questionamentos. Você sentirá o poder que o Design Thinking e a Inovação Social possuem quando trabalhados de forma conjunta.

Language: English, Portuguese

How do we adapt and repurpose the role of technology in education to shift from a focus on skills and tools to one that encompasses dispositions and ethics? Examine how schools can provide scaffolds that will give students agency to navigate a fast-paced and changing technological environment. In these sessions, you will experience workshops, classroom observations, and round-table discussions to reflect and take action.

Language: English

The Mastery program at Avenues provides a space and time for students to discover their individual talents and receive support in developing projects inspired by their passions. In this conference strand, we will explore the elements of successful student-driven project work and its practical application to various academic contexts.

Language: English, Portuguese

By shifting from a traditional, teacher-centered method to a more student-centered, problem-based approach to learning mathematics, schools can transform learning. In the process, students not only deepen their understanding of math, but also develop stronger skills in communication and problem-solving. Learn why this simple approach can revolutionize learning and gain best practice for bringing this approach to your school.

Language: English, Portuguese

Explore different aspects of Project-based Learning in our primary division! Throughout the sessions, participants will discuss and see examples of what PBL looks like in practice and how it is planned based on children's interests and potentials, as well as how it is used as a learning tool through the school’s curriculum. The goal is to unpack pedagogical documentation as a learning and reflection process, the differences and similarities in PBL between Early Years and Upper Primary, the process of ordinary moments as part of project provocation and the school curriculum as a means to scaffold the project.

Language: Portuguese

Reflecting on innovative ways to teach and increase reading and writing skills, and based on a project from Teachers College, participants will have the opportunity to know the structure of a workshop approach and how we adapted it to meet the needs and unique traits of the Brazilian curriculum. Through this course, teachers will learn and create a new way to teach Portuguese and discuss the benefits for students to have the teachers of both languages using the same teaching approach.

Language: English

Experience practical strategies to ensure diverse students are challenged and engaged in their learning! Participants will take part in collaborative techniques for teacher teams and classroom group work, observe how these strategies are implemented in classrooms and research the literature to understand how formative assessment supports effective differentiated instruction. By the end of the week, each participant will develop a routine that efficiently matches student strengths to help master an academic need and can be immediately implemented in the classroom.

Language: English, Portuguese

How can we create meaningful, hands-on experiences for students that are driven not only by global complex problems but also by student interest? How does using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals leverage student learning? We will explore practices to cultivate critical thinkers and leaders through authentic projects so that schools can have a long-lasting impact on our community and our world.