JUNE 2003 RETREAT

 

a. Schedule and format

Friday (27th) evening

6.00 onwards Arrival
7.00 - 8.00 Dinner
(If you will be arriving after 8pm, please let me know so that we can keep your dinner for you!)

Saturday (28th)
8.00-9.00 Breakfast (for those staying over)
9.00-9.30 Arrival (for people coming for the day)

9.30-12.30 Focus on teaching activities and courses for 2003
• Poster presentations on teaching cycles/sequences from our classes
• Small group discussions to share ideas and questions from our classes

12.30-1.30 Lunch

1.30-4.30 Focus on curriculum development, leveling and course objectives
• Small group discussions on Communication, Discussion, Writing and TOEFL courses to review course levels, suggested objectives and course progressions for 2003
• Brief explanation of curriculum integration for 2004
• Whole group discussion on how to move to co-ordinated objectives and clearer paths of development for 2004

b. What you need to bring with you

i. Please bring materials from your classes (worksheets, examples of student work or feedback, etc) to make your poster for the Saturday morning session. They’ll be some time to assemble posters on Saturday morning and we’ll bring large poster paper, glue, and marker pens for you to use.
The poster should be self-explanatory and present a sequence or cycle of activities that has worked well for you in one of your Chuo courses this year. Please show how you see this cycle or sequence of activities relating to the objectives for this course suggested in the Teachers Pack.
If you would like to circulate materials from your classes to the other teachers, we can make copies and bring those to the Retreat for you. Please put any materials you would like us to copy in the envelope on the Reception Desk in the Teachers Room at Chuo during the week before the Retreat (and by 11am on Friday 27th).

ii. Please also bring your Teachers Information Pack to refer to when we discuss course levels and suggested objectives.