Pathway to Progress: Empowering Educators for Today’s Classrooms: Full Schedule

Pathway to Progress: Empowering Educators for Today’s Classrooms

2025 ELSA France Annual International Conference for Educators

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9:00am CET

Reducing the Writing Block - strategies to help students develop their writing skills (ages 11-16) FULL

Saturday March 15, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CET

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Reducing the writing block
This workshop will focus on increasing student experience of independent practice to enable them to write with more purpose, building stamina through the Key Stages to support better outcomes for all pupils in the classroom. For KS3 students, crafting sentences is key to excellent extended writing. This session will focus on slow writing and modelled sentence writing in KS3 in developing more imaginative and original work whilst developing students ability to edit their work to improve it. At KS4 we will consider a more structured approach to analytical writing and essay planning, supporting students to develop their own arguments.
Age range: KS3/4 (11-16)

Speakers

Olivia Coates

Faculty Leader for Communications, including Head of English

I am the Faculty Lead for communications at The Charter School East Dulwich, responsible for English, Media, Film and all Modern Foreign Languages. I am also Subject Lead for English. I have been at Charter for 6 years where I have completed both the NPQML and NPQSL and deliver the... Read More →

Saturday March 15, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CET
VU05

ENGLISH, Middle School / High School

10:45am CET

Mission Action Planning - The Vision FILLING

Saturday March 15, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm CET

VU05

Mission Action Planning - The Vision
This workshop will focus on how to lead your team in creating a shared vision. The Mission Action Planning process will enable teams to reflect on their journey so far, consider their dream scenario (against the nightmare!) and create a specific action for each team member that upholds and embeds the vision across the academic year. The aim is to ensure all staff feel like they are making an impact and contributing to the success of the subject/key stage/team.

NB. It is better if attendees come in pairs / small groups from the same school so that a team discussion can take place for that school.

Age range: all

Speakers

Olivia Coates

Faculty Leader for Communications, including Head of English

Saturday March 15, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm CET
VU05

PLANNING, All Ages

1:00pm CET

Literacy approaches: reciprocal reading, echo reading and oracy. (Ages 7-14) FULL

Saturday March 15, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CET

VU05

Literacy approaches: reciprocal reading, echo reading and oracy.

This workshop will explore Disciplinary Literacy approaches in the classroom and KS2 / KS3 curriculum, focusing on reciprocal reading techniques, echo reading and oracy. Explicit teaching of vocabulary is key is exposing students to a wider range of more challenging words, to close the word deficit gap and enable students to tackle more complex texts independently. We will explore whole text reading and the benefits of cold reads, including how intonation, prosody and tone can develop deeper understanding.

Age range: KS2 (7-11) and KS3 (11-14)

Speakers

Olivia Coates

Faculty Leader for Communications, including Head of English

Saturday March 15, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CET
VU05

ENGLISH

Audience Secondary

2:45pm CET

S.T.E.M. Builders: Integrating Engineering Practices to Your Daily Content FILLING

Saturday March 15, 2025 2:45pm - 4:00pm CET

VU05

S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education offers a unique experience for all learners. S.T.E.M. allows students to explore new ideas, create products to improve everyday life, and reflect on the impact these products have on everyday life. These avenues encourage a thematic approach that serves the whole child. But what if your school does not offer a S.T.E.M. style education? Each day, we ask our students to explore, create, and reflect. As teachers, we must do the same. In this workshop, you will participate in small activities to help you begin or improve S.T.E.M. in your classroom through reflective practice, project- based learning, and content integration.

Speakers

Christopher Fox

STEM Coach, CREC Academy of Aerospace and Engineering Elementary School

Hello! I am an elementary STEM Coach in Rocky Hill, Connecticut (USA). I have a passion to provide an equal and equitable education for all students. Teaching STEM allows me to provide students with experiences that foster creativity, problem solving, and critical thinking. I encourage... Read More →

Saturday March 15, 2025 2:45pm - 4:00pm CET
VU05

STEM/SCIENCE, All Ages

Audience Primary, Secondary