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Registration will be closed on April 16, 2010

	The Accelerative Integrated Method (AIM) is being used in 4,000 schools across Canada, and is also being implemented in Australia, the United States and Europe. Why has this program become so popular in such a short time? Quick fluency development Multi-disciplinary approach Motivating for both students and teachers
	“Wendy—you’ve done an incredible job with the program. I have many, many students who were non-participatory last year, who are talking, and enjoying French.” Louise Carson, Harrison Public School   “What has amazed everyone is the ease with which the students are communicating, the enthusiasm they demonstrate and how incredibly fast they make the leap into written work!” Tim Dittrick, HGI Middle School   “I would stop teaching French if I had to stop using the AIM – it’s that good!” Gary Ziel, Medicine Hat Public School
	You can achieve fluency with your FSL students! New! AIM programs for primary and junior high!

AIM WORKSHOPS

London, ON
Intro to the AIM
April 24, 2010

Kingston, ON
Intro to the AIM
April 24, 2010

Edmonton, AB
AIM for Elementary:
The Next Level
April 24, 2010

Winnipeg, MB
Intro the the AIM:
for Immerson
April 24, 2010

London, ON
AIM for Elementary:
The Next Level
April 25, 2010

Winnipeg, MB
AIM for Elementary:
The Next Level
April 25, 2010

Barrie, ON
8th Annual East
Summer Institute
July 2-5, 2010

Squamish, BC
2nd Annual West
Summer Institute
July 2-5, 2010

Introductory Immersion Workshop

In this all-day workshop, you will learn how music, drama and gesture can work synergistically to rapidly increase FSL acquisition in a primary immersion classroom. For the first time, a program exists to help early immersion students make rapid fluency development from the day they enter the program. AIM programs are literacy-based as well as cross-curricular. Through this program, you will involve students in drama, music, dance, public speaking, creative writing and the editing process. These activites allow for a strong emotional involvement on the part of the immersion student; moreover, the extensive use of songs and drama gives plenty of opportunity for “pleasant repetition”, an essential ingredient in the development of FSL proficiency. This is a “hands-on” workshop, in which participants will have the opportunity to:

• learn the songs, dances and gestures of the first units of the program;


• learn gestures from Wendy’s revolutionary ‘Gesture Approach’;


• act out plays designed for small-group work;


• watch students using this method;


• learn about language-manipulation activities based on the play;


• learn how to structure the day to incorporate the AIM program effectively;


• learn how to incorporate effective AIM strategies throughout the day in different subject areas.

Wendy Maxwell (M.A.) has 20 years of teaching experience, as both a Core French and immersion teacher. She is the author of Histoires en action !, Jeunesse en action !, Stories in Action! and seven volumes of plays. She has also co-written dozens of songs with her husband, Matt. She has developed a major breakthrough in second language instruction, and is the recipient of a 1999 Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence and the 2004 H.H. Stern Award. She has made appearances on Radio-Canada (CBC), CityTV (Vancouver), the Vicky Gabereau Show and the Europe-wide TV5. Wendy has given workshops in North America, Europe, Japan and Australia.

Presenter

Shannon Bourbonnais (M.Ed) is a consultant for the Accelerative Integrated Method, and is a French Language Consultant at York House School where she teaches French using the AIM. She has experience teaching at the junior and senior levels, and recently completed a Masters of Education in Language and Literacy at the University of British Columbia. Shannon has presented workshops across Canada and in the United States.

Co-Presenter

Tim Dittrick (B. Ed B. Arts) first heard of the AIM in 2004 while hearing Wendy Maxwell interviewed by CBC Radio. Immediately upon completing a weekend workshop in Winnipeg on the AIM a few weeks later, he started using the method. So dramatic were the results that nothing could contain his enthusiasm or that of his administrators who for the first time saw French being spoken by students authentically and spontaneously within and outside of class! Since then Tim has spread his enthusiasm throughout the country presenting the AIM.

Workshop location
Canad Inns Destination Centre
Polo Park
1405 St. Matthews Ave.
Winnipeg, MB
R3G 0K5 CANADA
Tel: (613) 549-8400

Cancellation Policy
Up to one week before date of workshop:
90% REFUND.
No refund if cancellation less than seven
days before workshop.

Registration will be closed on Friday, April 16, 2010

Workshop Dates and Times
Saturday, April 24, 2010
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m.
Lunch served.

Cost of Workshop
Includes continental breakfast,
coffee break and full lunch.
1-day workshop rate:
$195.00 (including GST)