Level 2 - 2-Day Training - Refresh, Reinforce and Consolidate
For Core/FSL (Grades K-12) with Wendy Maxwell, Creator of the AIM
Are you ready to improve your AIM teaching practice? A refresher is just what you need! This course will reinforce the AIM approach and will help you increase student engagement.
This workshop is designed to provide extensive hands-on experience with a few aspects of AIM that teachers often need to review and reinforce. It is a preparatory workshop for success with Level 3 'Up your Game with AIM' workshop, which we are modifying to meet the needs of more experienced AIM teachers.
Cost: $429.00 per teacher, or you can bundle with our 1-Day AIM Specialty Sessions for $599.00.
Dates: Sunday, February 23, 2025 and Sunday, March 2, 2025
Times: 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. PST / 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST
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PLENARY 8:00 am-8:30 am PST / 11:00 am-11:30pm EST
Day 1:
Developing further oral language skills
In these sessions you will:
- improve your understanding of and practice with the basic Gesture Approach techniques
- receive extensive hands-on practice with TLSE/Spontaneous gesturing, to improve your proficiency with the ongoing gesturing with your class
- learn how to maximize language use through basic oral questions and other activities
- learn simple, effective vocabulary-building oral activities/games
Day 2:
Moving forward with written proficiency
In these sessions you will:
- review some basic written modelling techniques as well as ones that push students further in their ability to maximize language use and begin to edit their own work
- review and extend your knowledge of AIM classroom systems and routines that develop language proficiency and engagement during written partner/group activities
- develop your skills in implementing one of AIM's most important creative Activities: Story Retelling
You will receive recordings of the sessions to view at your leisure for 90 days!
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BUNDLE your 2-day training with our 70-minute Specialty Sessions on April 12th!
1-Day AIM Specialty Sessions (Regular Price $215.00)
Each session will be 70 minutes long. You will receive a link to each of the 5 live sessions, and can attend whichever ones you like. Since some of these sessions may overlap, you will receive recordings of the sessions to view at your leisure for 90 days!
Date: April 12, 2025
PLENARY 7:15 am-7:30 am PST / 10:15 am-10:30am EST
Workshop details TBD
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Refund Policy:
Up to 2 weeks prior 90% refunded.
No refunds two weeks prior to Winter Institute.
