Motivating Reluctant Learners! Fostering an Academic Growth Mindset
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 Motivating Reluctant Learners!

Fostering An Academic Growth Mindset


Workshop Description

Equip your students with a burning desire to learn! In this interactive session, you’ll explore what motivates students to achieve success in the classroom. Teaching for learning is our goal. Looking for ways develop self-efficacy and a growth mindset? Dr. Perez will share multiple ways to increase student productivity and build confidence in all of your learners. Looking for ways to avoid the same old activities? Strategies to help your students appreciate the relevance of what they learn in school to the real world!

Objectives and Outcomes: Participants will…

  • Utilize a variety of teaching strategies for active engagement
  • Maximize learner motivation, cultivate curiosity, and deepen desire to learn
  • Experience low-prep, research-based techniques that encourage participation by every student

 

About Dr Kathy Perez

KP.head.shotDr. Kathy Perez, an international consultant, teacher, administrator and author has worked with students from pre-schoolers to college graduates. Dr. Kathy is currently a Professor of Education at Saint Mary’s College of California and Director of External Relations. She has extensive teaching experience as a general and special educator, literacy/ESL coach, and curriculum/staff development coordinator.

Dr. Kathy has extensive teaching experience as a general educator, special educator, literacy coach and curriculum/ staff development coordinator. Even the most reluctant learners are engaged with her techniques!

Teachers from all grade levels and subject areas rave about Kathy Perez’s dynamic approach to teaching. Her innovative and interactive workshops are loaded with teacher-tested materials and activities you can use immediately and share with others. Kathy provides a lively and informative day of hands-on and minds-on learning.  Participants learn from an experienced and informed educator who knows first hand the daily instructional challenges of classroom teachers. Her enthusiasm is infectious!

Dr. Kathy has worked extensively with teachers, administrators and parents throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Qatar, Brazil, Colombia, Caribbean, Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Hong Kong and Singapore. Her best-selling books include: More Than 100+ Brain Friendly Tools and Strategies for Literacy! (Corwin Press), Co-Teaching Book of Lists:  A Practical Guide for Teachers (Jossey-Bass); The New Inclusion:  Differentiated Strategies to Engage ALL Students!  (Teacher College Press, 2013) and her latest: 200+ Proven Strategies for Teaching Reading (Solution Tree, 2016).

 


 

Registration Details

Date: 4 June 2019 Tuesday
Time: 9.00AM to 5.00PM
Venue: To Be Advised
Closing Date: 26 April 2019 Friday

Workshop Fee:
S$350.00 per participant. If 2 or more participants from the same school/organization attend the same workshop, the discounted fee will be S$300.00 per participant for that particular workshop. Fees are subject to GST and include all training materials, 2 tea breaks and a lunch.

Other Information:
Registration is on a first-come-first serve basis. No refunds will be made for cancellations or in the case of absentees. The Academy accepts replacements for registered participants who are unable to attend for whatever reasons.

School/Cluster Based Workshop Registration
Dates available for booking: -

Please contact Joseph Loy by email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
or tel: 6363 0330 on the cost of conducting the workshop.

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