AGIS Conference 2024 Potsdam

An automaton is a mechanical device that generally performs a predetermined action. This hands-on workshop introduces you to how an automaton-making activity can be integrated into your classrooms. This workshop is based on the presenter's experience of running an automaton unit as a design project for Grade 8 students.

The most rewarding part of this session is a hands-on activity where, in small groups, participants will make their automaton using cardboard, cardboard tape, and bamboo sticks. The presenter will provide all the materials.

My passion for education and a desire for professional growth has led me to pursue a Master's in education. For the last four years, I juggled teaching full-time, balancing personal interests and family demands.

My session is set to explore efficient time management techniques, the choice of adaptable study programs, utilizing support from employers, and preserving personal well-being despite challenging timetables.

In my presentation, I aim to address the unique challenges I faced as I worked to enhance my teaching qualifications and provide an inclusive learning environment for my students. It will explore effective time management techniques, how to utilize employer support, and the importance of self-care throughout the process.

By equipping teachers with the knowledge and tools to better fulfill their learning and teaching responsibilities, I hope my presentation can help guide and motivate fellow educators to propel their professional and personal growth in completing a Master's in education program.

Are you looking for new ways to boost student engagement? Have you been searching for tools to reinvigorate your curriculum? Then this session is for YOU. We explore practical ways to add drama to a unit and how to use it as an assessment tool.

As a drama teacher with over 24 years of experience I am passionate about helping others discover the joys of adding theatre to areas where they could never imagine it.

At the end of the session, you will leave with several tools and maybe a few ideas that will inspire you to add a little drama to your classroom.

Offering theory, ideas, and support to teachers wanting to acknowledge child development in education in 2024's world. Often, parents and teachers struggle to know how they can best support and prepare children for a fast-paced, techno-filled world where we are more "wired" but socially disconnected than ever before in human history.

I have spent the last year reading theories from amazing leaders in modern medicine, childhood development, and pedagogical pioneers and will condense my findings into a seminar-workshop-based session. I aim to extract the common themes from these experts and offer a thought-provoking discussion between educators about how we can ensure our students are truly ready to step out of the school system as connected, joyful, and self-loving human beings.

The workshop will explore how students can take an active role in shaping their global citizenship education, fostering a sense of responsibility, empathy, and cultural awareness to also authentically shape school curricula/syllabi. "Global citizenship education is increasingly important in today's interconnected world, emphasizing the development of skills, knowledge, and attitudes that enable individuals to contribute to a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world.

1. Student-Led Initiatives: Sharing examples of students leading projects or initiatives related to global citizenship within their school or communities.

2. Effective Teaching Strategies: Discussing teaching strategies that empower students to take ownership of their learning, encouraging critical thinking and active participation in global issues.

3. Cross-Cultural Understanding: Exploring how global citizenship education can promote cross-cultural understanding and collaboration, with students taking the lead in fostering connections with peers from diverse backgrounds.

4. Student agency: Mapping out ways in which students can become advocates for global issues, raising awareness, and taking action on topics such as climate change, social justice, and human rights.

5. Assessment and Evaluation: Sharing possible methods for assessing and evaluating students' development of global citizenship skills, focusing on both academic and practical aspects."

Professional growth happens most effectively when teaching staff have autonomy to develop their own focus for inquiry and the flexibility to refine and change direction after a process of experimentation and reflection. In August 2024 we will roll out a new model for professional growth at MIS based on teacher inquiry and cycles of deliberate practice. We will review the research behind this model for professional growth and share our initial reflections on its implementation.