Travel to Konstanz: Sunday 14/03.
MONDAY
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome and registration
09:30 – 10:15 Presentation of the staff, participants and sending schools/countries; learning
about different European school systems
10:15 – 11:00 Teacher – students’ relationships in the classroom – Teaching styles – discussing
the participants’ opinions
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 14:00 The classroom, the teacher, the learners; Classroom management – defining the
concept
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch break
15:00 – 16:30 Follow up activities - Teacher – students’ relationships in the classroom –
Teaching styles
TUESDAY
09:00 –10:00 Critical first week of school; Strategies for difficult students
10:00 –11:00 Authority vs. power in the classroom
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 14:00 Rules and procedures; Teacher’s disciplinary interventions; How to ‘fix’ a
talkative class/How to set the tone on the first day of school
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch break
15:00 – 16:30 Follow up activities – Rewards and punishments – pros and cons
WEDNESDAY
09:00 –10:00 Consequences that teach better behaviour (instead of punish)
10:00 –11:00 Rewards and punishments – pros and cons – discussing the participants’ opinions
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 14:00 Confrontation in the classroom – disruptive behaviour and teacher strategies;
Teachers’ misbehaviour when facing disruptive students
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch break
15:00 – 16:30 Follow up activities – What type of teacher am I?
THURSDAY
09:00 – 16:30 Values and benefits of Outdoor Education (Using outdoor possibilities - museums,
libraries, historic places - to create a positive teaching environment)
FRIDAY
09:00 –11:00 What makes a great teacher?/ A fun way to assess your class, have a good laugh,
and build everlasting rapport
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 14:00 Using movies, Web 2.0 tools and Internet resources to improve students’
academic performances
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch break
15:00 – 16:30 Evaluation session; Certificate Award
Travel back to Belgium: 20/03
The price does not include flight tickets to the course destination.
Participants of the Catholic Education Consortium will travel with 2 mini-vans to the destination.