Description

Catholic Education South Australia (CESA) and the South Australian Association for Teachers of Italian (SAATI) are pleased to welcome back Gianfranco Conti as he delivers two workshops here in Adelaide.

Day 1: Becoming an EPI Teacher (7 May 2024)

(For teachers new to 'Conti method' or beginning to explore)

Topics include:

• What is Extensive Processing Instruction?
• Principles of instructed Language Acquisition
• Curriculum design principles and strategies
• Modelling through listening and reading
• Structured production
• Fluency tasks

Day 2: Designing the EPI Curriculum (8 May 2024)

(This workshop is recommended for more ‘experienced users’ of the 'Conti method' that have attended previous professional development with Gianfranco and understand and currently implement and use EPI, MARSEARS framework and sequencing, sentence builders, narrow reading texts, modelling as listening, etc)

Topics include:

• Key components of EPI curriculum design
• The principles underpinning effective short, medium and long-term planning
• The procedures involved in design, implementation, and evaluation of a course
• Acquisition-enhancing strategies, for example, recycling, interleaving, universals, fluency training and their application to curriculum design
• The role of assessment as a means to advance learning and how to embed it in the curriculum in SA context

This event is open to all Catholic Education SA Language Teachers and SAATI Members. Once expressions of interest have been received, teachers will receive an email confirming their attendance, with a link and password to register for the event.

Attendance at both days is permitted, but will depend on final numbers and available places.

AITSL National Professional Standards for Teachers Include

Standard 1: Know your students and how they learn

Standard 2: Know the content and how to teach it

Standard 3: Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning

Standard 6: Engage in professional learning

Intended Audience: All CESA Language Teachers and current SAATI Members

Facilitators: Kirsty Castillo - Education Advisor, Languages & Cross Curriculum Priorities & Dr Gianfranco Conti

Enquiries: kirsty.castillo@cesa.catholic.edu.au / T: 8301 6839

Registration Enquiries: adeline.mcloughlin@cesa.catholic.edu.au

Deadline for Registration: COB Monday 12 February 2024

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CESA Registration Centre Membership is required, to register for this workshop.  If you have changed schools since your last event registration, please update your membership details.

If you are not a member, please CLICK HERE to sign up for membership.