Participation in a Lifelong Learning Grundtvig project
The “Scientific Association of State School Teachers of English of the Dodecanese” (EP.E.K.A.D.E.D.) was founded in 2005 to meet the demands of state school teachers of English, to collaborate and exchange ideas in order to support teacher development and student motivation in state schools.It is true that EP.E.K.A.D.E.D. faces many difficulties due to the nature of the territory of the Dodecanese islands. Teachers who work on these islands do not stay here for long nor can they easily communicate with teachers of other islands and it is very difficult for them to share problems and ideas. ...more
Peoplecert S.A. held the first in a series of teacher development seminars for members of the City & Guilds Teachers’ Club on May 8th in Athens and May 9th in Thessaloniki. The City & Guilds Teachers’ Club, which now has over 12,000 members, is a community of teachers who enjoy unique privileges and exclusive academic support. Members of the City & Guilds Teachers’ Club are entitled to a number of benefits, including: ...more
‘Vocabulary Revision Strategies’ was the title of a seminar given by Mr Michelioudakis (Teacher Trainer) at two events organised by the local PALSO Associations of Kavala and Drama respectively. The workshop was practical,informative and entertaining. Mixing sound pedagogical advice with video clips from BBC Comedies, Mr Michelioudakis had the audience alternately playing with words and roaring with laughter. ...more
Joyful youngsters played carnival games, ran relays, raced with bikes and skates, scrambled up the climbing wall, did crafts and got their face painted – all for a good cause - at the second annual Spring Fling run by the International Women’s Organisation of Greece (IWOG) at the American Farm School of Thessaloniki on May 16.“We currently feed and clothe about one hundred families, including supplying pampers and baby milk for around ten infants,” IWOG president Charlotte Rothery-Drossinakis told the ELT NEWS. ...more
A PEKADE Event in Ioannina
“Interpersonal Relationships and Teaching Practices in school”
PEKADE has expanded its activities and cooperates with State School Advisors in various areas of Greece. The main aim of this endeavour is to come closer to state school teachers of English outside the region of Athens by conducting professional and personal development seminars.The 1st PEKADE event outside Attica for this year was held at the International Centre of Hellenic Education, Culture and Vocational Training ‘Stavros Niarhos’, University of Ioannina last April. ...more
City & Guilds was present at the International Publishers exhibition (Athens & Thessaloniki) with a stand that gave teachers and school owners the chance to get some hands-on experience of the new IESOL computer-based test. The City & Guilds IESOL computer based test is available at all six levels of the Common European Framework and visitors at the IP exhibition were able to try out a practice test at a level of their choice and print their results at the City & Guilds stand. Visitors also received a bag with practice test booklets for all levels prepared by the City & Guilds team, as well as a CD-ROM containing computer-based practice tests at all levels. ...more
