1-day AIM Specialty Sessions
Note: Teachers must have attended at minimum one Beginner AIM Training (live online or in-person) to attend these sessions.
Each session will be 75 minutes long. You will receive a link to each of the 5 live sessions, and can attend whichever ones you like. Since some of these sessions will overlap, you will receive recordings of the sessions to view at your leisure for 90 days!
Cost: $205.00 per teacher for all 5 courses
You can bundle this product with any 2-Day Training Session for $575.00.
To do so, you must order your bundle at one of the links below:
Level 1 - 2 Day Training - Core French
Level 1 - 2 Day Training - French Immersion
Level 1 - 2 Day Training - Spanish
Level 2 - 2 Day Training - Core French
Level 2 - 2 Day Training - French Immersion
Date: July 21, 2023
PLENARY 7:15 am-7:30 am PST / 10:15 am-10:30am EST
1. Hands-on basic Gesture Practice -7:30am-8:40am PST / 10:30am-11:40am EST with Wendy Maxwell, Creator of the AIM
Prerequisite: For teachers of Core French/FSL or Immersion students (Grades 2 and up) who have taken Level 1 Beginner AIM Training.
In this 75-minute interactive session, Wendy will review important high-frequency gestures. You will practise teacher-led self-expression, how to vary your gesture reviews, how to conduct an 'Opposites Review' and some targeted work with gestures relating to grammar. Wendy will also take requests based on the needs/interests of the group!
2. Ideas for Organizing your AIM classroom and Maintaining Home-School Communication - 8:50am-10:00am PST / 11:50am-1:00pm EST with Lisa Venne
Prerequisite: For teachers of Core French/FSL or Immersion students (Grades 2 and up) who have taken
Level 1 Beginner AIM Training.
In this 75-minute session, we will focus on:
Strategies to stay afloat and travel farther with your students than imagined!
- How to stay organized while travelling between classes
- Keep up with and log communication home
- Collect valid observations/notes
- Stay on top marking while teaching to multiple grades/IEP's in an AIM classroom.
3. Hands-on Grammar Practice - 11:30am-12:40pm PST / 2:30pm-3:40pm EST with Edite Sammons
Prerequisite: For teachers of Core French/FSL or Immersion students (Grades 2 and up) who have taken Level 1 Beginner AIM Training.
You will practise gesturing targeted grammar concepts including les infinitifs and le passé. Edite will also take you through a demonstration of AIM's Corrige les erreurs activity and will explain, with examples, the effective use of the error correction code.
4. Story Extension and Book Publishing - 12:50pm-2:00pm PST / 3:50pm-5:00pm EST
with Wendy Maxwell, Creator of the AIM
Prerequisite: For teachers of Core French/FSL or Immersion students (Grades 2 and up) who have taken Level 1 Beginner AIM Training.
In this 75-minute session, we will focus on:
- reviewing the AIM strategies and techniques designed to support your classroom management
- introducing new strategies developed that have worked effectively such as 'le prof du jour'
- sharing with each other additional systems and strategies that have been effective
5. TBA
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Refund Policy:
Up to 2 weeks prior 90% refunded.
No refunds two weeks prior to Winter Institute.
