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: February 4th, 2023

PLENARY 7:15 am-7:30 am PST / 10:15 am-10:30am EST

1. Hands-on 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/Spanish or Immersion students (Grades K and up) who have taken the Beginner live online or Beginner in-person 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. Grammar and the AIM - 8:50am-10:00am PST / 11:50am-1:00pm EST
with Edite Sammons, AIM Chief Curriculum Consultant

Prerequisite: For teachers of Core French/FSL or Immersion students (Grades 3 and up) who have taken the Beginner Foundations or live Beginner Training.

In this 75-minute session, we will focus on:

• work with the AIM’s inductive Approach to Grammar
• use the error correction code to help students reflect on their learning
• develop improved grammar understanding through targeted gesture reviews

3. Story Extension and Book Publishing - 10:10am-11:20am PST / 1:10pm-2:20pm 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 the Beginner Foundations or live Beginner 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

4. Games in the AIM Classroom - 11:30am-12:40pm PST / 2:30pm-3:40pm EST
with Cheryl Roper, Certified AIM teacher/facilitator

Prerequisite: For teachers of Core French and French Immersion, (Grades 2 and up), who have experience with teaching AIM

In this 75-minute session, you will learn:

• a series of fun and engaging games, developed by Dan Bart, Richard Smith Karen Oraas, to motivate your students in the target language
• strategies to organize and implement a variety of games
• how games can engage even the most reluctant learner

5. How to use AIM Readers - 12:50pm-2:00pm PST / 3:50pm-5:00pm EST
with Cheryl Roper, AIM Certified Teacher/Mentor, MS - Curriculum & Instruction, Experienced High School French Teacher, WA State

Prerequisite: For teachers of Core French and French Immersion, (Grades 2 and up), who have taken the Beginner Foundations or live Beginner Training.

In this 75-minute session, we will focus on:

• how the wide variety of AIM readers can promote literacy in all ability levels
• how to incorporate readers for full class or small group instruction
• how to use the readers in classes of mixed ability levels

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Refund Policy: 
Up to 2 weeks prior 90% refunded.
No refunds two weeks prior to Winter Institute.