AIM Virtual Summer Institute 2026 - AIM Specialty Sessions
AIM Virtual Summer Institute 2026 - AIM Specialty Sessions

AIM Virtual Summer Institute 2026 - AIM Specialty Sessions

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1-day AIM Specialty Sessions

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Date: July 17, 2026

Note: Teachers must have attended at minimum one Beginner AIM Training (live online or in-person) to attend these sessions.
Each session will be 60 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: $250.00 per teacher for all 5 courses
Virtual Summer Institute participants can bundle this product with any 2-Day Training Session for $639.00 (Reg. $679.00)
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
Level 2 - 2 Day Training - Spanish


PLENARY 8:00 am-8:10 am PST / 11:00 am-11:10am EST

1. Classroom organization /management in a deskless classroom - 8:10am-9:10am PST / 11:10am-12:10pm EST - with Richard Smith, Certified AIM teacher/facilitator 

In this session, we will:

  • Review the AIM strategies/techniques designed to support classroom management
  • Learn new strategies developed that have worked effectively such as ‘le prof du jour’
  • Share with each other additional systems and strategies that have been effective
2. Engaging Activities That Build Students’ Descriptive Language - 9:20am-10:20am PST / 12:20am-1:20pm EST - with Wendy Maxwell, Creator of the AIM


In this session, you will:

  • understand how AIM effectively builds students' vocabulary from one Kit to the next in a spiralling manner
  • gain hands-on experience with AIM's most popular vocabulary-building activities
  • view video samples of classes and individual students engaging in these activities!
3. Being Creative with Les mots qui vont ensemble and Les phrases bizarres! - 10:30am-11:30am PST / 1:30pm-2:30pm EST - with Isabelle Racine, AIM teacher

In this session, you will:
  • Discover a fun, low-prep vocabulary activity—“Bizarre ou pas?”—that boosts student engagement through prediction, visualization, and critical thinking.
  • Learn how to use short 4-minute videos to reinforce specific AIM vocabulary through word association and sentence analysis.
  • Leave with ready-to-use ideas for integrating “Les mots qui vont ensemble” into your classroom, including an end-of-year project to showcase student learning to parents.
4. Vocabulary in Action: Oral Activities that Get Students Talking - 11:40am - 12:40pm PST / 2:40pm-3:40pm EST - with Wendy Maxwell, Creator of the AIM


In this session, you will:

  • understand what AIM activities support students' ability to describe effectively, an important aspect of language proficiency
  • receive hands-on experience with each activity, so that you understand how to effectively model each one
  • view how even the early/basic activities are scaffolded so that as students progress with AIM, they become better at describing!
5. Teaching reading to Beginner French students with Les sons readers series - 12:50pm-1:50pm PST / 3:50pm-4:50pm EST - with Pauline Galea, AIM certified Teacher/Mentor, host of Parlez avec Pauline

In this session, you will:

  • Experience Pauline’s new readers series ‘Les sons’ with a focus on the Science of Reading
  • Provide hands-on practice to show how to effectively use AIM strategies such as des questions totales et partielles and
  • Provide hands-on practice with activities such Qu’est-ce que tu vois dans l’image ? and Décris l’image to develop oral language skills in short, simple activities

 

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Refund Policy: 
Up to 2 weeks prior 90% refunded.
No refunds two weeks prior to Summer Institute.
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Learn about some of the challenges Primary School Teachers face when teaching languages.

The Gesture Approach

The AIM is a methodology that supports students by providing strategies and techniques that ensure student language acquisition and a high level of engagement. The Gesture Approach allows students to visualize, hear, say and 'feel' the language simultaneously, and this results in rapid proficiency development.

A Literacy- and Arts-Based Approach

Through the use of story and drama, songs, raps, and dances, students are moving to the language as they create meaning. Scaffolding and cooperative learning strategies help all students - the shy, weak, and strong - to find great support and success.

High-Frequency Vocabulary

One of the most essential aspects of AIM that ensures student success is the high-frequency vocabulary (Pared-Down Language) that threads throughout every aspect of this methodology. AIM is designed such that each word is repeated extensively, allowing students to develop a strong foundation for language proficiency.

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