AIM Virtual Winter Institute 2024 - AIM Specialty Sessions

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1-day AIM Specialty Sessions

Date: Saturday, April 12, 2025

Note:
 Teachers must have attended at minimum one Beginner AIM Training (live online or in-person) to attend these sessions.

Each session will be 70 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!

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Cost: $215.00 per teacher for all 5 courses
Virtual Winter Institute participants can bundle this product with any 2-Day Training Session for $599.00.
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 1 - 2-Day Training - Mandarin
Level 2 - 2-Day Training - Core French
Level 2 - 2-Day Training - Spanish
Level 2 - 2-Day Training - French Immersion

 

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

In this 70-minute interactive session, we will:

  • review important high-frequency gestures, practise teacher-led self-expression, and how to vary your gesture reviews,
  • demonstrate 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. AIM and the CEFR - 8:50am-10:00am PST / 11:50am-1:00pm EST with Wendy Maxwell, Creator of the AIM

In this 70-minute session we will:
  • Review what the CEFR represents and how it has impacted language instruction
  • Show how AIM offers solutions so that teachers deliver a program aligned with the CEFR
  • View videos the demonstrate how AIM Activities support the CEFR
  • Engage in a few AIM activities

3a. Classroom Routines/Management Part 1 - 10:10am-11:20am PST / 1:10pm-2:20pm EST with Pauline Galea

In this 70-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

3b. Classroom Routines/Management Part 2 11:30am-12:40pm PST / 2:30pm-3:40pm EST with Pauline Galea

  • Continuation of Classroom Routines/Management Part 1

4. Higher order thinking and AIM - 11:30am - 12:40pm PST / 2:30pm-3:40pm EST with Beth Hill

In this 70-minute session, we will

  • explore the importance of critical thinking in Second Language classes and delve into how easy it is to ensure that your students are thinking critically with AIM kits. 
  • define critical thinking and the 3 question types
  • work with partners to create critical questions related to the play you are working on
  • discuss criteria vs requirements
  • discuss critical challenges and how they fit in AIM plays
  • create and examine critical challenges 

5. How to write AIM raps 12:50pm-2:00pm PST / 3:50pm-5:00pm EST with Richard Smith, Certified AIM teacher/facilitator

In this 70-minute session, we will:

  • review the role that rhythm and rhyme play in AIM
  • brainstorm rhyming words from the PDL
  • work hands-on through the process of creating a rap. You will take some with you at the end of the workshop that you may use with your students!


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

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We solve many of the challenges language teachers face.

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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