––– Morning Reflective Practice Session –––
Topic: Reflecting Beyond Practice: The 5th Dimension
Facilitator: Dr. Yeon-Seong Park (Chonnam Natl. University)
Time: January 11, 2020; 11:00ㅡ12:30 (2nd Saturday)
Location: Coffee Lab Mujii, near GNUE. (Ground floor of 광주우리교회 Building. Map at bottom.)
––– MAIN MEETING SCHEDULE –––
Time: 2nd Saturday, January 11, 2020, 1:45ㅡ5:00 pm
Location: Gwangju National University of Education (GNUE), Teacher Training Center (교사교육센터) 1st Floor; Room 811. Detailed directions HERE.
1:45 pm: Sign-in and Meet-and-Greet (Admission: Free for newcomers. Membership welcomed.)
2:00ㅡ2:50 pm: Presentation 1
ㅡ Topic: Using Curriculum and Reflection to Push Forward
ㅡ Presenter: Madeleine Grace Wunderlich (Jeollanamdo Office of Education)
2:50ㅡ3:10 pm: Refreshment Break
3:10ㅡ4:00 pm: Presentation 2
ㅡ Topic: The Seven Pillars of Health
ㅡ Presenter: Rhea Metituk (University of Ulsan)
4:00ㅡ4:05 pm: Refreshment Break
4:05ㅡ4:45 pm: Workshop/Discussion
ㅡ Topic: Planning Your Professional Development for 2020
ㅡ Facilitator: David Shaffer (Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter)
4:45ㅡ4:55 pm: SwapShop Mini-Presentations
Share your Teaching Ideas, Classroom Activities, and Teaching Wisdom with the group.(Everyone is encouraged to share [up to 5ㅡ6 min. each]. Short tidbits are welcomed. Handouts also welcomed.)
4:55ㅡ5:00 pm: Announcements / Drawing for Door Prizes / Closing
Using Curriculum and Reflection to Push Forward
Madeleine Grace Wunderlich (Jeollanamdo Office of Education)
Having to create your own materials from scratch can be both overwhelming and mentally exhausting. This discussion covers learning methods to help prepare, design, and reflect on your own curriculum in ways that will not only help the students to learn but also help educators grow. These methods also help to maximize effectiveness and efficiency in the classroom and in lesson planning. There are a plethora of different ways to plan, reflect, and improve. The more these methods are explored and tested, the better a teacher can move forward in a positive and more organized direction.
The Presenter
Madeleine Grace Wunderlich is currently a high school Native English Speaking Teacher with the Jeollanamdo Office of Education. She holds an MEd in education and a BFA in fine art. Prior to working in South Korea, she spent time researching English educational methods and hiring practices in both the public and private educational systems in Nepal and Dubai. Ms. Wunderlich works to bring critical thinking and the artistic skills she learned in undergraduate school to improve and modify traditional EFL and ESL materials and teaching practices.
The Seven Pillars of Health
Rhea Metituk (University of Ulsan)
Education is one of the most important professions, yet one of the most demanding professions, and thus, many teachers struggle to maintain equilibrium as well as they wish. In this session, the presenter will discuss the Seven Pillars of Health, a wellness concept and powerful tool for reflection that professionals can use to assess their condition and aspire to greater vitality to keep on their optimum life path. Attendees will have a chance to reflect on aspects of well-being and consider how to manage their personal self-care as professionals who work in one of the greatest acts of service — teaching. Attendees are also recommended to wear comfortable clothes, as we will participate in gentle stretching exercises. If so desired, attendees may join accountability groups to support the development of healthy new habits of their choice as we push off into 2020.
The Presenter
Rhea Metituk has an MA in rhetorical writing and digital media and a BA in psychology, and is currently posted at the University of Ulsan, South Korea. Academic interests include CLT (communicative language theory), flipped/blended learning, and PBL (project-based learning). Experience with young learners as well as adults in private institutes, and public and post-secondary schools in Korea has informed her experience, in addition to NGOs in Canada and Swaziland, ESL in Canada, and teaching English sign language. In Korea TESOL (KOTESOL), she volunteers as 2nd vice-president and as co-coordinator of both the Environmental Justice SIG and the Women and Gender Equality SIG. Rhea has 1600 hours of yoga teacher qualifications certified by the International Yoga Federation and the Yoga Alliance, and she is a reiki master/teacher. Rhea's hobbies include hosting potlucks with nutritious, delicious foods.
Planning Your Professional Development for 2020
David Shaffer
The beginning of a new year is an excellent time for making plans. It is a time when schools are on break and teachers and other educators have time to reflect and project, to consider what they can do and what they plan to do for their own professional development (PD) in the coming year.
There are a myriad of PD options available to the EFL educator in Korea to broaden their ELT knowledge and sharpen their TEFL skills, either alone or with others. These include the broad categories of reading, writing, presenting, volunteering, and researching.
In this session, we will discuss PD options in each of these areas in turn, eliciting the experiences and opinions of those in attendance, providing time for small group discussion, and giving everyone a chance to consider each option and decide which they will commit to in 2020.
The Presenter
David Shaffer has participated in many years of professional development during his tenure at Chosun University ㅡ reading and writing ELT materials, presenting at conferences and workshops, volunteering with KOTESOL, and doing research. In addition to his involvement with KOTESOL publications, Dr. Shaffer is editor-in-chief of the Gwangju News magazine and GIC board chair. In his spare time, he enjoys a dry Bordeaux.
Photo: The Gwangju National University of Education (GNUE / 광주교육대학교), Teacher Training Center (교사교육센터), venue for our main meeting ㅡ 1st floor, Room 811.
