If you think less prep time means
lower quality lessons, think again

Cut down on planning and prep time and deliver better lessons with simple strategies that reduce stress and burnout.

Doing right by your students shouldn’t come
at the cost of your health or happiness.

And sometimes, doing your best for your learners means taking good care of yourself. Planning less may feel like cheating, but really it benefits everyone. You show up more energised and motivated - and your students are more engaged.

For Schools And Institutions

Teacher Development Workshops

Highly practical, tailor-made online or in-house workshops that meet your teachers needs or struggles. Together, we will focus on a few key concepts and strategies, going deep instead of the usual information overload, allowing time to reflect and plan for the next lessons.
Quality over quantity every time.

Example Workshops

Improve your Students' Listening Skills

Playing the recording for a third time won't help if students are not prepped for the listening task!

how to scaffold a listening task (which is more than pre-teaching a bit of vocab)
decoding and pronunciation aspects
building students' confidence

Introducing the Lexical Approach

Change your approach to language and how students learn it

benefits of the Lexical Approach
easy-to-implement ideas that don't require much prep
a shift of mindset for you

Exploit your course book

If a course book is at the core of your syllabus, how can we make it more engaging and useful?

decoding: how to use audio scripts
cognitive, explorative tasks
using student output for emergent language exploration and future review tasks

Get your learners talking

Simple ways to build trust and encourage shy or unmotivated students to speak more.

reflection on the WHY
sharing is caring
classroom management
student reflection tasks

Duration

Workshops can be as long or short as you want but I recommend
a minimum of 90 minutes for teachers to get the most out of it.

£200

per hour

£250

for 90 min

£450

for 120 min

Recommended

£550

half- day workshop
(4 hours)

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For Schools And Institutions

An observation, reflection, feedback and action plan package

A series of tasks and actions that really take the load off you and your academic team.
An impartial person to come into your school, do spot observations, followed by feedback and practical solutions.

Observations and Writing Feedback

Observations and feedback can take a very long time. Allow me to come and do it all for you so you can get on with all the million other things on your to-do list as an academic director.

Reflections and Feedback

Feedback can be given in any way you want at a time that is convenient for you. We can discuss your teachers' issues and needs arising from the observations and go from there.

Pricing

Packages start at 500 euros, which includes:
• 1 day of observations
• feedback session
• plan of action
• a discount on a / a series of workshops based on the plan of action (optional)

Let's chat about what you need

For INDIVIDUAL LANGUAGE teachers AND FREELANCERS

Heart and Craft: the Methodology-Mindset Blueprint for Language Teachers

A 6-week course for language teachers who want to reignite their spark
with no-nonsense ideas they can use in the classroom.

Over 6 weeks, we’ll transform your teaching by covering your mindset, grammar, vocab, mindfulness and how to lighten your load. We’ll look at simple tasks and how you can practically implement them in your very next lesson. And you’ll keep yourself accountable by using your bonus workbook.

You will:

build on your experience
gain a fresh perspective and simple ways to shift your mindset
create lessons with no to low prep tasks and activities
have more harmonious, more gelled classes
be a happier teacher with better results

Next start date: Tuesday the 25th of February 2025

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Before working with me

You spend so much time planning you barely have time for yourself

You feel constantly stressed and like work never ends

You plan down to the last minute (and then some)

Some students are not responding to you and don’t seem motivated

The thought of yet another workshop is overwhelming

After working with me

You can create a positive classroom environment, resulting in a can-do attitude

Have a better work-life balance, reducing those toxic feelings of overwhelm, pressure and burnout

You can become a more reactive teacher, enabling both your creativity and by doing more student-generated tasks

Your learners take more risks and learn faster as they feel seen and heard

Learn by taking small but impactful steps, consistently improving your teacher over time

You totally changed my approach to teaching. It was an amazing and totalizing experience. I’m happier, serene, my students are learning faster and having lots of fun

Maria Theresa

Secondary School English Teacher, Italy

I was getting frustrated with my students for not being motivated and I was losing motivation myself. Now my students are willing to participate more and feel confident. My classes are going more smoothly than before and the students are now engage

Marie

Secondary School English Teacher, French Guiana