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MACMILLAN
LIFE SKILLS
2015 teacher
toolkit Make the most of your time and talents in 2015!
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Life Skills 2015 at a glance January
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LIFE SKILLS SPECIAL Join Emma-Sue Prince and other life skills experts for a day of FREE webinars, interactive learning and chat! Register now at macmillanenglish.com/webinars
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Life Skills 2015
Young Learner topics EATING HEALTHILY
I can eat healthily. Can you?
January
February
May
I can solve puzzles. Can you?
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October
I can invent and design games. Can you?
June
Independence
Cultural awareness I can understand different cultures. Can you?
August
I can describe animals. Can you?
creativity
communication
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communication
March
We can use the past tense. Can you?
I can give directions. Can you?
July
I can write a story. Can you?
collaboration
citizenship
problem solving
creativity
We can work in a team. Can you?
We can buy items from a shop in English. Can you?
September Cultural awareness
Numeracy
I can understand different cultures. Can you?
We can count. Can you?
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LIFE SKILLS SPECIAL Join Emma-Sue Prince and other life skills experts for a day of FREE webinars, interactive learning and chat! Register now at macmillanenglish.com/webinars
Wednesday
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Make 2015 your best year yet! To help you plan and get the most out of your time, skills and life in 2015, we’ve created this handy Life Skills Teacher Toolkit.
Inside your toolkit will find: ✔✔ Objectives sheet: Somewhere to reflect on and record your
recent achievements, and to set your objectives for the year ahead.
✔✔ Printable 2015 calendar: A calendar featuring inspiring life
skills quotes and illustrations, plus dates for all the free, expertled webinars we’ve got coming up.
✔✔ Monthly review: A flexible tool to help you reflect on your monthly experiences, achievements and intentions.
✔✔ Weekly planner: A photocopiable weekly planner to help you list and achieve your objectives each week.
We hope you find this toolkit both practical and inspiring. We’d love to hear about your teaching experiences throughout the year, so tweet us @macmillanELT or share your highlights with us over on Facebook. Be sure to subscribe to our email list to receive monthly inspiration, motivation and teaching tips – plus all of our latest FREE life skills resources!
Macmillan Education
Teachers at the heart Throughout 2015 we’ll be celebrating your work and asking you to tell us why you #loveteaching! We’re also offering one lucky teacher the chance to win a two week teacher training course in the UK. Find out more at: macmillanenglish.com/teaching
MACMILLAN
LIFE SKILLS
2015 teacher
toolkit © Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2015.
My Objectives What did you achieve in 2014? What are your goals for this year? Perhaps you want to learn a new language, set up a class blog, gain new qualifications or manage your time better. Use this form to consider how you want to feel and what you want to get out of the next 12 months. This list is for YOU, so be honest – and be bold! Stay focused on your goals by reviewing this at the start of each month to reflect on and reward your progress.
Looking back For me, 2014 was the year of:
My teaching highlights:
My personal highlights:
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LIFE SKILLS
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The achievement/s I am most proud of are:
The challenges I overcame:
The life skills I used most were:
Positive feedback and nice things people said about me:
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LIFE SKILLS
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Looking ahead This year I will be more (e.g. Assertive? Creative? Decisive?):
New ideas I want to try out in class:
The new skills and knowledge I want to gain in 2015:
My biggest single goal for 2015 is (this could be a qualification or skill – or just being more organised!)
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LIFE SKILLS
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Things I need to do in order to achieve my goal:
The people who will support me in achieving my goal:
If I ever I feel stressed, this year I will:
Whenever I achieve something, this year I will reward myself by:
My inspirational quote for 2015 is:
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LIFE SKILLS
2015 teacher
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“A place for everything and everything in its place” Benjamin Franklin
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KEY DATES 14th: WEBINAR – New for 2015 with Jo Greig 21st: WEBINAR – Creativity in the Young Learner Classroom with Carol Read
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“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” Michel de Montaigne
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KEY DATES 11th: WEBINAR – Motivating Teenage Learners with Rebecca Robb Benne
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“Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.” Albert Einstein
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KEY DATES 18th: WEBINAR – Young Learner Literacy Day
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LIFE SKILLS
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“Don’t study hard – study smart.” Amy Lucas
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KEY DATES 14th: WEBINAR – Study Skills with Dorothy Zemach
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“The less people know, the more they yell.” Seth Godin
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KEY DATES 13th: WEBINAR – Storytelling Special with Chris Rose and a special guest
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LIFE SKILLS
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“Find something you’re passionate about and stay tremendously interested in it.” Julia Child
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KEY DATES 10th: WEBINAR – Exams: No-stress! with Roy Norris
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LIFE SKILLS
2015 teacher
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“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others.” African proverb
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KEY DATES 1st: WEBINAR – Life Skills Special with Emma Sue Prince and Carol Higho
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LIFE SKILLS
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“You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.” Dr. Seuss
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LIFE SKILLS
2015 teacher
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“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” Mother Teresa
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KEY DATES 9th: WEBINAR – Back to Class Special with Carol Read (Young Learners),
Sam McCarter (Exams) and Steve Taylore-Knowles (Adults)
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LIFE SKILLS
2015 teacher
toolkit © Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2015.
“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try.” Dr. Seuss
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KEY DATES 14th: WEBINAR – Top Tips to Boost your Business English Lessons
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LIFE SKILLS
2015 teacher
toolkit © Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2015.
“A sense of humour is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.” Dwight D.Eisenhower
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KEY DATES 2nd–6th: MACMILLAN EDUCATION ONLINE CONFERENCE 2015
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LIFE SKILLS
2015 teacher
toolkit © Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2015.
“Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.” Benjamin Disraeli
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KEY DATES 11th: WEBINAR – Surprise Seasonal Special! To be revealed …
MACMILLAN
LIFE SKILLS
2015 teacher
toolkit © Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2015.
Monthly review
Monthly review for:
The 3 words that best describe my month:
The key things I achieved:
My teaching highlight/s of the month:
Positive feedback and nice things students said:
MACMILLAN
LIFE SKILLS
2015 teacher
toolkit © Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2015.
New things I tried or discovered:
The life skills I used most and how:
Next month I want to focus on:
How I am progressing with my 2015 goal/s:
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LIFE SKILLS
2015 teacher
toolkit © Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2015.
W/C
Must-do of the week:
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Notes
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LIFE SKILLS
2015 teacher
toolkit © Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2015.
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