Conference time! Given by Kati Casto

last friday 20th, we received a conference about 10 different tips that are going to be very useful for us that are studying to become good english teachers. Katya Casto, an american teacher, was the enchargue of gave us the tips that I am going to talk about...

1: Be or get excited about the content
she explains in that point the importance of being an excited person in order to transmit our good energy to our students and make them feel more comfortable in the classroom and interested on learning.

2: Create a lesson structure that works for you and follow it consistenly
in here, she told us about the importance of planning a lesson for our classes and how we can get success in the development of the class because with this, we are following an order of the topic we present each day.

3: Command respect from your students
"A lack of boundaries invites a lack of respect" this was the main phrase presented in this step, she mentioned how useful is to create rules in the classroom. because we have to be respected, also bacause we have to make our students be responsible with themselves and it is going to make them learn more and be quite in the moment they are receiving the class.

4: Give students leadership opportunities and other responsibilities
the teacher told us that give responsabilities in the classroom to students help a lot to improve their abilities and make them leave their chyness in the moment they have to develop a task.

5: Incorporate VAK-visual, auditory, kinesthetic- in every lesson
she said that, incorporating those skills in each class is very useful in order to keep the students concentrated in the class. also it help us to develop interesting and not boring classes

6: Plan questions on knowledge goals
this step has to be based on what do we want to introduce on students minds, what we want to teach them and what is the best way to teach each topic. this can be thought in the moment we are planning a lesson to the type of learners we have to interact with.

7: Evaluate using rubrics
as she mentioned I consider this step have to be apply on each evaluation we will have in the classroom because this is an endorsement for us in the moment of give a grade to each student.

8: Collect and use data
in this step she told us that in order to know the previous knowledge that our students have it is important to evaluate them. it could be with worksheets or questions when we areworking with a new group. but also with the group we have more time working it is important to always check for understanding for us to know if they comprenhend the class.

9: Take time to reflect and adjust
in here, she asked us to always take a time to think and adjust about our classess. what we did good or bad, what we can improve in th next time. this is going to help us to go forward, grow up and become better teachers with each experience.

10: Encourage a growth mindset
this step is about encourage our students to have a positive mind and help them to feel confident in the classroom, because as a teachers, we have the role of help our students to become successful people.


Also, she put in prectice with us some activities to make us think and share with some of our partners about how we felt until this moment in our carreer, how can we go better and in which areas of teaching we develop better. to conclude, I felt really interested with the conference because she made us think a lot about our future as teachers, and she introduces in our minds excellent tips.