---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Valerie Jakar <vsjakar@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 1:57 PM Subject: Mentoring ESOL teachers. Course opening To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx This week saw the opening of the 60 hour* Mentoring Induction Course for teachers of English. In order to accommodate teachers who are already - or are planning to be - mentors of 'stajerim' but who live in outlying areas there is a special program available. Therefore, we welcome qualified teachers ( with five or more years' experience) from around the country to join us in this professional development course (recognized by Ofek Hadash) . The regular Course day is Tuesday, 16.30 - 19.45, at the David Yellin Academic College of Education, Beit Hakerem Jerusalem. Additional online and face to face meetings will be organized in a cooperative manner. Among the special issues to be addressed are Coaching, Classroom and School Climate, Interpersonal Communication skills, Action Research and Active Listening, Signing-up possibilities end Dec 28th. *A companion program of a further 60 hours will be taken early next year (starting officially Sept . 1, 2011) , Thus, the requirements of the 120 hour course (required for mentors in practice) for a certificate will be fulfilled . If you'd like to sign up for the course, please call the college ( call Haim): 02-6587528 and leave your details. The course is officially known as Mentoring and Mentorship - "Honchei stage lemorim l'anglit," and a generous grant is available to eligible entrants. VSJ vsjakar@xxxxxxxxx -- Valerie.S.Jakar, PhD Jerusalem, Israel Mahatma Gandhi said, "I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the culture of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any." ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------