Text Box: Highlights Text Box: » Welcome Message from STU’s President, Mike Thiruman Text Box: Effective career-long professional development is increasingly being seen as vital to our students’ and schools’ success. Schools are facing an ever increasing array of complex challenges.. (Click here for More) Text Box: Welcome to Professional Development Webpage Text Box: » Kagan Coaching and Creating Winning Staff Development Plans (Enhanced) Text Box: The research is clear: Student achievement depends on teacher quality. What then is the best way to improve teacher quality? Kagan Coaching is Kagan’s breakthrough approach to enhance the full range of teacher skills. The research is clear: Student achievement depends on teacher quality. (Click here for More) Text Box: » Elements of Curriculum Differentiation Text Box: The elements that define an appropriately differentiated curriculum for students with particular emphasis on translating theories into practices will be the focus of this workshop. Various curriculum designs, such as "frames, sandwich lessons, and content maps" will be the means by which differentiated curriculum is developed in relationship to the basic or core curriculum. (Click here for More) Text Box: » View Video footages of Past Kagan workshops on YouTube Text Box: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Text Box: HOME Text Box: CONTACT US Text Box: Professional Development Workshops (June to September 2008) Text Box: Solution Focused Brief Therapy with Youth Solution Focused Brief Therapy, as developed by Steve De Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg, is a competencies based model of counselling.  It is believed, with support of research, that counselling can be more efficient (without any loss of effectiveness) by focusing on what works to bring about change in therapy More >> Text Box: Understanding Personal Preferences in the Way Teachers Teach and Students Learn When teachers understand the differences in their teaching styles, and their students’ learning styles, steps can then be taken to improve learning in the classroom. A student’s interests and ways of learning directly affect how he or she takes in information. ..More >> Text Box: Philosophy for Children Level 1:PS102 PS 102 will focus on the nature and use of Philosophical questions and also the use of thinking tools. More >> Text Box: Elements of Curriculum Differentiation The elements that define an appropriately differentiated curriculum for students with particular emphasis on translating theories into practices will be the focus of this workshop. Various curriculum designs, such as "frames, sandwich lessons, and content maps" More >> Text Box: Philosophy for Children Level 1: PS103 What skills and rules do we need to engage in fruitful dialogue? More >> Text Box: Philosophy for Children Level 1: PS104 PS 104 is for those who have submitted their written assignments and would like to be considered for the award of Level One Certificate. More >>

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Text Box: Text Box: Philosophy for Children Level 1: PS101 PS 101 will focus on the development of a community of inquiry in Singapore Classrooms. More >> Text Box: STU PAL Plan » Thinking of getting additional insurance at affordable premium rates? Text Box: Kagan Singapore September 2008 Back by Popular Demand The ever popular Kagan Workshops are here in Singapore again. More >> Rounded Rectangle: Click here for more info! Text Box: Looking for a particular workshop for your professional development which is not available? Please drop us an email. Let us help with your professional development needs. Text Box: » Accelerated Learning for Lower Ability Pupils (New) Text Box: That is, it not only boosts achievement for all students (excellence), it decreases the gap between low and high achieving students (equity). The strategies work by lifting up the lows while accelerating the achievement of all students. That is, it not only boosts achievement for all students (excellence), it decreases the gap between low and high achieving students (equity). (Click here for More) Text Box: 4 short video clips of past Kagan workshops have been loaded onto YouTube for viewing. This videos will provide new participants an rough idea on what to expect and bring back wonderful memories for past participant (Click here for More) Text Box: Ethics and the Community of Inquiry There are two parts to this half-day session. In Part 1, in his new book (Ethics and the Community of Inquiry) . More >> Text Box: Add Colours to Your Lessons through Learning Styles Most teachers acknowledge that the students in their classrooms have different learning styles… More >>