Welcome to the 5th newsletter for Enhanced Learning Educational Services. ELES specialises in helping schools help students develop effective study skills through study skills resources and study skills sessions. This newsletter is sent at most once a semester.

In this newsletter:

1. Special Offers now on study skills resources.
2. Tips for building good relationships with challenging students.
3. Sydney/Melb/Newcastle/QLD/Canberra/TAS: Professional Development Opportunities for teachers
 

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1. TWO GREAT SPECIAL OFFERS

ONLINE STUDY SKILLS HANDBOOK WEBSITE - SPECIAL OFFER VALID FOR TERM 4 2008

If you haven’t had a look yet – you should! The more different ways we can bring study skills to life the better and this is a fabulous resource for students, parents and teachers at your school to have access to. The beauty of an online resource is that it keeps developing - over the last year there have been fabulous new features added. For around $1 per student (for most schools) every student, parent and teacher gets unlimited access for a full year to www.studyskillshandbook.com.au  - an online and interactive study skills resource with quizzes, videos, audio files and more! Students and parents can browse the site at home or schools can integrate the 26 units (with accompanying worksheets) into their pastoral program.

Special offer: Schools that sign up before the end of the year get the use of the handbook for the rest of this term and over the holidays at the end of this year for FREE and also are waived from the joining fee.

The following user name and password will allow you to log into an 'on approval' version of the handbook. The password will be valid for 10 days. If you need longer, just let us know and we will send through another password.
- Go to  www.studyskillshandbook.com.au
- Click on the login for ‘on approval’  (NOT the main subscriber’s login link, the ‘login for on approval’ link below the heading 'just looking' )
- Enter this username:         lookhandbooknov        and this password:      strivetosucceed

ELES STUDY SKILLS RESOURCES - SPECIAL OFFER VALID UNTIL 1st DEC 2008

Looking for study skills worksheet sets you can use for your students? Planning ahead for next year?
- Order 5-9 PDF resources and receive a 10% discount on the price of each $99 resource.
- Order 10 or more PDF resources and receive a 20% discount on the price of each $99 resource.
Just go to www.enhanced-learning.net and click on Resources. Or email us at info@enhanced-learning.net and we can send an 'on approval' CD where you can view our entire product range.

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2. BUILDING GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHALLENGING PUPILS

Thanks to Rocky Biasi of Human Connections for these great tips.

1. Get to know their interests
2. Get into kid culture - watch films, listen to the music so that you have something to talk about with them
3. Ask colleagues who already have a positive relationship to 'recommend' you
4. Spend time with students at breaks or in 'after-school clubs'
5. Organise and take part in trips and visits
6. Use their interests - share stories, give them something that will interest them (websites, articles, books, magazines, pictures etc.)
7. Give them a responsibility in class
8. Build a positive relationship with their parents
9. Mark work promptly with good personal feedback
10. Always be on the lookout to praise wanted behaviour
11. Act is if you're pleased to see them - greet them with a smile and a handshake and a few pleasant words
12. Thank them at the end of the lesson
13. Stop for a chat in the corridor
14. Remember it takes time - don't give up!
15. Have lunch with them
16. Set up break time clubs in your room and encourage them to come along
17. Don't hold grudges-always repair the relationship
18. Celebrate birthdays - send them a card
19. Show you care -send a get well card from yourself/the class when they are away sick
20.  LISTEN to them

Another great resource you may be interested in is: Conscious Classroom Book only $45.50 including GST and P&H.

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3. SYDNEY SCHOOLS: Great Professional Development Opportunity - MON 10th NOVEMBER, PENRITH

The day is particularly useful for New-Scheme Teachers with less than 5 years' teaching – although previous attendees who were experienced teachers or executives also found the day extremely worthwhile, with 98% of attendees evaluating the day as EXCELLENT!

What do we cover? Well in a nutshell:

• Classroom Management Strategies
• Developing Students ‘Study Skills’

Is it really worthwhile? Here are responses from previous attendees:

• The first professional development day I thoroughly enjoyed. Well done and thank you!
• I can actually use this information to help teachers and students.
• One of the most useful professional developments I have yet been to. Thank you. You should be teaching student teachers! I wish I had it earlier!!
• As a first year teacher I feel a lot of questions and issues have been answered/addressed.
• I found it very effective. I need ideas, practices and strategies for a couple of classes. Today has given me new ideas and direction that I know will be effective.

Fee: $220 including GST. Includes morning tea,lunch and course materials. But move fast and you can get the early bird price of $197 (offer ends 24th October).

To register, go to www.humanconnections.com.au

TENTATIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DATES FOR THIS WORKSHOP FOR 2009

SYDNEY
Term 1: Week 7, Wed 11th March, City
Term 2: Week 8, Wed 17th June, Liverpool
Term 3: Week 8, Wed 16th Sept, Parramatta
Term 4: Week 6, Wed 25th Nov, Penrith

Melbourne- Term 2: Week 1, Mon 20th April
Newcastle- Term 2: Week 9, Fri 26th June

If you are interested in workshops just by Human Connections:

For more information visit www.humanconnections.com.au

Term 1 2009

Conscious Classroom Management (City) Friday 6th February
Accidental Counsellor (City) 26th and 27th February
Conscious Classroom Management (Canberra) Wed 18th March
Accidental Counsellor (Canberra) 19-20 March

Accidental Counsellor Melbourne 23-24 April

Term 2 2009

Conscious Classroom Management (Liverpool) 15th May
Accidental Counsellor (Liverpool) 21-22 May
Conscious Classroom Management (Queensland) 3rd June
Accidental Counsellor (Queensland) 4-5 June

Term 3 2009

Conscious Classroom Management (Canberra) 12th August
Accidental Counsellor (Canberra) 13-14 August
Accidental Counsellor (Parramatta) 10-11 August

Conscious Classroom Management (Tasmania) 30th September
Accidental Counsellor (Tasmania) 1-2 October

Term 4 2009

Accidental Counsellor (Penrith) 12-13 November

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All the best for the rest of the term, a Merry Christmas and a delightful 2009!

Cheers

Prue Salter
Enhanced Learning Educational Services
 

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