IH AMT Online Conference 2021

We’re pleased to invite you to the annual IHWO Academic Management & Trainers Conference, held online for the first time in 2021.

We’ve adapted the conference slightly this year for its online delivery, but we can guarantee it will still provide the same great experience for all our Academic Managers and Trainers. 

Registration for the event is now closed. If would like to attend, or for any other event information, please send an email to georgina.deacon@ihworld.com

Click here to view the full online programme >>

IH AMT Conference: Monday 18th to Friday 22nd January 2021

All time given are UK / GMT / UTC. Each day the talks all fit around a theme.

Times vary to make the conference as inclusive as possible across different time zones. 

Monday 18th January – About Managing

12.00 – 16.30 GMT

Virtual room: Nelson

12.00 – 12.45 You’ll Be Sorry if You Miss This... - IHWO Team
12.45 – 13.30 Lunchtime coffee

Virtual room: Westminster

13.30 – Westminster open
13.45 – Day One announcements
14.00 – 14.30 Come together - Monica Green
14.30 – 14.40 BEBC - Nick Edwards 
14.40 – 14.55 Meet the Sponsors
15.00 – 15.30 Clearer Communication - Sandy Millin
15.45 – 16.15 Start, Stop, Reset – Dave Cleary

Virtual room: Hamilton

15.00 – 15.30 Emotional Intelligence for dealing with yourself and other people - Edward Evans
15.45 – 16.15 Leading and managing during a pandemic – what we’ve learnt about keeping teams together – Caroline Fonseca & Diana England

Tuesday 19th January – About Teaching

08.00 – 16.00 GMT

Virtual room: Westminster

08.00 – 08.15 Day two announcements
08.15 – 08.45 Setting aims as the key to make the lesson more effective - Andriy Ruzhynskiy
09.00 – 09.30 Coaching techniques for language teachers - Palmina La Rosa
09.35 – 10.25 Bring on the influencers! Improving student retention in times of crisis - Steve Tulk, Macmillan Education
10.30 – 10.40 Filling the CPD gap: Certificating contextualised in-service teacher development - Ben Beaumont, Head of TESOL Qualifications, Trinity College London
10.40 – 11.00 Meet the Sponsors
11.05 – 12.00 Plenary Session: Be a flamingo in a flock of pigeons - Antonia Clare
14.00 – 16.00 Modern Language Training Matters

Virtual room:  Westminster

12.15 – 14.00 Post session coffee join your colleagues for a virtual cup of coffee and a chance to catch up with each other.

Wednesday 20th January – About Training

10.45 – 14.30 GMT

Virtual Room: Westminster

10.45 – 11.00 Day three announcements
11.00 – 11.30 What EFL Teachers Think of Professional Development - Christopher Walker
11.45 – 12.15 Back to Basics: Maintaining Quality in Changing Contexts - Marie Pepper
12.30 - 13.00 What CPD do tutors need, do they really really need? - Estelle Helouin
13.05 - 13:15 Delivering training online: making the shift – Eric Baber, Professional Learning and Development Director, Cambridge Assessment English
13.15 – 13.30 Meet the Sponsors  
13.30– 14.30 Plenary Speaker – Teacher training that E.N.A.B.L.E.s change - Gabriel Diaz Maggiolli

Virtual Room: Hamilton

10.45 – 11.00 Day three announcements
11.00 - 11.30 The status quo - teaching and teacher training in China Andy Chen
11.45 – 12.15 A non-judgemental method of observation: theory and practical tips - Lewis Richard

Thursday 21st January – About Online

13.45 – 18.30 GMT

Virtual Room: Westminster

13.45 – 14.00 Day 4 announcements
14.00 – 14.30 Teacher Roles and Online Teaching - Choreanne Frei
14.40 – 14.50 Latest assessment solutions from LanguageCert for teachers and learners in a Covid/post Covid world - Janet Golding, Academic Support Consultant, LanguageCert
15.00 – 16.00 Plenary Speaker: Online safety in 2021 - Boris Radanovic
16.15 – 16.45 Go Hybrid! Challenges and Strategies Teaching Hybrid Classes - Ana Leite, Holly Ross and Wouter Simpson
17.00 – 18.30 Mental Health, Resilience & Covid-19 - Hayley Broughton-McKinna

Virtual Room: Nelson

18.30 Bring and share session - online teaching

Friday 22nd January – A fond farewell

17.00 – 19.30 GMT

Virtual room: Westminister

17.00 – 17.15 Day 5 announcements
17.15 – 18.15 D.I.S.C.O #2020: DoSes In Seriously Complicated Operations –Chloé Pakeman, Giovanni Licata, Jennifer Holden, Lucie Cotterill
18.30 – 21.00 AMT Closing Ceremony and Social Quiz 

Sessions will be delivered using Remo and Zoom. 

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Saturday 23rd January: Free Training Day for ELT Academic Managers and Trainers

In addition to the main AMT conference, this year we will hold an external day, to which we will invite managers from outside IH to join us. This free event will be held on Saturday 23rd of January and will require a separate registration. See full event information here.

We look forward to meeting you all online!

Thank you to our Partners

Thank you to our Gold Sponsors

Take a look at this video from 2020's IH AMT Conference!