Monthly newsletter for teachers | Infolettre mensuelle pour enseignant·e·s
Happy new year! We hope you had a safe and happy holiday. In many provinces, back-to-school hasn’t been easy and we’re sending a huge thank you to teachers for your resilience. In this newsletter, we’re including some ways KCJ can support your teaching (even virtually). Read on to learn how to bring a KCJ coding instructor into your class, attend an exclusive professional development workshop with our Director of Learning Services, and even have a chance to receive a free school set of micro:bits!
Book a Teacher Training, get free micro:bits
Did you resolve to learn a new skill this year? Attend a virtual Teacher Training webinar and learn a new coding language, the basics of artificial intelligence, and how to teach the same material to your own students!
For a limited time, when you book a virtual training session for you and 9 colleagues, you may be eligible to receive a free school set of 30 micro:bits. Supplies are very limited so book now!
Code from anywhere with free virtual workshops for your class
Take a break and let us do the teaching! Choose from 9 different digital skills workshop topics, ranging from block and text coding to AI, and let an expert KCJ coding instructor lead you and your students through a project. These workshops are virtual so no matter if you’re teaching in your physical classroom or online, you can still take part.
Webinar for teachers: Sense-Making: A Pedagogical Approach to Coding
On January 27th, join KCJ’s Director of Learning Services, Mike Deutsch, and discover an approachable way to introduce new coding concepts and projects in your class. He’ll walk you through a simple block-coding project using his favourite teaching routine.