How to conduct a seminar at school

In schools, one of the responsibilities of the administration and teachers is to conduct seminars. Seminars can be organized by a teacher for students, a teacher for parents, the administration of a particular school or teacher education department. Also, the school psychological service is involved in the preparation and conduct of the seminars.

You will need

Methodical literature on the seminar, booklets for participants, necessary tools during the seminar

Instruction manual

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Consider this problem on the example of the outline of the workshop for parents of future first graders.

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The goal of any seminar is to present the applied aspects of a particular problem situation from different angles and, in the course of discussions and exercises, try to draw a line under the problem. The aim of the seminar, proposed as an example, is to expand the ideas of parents of older preschoolers about the psychological and physiological readiness of their children for schooling.

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To achieve this goal, the organizers (teachers, teacher-psychologist) must, during the seminar: - Tell about the main criteria for the child’s readiness for school and, if necessary, advise parents on issues that they have. - Include parents in active discussion and interaction by applying various methodological tools (videos, articles from newspapers, examples from the lives of acquaintances, and so on).- Present and show the elements of developmental programs for preparing for school, you can even beat adults specifically ny exercises. The use of the knowledge and skills acquired by parents at home will help not only in preparing the child for the first grade, but also reduce their anxiety during adaptation already during the training. - To solve organizational issues related to the registration of the child in school and the preparation for this of the necessary documents and stationery. - To help unlock the potential of all members of the group. - Use different types of group work.

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The duration of such a seminar will be 45-90 minutes, which, of course, is determined in advance. However, there may be seminars that last for several days and are interconnected short-term business meetings. In this case, we recommend that you prepare programs for the seminar participants with a description of the main issues and an indication of the time for discussion.

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Offer questionnaires to all participants at the end of the seminar to provide feedback and reflection. Questions may be of the following kind: - What, in your opinion, was the most interesting?

- What turned out to be the most difficult during the seminar?

- Your comments and suggestions? Answers to these questions will help you in the future when organizing similar meetings.

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For clarity, you can prepare thematic stands.

note

Remember that the tasks implemented during the seminar should be consistent with its goals.

Useful advice

If possible, arrange coffee breaks for workshop participants.

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