TESOL Greece

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Visit our website for info and applications
👉🏼 https://tesolgreece.org/tesol-greece-eve-group-leadership-mentoring-programme/

Dear TG community,

You said you are looking for a clear schedule outline of the amazing speaker line-up we have for you this Sunday at our

SIGnificant Teacher Growth Event
..and we hear you.

Get an idea of all the fascinating talks at a glance.

Enjoy!

Love and inspiration

Your TESOL Greece family x

PS.
👇To make things easier for you, here is the link to join our vibrant community! https://tesolgreece.org/event/tesol-greece-start-of-the-year-big-sig-day-2026/

🔔3 DAYS LEFT TO APPLY!

Have you ever thought:
“I have something worth sharing… but I’m not quite ready for the stage yet”? 🎤

This may be your moment.

TESOL Greece, in collaboration with EVE – Equal Voices in ELT, is offering 8 Greek female classroom teachers of English the opportunity to join the Leadership Mentoring Programme 2026. 💗

🌱 10 hours of mentoring
🎤 Public speaking & presentation skills
🌍 Support to take your ideas beyond your classroom
✨ Greater visibility within the wider ELT community

Because sometimes the next step is not about having more to say.

It is about finding the confidence, support and space to let your voice be heard.

📅 Applications close 25 September 2026.

👉 If this speaks to you — or reminds you of a colleague whose voice deserves a wider audience — apply or share.

👇Not a TESOL Greece member yet? Join us to enjoy this and more privilledges. Link in 1st comment.

🤖 What if AI did not make teacher learning more individual… but more collective?

At TESOL Greece BIG SIG DAY, Maria Philippi joins the Learning Technologies SIG with a session that shifts the focus from top-down training to learning with and from one another.

✨ “The Road to Collective Intelligence with AI: Reimagining Teacher Growth through Peer-to-Peer Learning”

As AI continues to reshape education, Maria will explore how Peer-to-Peer Learning and Collective Intelligence can open new possibilities for professional growth — helping teachers share practice, co-create knowledge and build learning communities that are sustainable, collaborative and teacher-led.

Drawing on experience across VET and lifelong learning, the session brings the conversation back to something deeply human:

Technology may amplify learning.
But it is people learning together who create collective intelligence.

🕛 12:00–12:40
📅 Sunday, 27 September 2026
📍 Ellinoagliki Agogi, Maroussi

Join the Learning Technologies SIG at our Start of the Year Event & BIG SIG DAY:

✨ SIGnificant Teacher Growth

Because perhaps the future of teacher development is not simply learning more.

It is learning better — together.

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For more information, visit our official website announcement: https://tesolgreece.org/event/tesol-greece-start-of-the-year-big-sig-day-2026/

TESOL Greece Journal - ISSUE 171 (July-September 2026)
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The latest issue of our quarterly journal is OUT! For this issue, we are proud to share all about our 3-day excursion in Kalamata that took place in June and articles from fellow teachers and educators to motivate your new school year beginnings.

This quarter's selections include literature on topics such as:

•the specific needs and context of teaching Vocational English to the professionals of tomorrow through the experiences of a teacher whose Vocational High School participated in an eTwinning programme ("Kindling Students Minds: Evening Vocational High School Students at APPLAUSE Athens 2026", by )
•life-skills-oriented activities that foster the values we hope to pass on to our students ("Meaning and Values in English Language Learning: Shaping the Future Lives of Students", by Dora Sopasoudaki
•the neuroscience hacks we can use to get through to our students ("Using Neuroscience to Improve Language Teaching: When that Kid Just Doesn't Get It",

And these are only a few! What are you waiting for? You will find more inside.

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For more information on this TESOL Greece Journal issue, visit our official announcement: https://tesolgreece.org/news/tesol-greece-journal-171/

😊Dr Sylvia Karastathi | Adult Learners SIG

🎥 What does teaching look like in an economy where attention has become one of our most contested resources?

At TESOL Greece BIG SIG DAY, Dr Sylvia Karastathi invites us to explore:

✨ “Learners’ Collaborative Video-Production: Key Competencies for the Attention Economy Era”

Drawing on a research project in higher education, Sylvia will look at how collaborative video production can help learners develop visual and critical literacy — and become more thoughtful participants in today’s attention landscape.

Because perhaps one of the most important things we can teach now is not simply how to capture attention… but how to use it wisely.

🕟 16:30–17:10
📍 Ellinoaggliki Agogi, Maroussi
📅 Sunday, 27 September 2026

Join the Adult Learners SIG for a session where language learning meets creativity, media literacy and the realities of our changing world.