mini-conference

The mini-conference went extremely well I thought. First of all the Leaders (Bob, Gillian and David S) met with me on the Wednesday and we did some productive planning around our next training session - confirmed as February 25-27.

Then the mini-conference on the Thursday and Friday. About 20 TROPIC Mentors attended. We had a session from Laurie Kelly with loads of useful stuff for teaching and learning - understanding learning styles, left brain - right brain, global learners, teaching to multiple intelligences, change of state, brain gym. Then Jeannie gave us a great session on understanding anxiety which ended with hands down the best relaxation session I've ever had. Later on conference dinner with John Moodie talking about leadership. Friday morning Mark Davidson gave us a session on tips and trends which I think really reinforced understanding of the teaching strategies on the observation sheets for everyone. And before lunch we managed to pack in a network mapping session. I have posted some photos on flickr. (Just opened an account so I hope I've linked to it correctly).