Ah, summer... vacations... a pause. Moments of rest, of recharge, of nurture... to enjoy time at the most and do what we like the most. Time to learn something that can enrich our pedagogical practices and, of course, our lives.
In our proposal, teachers have two options: do one or more "free-courses" or do courses that are part of the larger Profession Development, called Didática de Línguas (a program explained here) in an express mode.
They can also do courses related to the aforementioned program in a "free-mode", i.e., not committing to the whole program. The only difference will be the type of certificate, which can change in case the teacher decides to take the full PD in the future.
Check out what we have prepared to you:
In our proposal, teachers have two options: do one or more "free-courses" or do courses that are part of the larger Profession Development, called Didática de Línguas (a program explained here) in an express mode.
They can also do courses related to the aforementioned program in a "free-mode", i.e., not committing to the whole program. The only difference will be the type of certificate, which can change in case the teacher decides to take the full PD in the future.
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Get to know our instructors
Ana Lúcia de Souza Freitas is a researcher about the work of Paulo Freire, acting as professor and researcher in the field of Critical Pedagogy. She has worked with literacy practices, school supervision and pedagogical consulting in the city schools of Porto Alegre (RS, BRA). She has worked in various colleges, including UNILASALLE, PUCRS, FURG and Unisinos. Currently she is a visiting professor at UNIPAMPA, where she continuous reinventing the work of Paulo Freire in the realm of teacher's education and school administration. She has published various books, including Pedagogia da Conscientização - um legado de Paulo Freire na formação de professores (2001) and Leituras de Paulo Freire - uma trilogia de referências (2014), and co-authored A gestão da aula universitária na PUCRS (2008) and Paulo Freire em diálogo com outros(as) autores(as) (2013). She is currently on sabbatical, working on new projects regarding Pedagogical Letters.
Felicia Jennings-Winterle is pursuing a Doctoral degree in Instruction and Curriculum at Aveiro University, in Portugal, and since 2009 has been involved with the promotion of Portuguese as Heritage Language (PHL) through various actions. She has been the director of what most likely was the first Brazilian Preschool in the USA, between 2009 - 2014, concurrently developing didactical material and philosophy specific for teaching PHL. In 2014 she organized a pioneering publication, presenting the work of 14 women involved with this field of study and practices (see here). She has created the Day of PHL (celebrated on May 16th, around the world), the annual Conference about Teaching, Promoting, and Nurturing PHL (which will have its 7th edition in 2021). Also since 2014, Felicia develops exclusive content and discussion to a Professional Development Program in PHL that Plurall by BEM promotes (see here).
Graziela Naclério Forte has a Post-Doc from Unesp-Marília (2017), a PhD from UNICAMP (2014) and a Master's degree from the Universidade de São Paulo (2008). She has almost 20 years of experience teaching Portuguese as a Foreign/Additional Language, coordinating various courses and professional development programs. She is the author of two books -- Celpe-Bras sem Segredos (HUB Editorial, 2011) e Gramática sem Segredos (Editora GNF, 2020), and has published a number of articles in journals specialized in Language Teaching.
Lucila Yamashita is co-owner of the companies Grupo Sou Brasil and Projeto Pipoca - língua portuguesa e cultura brasileira para crianças. She is graduated in Spanish/ Portuguese by the Universidade de São Paulo (2003) and has specialization in Portuguese Language by Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2012). She teachers Portuguese as Foreign/Additional Language since 2006. She has taught in Japan (2006-2008), coordination Brazilian schools that work within the Brazilian community there, and in São Paulo, she has taught Portuguese and Literature at Secretaria do Estado da Educação de São Paulo (2011-2013), as well as at Technical High School at Centro Paula Souza (2015-2017).
Tiganá Macedo is a musical educator, performer, and researcher of Samba's History. He participates in various social projects teaching music. He has coordinated the course A Filosofia do Samba at Dolores Boca Aberta Mecatrônica de Artes, developing percussion studies, musical appreciation and discussions about the Black Brazilian music. He created the project Alma do Ritmo, which has as political, educational and social proposal to study the history of samba. The project is developed with children and teenagers in public schools of poor areas of São Paulo. As a performer, Tigana has accompanied important names of the Brazilian music, such as Zeca Pagodinho, Wilson Moreira, Jair Rodrigues, Altamiro Carrilho, and others. He is currently pursuing a degree in Music Education at Faculdade UniSant’Anna.