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Make the most of your time and talents in 2015! MACMILLAN LIFE SKILLS 2015 teacher toolkit macmillanenglish.com/life-skills

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Make the most of 2015 with this downloadable teacher planning kit, including our 2015 Life Skills calendar, monthly review and weekly planner templates and more!

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Make the most of your time and talents in 2015!

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Life Skills 2015 at a glance

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LIFE SKILLS SPECIAL

Join Emma-Sue Prince and other life skills experts for a day of FREE webinars, interactive learning and chat! Register now at macmillanenglish.com/webinars

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October November December

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Life Skills 2015Young Learner topics

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LIFE SKILLS SPECIAL

Join Emma-Sue Prince and other life skills experts for a day of FREE webinars, interactive learning and chat! Register now at macmillanenglish.com/webinars

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I can eat healthily. Can you?

EATING HEALTHILY collaboration

We can work in a team. Can you?

citizenship I can give directions.

Can you?

problem solving

I can solve puzzles.

Can you?

Cultural awarenessI can understand

different cultures. Can you?

IndependenceWe can buy items from a shop in English. Can you?

NumeracyWe can count.

Can you?

I can write a story.

Can you?

creativity

We can use the past tense. Can you?

communicationI can invent and design

games. Can you?

creativity

I can describe animals.

Can you?

communication Cultural awarenessI can understand different

cultures. Can you?

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Make 2015 your best year yet!

To help you plan and get the most out of your time, skills and life in 2015, we’ve created this handy Life Skills Teacher Toolkit.

Inside your toolkit will find:

✔ Objectives sheet: Somewhere to reflect on and record your recent achievements, and to set your objectives for the year ahead.

✔ Printable 2015 calendar: A calendar featuring inspiring life skills quotes and illustrations, plus dates for all the free, expert-led webinars we’ve got coming up.

✔ Monthly review: A flexible tool to help you reflect on your monthly experiences, achievements and intentions.

✔ Weekly planner: A photocopiable weekly planner to help you list and achieve your objectives each week.

We hope you find this toolkit both practical and inspiring. We’d love to hear about your teaching experiences throughout the year, so tweet us @macmillanELT or share your highlights with us over on Facebook.

Macmillan Education

Be sure to subscribe to our email list to receive monthly inspiration, motivation and teaching tips – plus all of our latest FREE life skills resources!

Teachersat the heart

Throughout 2015 we’ll be celebrating your work and asking you to tell us why you #loveteaching! We’re also offering one lucky teacher the chance to win a two week teacher training course in the UK.

Find out more at: macmillanenglish.com/teaching

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My Objectives What did you achieve in 2014? What are your goals for this year? Perhaps you want to learn a new language, set up a class blog, gain new qualifications or manage your time better. Use this form to consider how you want to feel and what you want to get out of the next 12 months.

This list is for YOU, so be honest – and be bold! Stay focused on your goals by reviewing this at the start of each month to reflect on and reward your progress.

Looking back

My teaching highlights:

For me, 2014 was the year of:

My personal highlights:

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Positive feedback and nice things people said about me:

The life skills I used most were:

The challenges I overcame:

The achievement/s I am most proud of are:

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Looking ahead

The new skills and knowledge I want to gain in 2015:

This year I will be more (e.g. Assertive? Creative? Decisive?):

New ideas I want to try out in class:

My biggest single goal for 2015 is (this could be a qualification or skill – or just being more organised!)

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Things I need to do in order to achieve my goal:

The people who will support me in achieving my goal:

If I ever I feel stressed, this year I will:

Whenever I achieve something, this year I will reward myself by:

My inspirational quote for 2015 is:

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14th: WEBINAR – New for 2015 with Jo Greig

21st: WEBINAR – Creativity in the Young Learner Classroom with Carol Read

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“A place for everything and everything in its place” Benjamin Franklin

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KEY DATES

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11th: WEBINAR – Motivating Teenage Learners with Rebecca Robb Benne

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“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” Michel de Montaigne

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KEY DATES

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“Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.” Albert Einstein

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18th: WEBINAR – Young Learner Literacy Day

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“Don’t study hard – study smart.” Amy Lucas

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14th: WEBINAR – Study Skills with Dorothy Zemach

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MayM T W T F S S

“The less people know, the more they yell.” Seth Godin

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13th: WEBINAR – Storytelling Special with Chris Rose and a special guest

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JuneM T W T F S S

“Find something you’re passionate about and stay tremendously interested in it.” Julia Child

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10th: WEBINAR – Exams: No-stress! with Roy Norris

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JulyM T W T F S S

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others.” African proverb

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1st: WEBINAR – Life Skills Special with Emma Sue Prince and Carol Higho

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AugustM T W T F S S

“You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.” Dr. Seuss

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9th: WEBINAR – Back to Class Special with Carol Read (Young Learners),

Sam McCarter (Exams) and Steve Taylore-Knowles (Adults)

SeptemberM T W T F S S

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”

Mother Teresa

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OctoberM T W T F S S

“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try.” Dr. Seuss

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14th: WEBINAR – Top Tips to Boost your Business English Lessons

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“A sense of humour is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.” Dwight D.Eisenhower

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DecemberM T W T F S S

“Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.” Benjamin Disraeli

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11th: WEBINAR – Surprise Seasonal Special! To be revealed …

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Monthly review

The 3 words that best describe my month:

The key things I achieved:

My teaching highlight/s of the month:

Positive feedback and nice things students said:

Monthly review for:

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New things I tried or discovered:

The life skills I used most and how:

Next month I want to focus on:

How I am progressing with my 2015 goal/s:

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Notes

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