Teacher of English

branislavа.grubisic@boskovic.edu.rs

Education: B.A. in English Language and Literature, Belgrade University, Faculty of Philology, Department of English Studies

Professional training:

-“Teaching Young Learners”
-“Dealing with large, mixed-ability classes”
-“Teaching English to Young Learners: CLIL in Teaching Young Learners”
-“How to evaluate and improve one’s own teaching practice”
-“How to motivate a child to study”
-“English language teaching activities for children”
-“Special Educational Needs Conference: Challenges and solutions”
-“Art or science, journey or struggle: Metaphors we teach and learn”
-“Towards Better Understanding 4 – Exploring the potential of CLIL and Integrating strategy development into language teaching”
-“Introduction to TKT Essentials 3”
-“Introduction to TKT Essentials 4”
-“The English Book – Oxford Day”
-“Cambridge Teacher’s Development Programme – Cambridge Day”
-“ELTA Conference for Teachers of English – Teaching outside the box”
-“Towards a better understanding – Critical Incidents”
-“My classroom 2 – First Steps in Reading and Writing, Structuring for Learning, Assessment OF or FOR a Pupil”
-Cornerstones of successful bilingual education using CLIL (June 2018)
-EBSCO face-to-face workshop (April 2018)
-IB workshop Launching the MYP (March 2018)
-NLP Trainer – certified by NLP Institute Slavica Squire and IANLP  (January 2018)
-Teaching with the Brain in Mind – Scientific Learning (webinar, November 2017)
-Presentation skills workshop (June 2017)
-Apply online Wiki tools as didactics in teaching and learning (April 2017)
-Revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests – an overview (webinar, February 2017)
-The Magic of Story time – Macmillan Education (webinar, February 2017)
-Е-safety in and out of the young learner classroom (webinar, February 2017)
-Improve your communication competence: Communication with pupils, colleagues and parents (January 2017)
-Pilgrims Course Tasters and Erasmus + Guide (December 2016)
-NLP  Master – certified by NLP Institute Slavica Squire and IANLP  (November 2016)
-Methodology of teaching foreign languages ​​in primary and secondary education (Tempus Foundation – Eurydice network, July 2016)
-PYP planning and assessment workshop (February 2016)
-Creative juices – an international seminar for the English language teachers (January 2016)
-An Introduction to the PYP Curriculum Model Category 1 (August 2015)
-Teacher Trainer – certified by British Council Belgrade 2015 (Trainer Development Course, February – June 2015)
-Tech Tools for Busy Teachers (May 2015)
-Montessori Materials in the Function of PPP (April 2015)
-Theme-based Instruction in Teaching English to Young Learners (February – April 2015)
-Learning Technologies for the Classroom 2 (January 2015)
-Why is self-evaluation of pupils and students important? – expert panel (December 2014)
-Content-based and Cooperative Learning workshop (September 2014)
-Upskilling English Teachers to work with Pre-Scholars (September 2014)
-The Cambridge Schools Conference 2014 (September 2014)
-Second Conference on Special Educational Needs and Inclusive Education (June 2014)
-Learning Technologies for the Classroom 1 (May 2014)
-Exploring the potential of CLIL and Integrating strategy development into language teaching (May 2014)
-The Keys to Success in Teaching English to Young Learners (May 2014)
-Drama in the Young Learner Classroom (March 2014)
-How to Compose a Reliable Test of Knowledge?  (February-April 2014)
-Speaking the bright and beautiful English of Shakespeare with Ben Crystal (webinar, February 2014)
-IT in English language Teaching (February 2014)
-Perk up your Students’ Passion through Creative Skills Development (February 2014)
-Preparing lower level students for IELTS (webinar, January 2014)
-Is creativity possible, desirable and/ or necessary in the IELTS classroom? (webinar, January 2014)
-Multisensory approach in teaching (January 2014)
-My classroom 2 – First Steps in Reading and Writing, Structuring for Learning, Assessment OF or FOR a Pupil (December 2013 – April 2014)
-What questions lead to knowledge? – expert panel (December 2013)
-How to improve and evaluate your own teaching practice – interdisciplinary competencies (August 2013)
-Special Educational Needs Conference: ‘Challenges and solutions’ (June 2013)
-Introduction to TKT Essentials (May/September 2013)
-How to motivate a child to learn? (February 2013)
-Cognitive development (August 2012)
-Towards Better Understanding 4 (June 2012)
-Art or science, journey or struggle: metaphors we teach and learn (May 2012)
-English language teaching activities for children (May 2011)
-How to improve and evaluate your own teaching practice (February 2011)
-Teaching English to Young Learners: CLIL in Teaching Young Learners (June 2010)
-Teaching Young Learners (March 2008)
-Dealing with large, mixed-ability classes (March 2008)
-New Technologies in Education (British Council Belgrade, attending annually since 2016)
-Cambridge Teacher’s Development Programme – Cambridge Day (attending annually since 2011)
-The English Book Day (attending annually since 2010)
-ELTA Conference (attending annually since 2006)
-Projects and other extracurricular activities:
-Stop violence, say NO to bullying! (April 2017)
-Shoebox project –Refugee Aid Serbia (December 2016)
-Tesla solution for improving the educational process – presentation of the application of tablet apps in teaching of English language (June 2014/ November 2015)
-The English Book Student Competition for the Best Literary Work in English (April 2014)
-My Happy House/ My Happy Street literary competition (March 2014)
-Kidsbox competition (December 2013)
-21st century teaching and learning: A more fulfilling experience (authorsip and the workshop presentation, May 2018)
-Enjoying the Learning Experience in the Young Learner Classroom (co-autorship and the workshop presentation, May 2016)
-Testing students – creating a quality language test (authorsip and the workshop presentation, June 2015)
-School projects (autorship and presentation)
-Rudjer Summer School (authorship and management of language workshops)
-Mentoring students and organizing workshops at the Regional Centre for Talented Youth Belgrade II since 2010
-Member of the examination committee at the competition of research papers related to the English language (regional and national level), since 2010
-Preparing students for English language competitions (municipal, regional, national level)
-Preparing students for obtaining internationally recognized English language certificates (Cambridge Assessment English)

Participation in projects:

-Linguistic workshop for students aged 6 -12 within the “Ruđer Summer school” (authorship, management)
-Linguistic workshops for 5th and 6th grade students at the Centre for Excellence Belgrade 2, as of 2011 (authorship, management);
-Mentoring classes for students at the Centre for Excellence Belgrade 2, 2011
-School Projects
-Member of jury at science fairs for research papers related to the English language (regional and national level), since 2010