Event Programme
George Kokolas - TESOL Greece
Saturday 5th October 2024
12:00-12:30
Positive Education for Beginners
Negative feelings and de-motivation are a daily part of our classroom lives. Positive Education is not simply a bunch of theories asking people to “feel great against adversity” but a throughly scientific, long-implemented educational framework in which teachers and students can floursish and find encouragement when they feel stuck or demotivated. The speaker will provide “the why to use positive education”, demonstrate some PosiEd activities, and try to communicate that Positive Education is something caught and not taught!
George Kokolas has been working, until now, as the Academic Director and Teacher Trainer for Express Publishing for the last 24 years. He is a licensed Level 5 Positive Education Practitioner and holds a Level 5 Diploma in Positive Psychology. He is a certified Level 5 TEFL teacher and a certified ADVANCED Leurolanguage Coach®, practising Neurolanguage Coaching® professionally. He holds a BA in English Literature. Since 2017, he has co-hosted and produced the successful Teachers’ Coffee educational podcast. In 2022, he was voted among Greece’s most popular ELT influencers. He is the current Vice Chair of TESOL Greece. He has delivered over 1.000 presentations at international conferences and counting…
