Nataša Jonović

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

Professional training:

- Training Teacher Trainers for the Constructivist Approach In English Language Teaching in Secondary Schools (organized by The English Book and Oxford University), 2003-2004

- Active learning, organized by The Institute of Psychology of the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade, UNICEF office in Serbia and the Ministry of Education of Serbia, 2004

- ICT Across Curriculum, organized by the British Council in Belgrade, 2005

- Hornby Summer School Young Learners: Creative Classroom and Creative Assessment, organized by the British Council in Belgrade, 2006

- Summer Institute Trainer Training - Secondary ELT Trainer Training Course, organized by Ministry of Education of Serbia and the American Embassy in Belgrade, June 2006 – March 2007

- ELTA Coordinators’ Training, organized by the British Council in Belgrade, the American Embassy in Belgrade and English Language Teachers’ Association of Serbia (ELTA), 2007

- Moodle Basic Training (online training), organized by the British Council in Greece and the South Eastern Europe Teachers’ Association (SEETA), 2008

- Teaching English in the CIE Lower Secondary Programme, online course by Cambridge International Examinations, 2010

- Cambridge International Certificate for Teachers and Trainers - passed with distinction, 2010

- The Sixth International CIE Teachers Conference - Educating the Global Learner, 2010

- IBAEM - DP Category 1 English B workshop, June 2011

- Training for Trainers for delivery of teacher development seminars New Challenges, New Chances, New Perspectives, organized by the British Council in Belgrade and English Language Teachers’ Association of Serbia (ELTA), 2011

- E-Teacher Online Course Assessment: Summative and formative practices, University of Oregon, January – March 2013

- Training of Trainers for delivery of teacher development seminars Theme-Based Instruction in Teaching English to Young Learners, organized by the Faculty of Education in Jagodina and the American Embassy in Belgrade, August 2013

- E-Teacher Professional Development Workshop, three-week course at the University of Oregon, October 2013

- Training of trainer for the delivery of teacher development seminars “Learning Technologies for the Classroom”, organized by the British Council in Belgrade and English Language Teachers’ Association of Serbia (ELTA), March 2014

- Regional IBAEM Conference, October 2014

- Participation at international conferences Teaching English to Young Learners, organized by the Faculty of Education in Jagodina, 2008 – 2015

- Using Montessori materials in the preschool preparatory curriculum, organized by the Serbian Montessori Association, April 2015

- IBAEM Category 1 workshop – An Introduction to the PYP Curriculum Model, August 2015

- Participation at annual English Language Teachers’ Association of Serbia (ELTA) conferences, since 2005

Participation in projects:

- One of the facilitators of the accredited professional development programme Theme-Based Instruction in TEYL, since 2014

- One of the facilitators of the accredited professional development programme Learning Technologies for the Classroom, 2014 – 2015

-Co-author and one of the facilitators of the accredited professional development programme Towards Better Understanding, 2008 – 2016

-Co-author and one of the facilitators of the accredited professional development programme Responding to Diversity in Teaching Young Learners, 2008

-One of the facilitators of the accredited professional development programme How to evaluate and improve one's own teaching practice, 2010 – 2014

-Administrator and co-author of the Moodle platform online discussion on the role of teachers in the classroom, organized by the Southeast Europe Teachers of English Association - SEETA, October 2010