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Professional development workshop
Promoting reflective dialogue to enhance professional well-being
In this workshop, the presenters introduce the concept of reflective dialogue and facilitate a practical session where participants can learn how to conduct reflective dialogue by using some basic strategies for helping others to engage themselves in reflection and to promote their professional-well being. (Special 90-minute PD Workshop facilitated by members of JALT's Mentoring & Orientation Committee)
Quick Guide to Reflective Dialogue
Download PDF: Quick Guide to Reflective Dialogue
This handout has an example of a teacher conducting reflective dialogue, notice how her language changes. It also contains the 4 essential strategies to get started with reflective dialogue and a guide to how to use them in the timeframe. You can refer to this guide when we do our reflective dialogue practice session.
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Dr. Satoko Kato is a Senior Education Coordinator/Lecturer, at Research Institute for Learner Autonomy Education (RILAE), Kanda University of International Studies (KUIS) in Japan. She is also a lecturer at the Graduate School of Language Sciences, KUIS, teaching ‘learner autonomy’ and ‘teacher autonomy’ in the MA TESOL program. She holds a PhD degree in Education from Hiroshima University, Japan, and a Master’s degree in TESOL from Teachers College, Columbia University, NY. She has conducted over 4,000 sessions as a learning advisor in the past 14 years working on promoting learner autonomy. She is also developing and implementing advisor education programs for teachers/advisors, domestically and internationally. She co-authored “Reflective Dialogue: Advising in language learning” with Jo Mynard (published by Routledge NY, 2016).
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ICF Coach and SALC coordinator & Lecturer at Reitaku University.
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Alessandro completed his MSc in Organizational Psychology with distinction from the University of Liverpool. He is a lecturer at Reitaku University’s Center for Communication and has lived in Japan for a decade teaching in a variety of different businesses and educational institutions. His research interests include the use of technology in blended-learning environments, psychological resilience, cross-cultural adaptation to work environments, and employee well-being. His current research is focused on job commitment and how evidence-based coaching can be applied to educational environments.
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Assistant Professor at The University of Nagano & President of JALT. At PanSIG 2022, my office is C108 on 1F. Please stop by! Hosts JALT ZPD (Zoom for Professional Development), a free and informal monthly networking event for current and prospective JALT members: bit.ly/ZPDRSVP. Her research interests are vocabulary, discourse communities, imagined communities, self-access language tables, linguistic landscapes, and leadership development.
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Kathleen Brown (EdD) is currently a professor at Kurume University. During her long "stay" in Japan, she has developed an interest in needs assessment , curriculum development and program evaluation. Her current work involves female academic leadership and mentoring. She is involved in the JALT Administrative Committee and the JALT Mentoring and Orientation Committee.
