INTRO Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the _________ TRAINING FOR TEACHERS. My fellow teachers, it’s that time of year once again – it’s sem break for some but for us it’s another journey of professional development and hopefully a fun-filled and worthwhile experience. That’s right, even if we are not literally taking a break from our role as classroom teachers, this training/seminar is somewhat a refresher course for us and a perfect opportunity for us to keep ourselves updated of the educational trends. Remember, you can’t give what you don’t have so if you want to give more to your students and to further your commitment in teaching, attending the inset today might just actually be a right decision. Since this event is deemed significant, let us officially commence our gathering today by asking divine intervention as _____________, a ______________ teacher lead us all in prayer. This shall be followed by the singing of our National Anthem and the _________hymn . Let us all stand. PRAYER, NATIONAL ANTHEM, HYMN Please be seated. To affirm the significance of this event, let us welcome on stage a cool and supportive ______________(position/profession of speaker) of ___________ (name of school), let us give a round of applause to _______________(name of speaker). WELCOME ADDRESS Thank you Sir/Ma'am ___________. At this point we shall give due recognition to the most important people of this event. They are the primary reason of this gathering. Who are these people? Well, I’m referring to you teachers! This training wouldn’t be possible without your presence. So to acknowledge the participants today let us all welcome the _______________ (position/profession of speaker) of ___________ (name of school), _______________(name of speaker). ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PARTICIPANTS Thank you Sir/Ma’am__________. Your presence is also as important as our participants’. Now, we know what we came here for. If someone would ask us why we are here, our ready answer would be to attend the training/seminar but specifically what do you think are our goals of being here today? Well if you’re not sure yet, let’s listen and be guided as our very own ________________ (position/profession of speaker), gives us the statement of purpose. Let’s give it up for _______________(name of speaker). STATEMENT OF PURPOSE Thank you for the powerful (inspiring, heartfelt, heartwarming, etc) words Ma’am/Sir. We often stimulate our students’ senses to prepare them for the learning process and today we are no different from our students. We came here today not as teachers or facilitators but as learners. So shall we begin with few muscle stretches and a bit of dance moves before we start the training? ENERGIZER So how do you feel right now? I hope your tired and bored cells in your body were triggered and activated with that energizer. So I hope you are ready to take on the challenges of today’s training sessions. Now if that’s not enough for inspiration, let’s be all ears with our hardworking and supportive _______________ (position/profession of speaker) of ___________ (name of school), let’s give it up for _______________(name of speaker)! MESSAGE Thank you Sir/Ma’am for graciously reaching out to us today despite your hectic schedules. Earlier we had been guided with setting the right goals for this weeklong training. While it is truly important to have similar goals, it is also necessary to establish the right expectations so we could move as one, into a single direction. So at this juncture may we call on the _______________ (position/profession of speaker) of ___________ (name of school), to set the right expectations for our facilitators and participants. Let’s give a round of applause to _______________(name of speaker)! LEVELLING OF EXPECTATIONS Thank you Ma’am. We are wrapping up our opening program with some reminders for our participants. We always mean business when we attend trainings like this and while we fully trust ourselves to behave properly for the whole duration of the training, let us keep in mind these house rules. Right, housemates? To give us the House Rules, let us all welcome the _______________ (position/profession of speaker) of ___________ (name of school), _______________(name of speaker)! HOUSE RULES Thank you Ma’am/Sir. We have come to the end of this program yet our exciting journey for this weeklong training has just begun. CLOSING SPIEL I’m _____________. Remember to have fun while learning and believe that today will be a great one. A teacher affects eternity so don’t forget to make a difference not only in the life of your students but in the generations to come. Good morning and see you around!
