This document provides information about the 60th anniversary celebrations of International House (IH), a network of over 150 language schools. It summarizes that Brita Haycraft received the ELTons Lifetime Achievement Award for her impact on the language teaching profession. It also announces various gifts and resources available on websites to celebrate the anniversary, including lesson plans, videos, and a special edition of the IH Journal in June. Future celebrations are planned including an anniversary conference in late November.

1. Welcome to IHTOC60
Lucy Horsefield, Chief Operating Officer
Monica Green, Executive Director

2. 60th Anniversary

3. Congratulations to Brita Haycraft
ELTons - Lifetime Achievement Award
Honours outstanding leaders and innovators who
have changed the landscape of our profession
and had a lasting impact on the industry.

4. Brita Haycraft

5. The International House Network
• 156 schools
• 54 countries
• Over 50 teacher training centres
• 23 different languages taught
• 8 languages taught as ‘Study Abroad’

7. 60th anniversary celebrations

8. www.ihworld.com/60gifts
Gifts for
Teachers
Free teaching
materials
Lesson plans
Games
Things I wish I had
known
Session and LOW
videos
Mailing list

9. Keeping in touch
Facebook
facebook.com/internationalhouselanguages
facebook.com/internationalhouseexperience

10. Facebook competitions
Imagine IH
Photos of IH logo made out of
unusual objects eg shells, flowers,
stationery… IH stickers!
Post on Facebook,
Instagram and Pinterest
Started this month

11. Future Facebook activity
Around The World In
60 Days game
1. Schools provide
photos/videos of a
place or event that
represents their school
2. New posts for 60
consecutive days
between September
and November 2013
3. Fans guess where
photos are from
4. Photos are put together
in a video at the end

12. IHExperience.com
Send
your
student
profiles
‘A Day in
The Life
Of’ your
school

13. IHWO on Pinterest
Photos
of IH
schools
through
the
years
Add
your
own!

14. IH App
Enter a new word:
• translation
• definition
• category
• part of speech
• audio clip
• image
My Words
The mobile
vocab book

15. IH Journal – Special 60th Edition
• Wide variety of articles -
practical ideas, academic,
research, personal teaching
experiences, articles in
modern languages
• Book reviews
• Use as part of your CPD
• 60th Edition – early June
www.ihjournal.com

16. Future Celebrations
Date TBC – end November 2013
Please tell share what you do to celebrate the
60th anniversary with us!
IH Anniversary Conference – Live and Online

17. Thank You!
• Neil McMahon
• Shaun Wilden
• Our speakers and moderators
• All of you for taking part!
Have a great conference!

18. lucy.horsefield@ihworld.com
sophie.montagne@ihworld.com