Elevator Pitch Year 1

• Elevator pitch
• HBO
• Studiejaar 1

Elevator Pitch

Assignment

Make a recording in which you very shortly explain (max. 2 minutes):

• How you approached one of the three activities

• How this is in accordance with the SLO core objectives of EIBO, VEIBO, VVTO

• Share the experience of teaching the activity.

What?

- a short presentation about a topic with a clear message 

Goal: catch attention & convince!

Topic (+ hook)

What will you be talking about?

- activity with a book -> what book, author, group age, why this book?

- activity with a video -> what video, etc.

- activity with an information gap -> explain...etc. 

Use a hook: One fun fact, statistic, result, or valuable nugget to pique your audience’s interest.

Message

What is the message you would like to get across? (why, when, how, what, who)

- why was your activity (un)successful?

- what did you learn from doing the activity?

- how would you do it different next time?

- how does your activity fit the SLO core objectives?

Clear

Teachers like to talk....a lot! Not in an elevator pitch. How to keep it short?

- write down key words in English

- if needed write summary of what you would like to say in Dutch and translate

- Practice and time yourself

Structure

1. Introduce yourself (name, where you teach, what grade...)

2. Your topic + hook in one sentence 

3. Your message in one sentence (summary)

4. State your "problem" (why was your activity (un)successful etc.)

5. solution/follow up to point 4

6. conclusion

Practice!

In pairs: 

- choose one of the topics

- write an elevator pitch (15-20 min.)

- practice elevator pitch (15 min.)

- perform elevator pitch in class

- provide feedback

Practice topics/messages

- Why you should hire me as a teacher

- The most important role as a teacher

- Why I would never/like to become a school director 

- Primary school should be 6 years instead of 8

- There should be no final test (CITO/IEP) in group 8

....any other ideas for topics? Go ahead!