The third HUPE Zagreb branch meeting
The third HUPE Zagreb branch meeting of the 2024-2025 school year was held on 17th May 2025 at Čarobna riječ. Around 20 and a bit more eager English teachers and HUPE members have decided to spend their Friday evening attending a 3-hour professional development meeting with their hardworking colleagues.
AGENDA
- BARBARA HANJILEC: Creative Paths to Students' Well-Being: Supporting Gen Z Through Art and Emotional Intelligence
- Valadžija Đurđica ( British Council ): IELTS za učenike viših razreda srednje škole
- Ivana Burić Kurtović, M.A. and Eva Bogdanović, M.A.: Colourful gardens: on creativity and global biodiversity in language education
Our first workshop was one which is nowadays especially needed The theme was: Creative paths to students’ well-being presented by Barbara Hanjilec, an experienced teacher, who led us through her project Paint and Talk which she is executing in her school. The project was created by increasing need to understand Gen Z and their emotions to help them cope with everyday situations.
Our constant support from British Council Đurđica Valadžija has presented IELTS test and invited participants to a trail test for the students who are +16 and willing to test their English knowledge.
The second workshop was held by Ivana Burić Kurtović and Eva Bogdanović who have presented their excellent workshop on creativity making us all engage in language tasks in an instant. Emotions were part of the task and we all willingly discussed our emotions during the given tasks.
After the workshop, the Zagreb branch president informed the participants about HUPE news, HUPE Annual conference, plans for Zagreb branch meetings, surrounding conferences and events. The participants were invited to take part in HUPE as an organisation, participate in our newsletter and HUPEzine, as well as to contribute to our web page digital materials. HUPE members, present at the meeting, voted about the next branch president. Petra Blajić is elected as the new HUPE Zagreb branch president. Congratulations, Petra!
As your elected board member and a vice president to be, I thank you all for the support I was given all these years as a Zagreb branch president.
HUPE Zagreb is thankful to the speakers and all the members who were able to attend and make the meeting a productive and an enjoyable experience. Hopefully, we will see you at our future meetings in 2025/2026.
If you are a teacher of English and would like to join HUPE Zagreb, feel free to contact HUPE Zagreb at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Thank you!
HUPE Zagreb Branch President
Mirjana Zubak Mičetić