Event

Our Languages, in partnership with the CILT Comenius network, is offering 8 full-day regional training days to provide upskilling in pedagogy for all community languages teachers in both the complementary/supplementary and mainstream school sectors.

The topics of plenaries will be chosen from a list which includes creativity, developing schemes of work, assessment for learning, teaching with PowerPoint and promoting thinking skills. Every event will also host a workshop on obtaining QTS and a presentation on Asset Languages.

These training days are FREE to participants. Registration is required.

Dates for Regional Training Days

Wednesday 3 September 2008
East - Cambridge
Venue: Comenius East, Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge CB1 1PT
Speakers: Steven Fawkes, ALL - ‘Using songs and music in language lessons’; Fusun Dedezade, Secondary Programme Leader, London North Consortium - ‘Behaviour for learning - what is it?’
Contact: Sarah Schechter sarah [dot] schechter [at] anglia [dot] ac [dot] uk

Monday 8 September 2008
Yorkshire and the Humber - Leeds
Venue: Leeds Trinity & All Saints, Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth, Leeds LS18 5HD
Speakers: Steven Fawkes, ALL - ‘Using songs and music in language lessons’; Jane O’Brien, Languages Sheffield - ‘Developing Schemes of Work’
Contact: Sara Sellars s [dot] sellars [at] leedstrinity [dot] ac [dot] uk 0113 283 7226

Wednesday 10 September 2008
South East - Southampton
Venue: Hilton Southampton, Bracken Place, Southampton SO16 3RB
Speakers: Steven Fawkes, ALL - ‘Using songs and music in language lessons’; Tanya Riordan, PCGE Course Tutor, Portsmouth University - ‘Developing planning skills’
Contact: Zena Martyn z [dot] i [dot] martyn [at] soton [dot] ac [dot] uk

Wednesday 17 September 2008
South West - Bristol
Venue: University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY
Speakers: Sarah Cartwright, Consortium Programme Manager, Our Languages - ‘Understanding Assessment for Learning’; Claire Dugard, Language Teaching Advisor, CILT - ‘Exploiting PowerPoint for Community Languages’
Contact: Irene Wilkie irene [dot] wilkie [at] uwe [dot] ac [dot] uk

Saturday 20 September 2008
East Midlands - Leicester
Venue: The Peepul Centre, Orchardson Avenue, Leicester LE4 6DP
Speakers: Chetana Shah, Chair of Education, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan - ‘Exploiting traditional tales to teach Community languages’; Sarah Cartwright, Consortium Programme Manager, Our Languages - ‘Understanding Assessment for Learning’
Contact: Lyn Palmer lpalmer [at] comeniusem [dot] org [dot] uk 01509 416990

Saturday 27 September 2008
North East - Spennymoor
Venue: Durham Leadership Centre Enterprise Lane, Spennymoor DL16 6YP
Speakers: Cheryl Mackay, PGCE Course Tutor, Newcastle University - ‘Developing thinking skills’; Sarah Cartwright, Consortium Programme Manager, Our Languages - ‘Understanding Assessment for Learning’
Contact: Ondra Nicholson ondra [dot] nicholson [at] durham [dot] gov [dot] uk

Tuesday 30 September 2008
North West - Manchester
Venue: Hilton Deansgate, 303 Deansgate, Manchester M3 4LQ
Speakers: Sarah Cartwright, Consortium Programme Manager, Our Languages - ‘Understanding Assessment for Learning’; Claire Dugard, Language Teaching Advisor, CILT - ‘Exploiting PowerPoint for Community Languages’
Contact: Maria Carnota-Marco maria [dot] carnota [dash] marco [at] cumbria [dot] ac [dot] uk 01524 384488

Saturday 4 October 2008
West Midlands - Birmingham
Venue: Moseley School, College Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 9LR
Speakers: Chetana Shah, Chair of Education, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan - ‘Exploiting traditional tales to teach Community languages’; Vicky Grammatikopoulou ’Making the most of the mother tongue’
Contact: Rona Heald rona_heald@birmingham.gov.uk