Bi-Component UK Secondary 11 – 16 & 11 – 18

This combines a practical 1 or 2 week attachment at a secondary school preceded by a 1 week preparatory course at Richard Language College.

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Bi-Component UK Primary 4 -11

This combines a practical 1 to 7 week attachment at a primary school preceded by a 1 week preparatory course at Richard Language College.

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Bi-Component RLC

This combines a practical 1 week attachment at Richard Language College preceded by a 1 week preparatory course.

Please contact Richard Language College for further details.

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Bi-Component Training Course

Practical School Attachment preceded by Preparatory Course

FOR TEACHERS IN NURSERY, PRIMARY, MIDDLE, SECONDARY, SPECIAL NEEDS, VOCATIONAL SCHOOL ( 16 -18 yrs)
Particularly suitable for teachers of non-linguistic subjects (e.g. Maths, Science, P.E. etc, etc).
Suitable for teachers of foreign languages
A unique and practical opportunity for the professional development of teachers of C.L.I.L.

Preparation

All applicants receive full course information together with an Application Form and Needs Analysis. Shadows Professional Development then issues a Letter of Pre-Inscription for Comenius application purposes.
Shadows Professional Development (www.shadows.org.uk) chooses a UK host school to “match” the Needs Analysis as closely as possible. The host school then issues a Letter of Invitation which is sent to the applicant.
All successful applicants are invited to join a pre-course on-line forum. This enables them to prepare for their course with other European colleagues following courses on the same dates, sharing their professional experiences and expectations of their training.

Objectives

This course is aimed at providing non-native speakers of English with insights into their own and colleagues' teaching practice in a pan-European context by means of one to five weeks' practical attachment in an appropriate UK school, preceded by a one-week course of linguistic and cultural preparation.

Methodology

1 Week: Preparatory Linguistic/Cultural Course: Interactive English language (classroom) sessions, combining a range of input modes from workshop to seminar, encouraging participants to bring their own research and experience to bear. Special Session involving linguistic and cultural support for the school attachment.
1-5 Weeks : School Attachment: (5 full days per week, excluding Bank Holidays) - guided observations, shadowing the Host Teacher, directed tasks, team teaching and assignments.

Follow-up

1. Advice on how to access, from the teacher's own country, changes and developments in teaching in England. Alist of useful websites.

2. A post-attachment feedback session to encourage continuing professional development and evaluation of the impact of the course on their own day-to-day teaching.

3. All leaving participants are invited to join a post-course on-line forum. This enables them to share their experience with other European colleagues and to assess the impact of their training on their own classroom practice once back in their own country.

Structured Training Course Pre-Course

1.Each Applicant completes a detailed Application Form including teaching background.
2.Each Applicant completes a detailed professional Needs Analysis.
3.Each Applicant completes a detailed Child Safeguarding and Identity Form including references 4.All professional /safeguarding details are checked by Shadows UK. 5.Each Applicant obtains a copy of their national Criminal Record. 6.Each Record is checked by Shadows UK before departure. 7.These details are sent to the Host School. 8.Detailed written advice is given to the teacher on obtaining a copy of their Criminal Record.
9. Detailed written advice is given to the teacher on the School Attachment. 10.Detailed written advice is given to the Host School on the School Attachment. 11.Great care and professional expertise is taken by Shadows and the Host School in matching“ visiting teacher and host school.
12.Pre-Course on-line preparation.

During the Course

13.Each participant is given a Tutor to prepare the School Attachment, with cultural, educational and practical guidance. 14.Each Participant has a one week Preparatory Course (many teachers are not teachers of English and need help). 15.Each Participant has a “Training Officer” in the school (Head Teacher, Assistant Head
Teacher, Head of Department, International Officer or Training Manager). 16.Each Participant has a “Host Teacher” in the school. 17.Each Participant is given a daily timetable according to their Needs Analysis. 18.Specific and generalist aims are catered for.

Post Course

19.Each participant is given a Tutor to receive written feedback and advise on future exploitation of what has been learned. 20.Post-Course on-line development of what was learned.

Clean Criminal Record

Visiting teachers need to show evidence of no criminal convictions. Teachers may not enter a UK school without this.
The Criminal Record should not be more than 6 months old on commencement of the course. Try to obtain an official copy in English.
If the Criminal Record is only in the native language, an English translation is needed, certified by the Head Teacher/Principal/Training Manager or other responsible person. They should write “I certify that this is a true translation in English of the original” and sign, date (and stamp if possible).

Visiting teachers may obtain a copy of their Criminal Record at any time but it must be dated less than 6 months before their course commencement.
1.PDF copies must be e-mailed as soon as possible to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 2.The original paper copy (with the certified translation if necessary) must be brought to England to give to the school on the first day of the practical attachment.

Programme

Week One -Linguistic/CulturalPreparatoryCourse

Minimum 21 clock hours contact training-hours, Maximum class size 15
Sunday Travel and arrival in Host family Monday 09.00 16.00* Linguistic Preparation Tuesday 09.00 16.00* Linguistic Preparation Wednesday 09.00 16.00* Linguistic Preparation Thursday 09.00 16.00* Linguistic Preparation Friday 09.00 16.00* Linguistic Preparation
*Including Private Study *Including Cultural & Practical Attachment Preparatory Session

Practical School Attachment

Each day 08.30 to 16.00 in School

The Practical Attachment will be within the age-range taught by the participant as shown on theirApplication Form. The Host Teacher will be in the teaching subject/professional area of the participant.
Monday Class Observation, Classroom Assisting,Team Teaching, Lesson Preparation, Assessing Pupils' work, Material Research & Liaison with Host Teacher * Tuesday Class Observation, Classroom Assisting, Team Teaching, Lesson Preparation, Assessing Pupils' work, Material Research & Liaison with Host Teacher* Wednesday Class Observation, Classroom Assisting, Team Teaching, Lesson Preparation, Assessing Pupils' work, Material Research & Liaison with Host Teacher* Thursday Class Observation, Classroom Assisting, Team Teaching, Lesson Preparation, Assessing Pupils' work, Material Research & Liaison with Host Teacher* Friday Class Observation, Classroom Assisting, Team Teaching, Lesson Preparation, Assessing Pupils' work, Material Research & Liaison with Host Teacher*

Feedback Session

School Attachment Preparatory Sessions, & Feedback Sessions will include advice, help and strategies for achieving Needs Analysis Aims.

*Liaison with the Host Teacher will include identifying individual needs & areas of professional interest.

Saturday Travel Home

2014 Starting Dates - Please choose one date

TWO WEEK COURSE 1 Wk Prep Course plus 1 Week School Attachment

Jan 06 □ Jan 13 □ Jan 20 □ Jan 27 □ Feb 03 □ Feb 17 □ Feb 24 □

Mar 03 □ Mar 10 □ Mar 17 □ Mar 24 □ Apr 21 □

THREE WEEK COURSE 1 Wk Prep Course plus 2 Weeks School Attachment

Jan 06 □ Jan 13 □ Jan 20 □ Jan 27 □ Feb 17 □ Feb 24 □

Mar 03 □ Mar 10 □ Mar 17 □ Apr 21 √□ (Please note that 5th May is a bank holiday.)

4, 5, 6 weeks available for primary school (4 – 11 years) only:

FOUR WEEK COURSE 1 Wk Prep Course plus 3 Weeks School Attachment

Jan 06 □ Jan 13 □ Feb 17 □ Feb 24 □ Mar 03 □ Mar 10 □ Apr 21 □

(Please note that 5th May is a bank holiday.)

FIVE WEEK COURSE 1 Wk Prep Course plus 4 Weeks School Attachment

Jan 06 □ Jan 13 □ Feb 17 □ Feb 24 □ Mar 03 □

SIX WEEK COURSE 1 Wk Prep Course plus 5 Weeks School Attachment

Jan 06 □ Mar 24 □

Bi-Component Training Course

In association with

Shadows Professional Development 113 Harewood Avenue, Bournemouth BH7 6NP ENGLAND ()+44 0 1202 304046 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.shadows.org.uk

Erasmus+ EFL Methodology in Practice

This course is aimed at non-native speakers of English teaching EFL to students of all age groups, in various types of schools and for different purposes.

This practical course develops the participants’ personal language skills and presents various techniques and methodological approaches of teaching English as a foreign language.

One-week modules are designed for the teaching of a certain age range of pupils/students. Each module is repeated regularly and may be combined with certain other modules to form two-week courses. Please contact us on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to find out more about the different modules and start dates.

Please contact Richard Language College for further details.

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Erasmus+ CLIL Methodology in Practice

This course is aimed at teachers who are non-native speakers of English and need to teach their subjects through the medium of English. It is suitable for teachers of pupils aged ten upward

This practical course is suitable for practising or future CLIL teachers. The course will improve confidence in lesson delivery and expand the participant’s range of methodological approaches to enhance classroom practice in addition to supplying the language and vocabulary needed in the classroom.

The course is not subject specific.

Course Times are normally 9.15 - 12.35 & 2.00 - 3.30 Monday to Friday

Please contact Richard Language College for further details.

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Erasmus+ CLIL Methodology in Practice

Course Summary

Entry Level: CEF B1+ to C1+
Daily Teaching Sessions
Morning: 4 x 45 minutes (3 Hours) Methodology in Practice
Afternoon: 3 x 45 minutes (2 Hours 15 minutes) Methodology & Teaching Strategies
Total course contact hours: 1 week: 24 hours 2 weeks: 48 Hours
Maximum class size: 12

This course was produced as a result of the Comenius Regio Project ELAC 2010-GB1-COM13-06201.

C.L.I.L. course content is underpinned by ‘Basic Competences’ (Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 – 2006/962/EC-on key competences for lifelong learning).

This course is aimed at teachers who are non-native speakers of English and need to teach their subjects through the medium of English. It is suitable for teachers of pupils aged ten upwards.

C.L.I.L.

This practical course is suitable for C.L.I.L. teachers. The course will improve confidence in lesson delivery and expand the participant’s range of methodological approaches to enhance classroom practice in addition to supplying the language and vocabulary needed in the classroom. The course is not subject specific.

Preparation

All applicants receive full course information together with an Application Form. Richard Language College then issues a Letter of Pre-Inscription for Comenius application purposes. All successful applicants are invited to join a pre-course on-line forum. This enables them to prepare for their course with other European colleagues following Richard Language College courses on the same dates, sharing their professional experience and expectations of their training. Applicants will also be asked to do a short pre-course task.

Methodology in Practice

Morning sessions will be devoted to refreshing the experience of being a student again. Teachers all too often become stale and lose sensitivity to the real situation of the student experience. These classes will facilitate the acquisition of general classroom language. The course tutors will place each teacher in a live English as a Foreign Language class in which the participant may observe in practice many of the skills taught in the methodology classes. In addition to the consequent increase in personal fluency to give more confidence in lesson delivery, the teacher becomes more acutely aware of learning difficulties from a student’s point of view. The methodology tutor will receive and discuss feedback in an afternoon session.

Methodology and Teaching Strategies

The afternoon sessions cover some of the essential classroom techniques in teaching C.L.I.L. and provide peer group opportunities for foreign teachers to learn to manipulate these strategies and techniques themselves. The course emphasis is practical, focusing on strategies, skills and activities to use in the classroom. The theoretical rationale supporting these techniques is introduced where appropriate, including the eight Basic Competences.

Outcomes

The course aims to provide the participants with the strategies, skills, activities and language necessary to deliver a range of subject based lessons in English.

Follow up

1. Advice on how to access, from the teacher’s own country, changes and developments in teaching in England. A list of useful websites will be provided.

2. A post-course feedback session to encourage continuing professional development and evaluation of the impact of the course on their own day-to-day teaching.

3. All leaving participants are invited to join a post-course on-line forum. This enables them to share their experience with other European colleagues and to assess the impact of their training on their own classroom practice once back in their own country.

Sample Programme

Schedules can be adapted to suit the needs of the participants.
Two week Course
Total number of course contact hours: Two weeks 48 hours
Week 1 Day One
8.50 Welcome
09.15­ - 12.35 Testing & Orientation Tour
9.15 - 12.35 Days 2 - 5 Active participation in a live class.
Lunch Break 12.35 - 14.00
14.00­- 16.15 CLIL techniques, Critical analysis of a real CLIL lesson, Classroom language, Vocabulary acquisition,simplifying language and how to avoid problem areas, Constructing a model CLIL lesson with reference to the 8 basic competences, Reviewing the model lesson and trialling, Micro-teaching and feedback on individual CLIL lessons, Feedback on the morning lesson, Course evaluation

Week 2
09.15­ - 12.35 Active Particiaption in a live class
Lunch Break
14.00 - 16.15­ Learning styles for CLIL, Pronunciation, phonology and vocabulary acquisition in a CLIL context, Micro-teaching and feedback on individual CLIL lessons,
Comparing theoretical and practical lessons, Aided research in sources for your specialist subject area.

One week Course
Total number of course contact hours: One week 24 hours
Day One
8.50 Welcome
09.15­ - 12.35 Testing & Orientation town tour.

09.15 -12.35 participation in a live class. (Days 2 - 5)
Lunch Break 12.35 - 14.00
14.00­ - 16.15 CLIL techniques, Critical analysis of a real CLIL lesson, Classroom language, Vocabulary acquisition, simplifying materials and how to avoid problem areas, Constructing a model CLIL lesson with reference to the 8 basic competences, Reviewing the model lesson and trialling, Micro-teaching and feedback on individual CLIL lessons, Feedback on the morning lesson, Course evaluation

In association with Shadows Professional Development Ltd

Erasmus+ EFL Methodology

This course is recommended for non-native speakers of English teaching students aged 10 upwards. The course is also suitable for teachers of CLIL, Business English and English for Specific Purposes. Primary teachers may attend the course with reference to older pupils preparing for secondary education.

This practical course develops the participants’ personal language skills and presents various techniques and methodological approaches of teaching English as a foreign language.

Lessons occur in a group of fellow professionals and are designed to give an insight into current language teaching methodology and techniques as well as looking at changes and trends in the the language itself.

Class times are normally 9.15 - 12.35 & 2.00 - 3.30 Monday to Friday.

Please contact Richard Language College for further details.

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Erasmus+ EFL Methodology

Daily Teaching Sessions

Methodology and Teaching Strategies
Morning: 4 x 45 minutes (3 Hours)
Afternoon: 3 x 45 minutes (2 Hours 15 minutes)
Total course contact hours: 1 week: 24 hours 2 weeks: 48 Hours

This Erasmus+ course is aimed at non-native speakers of English teachers students aged 10 upwards.

C.L.I.L.

This course is also suitable for teachers of C.L.I.L. The course will improve lesson delivery and expand the participants’ range of methodological approaches to enhance classroom practice.

Preparation

All applicants receive full course information together with an Application Form. Richard Language College then issues a Letter of Pre-Inscription for Comenius application purposes.

All successful applicants are invited to join a pre-course on-line forum. This enables them to prepare for their course with other European colleagues following Richard Language College courses on the same dates, sharing their professional experience and expectations of their training. Applicants will also be asked to do a short pre-course task.

Methodology and Teaching Strategies

This special programme concentrates on methodology. It aims to equip non-native teachers, in secondary education, with ideas and materials that can be used with their own students, as well as give them a chance to exercise and refine their own command of the language. The small size of the group gives participants the opportunity to discuss and exchange ideas with fellow language teachers from other countries.

The Special Methodology Course involves small-group learning for foreign teachers of English wishing to develop their skills. Lessons occur in a group of professionals and are designed to give an insight into current language teaching methodology and techniques.

Outcomes

The course aims to provide the participants with the strategies, skills, activities and language necessary to deliver a range of subject based lessons in English.

Follow up

1. Advice on how to access, from the teacher’s own country, changes and developments in teaching in England. A list of useful websites will be provided.

2. A post-course feedback session to encourage continuing professional development and evaluation of the impact of the course on their own day-to-day teaching.

3. All leaving participants are invited to join a post-course on-line forum. This enables them to share their experience with other European colleagues and to assess the impact of their training on their own classroom practice once back in their own country.

Sample Programme

Schedules can be adapted to suit the needs of the participants. Please contact us to discuss sample programmes

In association with:
Shadows Professional Development Ltd

Erasmus+ CLIL Methodology

This course is aimed at teachers who are non-native speakers of English and need to teach their subjects through the medium of English. It is suitable for teachers of pupils aged ten upwards.

This practical course is suitable for practising or future CLIL teachers. The course will improve confidence in lesson delivery and expand the participant’s range of methodological approaches to enhance classroom practice in addition to supplying the language and vocabulary needed in the classroom.

The course is not subject specific.

Class Times

Monday to Friday 9.15 - 12.35 & 2.00 to 3.30

Please contact Richard Language College for further details.

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Intensive English as a Foreign Language

This course is suitable for teachers who are non-native speakers of English and

• intend to teach their subject(s) through the medium of English (CLIL) or

• are planning to start teaching English or

• need to develop their language skills in order to study relevant literature and publications in English or to communicate within international projects.

  Objective The intention is to equip those working with English with key language and communication skills appropriate in educational, social and vocational contexts.

  This course involves small group teaching, allowing concentrated, thorough study of English and develops all aspects of English - listening, speaking, reading and writing. The course will develop the participants’ language skills to help enable them to teach and communicate in English efficiently and successfully.

  Timetable
  

  9.15 - 12.35 & 2.00 - 3.30 Monday to Friday
  

Please contact Richard Language College for further details.

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Intensive English

Daily Teaching Seessions

Morning 4 x 45 minute lessons

Afternoon 2 x 45 minute lessons

Course Aims

These intensive courses with a maximum class size of eight, involve small group teaching of General English (not all participants are teachers) allowing concentrated study of General English with specific reference to practical coommunication skills and comprehension of native speakers (giving maximum opportunity for success in conversation).

Lessons are based on an oral approach to language learning; reading and writing are used in a supportive role where necessary. We include a strong element to 'reactivate' the learner's knowledge of the essential structures of the language.

Full use is made of audio-visual material and modern teaching methods. Each class sees more than one teacher a day to ensure a contrast of accent, delivery and approach. Courses are in modules with start dates arranged to balance academic control with flexibility of arrival (During July and August, some classes may be held at our summer annexe)

Preparation

Consideration of participant's language needs in an adult context. On-line pre-test. Advice on pre-course language preparation.

Objectives

This course is aimed at non-native speakers of English. The intention is to equip those working with English in their own environment with key language and communication skills appropriate to educational, social and vocational contexts.

Methodology

Lessons are based on an oral communicative approach to language learning; reading and writing are used in a supportive role where appriopriate. Full use is made of audio-visual resources and modern teaching methods.

Follow-up

Participants receive advice on continuing their language learning after the course and have access to a Richard Language College tutor.

Programme

The maximum class size is 12. The course is 30 x 45 minute lessons per week (22.5 hours).

Morning lessons (4 x 45 minutes) 9.15 - 12.35 focus on integrated skills; listening, Speaking, Reqading, Writing, Error Analysis

Afternoon lessons (3 x 45 minutes) 14.00 - 15.30 English for Professional Purposes; Socialising in English, International Issues, Using English for Travelling, Phone English, Emails, CV's and Job Applications, Recruitment, Describing Trends, Meetings & Discussions.

Intensive English & English for Business Communications

This course is aimed at teachers who are non-native speakers of English and

• teach English for Business / English for Professional Purposes or

• teach or will teach their business related subject(s) through English (CLIL) or

• need to develop their language skills in order to study relevant literature and publications in English or to communicate within international projects.

  Objectives

  The intention is to equip participants with English for Business key language and communication skills appropriate in professional, educational and social contexts.

  This course involves small group teaching, allowing concentrated, thorough study of English and develops all aspects of English - listening, speaking, reading and writing - with special reference to communication skills needed in business and professional life as well as in teaching Business English in secondary or vocational education.

The course will develop the participants’ language skills to help enable them to teach and communicate in English efficiently and successfully.

Timetable

9.15 - 12.35 & 2.00 to 3.30 Monday to Friday

Please contact Richard Language College for further details.

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Intensive English for Adult Educators – Business Communications

Course Duration: 2 Weeks

Daily Teaching Sessions

Morning: 4 x 45 minutes (3 Hours 9.15 - 12.35 Monday to Friday )
Afternoon: 2 x 45 minutes ( 1 hour 30 minutes 2.00 - 3.30 Monday to Friday)

Course Aims

A lively, problem-solving approach to business situations is adopted, combining the study of textual, audio and video materials with stimulating role-play based on realistic case studies. Students complete a Needs Analysis form prior to arrival and these along with discussing individual and group needs at the start of the course establish the teaching emphasis.

Preparation

Consideration of a participant’s language needs in a professional context. Needs Anaysis outling individual requirements. On-line pre-test. Advice on pre-course language preparation.

Objectives

This course is designed for non-native speakers of English. It aims to provide enhancement of your language and communication skills in a pan-European context. Consideration of business models and factors affecting inter-cultural communications will be studied. Exchanges of views with fellow participants from a wide variety of countries and cultures will be encouraged.

Methodology

Lessons are based on an oral communicative approach to language learning; reading and writing are used only in a supportive role where appropriate. Full use is made of audio­visual resources and modern teaching methods.

Follow-up

Participants will receive advice on continuing their language learning after the course, and you will have email access to a Richard Language College tutor.

Programme

Lessons 1 - 4 (Mornings) Business Communication Skills: Management Procedures, Negotiation Skills, Buisness Metings, Data Analysis, Presentations, International Marketing & Finance, Language of International Trade, Phone Calls, Business Correspondence, Complaints, Individual Needs, Interactive Skills.

Lessons 5 - 6 (Afternoons) English for Professional Purposes: Socializing, International Issues, English for Travelling, Phone English, Practical Writing, Meetings, Describing Trands, CV's & Job Applications.

Learning to Learn

This course, aimed at non-native speakers of English, is designed for teachers of children in primary or secondary education aged from 4 upwards.

Our primary aim is to enable teachers to help young people to become more effective learners. This practical course will improve confidence in lesson delivery and expand the participant’s range of methodological approaches to enhance classroom practice with students’ independent learning firmly in mind.

The course is not subject specific.

Morning sessions (9.15 - 12.35) will be devoted to refreshing the experience of being a student again. Teachers all too often become stale and lose sensitivity to the real situation of the student experience. According to their individual level of English, each teacher will be placed in a live English as a Foreign Language class to make them more acutely aware of learning difficulties from a student’s point of view. Furthermore, these lessons will facilitate the acquisition of general classroom language and practise the skills needed for active participation in the afternoon sessions. An added benefit is an increase in personal fluency in English as a foreign language. The L2L tutor will receive and discuss feedback in an afternoon session.

Afternoon sessions (2.00 to 3.30) cover some essential classroom techniques. The course emphasis is practical, focusing on strategies, skills and activities to use in the classroom. The theoretical rationale supporting these techniques is introduced where appropriate, including the eight Key Competences. Personal Learning and Thinking Skills (PLTS) and Assessment for Learning (AFL) are featured as well as Building Learning Power (BLP) throughout the L2L sessions as recurring themes.

Please contact Richard Language College for further details.

Building Learning Power

This course was produced as a result of discussions in Paris between partners preparing a Comenius Multilateral Project bid.

Course content is underpinned by “Key Competences” (Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 – 2006/962/EC- on key competences for lifelong learning).

This course, aimed at non-native speakers of English, is designed for teachers of children in primary or secondary education aged from 10 upwards. Our primary aim is to enable teachers to help young people to become more effective learners. This practical course will improve confidence in lesson delivery and expand the participant’s range of methodological approaches to enhance classroom practice with students’ independent learning firmly in mind.

Entry Level: CEF B2 to C1+

Daily Teaching Sessions

Morning: 4 x 45 minutes (3 hours)

Methodology in Practice

Afternoon: 3 x 45 minutes (2 hours 15 minutes)

Building Learning Power

Total Number of course contact hours 48 hours over two weeks

Course Start Dates 2014: 17th February, 14th April, 2nd June & 8th September

Preparation

All applicants receive full course information together with an Application Form. Richard Language College then issues a Letter of Pre-Inscription for Comenius application purposes. All successful applicants are invited to join a pre-course on-line forum. This enables them to prepare for their course with other European colleagues following courses at Richard Language College on the same dates, sharing their professional experience and expectations of their training.

Methodology in Practice

Morning sessions will be devoted to refreshing the experience of being a student again. Teachers all too often become stale and lose sensitivity to the real situation of the student experience. These classes will facilitate the acquisition of general classroom language in English.

The course tutors will place each teacher in a live English as a Foreign Language class to make them more acutely aware of learning difficulties from a student’s point of view. An added benefit is an increase in personal fluency in English as a foreign language. The Building Learning Power tutor will receive and discuss feedback in an afternoon session.

Building Learning Power Strategies

The afternoon sessions cover some essential classroom techniques. The course emphasis is practical, focusing on strategies, skills and activities to use in the classroom. The theoretical rationale supporting these techniques is introduced where appropriate, including the eight Key Competences

Outcomes

The course aims to provide the participants with the strategies, skills and activities to help young people to become more effective learners. There will be DVD sessions analysing classroom practitioners of Building Learning Power

Follow up

Advice on how to access, from the teacher’s own country, changes and developments in teaching in England. A list of useful websites will be provided.

A post-attachment feedback session to encourage continuing professional development and evaluation of the impact of the course on their own day-to-day teaching.

All leaving participants are invited to join a post-course on-line forum. This enables them to share their experience with other European colleagues and to assess the impact of their training on their own classroom practice once back in their own country.

Sample Programme

This is an example of a schedule which can be adapted to suit the needs of the participants.

9.15 to 12.35 Active particiaption in a live class.

14.00 - 16.15 Education for the 21st century, Developing the mind to learn, Changing the way teachers approach learning, Reforming school approaches to learning, Feedback & course evaluation, What is learning power? How to teach learning power,The four R's resilience, resourcefulness, reflectiveness & reciprocity, Teachers and the learning power palette, Feedback & course evaluation

3 day Study Visit

School Leadership