ATL

Association of Teachers and Lecturers

INFORMATION ON TRAINING AVAILABLE

ATL offers a number of courses each year open to members and non-members and has links with Edge Hill University and The Open University.

The type of courses and links currently on offer are shown below: It may be possible to run courses for whole school staffs or groups of schools, please enquire and see below for contacts.

• Managing challenging behaviour

• Effective learning: the learning-centred classroom

• Preparing for retirement

• Supporting yourself

• Working in classroom teams

• Assertiveness weekender

• Using your voice

• Cracking behaviour

• Shaping your career: moving into management

• Shaping your career: starting off

• Leadership skills

ATL and Edge Hill University have established a partnership that will allow members to gain access to Edge Hill University’s flexible accreditation programmes, largely free of charge.

Edge Hill University will work with ATL to accredit all ATL’s in-house CPD training and identify professional development credits – including the CEDP.

For further information please email edgehill@atl.org.uk.

NQT members

ATL is offering 20 free Masters credits and £35 discount off your next year’s membership when you complete your compulsory CEDP at transition points 1, 2 and 3 (as you would anyway) and submit it for accreditation.

All members

This initiative covers accreditation for all school and college staff. For staff with a first degree, accreditation is available at postgraduate level, up to and including an MA in Education. For those staff who do not have a degree, we have a new range of accreditation at undergraduate level, including Foundation Degrees in Supporting Teaching and Learning and Professional Development. These are designed to be flexible, innovative and focused on classroom impact.

Members of ATL who are new to studying with the Open University can obtain a 10% discount on Level 1 courses that carry 30 and 60 credit points. Please quote ‘Union’ when reserving your place. You will be asked to prove your union membership on registration.

CONTACT INFORMATION

For anyone wishing to access these courses or to find out about any others that may be available then look on your school notice board, contact your rep or the NUT Union Learning Representative on dawn.nut@ntlworld.com. Details also available at www.teachers.org.uk.