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Minorities Achievement
MASS offers training that is tailored to the requirements of individual/groups of schools in the following areas:
INFORMATION ON TRAINING AVAILABLE
The following courses are suitable for Mainstream
Teachers working in primary age phase:
• To introduce the GARP resource pack
Course Title: Creating a Positive Climate for Learning; the Persona Dolls Way (Introducing Persona Dolls to the Classroom) This course will take place at Kingsland Skills and Enterprise Centre, Houghton Regis on 16/10/08 from 13:30 to 16:00. The course will be useful for schools looking for a non threatening way to deal sensitively with issues around racism, cultural identity and diversity with young children.
Learning Intentions: • To introduce Persona Dolls
• To consider how Persona Dolls can be used in
the classroom to tackle issues relating to Race Equality and Community
Cohesion The following courses are suitable for Mainstream Teachers and Teaching Assistants working in Lower and Middle Schools:
Course Title: Working with EAL learners in the classroom: practical ideas. This course will take place at MASS, County Hall, on the 16/09/08 from 13:30 to 16:00 to support teachers in making the curriculum more accessible to EAL learners.
Learning Intentions: • To become familiar with a variety of practical activities and strategies for making the curriculum accessible, that can be adapted for use in different curriculum areas • To become familiar with a variety of practical activities and strategies for promoting language learning, that can be adapted to use in different curriculum areas
Course Title: Formative Assessment for Learners of English as an Additional Language. This course will take place at Beadlow Manor on 06/11/08 and 12/03/08 from 14:00 to 16:00 to support teachers in the assessment of EAL pupils.
Learning Intentions: • To present staff with a ready-made format for assessment and target setting coupled with support for early stage EAL pupils.
• To demonstrate a way of extending the
Bedfordshire EAL Profile Documents (Beds English Language Profile & Tracker
and Individual Language) to provide for assessment for learning. The following course is suitable for Mainstream Teachers and Teaching Assistants working in Middle and Upper Schools:
Course Title: Working with EAL learners in the classroom: practical ideas. This course will take place at MASS, County Hall on 18/09/08 from 13:30 to 16:00 to support teachers in making the curriculum more accessible to EAL learners.
Learning Intentions: • To become familiar with a variety of practical activities and strategies for making the curriculum accessible, that can be adapted to use in different curriculum areas • To become familiar with a number of activities and strategies for promoting language learning, that can be adapted to use in different curriculum areas
The following courses are suitable for Mainstream Teachers, Members of Senior Management and Headteachers working in Lower, Middle and Upper schools:
Course Title: Meeting the Needs of African & Caribbean Heritage Pupils. This course will take place at Kingsland Skills and Enterprise Centre, Houghton Regis on 5/02/09 from 13:30 to 16:00. This course will be useful for schools who have significant numbers of African & Caribbean Heritage Pupils or isolated pupils.
Learning Intentions: • To raise awareness of contributory factors when African & Caribbean Heritage Pupils are found to be at risk of underachieving. • To consider and explore practical strategies to meet the needs of African & Caribbean Heritage Pupils
Course Title: Meeting the Needs of Children Newly Arrived from Overseas. This course will take place at the Conference Centre, Priory Business Park on 9/10/08 from 13:30 to 16:00 to support schools in developing policies for working with newly arrived pupils from overseas.
Learning Intentions: • To raise awareness and understanding of the needs of pupils from overseas newly arrived in Bedfordshire schools-including those pupils for whom English is an additional language • To become familiar with practical strategies that can help to meet those needs (particular emphasis on whole-school approaches)
The following course is suitable for Headteachers and Senior Leaders working in Lower Schools:
Course Title: Excellence and Enjoyment: Learning and Teaching for Bilingual Children in the Primary Years (EAL toolkit). This is a 4 week course, taking place at Beadlow Manor from 9:00 to 13:00 on the following dates: 30/09/08, 07/10/08, 14/10/08 and 21/10/08.
Learning Intentions: The materials in this course will provide support for school improvement by facilitating: • Identification of school priorities • Identification of key features of effective practice • Definition of success criteria
• The monitoring of progress CONTACT INFORMATION
Minorities Achievement Support Service
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