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S01 Leading languages, raising achievement

Date: December 9, 2010
Location: Staff House Conference Centre, Sackville Street Campus, University of Manchester
Event type: Workshop

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Summary

Languages have undergone a period of unprecedented change over the last decade, from an era where GCSE languages were compulsory to the current time in which students are faced with a whole host of options at the age of 14. The role of the subject leader can be a difficult one, juggling the needs of pupils and managing a department whilst doing everything possible to recruit learners for Key Stage 4.

There are two modules to this course:

1. Making the case for languages and understanding key issues: Tracking data and performance indicators
2. Developing your role

In this course delegates will discover how to make the case for languages across the whole school and beyond. Delegates will take away a whole host of ideas to promote languages to pupils and colleagues, plus a variety of resources to help them make the case. Delegates will also have time to think about the key ways in which they can help colleagues in your department get the learning right, something which is so vital to recruit learners beyond Key Stage 3. Delegates will also gain an overview of performance indicators for languages and have a chance to reflect on what difference these can make to improve the position of languages in your school. The attainment and engagement measures will be explained, and you will discover how GCSEs and alternative qualifications can contribute towards these.

You will be invited to consider how to develop the role of subject leader in the second part of the course, reflecting on what makes a leader, the skills needed to manage people and key levers for raising achievement, During the session you will consider what kind of leader you are and how you can become a more effective leader, as well as discussing what your priorities would be to raise achievement in your school. You will also find out more about the characters who make up a department and reflect on the ways in which different personalities can be managed.

The course will help you to:

• reflect on the skills and qualities needed to run a successful languages department
• you will leave with a whole host of ideas to promote languages to pupils and colleagues
• plus a variety of resources to help you make the case for languages

Target audience

• Subject leaders
• Classroom teachers
• Aspiring subject leaders / Heads of Department
• Non-language colleges which are aiming to increase uptake for languages

Programme

Time	Session
09.30 - 10.00	Tea and coffee
10.00 - 11.15	Session 1
11.15 - 11.30	Tea and coffee
11.30 - 12.45	Session 2
12.45 - 13.30	Lunch
13.30 - 15.00	Session 3
15.00 - 15.15	Tea and coffee

Trainer: Mrs Juliet Park

This course will be delivered by Juliet Park. Juliet is a Regional Advisor and Lead Practitioner for SSAT and she regularly speaks at regional and national events, in particular on alternative qualifications and the new curriculum. She is also Director MFL at Yewlands, where she has tripled uptake and attainment through the NVQ pathway and through fully funded work experience trips abroad. Juliet supports teachers wishing to set up the NVQ with Assessor training and has written case studies, as well as authoring materials for CILT and co-writing a new scheme of work for year 7s in line with the new curriculum and the new KS3 framework.

Cost

• In order to cover our direct costs, e.g. catering and speaker expenses, we charge £50 to attend this event.
• Lunch and take-home resources will be provided.
• Once you have registered to attend an event, you will be contacted by your regional Links administrator who will send you payment instructions.
• Full details of our charging policy are available.

Downloads:

• Staff House & Campus Map 2008.pdf (200 Kb)