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We offered a wide range of continuing professional development courses
Date: September 27, 2010
Location: Nottingham Trent University
Event type: Half-day workshop
Any questions about this event? Please email linkseastmidlands@ntu.ac.uk or call 0115 848 6843.
A half day workshop for school leaders and subject leaders showing how Global Education and Languages can combine to help a school be a vital part of the local, regional, national and international communities to which they belong. Participants will take away ideas and activities which can be used in school.
The workshop will run from 9.30 to 12.00. Refreshments will be provided throughout the event, and lunch will be available from 12.00.
Jo Darley and Dale Hardy.
Jo is currently the Internationation Dimension Development Manager for Nottingham City LA. Prior to this she worked in a variety of secondary schools in Nottinghamshire before becoming Head of Department in a Nottinghamshire school. Whilst in this post, she became involved in Key Stage 2 Languages working with her feeder schools. This led to her appointment as the Key Stage 2 Languages Consultant for Leicestershire in 2005, a post she held for nearly five years.
Dale is currently Key Stage 2 Languages Consultant for Nottingham City LA. He spent 6 years as a secondary AST and led a secondary languages department in a specialist language college. Dale has particular expertise in coaching and mentoring teachers in order to make learning gains in language learning and the use of new technologies to motivate and engage learners.