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S01 Leading languages; making the case and developing the role

Date: December 11, 2009
Location: Nottingham Trent University
Event type: Workshop

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Summary

In Leading Languages, you will discover how to make the case for languages across the whole school and beyond! Special events and celebrations will be discussed and colleagues will share ideas which have worked for them. You will also have time to think about the key ways in which you can help colleagues in your department get the learning right, something which is so vital to recruit learners beyond Key Stage 3! 

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. 

Finally you will gain an overview of key 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. 

Leading Languages will provide you with a great opportunity 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.

Target audience

• Subject leaders
• Heads of Department
• Aspiring Subject leaders / Heads of Department

Programme

The first session will look at:

• Making the case for languages.
• Raising the profile of the subject throughout the school.
• Getting the learning right.
• Learning beyond the classroom.

The second session will look at:

• What makes a leader.
• The skills needed to manage people.
• Key levers for raising achievement in languages.

The third session aims:

• To develop understanding of the performance indicators for languages.
• To start to reflect on how these could help improve the position of languages in schools.

Each delegate will receive a data stick full of tips and resources to take back to school to be used with pupils and staff to help make the case for languages.

Trainer

Name: Helen Myers

This course will be delivered by Helen Myers. Helen is Assistant Head at The Ashcombe School, teaching MFL, and running ICT/MFL workshops. She is a regular contributor to electronic fora such as mflresources. She has particular responsibility within Language College for using ICT effectively and managing the Primary Outreach. Helen is Chair of ALL London Branch and has been a member of National Executive for the past three years, serving as part of ALL’s ‘Presidential Team’ from 2006-2009, as well as sitting on the ALL Management Board.
 

Cost

• In order to cover our direct costs, e.g. catering and guest speaker expenses, we charge £50 to attend this event.
• Refreshments will be provided.
• Each participant will receive a USB stick containing all the course materials including PowerPoints and a variety of resources which can be used to disseminate training to colleagues.
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