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'Time well spent’ for Newly Qualified Teachers and PGCE students

Post date: Thursday, 18 Mar 2010
Region: East Midlands

Links into Languages will be at this year’s Language World 2010 in York, Friday 26th and Saturday 27th March. Links will be hosting refreshments for Newly Qualified Teachers and PGCE students on the Friday at 11.15-11.45 and on the Saturday at 10.35 – 11.15 (details from Links Stand) where they will have the opportunity to meet members of our national and regional teams and receive information about the government-funded Links continuing professional development courses that support ...

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News release from Links into Languages East Midlands

Post date: Thursday, 18 Mar 2010
Region: East Midlands

Continuing professional development is hard to access 85% of the Head Teachers and Heads of Language Departments responding to a national survey by the government-funded Links into Languages programme reported that funding, time, cover and location contributed to difficulties in providing continuing professional development (CPD) for language teachers. 1 in 4 language teachers, from the same survey, are finding it difficult to access CPD. Responses to this survey came mainly from Head Teachers...

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Practical classroom resources for Newly Qualified Teachers and PGCE students

Post date: Wednesday, 17 Mar 2010
Region: National

Links into Languages will be at this year’s Language World 2010 in York, Friday 26th and Saturday 27th March. Links will be hosting refreshments for Newly Qualified Teachers and PGCE students on the Friday at 11.15-11.45 and on the Saturday at 10.35 – 11.15 (details from Links Stand) where they will have the opportunity to meet members of our national and regional teams and receive information about the government-funded Links continuing professional development courses that support ...

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Continuing professional development is hard to access

Post date: Thursday, 11 Mar 2010
Region: National

85% of the Head Teachers and Heads of Language Departments responding to a survey by the government-funded Links into Languages programme reported that funding, time, cover and location contributed to difficulties in providing continuing professional development (CPD) for language teachers. 1 in 4 language teachers, from the same survey, are finding it difficult to access CPD. Responses to this survey came mainly from Head Teachers and Heads of Departments but also included key stakeholders, lo...

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Primary up-skilling in French in Wiltshire

Post date: Thursday, 11 Mar 2010
Region: South West

Primary staff who need to develop their French in order to deliver the entitlement for KS2 pupils to learn a foreign language have attended courses of six twilight French lessons delivered locally in their area by Secondary language teachers.   All courses have been well received:- "Thoroughly enjoyed the course.  A wealth of ideas to use within the classroom, thank you!" "It was set at exactly the right level.  The course leaders were very good and I ...

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