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How to Use The Starter Pack as a CPD resource
A practical workshop
| Date | Location | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Jul 2008 | City University, London | C1718 |
| Fee:
£245 (includes a copy of The Starter Pack) or; £170 (if you bring your
copy of The Starter Pack) Includes tea/coffee and lunch. NB: NIACE does not charge VAT on conference and course fees |
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[Background] [Training Aim] [Objectives] [Benefits] [Programme Outline]
Background
Do you manage and support a team of adult literacy teachers?
Are you responsible for initial teacher training or CPD for adult literacy teachers?
Are you looking for up-to-date resources to use for CPD in your organisation?
NIACE is offering a one-day workshop based on The Starter Pack (newly updated edition with CD-ROM), to enable experienced literacy practitioners to explore its potential for use in CPD.
The Starter Pack (second edition) is a recent BSA/NIACE publication, designed to refresh and extend the teaching approaches used by both new and experienced adult literacy teachers in any context. It includes a clear and concise guide to using ICT to develop literacy teaching resources. It has received very positive reviews.
“If you buy only one resource to support your CPD this year, get this one! The original Starter Pack … has been extensively revised to bring it into the 21st Century… great group activities, practical approaches, Language Experience, SQ3R and DARts explained and much, much more …”
Angela Porter is SfL manager at Blackpool and the Fylde College, reviewing the Starter Pack for RaPAL, Volume 63 Summer 2007.
“The Starter Pack is an important tool for both beginner and more experienced adult literacy tutors, with good coverage of the themes, up-to-date sources and ICT references and, above all, a wealth of practical activities and ideas for modern adult literacy teaching.’
Sara Hattersley is Assistant Manager at the Essential Skills Centre, University of Warwick, reviewing the Starter Pack for Reflect, Issue 9, NRDC (full review available online at http://www.nrdc.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=1345
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Training Aim
This one-day interactive workshop will enable you to explore the potential of this pack as a resource for initial teacher training or CPD. It will relate particularly well to the unit of assessment in the subject specific qualifications for teachers of English (literacy) entitled Literacy Learning and Teaching.
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Objectives
By the end of the workshop you will:
 | be familiar with the structure and layout of The Starter Pack |
| be familiar with the content of the pack |
| have tried out and reflected on a range of training activities built around key sections of the pack, which you will subsequently be able to use to support sessions in your own delivery of teacher training and CPD. |
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What are the benefits of attending this workshop?
You will gain an understanding of the potential of this highly regarded pack, and take away a photocopiable folder of materials that you can use to deliver training sessions to your own staff or trainees. This will enable you to enhance the CPD offer within your organisation.
This training may contribute to your own 30 hour (or pro rata) CPD requirement, provided you demonstrate you have:
| critically reflect on what you have learned |
| evidence how you have applied this to your practice |
| evidence how this has impacted on your learners' experience and success |
Participants will need to use a copy of The Starter Pack throughout the day. If you have purchased a copy of the pack already you will need to bring it with you, and you will pay a reduced fee of £170.
The full fee of £245 includes the purchase of a copy of the pack, which retails at £75.
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Programme Outline:
| 9.30 | Arrival and registration (tea and coffee) |
| 10.30 | Introduction and integrated activity |
| 11.15 | Developing Learner Autonomy |
| 11.45 | Speaking and Listening |
| 12.10 | Developing reading skills |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 13.15 | Developing reading skills – language experience |
| 13.45 | Extending reading skills |
| 14.15 | Developing writing skills |
| 14.45 | Break |
| 15.00 | Be a better writer |
| 15.45 | Reflection, evaluation and close |
| 16:00 | Close |
This programme is correct at the time of going to press. The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the published programme in the event of one or more of the advertised speakers being unable to attend. Delegates will have no claim against NIACE in respect of such changes.
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