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How to use The Starter Pack as a CPD resource
A practical workshop
| Date | Location | Ref | Apply Online |
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| 17 October 2008 | BVSC, 138 Digbeth, Birmingham B5 6DR | C1738 | |
| 27 November 2008 | King's Church, King's House, Sidney Street, Manchester, M1 7HB | C1739 | |
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Fee: NB: Participants will need to use a copy of The Starter Pack throughout the day. Full Fee:
£245 (includes the purchase of a copy of the pack, which retails at £75)
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[Background] [Training Aim] [Objectives] [Benefits] [Programme Outline] [Application Form]
Training Background
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
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.
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. |
Benefits
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 |
Programme Outline
| 09.30 | Arrival and registration (tea/coffee available) |
| 10.00 | Introduction |
| 10.10 | Introducing the Starter Pack: icebreaker and integrated activity |
| 10.35 | How to Find your way around the pack |
| 10.50 | Section 1: Developing Learner Autonomy |
| 11.30 | Tea/Coffee break |
| 11.45 | Section 2: Speaking and listening |
| 12.10 | Section 3: Developing reading skills |
| 12.30 |
Section 3 continued: Language experience approach |
| 13.00 | Lunch |
| 13.45 | Section 4: Extending reading skills |
| 14.15 | Section 5: Developing writing skills |
| 14.45 | Tea/coffee break |
| 15.00 | Section 6: Be a better writer |
| 15.40 | Reflection |
| 15.50 | Evaluation |
| 16.00 | Close |
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Application Form
(This form is for people not using the online reservation system above.)
| Return completed forms to: NIACE Conferences
and Courses, Renaissance House, 20 Princess Road West, Leicester, LE1 6TP,
Fax: 0116 285 9670 For general enquiries contact: NIACE Conferences and
Courses team, courses@niace.org.uk.
Telephone: 0116 2859661 (1) Application Forms from individuals must be accompanied by a Sterling cheque or Banker's draft. Invoices will be raised on organisations only if a Purchase Order is sent along with the Application Form. NIACE is a company limited by guarantee no. 260332 and registered charity no. 1002775 |
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Regional training dates and booking forms will be available on the NIACE website shortly.
If you would like to be notified when bookings are being taken, please
contact the NIACE Conferences and Courses team.
courses@niace.org.uk
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