Teaching disabled learners in the post-16 Lifelong Learning Sector

Improving practice and supporting professional development workshop
Date:
Fee:

£175 Non member

£165 NIACE member

Fees include sandwich lunch, tea/coffee.

NB: NIACE does not charge VAT on conference and course fees
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[Background] [Target Audience] [Aims] [Outcomes] [Programme] [Event Information] [Application Conditions]

Background

For many years colleagues have asked for recognised qualifications to validate the skills and expertise of teachers working with disabled learners across the learning and skills sector and to provide relevant training for new teachers. Lifelong Learning UK had been working with the sector to produce the professional standards for teachers working with disabled learners and develop specialist teaching qualifications.

 

This exciting event aims to provide participants with the opportunity to explore how the Application Guide can be used to inform professional practice and how they can work with Awarding organisations to offer the new qualifications.

 

The day has been designed to offer participants clear guidance on how they can improve professional practice and take away practical ideas and an action plan to take work forward within their organisations.

 

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Target Audience

This workshop is aimed at managers and staff working with disabled learners who have a responsibility for professional development and training, who have a quality remit or who have a role in recruitment of teachers working with disabled learners

 

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Aims

  • Introduce the Application Guide: Teaching Disabled Learners
  • Illustrate how the Application Guide can be used to improve professional practice
  • Introduce the new qualifications and explain how learning providers can work with Awarding Organisations
  • Identify resources to support the delivery of professional practice and the new qualifications

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Outcomes

By the end of the training participants will have:

  • Become familiar with the Application guide

 

  • Reflected on how the guides can be used within their own organisations to improve professional practice

 

  • Produced draft documents to support professional practice that have been mapped to the Professional Standards Teaching Disabled learners

 

  • Considered how they can work with Awarding organisations to offer qualifications

 

  • Identified how organisations can work together to deliver the qualifications

 

  • Researched materials and resources that could be used to support professional development activities

 

  • Produced a personal reflective log and action plan for your organisation

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Programme

9:30

Registration ( Tea/coffee available)

10:00

Morning session

 

Introduction to the Application guide

 

Activity work exploring how the guide can be used to improve professional practice, such as observation of teaching and learning, defining job roles, appraisal processes and staff development programmes and to review and revise documents that support these processes.

 

 

LUNCH

 

Afternoon session

 

Explore the new qualifications routes, the qualification structure and indicative content.

 

Consider options for delivering the qualifications within the sector: and how providers can work with others to offer them to staff across their organisations.

 

Explore and reflect upon how a range of resources could be used to support professional activities and practices and the delivery of the qualifications.

Review a range of web- based resources

4:00

Close and Evaluation

 

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Event Information

Arrival and registration is at 9:30am for a 10:00am start. The event will end at 4:00pm

Event fee per person: £175 (Non NIACE members rate)
Event fee per person: £165 (NIACE members rate)
(includes sandwich lunch, tea/coffee)

NB: NIACE does not charge VAT on conference or course fees.

Only online application forms with the payments section completed will be processed.

NB: If you wish us to invoice your employer we require a copy of the Purchase Order before the form is processed.

Places will be allocated in order of receipt of completed applications (one online application per person)

Participants should be prepared to take their own notes as there may not be handouts for all sessions

If you have not received an e-mail confirming your attendance and joining instructions 4 working days before the event please contact: events@niace.org.uk

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Application Conditions

Event: Thursday 8 November 2012
Closing Date: Tuesday 23 October 2012

Cancellations are non-refundable

The full fee is payable prior to the event

Substitutions are to be advised 5 working days prior to the event

A 15 working days notice period is required for provision of electronic note-takers, sign language interpreters and transcription to Braille

Places are to be reserved online - scroll up and click on Apply Now

Reservations by telephone cannot be accepted

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