Training

Strategies to Support early stage learners of English as an Additional Language (EAL)

Course: New Arrivals training

This is a session of approximately one hour which focuses on strategies that will support a pupil new to English to access the curriculum. A generic New Arrival session can be delivered to whole staff as part of INSET or as a twilight. Alternatively, a more tailored session covering similar material can be delivered to smaller groups of staff where it would be more useful to focus on the specific needs of an individual pupil.

A New Arrivals training session is appropriate for any members of school staff who may have contact with the pupil/parents including teachers, SENCo, teaching assistants, lunchtime supervisory assistants and admin staff.

As part of their programme of support for New Arrivals who are in the early stages of acquiring English, schools might also find it useful to implement the Young Interpreter Scheme.

For schools on the Isle of Wight

New Arrivals/New-to-English training sessions 

Course: Supporting New Arrivals who are in the early stages of acquiring English as an Additional Language (EAL)

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Primary Phase 

Date: 5 February 2018
Time: 9:30am - 12:30pm

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Secondary Phase 

Date: 25 October 2018
Time: 9:30am – 12:30pm

Date: 12 March 2019
Time: 9:30am – 12:30pm

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This generic training session looks at how practitioners can meet the language-learning needs of more advanced learners of English as an additional language.

The session:

• is suitable for staff working with pupils who have been here at least two years and who have already acquired fluency in everyday conversational English
• focuses on ways of improving pupils' use of more academic language across a range of curricular areas
• is most appropriate for teachers working in Key Stages 2, 3 and 4.

TEAL is for practitioners who have an interest in developing their knowledge and expertise in working with children and young people for whom English is an additional language. It is a Masters level qualification which we run in partnership with the University of Winchester and it sits within the university’s MA (Ed) programme.

Questions about the course

• What will the course include?
• Who will run the course?
• How is the course assessed?
• What have previous TEAL Students said about the course?
• When will the course run?

 

Answers about the course

What will the course include?

• Understanding how children and young adults acquire English when it is not their first language
• Strategies for the teaching and assessment of pupils with EAL
• Issues of identity beyond language acquisition: the learner, the family and the school community

Who will run the course?

The course is delivered by EMTAS Specialist Teacher Advisors working in collaboration with staff at the University of Winchester.

How is the course assessed?

Students have the opportunity to submit assignments for up to 40 Masters Credits (fees vary according to the number of credits being Assignments normally take the form of an essay. Students are supported in writing and presenting at Masters level, and there is the opportunity to match the assignment focus to their own school priorities in supporting EAL learners.

What have previous TEAL Students said about the course?

I really enjoyed the quality of teaching and the resources used in the teaching. The reading we completed prior to each session was like pre-teaching, which enabled discussion and engagement with both tutors and other students.

Outstanding quality of teaching from very experienced professionals.

It [the course] has made me far more confident in my ability to deliver a primary curriculum to children with EAL.

It has provided me with a more in-depth knowledge and understanding of the needs of the EAL children I work with.

Being able to study and then lead staff training using my study has been invaluable as it really means they are impacting the classroom. This training is very specific to our setting and has had impact in the pupil progress this year – results at the end of this year have improved for EAL pupils.

When will the course run?

The TEAL course is scheduled when the minimum number is recruited.

TEAL Course 2019 flyer

SEAL is a course for Teaching Assistants wishing to develop expertise in supporting pupils who are learning English as an Additional Language (EAL).

The course commences in the Autumn Term 2016. There are six units available and these will be delivered one a term over a two year period. Each unit focuses on a different aspect of provision for pupils with EAL.

SEAL Training

EMTAS can provide ‘Raising Awareness of Traveller Culture’ training bespoke to your setting/district.

This session will identify the different sub-groups of Travellers that come under the umbrella term “Travellers”, focus on Traveller culture, discuss any implications for schools and share good practice.

We can also support with planning to help schools and settings celebrate Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month which takes place in June.

Meeting termly, this regional group is for practitioners working with GRT communities in schools.

Find out more about how to work with EMTAS to offer Heritage Language GCSEs to your EAL students (secondary phase only).

21 November 2018
Wessex Room, Falcon House, Winchester
16:00 to 17:30

6 December 2018
Conference Room 5, Dame Mary Fagan House, Basingstoke
12:00 to 13:30

Hampshire EMTAS offers a Positive Parenting session specially designed to address key issues faced by parents/carers from ethnic minority backgrounds. The session provides an opportunity for parents/carers to discuss:

• the challenges of bringing up children in two or more cultures, especially when living away from the support of family and friends
• how parents/carers can get their children off to the best start in life
• ways in which parents/carers can develop positive relationships with both their children and with the schools they are attending.

The cost of the session, which lasts around an hour and a half, is £110 plus £90 if bilingual support is needed.

EMTAS Teachers run termly network meetings in various venues across the county. These are held as twilight sessions and provide an opportunity for practitioners to meet to share best practice in relation to different aspects of ethnic minority achievement.

The meetings are open to teaching and support staff working with pupils from ethnic minority backgrounds as well as EMA/EAL co-ordinators, SENCOs and line managers in infant, junior and secondary settings.

2018-19 Network Meeting dates

A set of high-quality, cross-phase, interactive online training modules based around catering for the needs of learners of English as an Additional Language (EAL).

Our e-learning is aimed at Governors, Teachers, HLTAs, TAs and Inclusion Managers with particular relevance for trainee teachers, NQTs and key workers recently appointed to the role of working directly with EAL learners.

There are 11 modules available:

1. Introduction to working with EAL learners
2. Core principles
3. Working with parents and the community
4. The SEND:EAL interface
5. Teaching and Learning
6. Bilingualism
7. Adult Bilingual Conferencing
8. Catering for the needs of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children
9. Culturally Inclusive School
10. First Language Assessment
11. Role of EAL coordinator

Benefits

• The materials have been developed by specialist teachers of EAL in conjunction with senior leaders and class teachers based in local schools
• They contain a variety of interactive learning materials supported by text, images, podcasts and video
• There are assessable assets and free-form activities that enable learners to reflect on their current practice
• The materials can be visited at a learner’s own pace and in their own time-frame
• The system records progress throughout each unit
• Completed units are certificated by the system and can form part of a learner’s CPD

See the EMTAS EAL E learning taster units.