Summary: Location: Birmingham
The Institute for Learning has organised these briefings to
ensure HR and senior managers understand the reforms and how
they apply to their teaching professionals delivering FE
provision through a contract or funding agreement with the Learning and Skills Council (LSC). Full details attached.FREE visit www.sectortraining.com |
Contact: Sector Training |
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Summary: Location: Leicester
Effective formative assessment makes a tangible difference to learners’ achievement. However, formative assessment skills are not always included in teacher education programmes and practitioners may lack confidence in using formative assessment practices as a result.This event aims to inform participants about effective approaches to formative assessment and recent research into effective formative assessment practice.
Apply on-line. There is a booking fee. |
Contact: NIACE |
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Summary: Location: Birmingham
This is a practical course aimed at those who teach practical, craft, vocational or life skills in a range of settings. Of particular interest to practitioners who want to develop confidence in their own numeracy and to motivate their learners to think positively about their ability to understand and think mathematically. If you are working successfully with learners – building confidence, developing practical, personal and vocational skills – this course will help you to recognise and address the numeracy issues that some of your learners may face.
This course is FREE. Apply On-line http://www.niace.org.uk/Conferences/TrainingCourses/NumeracyCounts.htm or see further information, above. |
Contact: NIACE |
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Summary: Location: Mansfield
These free events are a chance for you to meet ForSkills and to explore bksb online with their educational, consultancy, technical, training and support experts close at hand for advice and guidance. Streamline the way you deliver basic, key and functional skills.Includes lunch. |
Contact: Nick Paley |
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Summary: Location: Sheepbridge Centre, Chesterfield
Level 2: Learner Support – Awareness Raising Certificate (C&G 9297)
This course is suitable for any staff responsible for supporting/signposting learners e.g. volunteers; support workers; receptionists; clerical/admin staff; managers and supervisors.
This certificate offers: an insight into understanding and developing the needs of your client group; an opportunity to gain a certificate that recognises the contribution you make with learners; an opportunity to build your confidence supporting learners with literacy or numeracy, which will enhance the contribution you make to your organisation.
FREE to practitioners working in Derbyshire. |
Contact: Read On - Write Away! |
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Summary: Location: Birmingham
As a result of attending the training, the participant will be able to: enhance the effective use of e-learning across their organisations; identify appropriate applications of e-learning throughout the learner journey; produce interactive learning content and support colleagues to develop interactive e-resources; coach and mentor colleagues in their application of e-learning to their practice.
This course is FREE. Apply On-line http://www.niace.org.uk/Conferences/TrainingCourses.htm or see further information, above. |
Contact: NIACE |
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Summary: Location: Birmingham
An effective model for practitioners supporting self-esteem and well-being through learning for Learning Support Staff. The pack provides an essential resource for those working on a one-to-one basis with learners who are ‘hard-to-reach’, ‘marginalise’ or ‘socially-excluded’. Crossing different sectors such as health services, voluntary sector, education sectors and social services, it offers valuable advice and strategies for the pivotal role of inter-agency working.
Apply on-line. There is a booking fee |
Contact: NIACE |
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Summary: Location: Mansfield
These free events are a chance for you to meet ForSkills and to explore bksb online with their educational, consultancy, technical, training and support experts close at hand for advice and guidance. Streamline the way you deliver basic, key and functional skills.Includes lunch. |
Contact: Nick Paley |
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Summary: Location: Birmingham
This one-day event will expand your leadership and management skills and confidence. You will learn new ways of leading groups that are efficient, effective and energising.
- think about how to get the best out of groups and teams
- try out some different ways of running meetings
- get some practical ideas that make a difference
- think how to encourage people to express their passion for what they do
- discuss key leadership and management issues and approaches
- reflect on how they might do things differently
- challenge some received wisdomApply on-line. There is a booking fee. |
Contact: NIACE |
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Summary: Location: Birmingham
How do we get the best out of people…. and enjoy being a line manager? This one-day course focuses on the key elements of inspired line management.
- think about how you choose people
- focus on how you use their time
- consider different ways of doing things
- reflect on how best to give and receive criticism
- consider how people in the wrong job can leave with dignity
- sharpen systems and procedures to expedite rather than protract difficulties
- challenge some received wisdom
Apply on-line. There is a booking fee. |
Contact: NIACE |
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Summary: Location: Leicester
This is a practical course aimed at those who teach practical, craft, vocational or life skills in a range of settings. Of particular interest to practitioners who want to develop confidence in their own numeracy and to motivate their learners to think positively about their ability to understand and think mathematically. If you are working successfully with learners – building confidence, developing practical, personal and vocational skills – this course will help you to recognise and address the numeracy issues that some of your learners may face.
This course is FREE. Apply On-line http://www.niace.org.uk/Conferences/TrainingCourses/NumeracyCounts.htm or see further information, above. |
Contact: NIACE |
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Summary: Location: Birmingham
A practical workshop - 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?
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.
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Contact: NIACE |
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Summary: Location: Sheffield
This is a practical course aimed at those who teach practical, craft, vocational or life skills in a range of settings. Of particular interest to practitioners who want to develop confidence in their own numeracy and to motivate their learners to think positively about their ability to understand and think mathematically. If you are working successfully with learners – building confidence, developing practical, personal and vocational skills – this course will help you to recognise and address the numeracy issues that some of your learners may face.
This course is FREE. Apply On-line http://www.niace.org.uk/Conferences/TrainingCourses/NumeracyCounts.htm or see further information, above. |
Contact: NIACE |
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Summary: Location: Leicester
As a result of attending the training, the participant will be able to: enhance the effective use of e-learning across their organisations; identify appropriate applications of e-learning throughout the learner journey; produce interactive learning content and support colleagues to develop interactive e-resources; coach and mentor colleagues in their application of e-learning to their practice.
This course is FREE. Apply On-line http://www.niace.org.uk/Conferences/TrainingCourses.htm or see further information, above. |
Contact: NIACE |
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Summary: Location: Sheffield
This conference will explore and reflect upon
current policy and practice in relation to
young adults (aged 16-25), particularly those
on the margins of education, training and
employment, and the development of
employability skills in supporting the
transition to work. There is a booking fee. |
Contact: NIACE |
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Summary: Location: London
Are you responsible for initial teacher
training or CPD for teachers of adults?
Do the teachers you work with support
adults to improve their spelling – in literacy
classes or within other contexts?
Are you looking for up-to-date resources to
use for CPD in your organisation?
You will gain an understanding of the potential of this
pack, and take away resources and strategies 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.
There is a booking fee. |
Contact: NIACE |
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Summary: Location: London
Having the skills to manage personal finances is becoming more and more of an issue for all adults and clearly good literacy, language and numeracy skills play an important part in this. Over the last 3 years NIACE has developed and delivered training for LLN practitioners to enable them to deliver LLN in a financial context. However there is a need for many more practitioners to develop the skills to deliver such training.NIACE are offering an opportunity for experienced LLN practitioners to attend a FREE two day event on 13th & 14th November 2008 in London and gain an OCN level 3 qualification in delivering LLN in a financial context.
Full details attached. There are only 20 places available and we expect to receive a large number of applications. The closing date for applications is Monday 15th September 2008. Please address all applications and enquires to Sadia Samed. |
Contact: NIACE |
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Summary: Location: London
Professional Identity and Practice conference themes:
1. Engagement with research and development
2. Working collaboratively to develop professional identity and practice
3. Building research capacity
4. Increasing the influence of research findings
5. Action research and its role in improving practice.The aims of the event are to help participants engage with research and development in the Learning and Skills Sector and to disseminate and debate research findings relating to professional identity and practice.
Apply on-line. There is a booking fee.
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Contact: NIACE |
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Summary: Location: Derby
As a result of attending the training, the participant will be able to: enhance the effective use of e-learning across their organisations; identify appropriate applications of e-learning throughout the learner journey; produce interactive learning content and support colleagues to develop interactive e-resources; coach and mentor colleagues in their application of e-learning to their practice.
This course is FREE. Apply On-line http://www.niace.org.uk/Conferences/TrainingCourses.htm or see further information, above. |
Contact: NIACE |
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Summary: Location: Birmingham
As a result of attending the training, the participant will be able to: enhance the effective use of e-learning across their organisations; identify appropriate applications of e-learning throughout the learner journey; produce interactive learning content and support colleagues to develop interactive e-resources; coach and mentor colleagues in their application of e-learning to their practice.
This course is FREE. Apply On-line http://www.niace.org.uk/Conferences/TrainingCourses.htm or see further information, above. |
Contact: NIACE |
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