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Press Release
20 October 2008
CILT launches first national event for mentoring in community languages
The first ever national conference on mentoring in community languages will take place at CILT, the National Centre for Languages on Monday 1 December. This free event for community languages teachers, providers and stakeholders aims to explore good practice in school-based mentoring for initial teacher education and to create opportunities to support initial teacher education for community languages.
Organised by CILT and delivered jointly with London Metropolitan University, the National Conference in Mentoring is suitable for primary and secondary teachers involved in teaching a community language, heads of language departments, AST’s, current mentors, language advisers, PGCE course tutors, EBITT providers and policy-makers.
The conference will include two strands, one aimed at community languages teachers from both the mainstream and complementary/supplementary sectors, and one aimed at stakeholders and course tutors, who will attend sessions exploring key policy issues. Teachers attending the event should be qualified with Qualified Teacher Status and interested in becoming involved in initial teacher education as mentors for trainees on PGCE, SCITT, RTP or GTP courses.
The event is being held as part of the Our Languages project, a DCSF funded initiative focusing on developing and supporting partnerships between mainstream and complementary schools teaching community languages. The project was set up in September 2007 in response to a need to raise the status of community languages in the curriculum and to recognise the work of the complementary sector in England.
The Our Languages project is managed by a consortium consisting of CILT, the National Centre for Languages, the National Resource Centre for Supplementary Education (NRC), and the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT). The project includes a website providing vital information and support for community languages teachers and managers in the UK: www.ourlanguages.org.uk
The National Conference on mentoring is a free event, but advanced booking is necessary. CILT will also refund reasonable travels costs for teachers from complementary schools.
To find out more and to book a place, visit www.cilt.org.uk/sup.htm
