New to ITE, New to EAL, New standards?: Conference Report

Saturday October 13th 2007

Coventry Corporate Training Centre,
Elm Bank, Mile Lane, Cheylesmore, Coventry, CV1 2NN

NALDIC, the UK's professional association for EAL and Multiverse hosted a conference In October 2007 for new ITE professionals to develop and share understandings about preparing their students for teaching EAL learners in UK schools to meet the new standards.

The conference provided new ITE professionals with an opportunity to network with other new colleagues and access new resources and publications to prepare students to teach EAL learners. The morning focussed on supporting students for their placements in schools and the afternoon on addressing EAL in HE-based courses. Sessions included:

• Maggie Gravelle - New realities in schools and the new standards (Powerpoint slides available below)
• Carrie Cable - Applying principles to practice for student teachers in primary schools
• Constant Leung - Applying principles to practice for student teachers in secondary schools
• Raymonde Sneddon - Introducing online resources from NALDIC, Multiverse and the TTRB
• Kimberly Safford and Nicola Davies - Using digital video in initial teacher education
• Ask the experts - Panel Discussion

Click on link below for conference report.