- Date: Wed 14 June 2023
- Time: 12:30 – 13:30
- Cost: BAISIS Full Member – £40/ BSA Full Member – £60 / Additional Full Member – £20/ Non-member – £120
- Audience: Marketing and Admissions staff, Registrars, Heads and Teachers of EAL, Heads of Department
- Platform: Zoom (online)
Course Outline
Understanding an international pupil’s level of English language proficiency and how well they will be able to participate impacts everyone. Making sure your school is in the best position to help your international learners depends on being ‘language aware’ from the moment the pupil and parent engage with your marketing materials and admissions teams.
Training topics will include:
- CEFR, language support, creating language appropriate marketing and testing materials.
Learning outcomes:
- This session aims to equip all staff with the basic knowledge required to become a ‘language aware’ community.
Speaker:
Dr. Helen Wood, Head of School Partnerships, Password English Language Testing
Helen’s career began as a language teacher. While following a bi-lingual postgraduate at Geneva University she discovered passion for EAP and CLIL methodologies. This led to twenty years in the independent school sector working in support of international students, first as Head of EAL and later a senior leader involved in CPD, curriculum development, pupil progress tracking and school improvement. Helen joined Password in 2018 to promote the use of appropriate assessment tools for EAL learners in the school sector.
