CILT Continuing Professional Development training courses and events

CILT works with the Comenius Network and key partners to provide a wide variety of training courses and events for teachers in the primary sector. These include training days, conferences and several courses abroad.

Please see the calendar below for information on primary events throughout 2008 - 2009.

For further details on primary events and for events relating to other educational sectors, see the CILT events diary.

Summer 2008 | Autumn/Winter 2008 | Spring 2009 | Funding for courses abroad | Regional Support Groups

Summer 2008

July
French for the primary school Deadline for applications closed.	20 - 26 July   or 17 - 23 August	Lille, France

Autumn/Winter 2008 (more events in Autumn/Winter 2008 and Spring 2009 to be announced)

September
Regional training day for community languages teachers	3 Sept	Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
Regional training day for community languages teachers	8 Sept	Leeds Trinity and All Saints, Leeds
Regional training day for community languages teachers	10 Sept	Hilton, Southampton
CILT Initial teacher education conference	12 - 13 Sept	Burleigh Court Conference Centre, Loughborough
Embedding languages into the KS2 curriculum	16 Sept	UWE, Bristol
Regional training day for community languages teachers	17 Sept	UWE, Bristol
Regional training day for community languages teachers	20 Sept	Peepul Centre, Leicester
KS2 language coordinators course	24 Sept	Quorn
A new literacy	24 Sept	UWE, Bristol
Regional training day for community languages teachers	27 Sept	Durham Leadership Centre, Spennymoor
Regional training day for community languages teachers	30 Sept	Hilton Deansgate, Manchester
Newly qualified primary teachers languages course	30 Sept	Quorn
October
Regional training day for community languages teachers	4 Oct	Moseley School, Birmingham
Headstart	9 Oct	North West venue tbc
Intercultural understanding in KS2	9 Oct	Quorn
Developing reading and writing skills	10 Oct	Durham Leadership Centre, Spennymoor
National conference on mentoring in ITE for community language trainees	15 Oct	CILT, London
Year 5 language learners	20 Oct	CILT, London
National transition conference (registration opens on 1 September 2008)	22 Oct	Loughborough Conference Centre
Language learning strategies	23 Oct	Bracknell
November
Progressions in years 5/6	5 Nov	Quorn
A new literacy	6 Nov	Crawley
A new literacy	11 Nov	CILT, London
Language learning strategies	18 Nov	Cambridge
Beyond the cuddly toy	18 Nov	Devonl
Beyond the cuddly toy	19 Nov	Cornwall
Scheme of work for French Y5 training	26 Nov	Quorn
East regional primary conference: 10 in a bed!	26 Nov	Cambridge
Beyond the cuddly toy	27 Nov	Kent
December
A new literacy	2 Dec	Quorn
Beyond the cuddly toy	4 Dec	Springfield Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne
A new literacy	5 Dec	Portsmouth
Language learning strategies	9 Dec	North West region venue tbc
Developing intercultural understanding	11 Dec	West Midlands region venue tbc

Spring 2009

January
Policy, pedagogy and practice: Language in the new secondary curriculum	15 Jan	Hinckley Island Hotel
Developing reading and writing skills across KS2	20 Jan	East region venue tbc
Developing intercultural understanding	27 Jan	North West region venue tbc
Assessment in KS2 languages	27 Jan	Quorn
February
Language learning strategies	3 Feb	CILT, London
Using Powerpoint to tell stories	5 Feb	West Midlands region venue tbc
Language learning strategies	10 Feb	Education Centre, Stockton on Tees
East Midlands primary languages conference 1	11 Feb	Holywell Park, Loughborough University
Next steps in ICT for primary languages	12 Feb	East region venue tbc
March
East Midlands primary languages conference 2	12 Mar	Bishop Grosseteste University College, Lincoln
Beyond the cuddly toy	17 Mar	West Midlands venue tbc
Spanish taster day	18 Mar	CILT, London
Developing intercultural understanding	19 Mar	East region venue tbc
Planning for languages in mixed-age classes years 5/6	19 Mar	Quorn
Next steps in ICT for primary languages	24 Mar	North West region venue tbc

Funding for courses abroad - Applications for courses abroad in 2008 are now closed, please email conferences@cilt.org.uk to express an interest in courses running next year.
Teachers can apply for a grant to attend these courses through the British Council. Grants contribute towards the course fee, subsistence and travel. Information on how to apply for a grant will be sent to you as soon as you pre-register your interest in the course with CILT.

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