RECOMMENDED FOR:
Heads of School, Coordinators, IB teachers and support staff across all IB programmes
Please note this workshop will be delivered virtually.
Workshop Overview:
This workshop allows participants to explore how language, in general, is inextricably linked with each learner’s identity and sense of self, and how multilingualism shapes the learner’s experience of the world. Participants are invited to investigate how school communities live in and grow through a plurality of languages that shape everyday interactions; and how this constitutes the shared and deeply personal texture of all learning experiences. This awareness guides participants in exploring the role of multilingualism in teaching and learning, how language policies taking multilingualism into account can foster intercultural awareness, understanding and respect; and how this perspective can help school communities grow as IB learning communities.
Participants will explore how:
Language learning and development supports multilingualism as a fact, right and resource for learning .
A school’s culture and environment impacts language development, learning and multilingualism.
Multilingualism and language development are central to the aims of an IB education.
The language tenets inform and impact language policies and pedagogical approaches across the school.
Practical applications:
This workshop investigates the central role of language and multilingualism in IB schools, and how this informs all aspects of the life of the school community: school leaders and programme coordinators will cultivate a vision of the role of multilingualism in an IB learning community and how this informs the development of a language policy; teachers will gain tools to use multilingualism as a resource to foster learning when developing and implementing the IB curriculum; media specialists and librarians will explore the resources that can support multilingual teaching and learning in an IB school.
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Benefits of our virtual workshops
Courses delivered by approved and experienced IB workshop leaders.
12 hours of live/real-time instruction plus 3 hours of asynchronous/offline work across three-days. Delegates are required to attend and participate in all scheduled sessions in order to receive their IB certificate.
Opportunities to meet participants from a range of schools, both within the UK and internationally.
Competitively priced with discounts for IBSCA member schools.
Please note that synchronous sessions are delivered live on the above dates following UK timings - do bear this in mind when applying from outside of the UK and take into account time differences. You will not be eligible for an attendance certificate unless you attend all the live sessions.
Virtual Workshop Fees
Prices stated do not include VAT. You will be charged 20% VAT if applicable.
IBSCA full member school: £460.00
IBSCA Associate, Candidate & Single Programme Member School - £550.00
Non IBSCA Member School - £640.00
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this workshop for me?
Category 3 workshops vary in terms of audience. Some are for more experienced educators who want to enhance their professional development portfolios. Others are for all educators – those with and those without a great deal of experience.
Participants will engage in detailed discussions on topics such as learning theory, pedagogy, assessment, and other scholarly interests.
These workshops also cover subject-specific content, administrative and pedagogical leadership, and subject-specific seminars on changes to the IB curriculum.
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