This course will provide you with a forum in which you can share, discuss and extend your understanding of principled approaches to working with teachers. As a course participant, you will consolidate and extend your awareness of key principles, skills and the qualities involved in working with teachers. You will explore and evaluate different options for working with teachers, and consolidate your understanding of teacher learning. You will also gain an understanding of different approaches to classroom lesson observation and feedback, and make principled decisions about your future training needs and goals.
" I think the course was very well structured and well prepared. I also liked the idea of having two different trainers who have different teaching styles and deliver the content in various ways. "
Maggie
Is this course for you?
Those engaged in planning and/or delivering pre-service and in-service and Professional Development programmes for teachers
21 July - 1 August
Homestay (half-board): £560
Residential (half-board): £672
Residential (self-catering): £560
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Course content
This course looks at the attitudes, skills and knowledge required by teacher trainers and educators. You will re-examine your views of learning and teaching and consider the different roles teacher educators need to play. You will be encouraged to evaluate different approaches to teacher training, and become familiar with the basic methodology of classroom research and its place in continuing professional development.
" Engaging atmosphere, availability of academic resources and excellent teachers! "
" The course at NILE was very informative and of a very high standard. I had plenty of opportunities to meet people from different countries and learn a lot. I will definitely come back! "
Timetable
This course consists of 50 hours of tuition, delivered between 09:00 and 15:30, Monday - Friday. You will also take part in cross-curricular workshops on a variety of topics, and each course includes a free evening and weekend programme of social and cultural activities and trips.
Further Information
Specific course content comes from feedback you and other participants give us through pre-course questionnaires, identifying your needs and priorities.
Time will be built into the course for reflection and for you to consider how to adapt ideas from the course to your classroom in your own professional contexts.
NILE offers various accommodation options, including homestay with carefully selected hosts and residential accommodation at the University of East Anglia. NILE’s dedicated student welfare team can be reached 24 hours a day.
All NILE courses involve a significant element of English language improvement and/or the development of language awareness.
Course Leader: Kate Gregson
Kate has worked with NILE since 2016 as a MAPDLE supervisor and tutor on various training courses for NILE Online, as well as MAPDLE modules and other tailor-made courses. She works freelance from France, where she now lives, and has worked in ELT and teacher development in South America, Asia, the Middle East and Europe for over 25 years, more than half of which have involved roles in pre- and/or in-service training, teacher management and teacher supervision in different contexts.
Kate has a Master’s degree in Teaching English to Young Learners from the University of York, and holds a DELTA and CTEFLA. Her particular area of interest is in curriculum development, and she is often involved in curriculum reform projects and training. She volunteers with the IATEFL YLTSIG as joint publications editor and has published various reviews of methodology titles for the IATEFL YLTSIG and for the ELT Journal and other articles. She also co-wrote a chapter for the Routledge Handbook of Teaching English to Young Learners.
Available dates:
| Course dates | Location | Course length | |
| 21 July - 01 August 2025 | Norwich | 2 weeks | |
| 21 July - 01 August 2025 with Trinity CertPT | Norwich | 2 weeks |
