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Supporting professional development for tutors

YMCA Wales Community College recognises the importance of its tutors maintaining specialist curriculum knowledge and developing skills to support key curriculum themes or priorities.   However, we realise that many of our tutors do not live in South Wales and that travelling to attend central training events can be difficult. In response, the College has recently launched a new CPD Voucher Scheme.

College tutors now have a CPD voucher for £250 redeemable against training or self-study activities that contribute to their professional development as a tutor with YMCA Wales Community College. The voucher can be redeemed against training that relates to the development of subject knowledge, improvement of teaching skills or the development of expertise in key curriculum theme or priority areas such as basic skills, ESDGC or bilingualism.   The professional development may take the form of a training course or self-study resources. The voucher can be redeemed against the cost of a single activity or several smaller activities.

Additional funding is available for any tutor wishing to access Welsh Language training or to improve their Welsh Language Skills.

 

If you would like further information about the CPD voucher scheme, please contact Nicola Campbell at n.campbell@ymca-wales.ac.uk or 02920 755444.

 

The details below will be updated with upcoming courses and oppurtunities throughout the academic year, if you know of any courses that might be of interest please contact the College.

 

CPD opportunities

 

Museum and Young People

National Museum Cardiff, Icons Suite$1–$2Thursday 26th November 2009 10.30-4.

Explore new and exciting ways of using heritage and culture as themes for project work with young people.

Fee: £20 Gem Members, £30 non-members. (This will included tea/coffee and lunch.)

Contact Alun.Jones@museumwales.ac.uk for further information.

 

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The power of storytelling as a teaching tool – half-day workshops

 

Tuesday 3rd November 2009   -   Birmingham

(This course may also be delivered in-house/on-site for your organisation)

“Stimulating session offering lots of ideas for activities with all my students with strategies for encouraging reluctant learners”

Mary Bradshaw, Lecturer, Basingstoke College of Technology. 

 

Course Fee: £99 (including lunch/refreshments)

 Morning workshop - 9.30am - 12.30pm.

 Afternoon workshop  - 12.30pm - 3.30pm.

 For more information and to book your place, please visit the NIACE Website:

http://www.niace.org.uk/campaigns-events/events/power-of-storytelling

(Further courses may be available through the above link.)