Part time PDA in ESOL Literacies

PDA in ESOL Literacies (Part time)

Campus:
Hatfield

Day:
Tuesday

Time:
6-9pm

Cost:
300

Aims:
This course is designed as a professional development course for qualified ESOL teachers (CELTA or equivalent) who are currently working with ESOL Literacies learners.

Duration:
20 weeks

Content:
The course consists of the following units:
- The ESOL Literacies learner
- The learning and teaching context
- Strategies for developing basic reading, writing and numeracy skills
- strategies for teaching mixed levels
- assessing learners and measuring progress
- evaluating, adapting and creating ESOL literacies materials
- the use of ICT within an ESOL Literacies context
Assessment
To gain the PDA award, each candidate must deliver a teaching programme to adult ESOL Literacies learner(s) and provide evidence in the form of a portfolio which includes:
- a profile of one adult ESOL Literacies learner
- a completed initial assessment
- an initial learning plan (ILP) agreed with the learner
- a copy of a record of progress agreed with the learner
- a programme of work covering a minimum of four sessions
- an evaluation of the programme including learner feedback
- two examples of materials used and evaluated
- a reflective account of the process of delivering and reviewing the programme