Continuing Professional Development
The partnership between The University of York and the Cam Academy Trust strives to bring together research and practice to improve language curriculum design and pedagogy, leading to a higher take up and greater success at GCSE.
Practitioner-led CPD with firm foundations in a compelling evidence base.
Working with a network of language education researchers and expert teachers and teacher trainers, we deliver a substantial programme of research-informed professional development for all those involved in Modern Foreign Language education.
Due to the nature of these interactive courses please note that all sessions will not be recorded.
CPD Courses
Our CPD courses take an in-depth look at MFL curriculum design and pedagogy.
Coming up:
Using expert analysis and practical steps to help all language teachers and leaders approach the new GCSE with confidence, this series of three highly interactive sessions brings together MFL practitioners for rich discussion as we get underway with first teaching of the new GCSE in French, Spanish and German from September 2024.
This interactive course takes a closer look at LDP (Version 2, adapted by Hawkes) resources, refreshed and updated in the light of feedback from classroom practitioners across the country. Building on the KS3 resources, it spotlights the LDP (Version 2) KS4 schemes of work and their alignment with both AQA and Edexcel specifications. We explore this in some of the existing KS4 lesson resources, and we highlight ways forward for KS4 resources and synergies with the Oak National Academy.
Fitting elements of LDP principles into our SOW - 18th November and 2nd December 2024
A two-session workshop to support colleagues working on how to fit elements of LDP principles into their SOW.
Deep Learning and Deep Dives - 6th December 2024
Developing and describing your languages provision. In this session we consider practical ways to ensure that we and all of our colleagues understand and can describe our department’s language vision and practice; the why, what, when and how of our languages teaching and learning. This is not just for Ofsted (!) – it’s about confidence in the classroom, with parents, governors and any wider community stakeholders, too. We will cover the following key areas: Curriculum, Remembering, SEND, Books (folders etc.), Assessment, Behaviour and Professional Development.
MFL Self Study - Curriculum Design and Pedagogy (6 modules)
This asynchronous version of our LDP CPD course has been developed for participants who wish to work flexibly through the modules at a personalised pace.
CPD Sessions
Our CPD sessions are highly practical and offer plenty of opportunities for valuable discussion.
Our CPD is in line with the:
- 2016 Modern Foreign Languages Pedagogy review recommendations
- 2021 Ofsted research review
- New Subject Content for French, German and Spanish GCSE – for first teaching in 2024 with first exams in summer 2026.
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