We have teamed up with Dragonfly Training to provide high quality training courses to international school teachers.

In the summer of 2009 TIC joins forces with the University of Bath to offer this unique course for teachers:

Teaching in International Schools
Draft programme

Friday 19th June
6:30 – 8:30 pm: Registration and evening wine and cheese reception – optional

Saturday 20th June
9am – 4:45 pm: What are International Schools?

• Defining international schools / working as an international educator
  • Current use and definitions of the term international mindedness and international education and curricula.
  • International schools - Accreditation and Authorisation
  • Education training and cultural differences around the world
    
• International curriculum programmes
  • Primary teachers – IBPYP, IPC, adapting the UKNC, other international programmes
  • Secondary teachers – IBMYP and IBDP, IGCSE, adapting the UKNC, other programmes
• The schools and their communities – case studies
  • United World Colleges, international schools from Europe, The Far East and Middle East
• Professional and personal challenges and techniques for dealing with them
  • What to do without a teacher’s union for support
  • Know yourself – how flexible are you prepared to be?
  • What international schools need and what teachers want – tensions
  • The pattern of settling into a new school and country
    

• The international school child
  • Language - EAL and multilingual children
  • Culture - coping with and making the most of different cultural backgrounds
  • Parents – expectations and demands
  • Third culture kids
    
• Your career in international education
  • How to find the right job
  • Evaluating the contract and package
  • Career development opportunities
  • Support systems – CIS, ECIS
    

Course ends: 12:00 noon

Course fees include:
Light refreshments e.g. coffee /tea, and all training materials, does not include lunch, dinner or overnight accommodation.

University of Bath website: www.bath.ac.uk