MDT Courses for Telford & Wrekin Early Years Settings

Funded Support for Telford & Wrekin Early Years Settings, 2024-2025

Improving School Readiness for EAL Learners Project
The aim of the project is to work in partnership with Early Years settings and provision in Telford & Wrekin ONLY, to build capacity of Early Years settings to support the educational improvement of EAL learners. There is a wide range of FREE focused support through consultancy visits, the CPD program, workshops and EAL Network meetings.

Bespoke Advisory Visits to settings
Bespoke EAL Advisory visits for settings with EAL learners visit with a follow-up visit report. The visits to be agreed with the Early Years team. This could include:
•‘Learning walk’ style visit to provide feedback and guidance on EAL provision as a whole
•Consultancy meeting with setting leader to discuss bespoke setting needs and offer advice and guidance around curriculum provision, pupil progress or specific setting need.
•Review of setting policies (EAL, Equality, Diversity and Race Equality), practices and procedures relating to EAL pupils and their families. (Induction, parental engagement, religious and cultural planned events etc.)
•A one-hour staff meeting (30 mins preparation) on:

  • EAL Strategies in EYFS
  • Induction of EAL learners
  • Festivals and Celebrations
  • Language Development in EAL learners
  • Assessing and Monitoring progress of EAL learners
  • Interactions and activities to promote language development advice

Online CPD Training courses:
MDT will provide 4 CPD training sessions (1.5 hours each) via TEAMS, which will be free to all settings and all staff with no limit on numbers. Each session will be an evening session open to childminders, nurseries and EYFS staff in schools.

Course Title Date/Time
Supporting Children with English as an Additional Language in   Early Years Monday, 20th January 2025, 6.00 -7.30pm
Promoting Equality of Opportunity Wednesday, 12th March 2025, 6.00 -7.30pm
Embedding Cultural Diversity Tuesday, 20th May 2025, 6.00 -7.30pm
Identifying and Dealing with Racist Incidents Thursday, 26th June 2025, 6.00 -7.30pm

 

Early Years EAL Network Meetings:
MDT will provide EYFS bespoke termly network meetings (1 hours each) via TEAMs with the aim of focus each term on topics highlighted by network members, with opportunities for delegates to raise issues and share good practice and resources.

 

Theme Date/Time
Early Oracy Strategies with EAL Learners Tuesday, 10th December 2024, 6.00-7.00pm
EYFS, and Minority Ethnic Achievement (New Framework) Wednesday, 5th March 2025, 6.00-7.00pm
Supporting Refugee Families and Vulnerable Families in EYFS Tuesday, 6th May 2025

 

Practical Workshops in person with resources:

Theme Date/Time
Using the EAL Assessment Framework to Baseline Children's English Language Proficiency and to Identify Next Steps in their Language Development Monday, 10th February 2025, 1.00 - 3.00pm
Making Early Reading Fun for Children with English as an Additional Language in Early Years Thursday, 3rd April 2025, 10.00 - 12.00pm
Use of Persona Dolls to Tackle Discrimination and Inequalities Monday, 12th May 2025, 1.00 - 3.00pm
Use of Multicultural Resources to Create Diversity within the Curriculum and EYFS Settings Wednesday, 2nd July 2025, 10.00 - 12.00pm

 

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