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¡Bienvenidos a Comunicad de Madrid

en Escocia y en Edimburgo!

Liz GrayQuality Improvement Officer Languages

and Literacy

Ann RobertsonEducation Support Officer (Languages)

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•National teacher training model •Local teacher training •Next steps

National context

Curriculum for Excellence introduced in 2010

Now in its 5th Year of implementation

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Scotland’s Modern Languages Structure

Education Scotland Scotland’s National Centre for Languages

32 Local Authorities e.g. City of Edinburgh

Quality Improvement Officers – Languages and Literacy

Education and Development Officers

Secondary Modern Languages Curriculum Leaders

Primary Lead Teachers

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National training routes Primary teachers Secondary teachers

8 universities

4 year Undergraduate

degree Primary/Secondarywith a specialism

e.g. Modern Languages

Degree followed by 1 year

Professional Graduate Diploma in Education

Teacher Induction Scheme1 year placement in a local

authority 82% of full teacher timetable to

allow for development.

Full registration with General Teaching Council for Scotlan

Scottish teacher training institutions

Entry requirements

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Primary teachers

Degree level qualified in a subject area plus primary teaching or in

primary teaching

Language levels very varied – no standard for entry into teacher training

Erasmus Plus teacher immersion courses promoted for

upskilling/refresher in language

Access to range of local training courses in French, Spanish,

German, Mandarin, Gaelic & Italian

University-MA Psychology (4 years)PGDE (1 year)No Modern Languages entry requirements

Sarah Spiller-1+2 Development Officer

CPD

MLPS FrenchImmersion Course (1 week in France)Approaching B2

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Secondary Modern Languages teachers

Degree level qualified in subject areas

Increasing number of dual linguists

Erasmus Plus teacher immersion courses promoted for

upskilling/refresher in language

Majority of professional development since 2009 relates to

new curriculum/CfE

Local training models

5 x module based twilight courses

Offered in all core languages i.e. French, Spanish, German, Mandarin, Italian

2 hours per session

60 hours total

Working towards A1

Support teacher training through Erasmus+

Local immersion courses

Starting to develop iTunes U courses

Developing a teacher language profile

Seeking to get courses accredited by the General Teaching Council

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