Literacy and Literacy Difficulties Booking Request - Summer 2024 Virtual

Overview

Course Overview

We want all children and young people in Essex to: 

• have high quality literacy teaching;
• have their individual needs identified and met early on, if they have literacy difficulties despite appropriate learning opportunities;
• get the help they need to make progress in literacy.

This course is designed to enable all Essex schools to: 

• ​be up-to-date with current research-based practice on effective teaching of literacy for all pupils, including those with literacy difficulties;
• be familiar with the research-based Essex Literacy Practice Guidance, and know how to implement this in their setting. This includes addressing questions around dyslexia; 
• ensure that their school has effective literacy assessment in place, including the Essex Accuracy and Fluency Assessment of Literacy Skills (AFALS);
• ensure that their school has effective evidence-based literacy intervention in place to support children who have literacy difficulties.

Who is this course for?

School senior leadership team members, SENCos, Literacy Coordinators/Leads, Heads of English (secondary). To ensure effective joined-up working in schools it is strongly recommended that both the SENCO and the lead for Literacy/English attend together. We are unable to offer places to Learning Support Assistants or those who are not qualified teachers.

Venues:

This course will be run virtually for the academic year 2023-2024. 

Length: 3 half days.

Dates and times: participants must be able to attend all 3 dates for the chosen term as the sessions each give new information and build on each other;

Summer 2024 course:

• Tuesday 14 May 2024 – 9am to 12 midday - Part 1
• Tuesday 21 May 2024 – 9am to 12 midday - Part 2
• Tuesday 18 June 2024 – 9am to 12 midday - Part 3

What does it cost?

Free

How do I book on?

Click on the link below to book a place on the Summer course. Places are limited and will be ‘first come first served’. Bookings close 10 working days before the course starts, i.e., Tues 30 April 2024.

What happens next

You will received an email to confirm that you have submitted this form. You will receive the link to the training in the week before the training begins.