Leading a Successful Languages Department

Leading a Successful Languages Department

Leading a Languages department is a multi-faceted role which, amongst other things, includes managing people, curriculum and budgets, responding to policy changes at a school and national level and being accountable for pupils’ progress.

This course will support you in your work as head of MFL by providing practical guidance to carry out your role effectively.

The course is particularly suitable for those new to a MFL leadership role in a secondary school, whether you are head of one language with a small team or head of a much larger team of linguists. The course is also suitable for aspiring subject leaders.

“Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.”

Mark Twain

Aims and Content

Delegates will work together to:

· Look at ways to review the existing work of the department to establish how to move forward;

· Consider what clear documentation is needed to ensure consistency across the team;

· Discuss strategies for gathering data and effectively analysing it in order to identify areas for development in pupils’ understanding and inform future planning;

· Discuss your departmental vision for language learning and look at ways to raise the profile of Languages within your school;

· Consider some of the many other challenging situations you will encounter in your role and strategies for dealing with them.

Suitable for newly appointed and aspiring MFL Heads of Departments.

Date

9.00am – 3.30pm Wednesday 17th January 2018

Venue

To be confirmed

Course Leader – Jo Darley, Languages and International Dimension Education Manager

Prices

Free for L.E.A.D. TSA members

£150 for non-TSA members