Annual Report 2024 - Flipbook - Page 90
Impact:
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116 registered primary teachers completed an upskilling course, exceeding the initial target of 100
teachers.
•
Online, blended and in-person courses were equally popular amongst teachers. The pilot provided
valuable lessons for the roll out of a second year in 2025.
Quotes from participating teachers:
“Very patient,
engaging … She made
sure that the class was
interactive and
enjoyable.”
“It was a great mix
of conversation, grammar,
comprehension etc. I really enjoyed it,
“Extremely competent
and diligent. She never put
and it challenged me in ways
you on the spot but made sure
I haven't been challenged in a
everyone got a turn.”
language for years.”
Next Steps:
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Engage with the wider networks of Education Support Centres and HEIs, as well as embassies, cultural
institutes and other potential course providers.
•
Produce a specification, to provide guidance to course designers and providers in terms of expected
outcomes and to assist the quality assurance process.
•
Encourage courses across a variety of modes of delivery, as feedback illustrated that this helps to ensure
that the varied needs of teachers are met.
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Facilitate, where possible, arrangements where grant payments are made directly to providers, thus not
requiring initial payment from teachers.
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Assist teachers in identifying their existing level of competence. Facilitate access to tools for selfassessment and explore the possibility for course providers to administer entry assessment tests.
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Evaluate courses in the context of value for money.
- PPLI ANNUAL REPORT 2024 -
