Learner autonomy is an essential graduate attribute and feature of 21st century learning and teaching. Embedding strategies to encourage and build learner autonomy into our language classrooms are a key feature of this webinar.
Participants are encouraged to share their best practices and strategies that work to build learner confidence and competence.
Aligns to Quality Areas A and B
The fundamental purpose of assessment is to identify and understand the point that our students have reached in their learning. How do we feel confident that we are assessing our students in the best possible way?
This webinar aims to support teachers and managers by sharing tools and approaches in ELT assessment. The presenters will cover formative and summative assessment, types of assessment tasks and approaches, and the difference between moderation and validation.
Aligns to Quality Area A.
CPD points: 1
Please note, you must complete all NEAS Core Courses before you can start a NEAS Specialisation Course.
Welcome to NEAS Specialisation: Leadership in ELT.
This course is for ELT professionals who would like to develop leadership knowledge and skills.
The course introduces a number of fundamental leadership theories and provides participants with practical tasks and techniques to apply to their professional context.
Hi, this course is used to collect your badge and your final certificate.
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The world is rapidly changing, and our schools need to change rapidly to avoid being left behind. How can we best prepare our students for the future?
This course will provide opportunity for designing and developing student centred, collaborative, contextualised and integrated classrooms and environments to ensure our students and our institutes are future ready.
CPD points: 1
Please note, you must complete all NEAS Core Courses and one Specialisation before applying for admission into the NEAS Master Practitioner in ELT Capstone Course.
Welcome to the Master Practitioner in ELT (QA).
This course is for the ELT professional who is working, teaching or studying in the ELT field and has gained considerable experience in applying quality assurance principles in their professional practice.
This course provides opportunities to demonstrate and apply knowledge, skills and experience with the NEAS Quality Assurance Framework (QAF) to the ELT context.
CPD points: 20
Please note, you must complete all NEAS Core Courses before you can start a NEAS Specialisation Course.
Welcome to NEAS Specialisation: ELT Qualifications.
This course is for ELT professionals who would like to explore further study options and learn more about ELT qualifications.
The course provides an overview of the key features of ELT qualifications and provides participants with practical tasks to guide their choices for further ELT studies.
Please note, you must complete all NEAS Core Courses before you can start a NEAS Specialisation Course.
Welcome to NEAS Specialisation: School Preparation (HSP & PSP).
This course is for ELT professionals who would like to develop their knowledge and practices in School Preparation programs.
The course provides an overview of the key features of School Preparation programs and provides participants with practical tasks to apply to their centres.
Please note, you must complete all NEAS Core Courses before you can start a NEAS Specialisation Course.
Welcome to NEAS Specialisation: Education Agents.
This course is for ELT professionals who would like to learn more about education agents.
The course provides an overview of the role of education agents in student recruitment and provides participants with information and practical tasks to improve their knowledge and practices in engaging with education agents.
Please note, you must complete all NEAS Core Courses before you can start a NEAS Specialisation Course.
Welcome to NEAS Specialisation: Research in ELT.
This course is for ELT professionals who would like to learn more about research in ELT.
The course provides an overview of the benefits of engaging in research and provides participants with practical tasks to encourage and support engagement in research.
Please note, you must complete all NEAS Core Courses before you can start a NEAS Specialisation Course.
Welcome to NEAS Specialisation: Drama in ELT.
This course is for teaching professionals who would like to embed drama into their teaching repertoire.
The course introduces the benefits of teaching drama in the ELT classroom and provides participants with a supportive structure to begin their journey into the world of drama in ELT.
Aligned with NEAS Quality Assurance Framework A: Teaching, Learning and Assessment, this workshop will focus on how different types of research can be used to inform and improve teaching practices, drawing on IELTS Research Reports as examples of potential tools. This workshop is aimed at all academic staff.
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This catch-up will focus on giving advice on international students and difficulties that a centre may face.
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Aligned with NEAS Quality Assurance Framework A: Teaching, Learning and Assessment, this workshop will look at ways that Centres and individual teachers can increase student learner autonomy. This course is suitable for teachers and Academic Managers.
This catch-up provides presentation slides to gather ideas and present the individual with techniques and keywords on the area. Students need to answer a short quiz to complete the course.
• What types of organisational change have you been involved in?
• How was the experience for you?
Aligned with NEAS Quality Framework D: Administration, Management and Staffing, this workshop provides guidance and support for management staff who would like to effectively prepare, equip and support individuals to successfully adopt change in order to drive organizational success and outcomes.
Everyone has a stake in building quality in the ELT community as well as in individual ELT centres. This webinar explores the concept of ‘quality’ and ‘culture’ within a quality assurance context and provides participants with practical tools to help them be quality influencers.
Aligns to Quality Area G
The COVID-19 outbreak is fast-changing and causing global disruption.
This webinar will present a number of strategies that you can put in place now across your entire centre, which support staff and students.
The presenter will cover:
1. A summary of the regulator’s recommendations
2. Centre-wide strategies
3. ELT delivery strategies
To move through this course, click through to ‘Webinar: COVID-19 Response’ and follow the instructions on each lesson.
CPD points: 1
