The Ethnic Minority & Traveller Achievement Service (EMTAS) run termly network meetings for English as an Additional Language (EAL) Coordinators.
These meetings provide an essential networking opportunity as well as:
- Advice and support from EAL specialists
- CPD in different areas of the EAL specialism
- Presentations from guest speakers and specialists working in the field of inclusion
Spring Term 2019 Network Meetings
Secondary Network Meeting on Vocabulary Development - 4th February 2019
Primary Network Meeting on Parental Engagement - 26th March 2019
Venue: Pound Lane Learning Centre, Leamington Spa
Time: 1:15pm – 3:30pm
To book a place or for any queries please contact melindatwells@warwickshire.gov.uk
Autumn 2018 meeting
The guest speaker for the autumn term meeting was Dr Julia Badger, who works for the Oxford Group for Children’s Potential, based at the University of Oxford. Dr Badger ran two workshops on VESPARCH - Verbal and Spatial Reasoning for Children - an online education tool designed jointly with Cambridge Assessment to measure academic potential and raise the academic achievement of children of all abilities and backgrounds.
Since the workshops, four Warwickshire secondary schools and one primary are now using VESPARCH working with Dr Badger, who offers this service at no cost to schools. Recently, Dr Badger has received requests from another secondary school, one junior school and two primary schools to join the programme.