TSST MFL

We are providing FREE TSST (Teacher Subject Specialism Training) in French, German and Spanish at venues located across Birmingham and the West Midlands. 

The face-to-face pedagogy sessions are carried out in English and as part of the programme, you will also have a one year online learning package with Rosetta Stone. 

Venue:  Birmingham City Centre

Venue:  Stoke-on-Trent - Stoke Sixth Form College

Other venues in Birmingham and the West Midlands to be announced during the year.         

Who is eligible? 

Any secondary teacher who holds a UK Teacher Reference Number (TRN) or an unqualified teacher in an Academy, and is either:

• a teacher of MFL needing to refresh a second or third language, or learn an additional one
• a teacher of MFL returning after a career break who wants to refresh subject knowledge and MFL pedagogy
• a teacher of any other subject who is a native speaker of French, Spanish or German and wishes to move into language teaching
• a primary teacher thinking of moving to teach French or Spanish in a secondary school

Additional eligibility criteria:

• Non-specialist newly qualified teachers (NQTs) are eligible
• Primary teachers are only eligible if they will be teaching Y7/8 pupils as part of cross-school KS2/3 collaboration (eg in a multi-academy trust) or if they have firm plans to convert from primary to a secondary teaching post
• Participants who are members of and have been awarded Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills status (eg in a multi-academy trust) if they have firm plans to teach MFL.
• Non-specialist supply teachers are eligible if they do not have a contract with a school and are committed to returning to a permanent post.

What else is included?

• Individual mentoring
• Coaching and observation by SLEs
• Opportunities to observe good practice in schools
• A certificate of completion
• A learning journal to track your progress through the course

To register interest contact:

teachingschool@bishopchalloner.bham.sch.uk