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Primary Programme

Early Professional Development Programmes for Primary Teachers

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Teaching Pupils with English as an Additional Language
A two-day course to meet the needs of primary teachers early in their careers wanting to extend their expertise in EAL.

Literacy Programme

Word Level Work
Narrative/Poetry
Speaking, Listening and Drama
Non-fiction and Literacy across the Curriculum

Four one-day courses for all teachers early in their careers wishing to develop and extend their literacy teaching.

Numeracy Programme

Calculation at Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1
Problem Solving at Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1
Calculation at Key Stage 2
Problem Solving at Key Stage 2

One-day courses for all Foundation Stage/Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 teachers early in their careers wishing to develop and extend their numeracy teaching.

Effective ICT in teaching and learning
A three-day programme to develop interactive learning opportunities using ICT.

Extended Programme for 2nd Year Teachers
The BASS Extended Programme is an all-inclusive package that has been devised to support teachers in their second year.  Four days and a twilight session over a year.

Teaching Children with SEN and Disabilities
A three-day course starting in February 2007, to improve new teachers' knowledge and understanding of SEN and disability and to develop their practice in their own classrooms, working with specialists from the Targeted and Inclusion Support Services.

Black and Asian Teachers Group
This network is particularly for black and Asian colleagues in the early part of their career.


Accreditation

Birmingham CPD Pathways
BASS has a partnership arrangement with UCE to accredit the work of NQTs on the extended primary and secondary courses towards Masters level programmes.

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