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Nascholingsdag World Teachers Programme 2024

World Teachers Festival 2024 on Thursday, 21 March 2024 - Celebrating and exploring language, culture, diversity and criticality in teaching and learning

The world in which our students are coming of age is full of complex questions. Challenging? Yes! But isn’t that also what makes teaching so exciting? This teacher professional development day is a chance to focus on developing your professional vision and teaching practice in the context of this challenging and exciting reality.

Organised by ICLON (Leiden University), Wolfert Bilingual and Rotterdam International Secondary School, this event is open to teachers of any subject who are interested in innovative, globally-oriented and inclusive teaching.

ICLON’s World Teachers Programme (WTP) is a pre-service teacher education programme specialising in linguistically and culturally-aware teaching in bilingual (tto) and international contexts. While the World Teachers Festival builds on the WTP and is particularly suited to bilingual and international schools, it is also open to teachers and schools outside of the WTP network and without a bilingual or international profile. The emphasis will be on secondary education, although attendees from other sectors are also welcome. 

View the programme of the World Teachers Festival 2024

The programme includes talks and practical workshops focusing on the four core elements of ICLON’s World Teacher Competence framework, and the interactions between them:

  • Communicating effectively across languages and cultures: Intercultural competence and critical cultural awareness
  • Supporting development of subject literacy: Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and language-aware teaching in ANY language or subject
  • Embracing diversity: Culturally-responsive teaching, diversifying the curriculum and valuing funds of knowledge
  • Questioning and being questioned: Critical thinking (in teachers and learners), multiperspectivity and listening to learner voices

Working language

The main language of the event will be English, but some workshops can be offered bilingually or in Dutch, according to the preference of the group.

Date and location

Date: Thursday, 21 March 2024, 11:00-17:00

Location: Wolfert Bilingual, Bentincklaan 280, 3039 KK Rotterdam (15 min. walk from Rotterdam Central Station)

Participation costs

  • Rate: €258
  • Early bird rate (until 21 January 2024): €231
  • Students of the ICLON Initial Teacher Education are welcome for the special rate of €110, provided there are sufficient spaces available. We will let you know in advance whether you can participate.

Cancellation policy

If you are unable to attend after registration:

  • You pay €25 if you cancel up until 10 working days in advance of this event.
  • You pay the total fee if you cancel less than 10 working days in advance of this event.

If you need to cancel, please contact us via:

Perhaps a colleague would like to take your place?

That is usually okay. Please contact: nascholing@iclon.leidenuniv.nl.

Should the event be cancelled by the organisers, you will not receive an invoice.

Questions

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us (in English or Dutch): nascholing@iclon.leidenuniv.nl or Tessa Mearns (Coordinator of the World Teachers Programme)

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