Attend First Steps Facilitator Courses in the heart of Switzerland!

“First Steps is a research-based literacy resource developed in Western Australia that provides teachers with practical classroom strategies to help them develop children’s language and literacy skills across the curriculum.”
Sue McDonald, Literacy Today

First Steps is not a course book or scheme but a resource that is based on language teaching beliefs which are very much in line with PYP language beliefs. The resources provide structure, ideas and strategies for the teacher and links assessment to teaching. Involving the children in setting goals and criteria for their own learning through the medium of inquiry is a large part of the First Steps philosophy, thus enabling all children to make observable progress in language development.

The Facilitator courses enable an administrator or teacher to take on the role of delivering the First Steps literacy courses to the teachers within their school. This saves cost and provides ongoing support and professional development for the whole school. The facilitator courses for International Schools throughout Europe have been especially arranged and will be held at the International School of Zug and Luzern, at the Luzern campus. The campus is situated on a picturesque lakeside surrounded by mountains.

First Steps, Second edition Reading Facilitator Course: 23rd to 27th of June.
First Steps, Second edition Writing Facilitator Course: 6th to 10th of October.

If your school registers for the two courses, there will be a discount of 10% on the second course. The cost of one course is £995, this includes lunches and all resources you will need to effectively facilitate First Steps courses.

Please let us know as soon as possible if you would like to attend one or both of the courses. This is a great opportunity which would be a pity to miss.

For further information and registration please contact Maria Haeberli, language coordinator, International School of Zug and Luzern at: mariahaeberli@isoz.ch or Angela Hollington, principal, International School of Zug and Luzern at: ahollington@isoz.ch
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First Steps Website: www.stepspd.com/uk/index.asp