ESOL Teachers Staff Room

Please join us on online on Thursday 14Th May 12.00 – 13.00, for the next meeting of the Yorkshire and Humber ESOL Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Collaborative Group—a regional network committed to enhancing the quality, resources, and professionalism within ESOL ITE across Yorkshire and the Humber.

MESH volunteer and Gold para weightlifting champion OSCAR talks about how both weighlifting and volunteering are helping him shape his future career.

Sally Wookey works for Lincoln College, and has written a Substack blog about the recent decision taken by the Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority to de-fund ESOL and divert the funds to literacy programs. An interesting and timely read.

Our May ESOL Lunchtime Showcase focuses on strategies for delivering Pre-Entry ESOL, continuing the theme of our spring Networking event

As part of the Swift Project’s training programme, they are offering a full day North Yorkshire Conversation Club Workshop. This workshop would be suitable for North Yorkshire based VCSE leads, facilitators, ESOL tutors and volunteers, anyone who runs or would like to run an informal conversation club for people whose first language is not English.

We are looking to hire an Expert by Experience to be a Project Support Worker on our Exploring and Belonging project. Please share widely with your groups.

The next meeting for the ESOL Research Community will be held on 23rd April from 4 – 5.30pm via Teams. As always, this is free to attend and everyone is welcome.