Early Career Framework

Early Career Professional Development – Mandarin Teacher Micro-programme

10:30 – 17:00, 3 days

UCL Campus: Saturday 9th November 2024, Saturday 18th January 2025 and Friday 28th March 2025

Programme Information

Programme Aims

  • To provide subject-specific support – complementary to full/core induction programme – to first-year and second-year of Early Career Teachers of Mandarin in phase of completing their 2-year induction period and meeting Teachers’ Standards. 
  • To stimulate reflection upon and reconsideration of practice built through ITT and/or first-year teaching
  • To further develop subject and curriculum knowledge, and to enhance inclusivity of pedagogy
  • To optimise overall practice and professionalism within and beyond the curriculum 
  • To promote joint practice development within the subject-specific ECT community

Programme Content

The programme consists of a range of interconnected areas and subject-specific topics.

  • Planning for success at GCSE Chinese: Inclusive setting of expectations and strategic selection of content
  • Optimising progression and enhancing outcomes: Analysis and scaffolding of Mandarin-specific knowledge and skills
  • Ensuring positive progress and outcomes of all learners: Effective and efficient differentiated practice
  • Consolidating and deepening learning through interactions: Questioning and feedbacking for complex cognitive processing and metacognitive development
  • Contextualising language learning, and enabling authentic language use: Culture-language integrated learning

Structure and Certification

The programme will be delivered with three full-day face-to-face sessions on UCL Campus. The venue for each session will be confirmed through email prior to each session.

  • Session 1: Saturday 9th November 2024
  • Session 2: Saturday 18th January 2025
  • Session 3: Friday 28th March 2025 

Total professional development time: 15 hours. 

A programme completion certificate will be issued upon request provided that the three full-day sessions have been fully attended and the inter-session tasks have been completed. 

Who the programme is for

This programme has been developed specifically for first- and second-year Early Career Teachers of Mandarin who will be working in UK-based schools in 2024-2025. All participants are expected to have completed their Initial Teacher Training (through a university-led ITT course, e.g. PGCE, PGDE, or school-based ITT, e.g. school direct, assessment route), and be holders of Qualified Teacher Status or registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS).

Fees

Free of charge for first-year and second-year Early Career Teachers of Mandarin in UK-based schools in 2024-2025.

How to apply for this programme

The deadline to apply for this programme is Monday 21st October 2024.

Please click « Apply Now » below and fill out the application form.

We anticipate high demand for the limited places available on the programme. Therefore, potential participants should complete the application form below as soon as possible.

Please note: applications may close earlier than the above deadline if all places on the course are filled. The next application window will be in summer 2025.

If your application is successful, an admission confirmation email will be sent to you and your Induction Tutor/Line Manager by the application closing date.

Programme Coordinator

Victor Wu

Lecturer in Teacher Training and Professional Development

Enquiries

Catherine Li

Project Officer
chinesenetworks@ucl.ac.uk