We congratulate Kalamkas Bitayeva – an English instructor of the University of Central Asia, School of Professional and Continuous Education in Tekeli, and Yelena Moisseyeva – an English teacher of the Kokshetau State University named after Sh. Ualikhanov, who have been selected as participants of the British Council Summer School which will take place in Turkey in July 2011.

When is it?

Sunday 17th- Tuesday 26th July

Where is it?

Uludag - a mountain town near Bursa in Turkey - there won’t be skiing in the winter!

What is it?

•A trainer training intensive summer school - 36 hours input - on developing core training skills (setting up workshops; engaging trainees, planning and delivering sessions, monitoring and evaluating progress, observation and feedback).

•It will also include familiarisation with the delivery techniques necessary for British Council global product teacher training courses in classroom language, methodology etc which participants can then cascade in their own context.

•The participants will be expected to cascade training in their home countries from September 2011 and maintain a regional network with other trainers.

Draft Programme:

			Sunday 17th		Arrive in Istanbul; opening dinner in city		Formal welcome to the summer school
			Monday 18th		Morning ferry to Bursa, connection to U. Early evening welcome workshop Evening social programme		1 x 2 hour session
			Tuesday 19th		Full day workshop programme Evening social programme		3 x 2 hour sessions
			Wednesday 20th		Full day workshop programme Evening social programme		3 x 2 hour sessions
			Thursday 21st		Morning workshop programme Afternoon excursion Evening group work		2 x 2 hour sessions
			Friday 22nd		Full day workshop programme Evening social programme		3 x 2 hour sessions
			Saturday 23rd		Full day workshop programme Evening social programme		3 x 2 hour sessions
			Sunday 24th		Morning workshop programme Afternoon excursion Evening group work		2 x 2 hour sessions
			Monday 25th		Final workshop; closing ceremony Ferry back to Istanbul Free evening in Istanbul		1 x 2 hour session
			Tuesday 26th		Travel back from Istanbul

Who’s it for?

The ideal applicant:

•is fairly new to the profession e.g. 5-10 years teaching experience

•has a formal or informal teacher training role in their current workplace

•has had no, or limited, prior trainer training input

•aspires to working in more of a teacher training capacity in the future

•has no previous summer school/international training experience

•is capable of, and committed to, developing and sustaining an international network of teacher training colleagues

Successful participants will have to deliver training on their return to their working context and there should be opportunity for British Council trainers to observe them deliver teacher training. In their application they need to outline how this could happen.

How does an applicant get onto the summer school programme?

There will be about 40 participants (2 groups) from a wide range of countries potentially including Turkey, Russia, Israel, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Serbia, Albania, BiH, Macedonia, Armenia, Georgia, Montenegro, Croatia, Kosovo, Uzbekistan

Please fill in the application form and return it to Gulmira.Rymbayeva@kz.britishcouncil.org by 10 May 2011.