As part of Brtish Council’s programme to recognise and celebrate World Refugee Day on 20 June, they are offering a free, 3-module Language for Resilience online course for teachers which starts on 7 June. Throughout the course you will learn effective strategies and techniques to help make your classroom a safe environment.
Click here for full details of the course and how to apply
Purpose of the course: You will learn about the following:
- How to create a trauma-sensitive learning environment
- How to work with limited resources
- How to manage challenging behaviour.
Start dates and duration: The course begins on 7th June 2022 and lasts for four weeks. Each module involves approximately three hours of study.
Community and forum: The community and forums for this course are on Facebook. You do not need a Facebook account to join. Click here to join the course community and forum
Certificates: For participants who successfully complete all tasks and achieve a score of 70% or above in the online exercises, there will be a downloadable certificate of completion at the end of the course.
Level of English required: Minimum CEFR B1
Module 1: An introduction to trauma and its effects on the classroom
By the end of this module, you will:
- be able to define trauma and understand its possible causes
- be able to reflect on the effects on learning and behaviour in the classroom through examples of students and consider the role of the teacher in endings and transitions
- learn some interesting ways to create physical and emotional safety through basic strategies
Module 2: Teaching with minimal resources
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- identify the resources available in the classroom.
- use a variety of activities when teaching with limited resources and adapt an activity for a particular teaching context
- analyse the advantages and disadvantages of different activities and be more resourceful when faced with a low-resource context
Module 3: Dealing with very challenging behaviour
By the end of this module, you will:
- be able to understand behaviour as a communication of need – asking what has happened to you rather than what’s wrong with you.
- be able to recognise unconscious defence mechanisms: breaking negative patterns of interaction: choosing a different response.
- learn some practical classroom strategies to manage meaningful communication and interactions.