Whether you’re newly qualified, returning to the profession after a career break, transitioning across phases, or just preparing to start your training, this immersive professional development residential is designed to support you and help you build confidence, classroom practice, and pedagogy.
In a series of forthcoming residential camps, day excursions and online sessions to be announced – our teacher development offering covers practical, research-informed programme focused on effective language teaching. Participants will explore key strategies for developing core skills, using adaptive teaching and formative assessment, and integrating cultural learning. The residential also provides valuable opportunities to connect with fellow MFL educators.
These sessions will be led by Julie Sutcliffe, Education Development Lead at the Global School Alliance, who is an experienced MFL specialist with over 30 years of experience in the classroom and leading departments and a large multi-academy trust.
Location: Liverpool, UK
If you’re interested in joining us in the future, please submit your details below to be kept updated on future events and dates!
What will it include?
Participants will:
– Explore effective, evidence-informed pedagogy for language teaching
– Develop practical classroom strategies, routines, and techniques
– Take part in hands-on workshops and collaborative activities
– Learn from experienced practitioners and mentors
– Build a supportive network with fellow MFL educators
The programme blends theory, practice, reflection, and collaboration to prepare teachers for a confident return or start in the classroom.
Who can attend?
Our MFL Development Camps and events are suitable for professionals who are:
– Early Career Teachers (ECTs) in their first two years of teaching
– Individuals preparing to begin an MFL teacher training programme in September
– Teachers returning to the classroom after a career break
– MFL teachers transitioning across phases
– All teachers of MFL who are keen to develop their pedagogy and classroom practice
What are the benefits?
Attending a residential or event will help MFL teachers:
– Build confidence in delivering lessons and promoting progress in the MFL classroom
– Strengthen their teaching toolkit with practical, ready-to-use strategies
– Connect with other teachers at a similar career stage for support and idea-sharing
– Gain insights from an experienced MFL teacher and leader
– Develop a deeper understanding of effective pedagogy and classroom practice
– Feel re-energised, supported, and prepared for the year ahead
The programme blends theory, practice, reflection, and collaboration to prepare teachers for a confident return or start in the classroom.
Sessions will include:
Developing the Listening Skill: gain a deeper understanding of how to develop listening with your students with information around the micro-skills needed in the process as well as practical tasks you can implement in your classroom straight away.
Developing the Reading Skill: How can we develop what we do in the classroom to go beyond mere comprehension?
Developing the Speaking Skill: enhance your understanding of the speaking skill in promoting progress in MFL, how repetition and retrieval supports fluency and automatization and identify activities in for the classroom that support self-confidence and self-efficacy in speaking.
Developing the Writing Skill: understand the stages of writing development and discuss a range of strategies focusing on developing the writing skill in the MFL classroom.
Adaptive Teaching and Checking for Understanding: Explore practical strategies and activities to use in the classroom to support all students, and check their understanding as you go along.
From Language to Culture – bringing the world into your classroom: Explore the strengths and benefits of successful school international links and share practical strategies and guidance for establishing, embedding, and sustaining global links in the MFL Classroom.
Register Your Interest
Submit your details to be the first to hear about upcoming development camps, days and online sessions.
