Early years and diversity (online course)

A twelve hour online course on early years and diversity.

We have created a new range of 12 hour online units in a similar format to our popular 6 unit online course. All of our online courses are are fully tutored by experienced online trainers and involve interactions with other course participants via our online forum. Click here to learn more about our existing accredited online EAL course. If you are considering applying for the accredited course please be aware that it is not possible to convert the stand alone units into credits towards the accredited version due to the moderation requirements of The University of Greenwich.

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This course is for

• teachers and other professionals working in multilingual schools
• teaching assistants working in multilingual schools and considering working in Early Years

What you will gain from this course

• guidance on how we can best develop the English of multilingual learners in early years settings
• guidance on how to develop settings that reflect the diversity of the communities they serve

The course

• gives you access to a wide range of resources about English as an additional language in the Early Years
• gives you the opportunity to try out and reflect on key classroom strategies

Course Tutor

Graham Smith‘s career covers teaching, training, inspection and consultancy and senior management roles. From 2009-2011 he was Project Director of London Challenge’s Pan London EAL Strategy, a programme delivering 2,000 days of training in 200 schools in 31 local authorities that was a key factor in providing the highest levels of attainment in the country for pupils with EAL. He has been designing and teaching online EAL courses for over ten years.