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Conducting a home language assessment
- Audience: Teachers and TAs
- This course is for any member of staff who might conduct a home language assessment in school
We will explore:
- Why you might conduct a home language assessment
- What information you might gather from families to support with the decision to assess
- How to work with an interpreter
- How to use the communication chain when conducting a home language assessment
- Using BLANKs to assess abstract language comprehension
- The role of storytelling when assessing home language
There will be the opportunity to discuss personal experiences and seek advice.
- Facilitator
- Venue & Travel Information
Erica Field, School Improvement Officer / Whole School and College Approach – Mental Health, Rochdale Borough Council
I qualified as a teacher in 1999 and have been a class teacher, Head of Department and Head of Sixth Form. I also worked with London Challenge to support failing schools. I joined Rochdale School Improvement Team in 2009, where my role is to support schools in meeting the needs of their ethnic minority and English as Additional Language children and young people.
I am an accredited ELKLAN tutor and a local authority moderator for KS1 and KS2. I also run the Rochdale Schools Linking programme, which aims to break down barriers and to enable students to build empathy, respect and confidence in contact.
I am passionate about supporting schools to help children and young people access and engage in the curriculum.