his event is for schools running Japanese classes or clubs which have an interest in helping the development of teachers of Japanese to gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in the UK.

We will be holding an information day for School-Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT). SCITT is a programme to help train people to become new QTS teachers. It is managed by the Department for Education and administered by authorised providers in the UK. National Modern Languages, a provider of SCITT, will introduce a new path for training Japanese language teachers as part of the SCITT programme. In the past, National Modern Languages was only for trainees aiming to become teachers of French, German, and Spanish. Now it will include prospective QTS teachers of Japanese. 

Please note that trainees are required to have French, German or Spanish as a primary foreign language they can potentially teach, with Japanese as an additional language. This means that trainees will be able to teach two languages. Host schools train the trainee teachers and in return will gain a trainee able to teach two languages at their school.

Along with this fantastic opportunity, National Modern Languages is looking for schools that are interested in becoming host schools for these new trainee Japanese language teachers.

On this information day, Ms Katrin Sredzki-Seamer, Director of the National Modern Languages SCITT, will give a speech about SCITT, and share information about becoming a host school. She will also explain the merits of the programme for host schools. There will be a Q&A session.

We hope that many schools have an interest in becoming a host school and that this event will inspire them to become one.

Date:

• Day 1: Wednesday 14th June, 13:00-13:30, 16:00-16:30
• Day 2: Monday 19th June, 16:30-17:00
• Day 3: Thursday 6th July, 13:00-13:30, 16:00-16:30

Note: Each session has the same content.

The start/finish time is flexible. Please let us know your preferred time if this all of the above times are not suitable.

To apply, please click here:

https://forms.office.com/r/45egfstvNu

Participation fee: Free (registration in advance is required.)

Registration deadline:

• 12th June for Day 1 (14th June)
• 15th June for Day 2 (19th June)
• 4th July for Day 3 (6th July)

Languages used: English