The British Council, Argentina, is holding a series of summer schools and workshops during February 2012 on the following theme: Information and Communications Technology for English Language Teaching We are planning four summer schools/workshops, as follows: 1. ICT for ELT Summer School 1 Aimed at a group of 24-30 key individuals from Argentina, Chile Uruguay and Paraguay who will share ideas and experiences of using ICT in English Language Teaching, extend their knowledge of ICT in ELT principles and methodology, and become familiar with British Council online products for ELT . We envisage a series of input sessions from the Director and a local facilitator/trainer, making use of participants' own knowledge and experience where appropriate, with case studies from the region, and the UK. The school will contribute towards building up the British Council's reputation in digital technology for language teaching in Argentina and create a nexus of key people who are well-informed about the British Council's offer. Venue in Buenos Aires. 5 days. Facilitator/Trainer required. 2. ICT for ELT Summer School 2 A more practical workshop for 24-30 middle level trainers from state Ministries of Education, teachers associations and other ELT organisations in Argentina, focusing on Principles and Methodology of using ICT/Learning Technologies in the Classroom with specific reference to British Council digital products for teachers and learners. The participants will be expected to cascade their learning to other trainers and teachers. Venue outside Buenos Aires. 5 days. Facilitator/Trainer required. 3. Learn English Materials for Schools Workshop on the use of pre-loaded LearnEnglish materials being supplied on netbooks to secondary schools. The aim will be to familiarise participants with the pre-loaded materials and equip them with a toolkit on how to use these in the classroom, which they can use to cascade the workshop to other trainers/teachers in their state. 5 days. Facilitator/Trainer required. 4. TKT Workshop for Culturas Inglesas The workshop will orientate trainers/teachers from Culturas Inglesas in the Americas region in the use of British Council F2F and online materials to prepare candidates for the Cambridge ESOL Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT). 2 days. Director required. Applicants for all posts should have the following qualifications and experience: - Language ability: excellent command of English
- Qualifications: high level qualification in ELT/Teacher Training (eg Masters level, or equivalent)
- Experience: substantial experience of teacher training and the use of Digital Technology in English language teaching
- Professional skills: ability to work as part of a small team, work to deadlines, organise and run group work, conduct feedback sessions, produce and deliver materials and conduct a post-course evaluation
- Knowledge of appropriate/relevant British Council digital assets/content or ability to acquire this knowledge and incorporate these assets into the workshop content.
- For Post 4 (TKT Workshops for Culturas Inglesas) applicants should be familiar with the content and methodology used in teaching TKT Essentials both face to face and on-line.
For posts 1 - 3, successful applicants will be required to work very closely as part of a team with an internationally-recruited Course/Workshop Director, who will be responsible for finalising the overall structure of the programme in agreement with the Facilitator /trainer, the British Council and other stakeholders. The Facilitators/trainers will facilitate exchange of ideas amongst participants, run workshops and give short input sessions. They will be required to be available full-time (7 hours per day) for the duration of the programme.  Each summer school/workshop will be fully residential and accommodation and meals will be provided.for participants, and for the facilitator if required.
Preference will be given to experts able to teach/facilitate more than one of the summer schools/workshops. How to apply Interested experts should send a covering letter to Paul Woods, Regional English Adviserpaul.woods@britishcouncil.org.ar and include: - a current c.v.
- a brief statement (up to 200 words) on their vision of the course content for the summer school(s) / workshops for which they are applying
- two professional references
- details of availability within the period 30th January to 24th February 2012.
Deadline for applications is Monday 7th November, 2011. Decisions on applications will be communicated by Friday 11th November 2011. | 
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