Teacher Training Group Courses

Our Teacher Training Courses (also eligible for Erasmus plus funding) aim to give teachers of English or any other language taught as a foreign language the opportunity to further their professional development as language teaching practitioners in their respective settings, whether among primary or secondary school children, with students from the same or diverse backgrounds, and even in a classroom with impaired learners.

Whatever your training needs are as a serious teacher in search of self-improvement, we are sure that you will find something to whet your professional appetite in our selection of carefully structured and seriously thought out teacher training programmes.

In terms of methodology, participants on any of our teacher training courses can enjoy a combination of explicit instruction and direct teacher involvement. Following the format of a workshop, sessions are:

• Interactive with plenty of ongoing group discussion and opportunities for participants to draw on their own experience and exchange ideas they feel are worth sharing;
• Demonstrative in the presentation of teaching approaches, lesson planning, and materials design;
• Practical and hands-on when it comes to trialing some of the ideas presented in class, with the aim that participants will be able to take something tangible away with them (a specific technique, a particular activity, a general way of planning lessons or adapting resources, etc.);
• Experiential in nature, so that participants can experience the content being presented and promoted (methodologies, teaching styles, lesson plans etc.) first-hand, from the perspective of students, through which they will be better positioned to make judgments on learning effectiveness;
• Evaluative with opportunities for individual reflection, teaching practice, lesson observations and peer feedback.

Courses we offer:

• The Gateway Teacher Training Primary Education Programme (30 lessons per week) – 1 week
• The Gateway Teacher Training Primary Education Programme (30 lessons per week) – 2 weeks
• The Gateway Teacher Training Secondary, Tertiary, and Adult Education Programme (30 lessons per week) – 1 week
• The Gateway Teacher Training Secondary, Tertiary and Adult Education Programme (30 lessons per week) – 2 weeks
• The Gateway Teacher Training Diversity in Education Programme (30 lessons per week) – 1 week
• The Gateway Teacher Training Diversity in Education Programme (30 lessons per week) – 2 weeks

The accommodation we offer:

We offer various accommodation options including hotel, residence accommodation right next to the school on half board basis, host families within 5 to 10 minutes walking distance from the school as well as a choice of self-catering apartments.

The Gateway Teacher Training Primary Education Programme 30 lessons per week including 2 Half Day activities (Valletta by night & Mdina Tour)

The focus of our Gateway Teacher Training Primary School Programme is based on interactive, experiential learning that meets the needs of all teachers in primary education.

Course participants can benefit from a hands-on approach in the practical workshops in the company of other teachers while discovering methodologies which will allow them to evaluate their current teaching purpose and practices in their own teaching environment.

The Gateway Teacher Training Secondary, Tertiary & Adult Education Programme 30 lessons per week including 2 Half Day activities (Valletta by night & Mdina Tour)

The focus of this course is based on interactive, experiential learning that meets the needs of all teachers at these levels of education.

Course participants can benefit from a hands-on approach in the practical workshops in the company of other teachers while discovering methodologies which will allow them to evaluate their current teaching purpose and practices in their own teaching environment.

The Gateway Teacher Training Diversity in Education Programme 30 lessons per week including 2 Half Day activities (Valletta by night & Mdina Tour)

This course is a timely response to the modern-day demands of intercultural integration in different educational contexts, including the classroom, homestay tuition, and language mobility programmes.

The Gateway Teacher Training Programme of Language Education for Hearing Impaired Adults 30 lessons per week including 2 Half Day activities (Valletta by night & Mdina Tour)

This course takes trainees through a holistic development in their dual roles as language teachers and as themselves students of English.