Workshop No 6/2014, 25-27 June 2014, Graz, Austria

“Collaborative Community Approach to Migrant education” (COMMUNITY)
Venue: ECML, Graz, Austria
Dates: 25-27 June 2014
Participants: 1 delegate per member state, to be nominated by the national nominating authorities
Working languages: English and French, with simultaneous interpretation
Deadline for nomination: 23 April 2014
Profile of participants
Professional background
Language education advisors, teachers working in multilingual (formal and informal) learning environments (nursery, primary, secondary), representatives from groups and associations concerned with multilingual education, teacher educators working in areas with high proportions of migrant children.
Experience, competences required
Knowledge of/interest in plurilingual pedagogies and developing parental/community involvement to enhance learning for migrant children
Expected involvement/tasks
Participants will be asked to complete specific tasks producing and commenting on materials in order to productively share ideas at workshop. After the event, participants will be involved in disseminating project materials and promoting online teacher education module and resources in own country.