Wednesday 22 January 2014

New Year, new Almond!

New Year, new Almond!

www.almondvoclink.co.uk

We are very proud to announce that we now have a new website. This is something we planned for a little while and are very excited about. We chose to move away from the complicated html and upgrade to a Word Press site. 

We asked a small, local media company to help us with the initial set up. They showed us how to use WP, post news, update pages and change the look of it. We are very excited as this means we will be able to keep you all up to date! 

Next time you visit our website, be sure to have a look at our new Student Zone. We have created this page to promote our student's achievements, projects and the effects of their work during their time here. Soon we will share some articles they wrote and useful tips for all our future participants.

If you have any suggestions, comments or ideas you would like to share with us, please leave a comment below :) 


Wednesday 15 January 2014

Montessori Methodology in Language Training for Adults - Meeting

Attention language teachers! 

We are involved in European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programmes project aiming to develop a new method that will improve the quality of language learning for adults and university students (20+). We would like to invite you to a meeting that will be held in our office - City Business Park on 

Saturday 25th January 2014 10.00-12.00

The aim of our meeting is to extend our knowledge of this methodology and invite you to further training sessions on 22nd and 23rd February 2014 which will concern the research and the piloting of this project. All participants will receive a certificate attesting their contribution to the project which is based on a manual realized by our international partners. 

Please note that the training course and certificate are FREE of charge, however will only be given to those who part-take in the whole research process. 

To find out more about other projects we are worked on in the past please see our previous post "Programmes and Projects"

http://mmlt.eu/
Lifelong Learning Programme


Tuesday 14 January 2014

Programmes and Projects

   In recent years, we have gained a vast amount of valuable experience in dealing with large       scale, EU supported educational programmes. We have worked with partners from across Europe     and actively participate in projects that help to educate, integrate and give access to gain new skills and widen horizons of our participants. 



ERASMUS +
LEONARDO DA VINCI MOBILITY
LEONARDO DA VINCI PARTNERSHIP
GRUNTVIG
VETPRO
CITIZENSHIP
ERASMUS


All of the above programmes are a part of the European Comission’s Lifelong Learning Programme. Our company strongly believes in working closely with other European Partners towards improving and developing educational methods, influencing others to remain in education and gain knowledge through new experiences. These projects improve integration, develop and implement innovative teaching methods, break language barriers and give others a great chance to explore new opportunities, gain new skills and qualifications. Almond Vocational Link strongly believes in the objectives promoted by these programmes and with many years of experience and dedication in supporting those, we are proud of our achievements.











STAFF SENSE LdV Mobility Project
“Increasing the quality of the STAFF responsible for the period of SEN Student’s vocational Education, STAFF SENSE”. Almond Vocational Link was involved in this project alongside with other participating institutions from countries like Turkey, Germany, Spain, Poland, Italy, and Greece. Staff Sense was aimed at students with Special Educational Needs who wish to continue their education in a vocational high school to gain a profession and become independent in their adult lives.

VETPRO LdV Mobility Project
European Union Countries Experience of Vocational Practical training planning by educating qualified workers for hotel, restaurant, and public catering enterprise. Almond Vocational Link hosted 8 guests from Lithuania, representatives of the catering industry and Chamber of Commerce in November 2011.The focus of the programme was to provide an insight of the UK catering Industry and Training of the Hospitality staff.

P.I.T.A.G.O.R.A Grundtvig Project
  Almond Vocational Link was responsible for coordination of this project. Potentiate Integration and Task for Adult learners giving them Opportunities for Relations All over Europe The PIT-GOR project aims at promoting education, cooperation, interchange and the mobility of disadvantage adult group (immigrants, ethnic minorities, etc. ) coming from European areas at risk regarding social exclusion, focusing on maths as a skill needed to be potentate. This project was focused around adult learners, teachers, trainers and education staff

MMLT (Montessori Methodology in Language Training)
 MMLT is another project funded by European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme that Almond Vocational Link is proud to be part of. In this project, we focus on the already successful Montessori teaching methods and exploring the ways to implement these in adult language training. This project involves working with partners from Hungary, Greece, Italy, Poland and Romania.

"Europe for Citizens” Programme
Europe for Citizens is aimed at ethnic minorities, promoting debate and reflection on existing    policies in Europe, specifically European Strategy 2020, bringing them closer to the objectives    and guidelines, strengthening active citizenship in their community. One of the objectives of this  programme was to enhance tolerance and mutual understanding between European citizens  and give the participants opportunity to interact and help constructing a tighter-knit Europe,      united and enriched by its cultural diversity

                                
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