This toolkit contains information about practical resources, programmes and apps that staff can use to improve their Welsh and to improve their learner's Welsh. The website is completely bilingual and suitable for everyone, whatever their Welsh language skills.
Teclyn Iaith (Welsh Toolkit)
Bilingualism for the workplace: Professional skills
The purpose of this resource is to help develop confidence to work bilingually. A series of tasks will introduce skills such as: drafting an e-mail preparing a CV giving a presentation in Welsh. This resource was developed by Pembrokeshire College.
Raising confidence for assessors
The purpose of this online self-study course is to give assessors the resources and information to work confidently bilingually with their learners. The course considers some of the benefits and challenges of working bilingually before setting out to give information, resources and motivation that will enable assessors to develop provision and work confidently through the medium of Welsh. The course is bilingual, and is aimed at raising the confidence of assessors as they provide their training through the medium of Welsh.
Bilingual teaching and learning pedagogy in the New Normal
A series of interactive e-learning resources developed to support tutors wishing to embed the Welsh language and to teach bilingually in an online learning environment. There is a choice of six different units, and each unit should take approximately one hour to complete. Bilingual teaching and learning pedagogy in the new normal Bilingual teaching and learning pedagogy in Health and Social Care in the new normal Bilingual teaching and learning pedagogy in Childcare in the new normal Bilingual teaching and learning pedagogy in Public Services in the new normal Bilingual teaching and learning pedagogy for Welsh as an Employability Skill in the new normal Bilingual teaching and learning pedagogy in Adult Learning in the new normal.
Introducing the Welsh Language: Level 3 Uniformed Protective Services
This resource is a collection of resources to support educators who wish to introduce more Welsh in the delivery of the Level 3 Uniformed Protective Services course. The collection has been created to support educators in planning and setting classroom work activities or evidence based on learners' Welsh language skills. The collection includes: • a guide that explains how to use the resource. • 'Mapping the Opportunities to introduce the Welsh language' document for each core unit. • bilingual posters of the key terms for each unit.
Introducing the Welsh language: Level 2 Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development: Core
This resource is a collection of resources to support educators who wish to introduce more Welsh in the delivery of the Level 2 Children's Care, Play Learning and Development: Core course. The collection has been created to support educators in planning and setting classroom work activities or evidence based on learners' Welsh language skills. The collection includes: • a guide that explains how to use the resource. • 'Mapping the Opportunities to introduce the Welsh language' document for each core unit. • bilingual posters of the key terms for each unit. • a resource that provides ideas for learners to use the Welsh language on work placements.
Introducing the Welsh language: Level 2 Health and Social Care: Core
This resource is a collection of resources to support educators who wish to introduce more Welsh in the delivery of the Level 2 Health and Social Care: Core course. The collection has been created to support educators in planning and setting classroom work activities or evidence based on learners' Welsh language skills. The collection includes: • a guide that explains how to use the resource. • 'Mapping the Opportunities to introduce the Welsh language' document for each core unit. • a series of tasks that meet the requirements of specific assessment criteria of the course. They demonstrate how it is possible for all learners to complete the same task, whilst developing their Welsh language skills at individual and appropriate levels. • bilingual posters of the key terms for each unit. • a resource that provides ideas for learners to use the Welsh language on work placements.
Sgiliaith: Bilingual Teaching posters
Here is a series of posters by Sgiliaith that offer ideas on how you can start to use and introduce the Welsh language in your lessons. The posters are suitable for tutors and work based learning assessors, but would also be useful for teachers that are interested in incorporating more Welsh into their lessons. The poster series includes keywords on the following: Greetings Feedback Simple questions Bilingual Glossary for Tutors and Work based Learning Assessors The Advantages of Bilingualism Creating a Welsh Ethos in the Classroom Useful Resources Begin to Bilingualise an Online Lesson
A guide to creating digital resources (Canllawiau Creu Adnoddau Digidol)
These guidelines present different things that should be considered when creating digital learning resources. The guide refers to the following elements: Research and planning Authoring the content Accessibility and copyright Adding a resource on the Porth Adnoddau Resource creation toolkit (a list of software and packages) Resource creation checklist Accessibility checklist In addition, there is a link to the Welsh Language Commissioner's Bilingual Design Guide. This guide talks about how to introduce both languages when designing material.
Sgiliaith’s National Staff Development Programme
The aim of Sgiliaith’s National Staff Development Programme isto provide innovative training and practical advice on good practice and resources to staff in the further education and apprenticeships sectors. The purpose of this programme is to support practitioners to offer Welsh medium and bilingual provision to both learners and apprentices. Sgiliaith’s development opportunities are suitable for everyone working in the sector, regardless of Welsh language skills or previous experience. Sgiliaith’s Staff Development Training Programme offers a range of development opportunities to support the progression of practitioners’ bilingual skills, whilst Sgiliaith’s Staff Mentoring Programme offers support to practitioners in real learning situations to embed Welsh/bilingualism in the classroom or workplace. A national staff development and mentoring programme for the post-16 sector was commissioned. It is delivered by Sgiliaith on behalf of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.
Online Teaching with MS Teams (Workshop by Dyddgu Hywel)
This workshop will benefit anyone who wants to develop and build on online teaching methods, innovative learning, online delivery and student engagement. Objectives of the workshop Adopt effective teaching skills online Delivering effectively through Microsoft Teams Leading group work activities during online seminars Content (a series of 3 video presentations by Dyddgu Hywel) Video 1 - Communicating with students through Teams Video 2 - Online teaching through Teams Video 3 - Breakout Groups At the end of these workshops, trainees should be: comfortable with online teaching confident leading online activities and tasks comfortable using all equipment within Microsoft Teams Presenter Background Dyddgu Hywel Background Dyddgu studied BSc (Hons) Design and Technology Secondary Education leading to Qualified Teacher Status' at Bangor University, she graduated with first class honors. Her early career started as a Design and Technology A Level lecturer at Coleg Meirion Dwyfor, before being appointed as a Design and Technology teacher at Rhydywaun Comprehensive School. She’s now been working at Cardiff Metropolitan University for the last seven years, working as a senior lecturer in the School of Education, with her expertise in innovative teaching, student engagement and technology enhanced learning.
Resource to Support Post-16 Education
The resource includes planning resources pertaining implementing the Welsh Medium Further Education and Apprenticeship Action Plan. The resources will help you plan based on the themes below: Strategic Planning Learners Staff Provision Teaching Resources Qualifications Employers Sgiliaith Resources You will also have access to a calendar, discussion forums and a messaging system. The material resides on the Coleg Cymraeg's Blackboard site, and so you will need to create a Blackboard account to view the resources (see below for link). Please find a video detailing how to use the resource below.