Allophone Teacher Academy

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The ALTA project originates in the observation of two challenges faced by the partners of the project: -The need to implement mechanisms to ensure the integration of an increasing number of non-native speakers in their school systems. - The need to improve the quality of training programmes for student teachers teaching this specific audience. Innovative partnerships and cooperation will meet those challenges as regards staff training, international opening-up and social and territorial equality. The inclusion policy of the project will aim to reduce the effects of socio-economic and linguistic inequalities on school success. Three major outputs will be: -assessing the needs in terms of training serving teachers and student teachers in the inclusion of allophone pupils; - producing courses (5), pedagogical material (2) and pedagogical tools (5), that will then be included in a global training programme; -creating templates of professional training sessions (1) and summer universities (1) enabling the implementation of the ALTA training programme. Based upon on the complementary expertise of the various organisations - 2 French regional education authorities, 3 French student teachers training centres, 1 international educational association, 3 universities from Spain, Italy and Bulgaria and an E-training resources and solutions provider - the ALTA project will enhance the European dimension and internationalization of teacher education and contribute to improve the attractiveness of the teaching profession. It will make the mobility as a full part of the teacher education provision. Adding training sessions and pilot class testing, the project will impact over 800 trainers and education professionals, 1 000 serving teachers and student teachers and 20 000 allophone pupils over its course. Its sustainability and continuation will be facilitated by encouraging the partners to sign bilateral and multilateral agreements and sustain training sessions.