Face-to-Face sessions (July 2025)

Here are the CPD sessions I’ll be delivering across England this July. Each event focuses on different aspects of the EPI approach and evidence-based MFL instruction. I hope to see you at one of them! Please note that I have cancelled all my speaking events scheduled for June in England, Northern Ireland and Ireland due to family issues.

Rushden – The EPI Curriculum and the New GCSE
📅 Monday 7th July 2025, 9AM–4PM
📍 Rushden Academy, NN10 6AG
🧠 Designing input-to-output sequences, listening, reading, phonics, grammar

2. Maidstone – Becoming an EPI Teacher
📅 Tuesday 8th July 2025, 8:30AM–4PM
📍 Oakwood Park Grammar School, ME16 8AH
🧠 Core EPI principles: modelling, language processing, fluency tasks

3. Coventry – Evidence-Based MFL Teaching: What Really Works
📅 Wednesday 9th July 2025, 8:30AM–3PM
📍 President Kennedy School, CV6 4GL
🧠 Effective, inclusive MFL instruction grounded in cognitive science

4. Tamworth – Becoming an EPI Teacher
📅 Friday 11th July 2025, 8:30AM–4PM
📍 Landau Forte Amington, B77 4FF
🧠 Why EPI works, listening as modelling, output tasks, fluency building

Online sessions (June-July 2025)

June 2025 Speaking & Training Events with Network for Learning

1. **Evidence‑Based Strategies for Effective and Enjoyable Grammar Instruction**
   📅 10 June 2025, 16:00–18:30 (online)
   A webinar on research-grounded grammar teaching strategies to enhance engagement and accuracy.
   🔗 View & book the course networkforlearning.org.uk+9networkforlearning.org.uk+9networkforlearning.org.uk+9networkforlearning.org.uk+1networkforlearning.org.uk+1
2. **Phonics in MFL – Workshop 1**
   📅 11 June 2025, 16:00–18:30 (online)
   An interactive session on systematic phonics integration in Modern Foreign Language instruction.
   🔗 View & book the course (Phonics in MFL – 11 June) networkforlearning.org.uk+4networkforlearning.org.uk+4networkforlearning.org.uk+4
3. **Phonics in MFL – Workshop 2**
   📅 12 June 2025, 08:00–10:30 (online)
   The second session, focusing on phoneme-grapheme mapping and code-up techniques for language learners.
   🔗 View & book the course (Phonics in MFL – 12 June) networkforlearning.org.uk+9networkforlearning.org.uk+9networkforlearning.org.uk+9networkforlearning.org.uk+2networkforlearning.org.uk+2networkforlearning.org.uk+2en.wikipedia.org+3networkforlearning.org.uk+3en.wikipedia.org+3
4. **Becoming an EPI Teacher: A Deep Dive into Extensive Processing Instruction**
   📅 16 & 19 June 2025, 16:00–19:00 (online)
   A two-part workshop exploring the MARS–EARS cycle, instructional sequencing, and fluency building.
   🔗 View & book the course (Becoming an EPI Teacher – 16 & 19 June) en.wikipedia.org+9networkforlearning.org.uk+9networkforlearning.org.uk+9
5. **Curriculum Design and Lesson Planning in MFL**
   📅 23 & 30 June 2025, 16:00–18:30 (online)
   A research-informed course on medium- and long-term lesson frameworks, integral to accreditation.
   🔗 View & book the course (Curriculum Design – 23 & 30 June) en.wikipedia.org+10networkforlearning.org.uk+10networkforlearning.org.uk+10
6. **Implementing EPI for Learners in High School**
   📅 24 June 2025, 08:00–10:30 (UK time, online)
   A practical seminar applying the P.I.R.C.O. sequence in secondary contexts with exam focus.
   🔗 View & book the course (Implementing EPI – 24 June) en.wikipedia.org+9networkforlearning.org.uk+9networkforlearning.org.uk+9en.wikipedia.org

July 2025 Speaking Events with Network for Learning

1. Memory: What Every Language Teacher Should Know
   • 📅 1 July 2025, 16:00–18:30 (online)
   • A half-day webinar on cognitive science strategies—spaced practice, dual coding, retrieval—applied to MFL learning.
2. Implementing EPI at Key Stage 4 & the New MFL GCSEs
   • 📅 2 July 2025, 16:00–19:00 (online)
   • Practical applications of the EPI model to the revised GCSE curriculum, focusing on input-to-output instructional sequences.
3. Becoming an Accredited EPI Teacher – Final Assessment Tutorial
   • 📅 8 July 2025, time TBC (online)
   • A tutorial supporting candidates preparing for the final module of the Accredited EPI Teacher Programme, with live guidance and feedback.
4. Impactful Evidence-Based Vocabulary Instruction
   • 📅 9 July 2025, time TBC (online)
   • A deep dive into research-driven techniques for teaching vocabulary under the new GCSE framework.