The British Council is the United Kingdom's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are a registered charity; 209131 (England and Wales) SC037733 (Scotland). We create international opportunities for the people of the UK and other countries and build trust between them worldwide. We call this cultural relations.This message is for the use of the intended recipient(s) only. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete it. The British Council accepts no liability for loss or damage caused by software viruses and you are advised to carry out a virus check on any attachments contained in this message.For your information. Call for Hornby Course Director in India and Sri Lanka. Luciana BrasilProject OfficerBritish CouncilSCN Qd. 04 Bl. B Conj. 202 | Brasilia, DF | 70714 900 | BrasilT + 55 61 2106-7537 | F + 55 61 2106-7599 | BCTN 217 7537E Luciana.brasil@britishcouncil.org.br HORNBY RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS INDIA & SRI LANKA 2011/12 Applications are invited for the post of Course Director for the Hornby Residential Schools Topic Classroom based assessment of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in English for secondary learners Venue There will be a total of three residential Hornby Schools in India & Sri Lanka in 2011. Each school will have 40 participants. Venues are not yet confirmed but will be in well equipped training facilities or hotels in India and Sri Lanka. Dates Sri Lanka August 2011 (tbc) East India August 2011 (tbc) West India August 2011 (tbc) Participants The Hornby Schools will be attended by teachers and trainers from government schools or institutions, some will act as champions to share learnings from the schools when they return to their own districts. The teachers will have varying levels of experience and language proficiency and will be working in challenging operational contexts. We also expect participants from NGOs with an interest in ELT. Each Hornby School will also have a several experienced teacher trainers, selected by partner teacher training institutions, who will, in-turn, cascade the full programme to teachers in their institutions following their course. An additional 10 Champions will be selected during the Schools from the 120 participants and subsequently these 10 will be invited to attend an additional 5-day programme to help them adapt the materials as appropriate and set up the cascades. This additional train the trainer programme is called Master Trainer: Beyond the Basics and is the final stages of piloting and development. Background Information Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) was introduced into the Indian education system in the mid-eighties. This involves assessing learning outcomes on a continuous basis through graded classroom-based tasks, for which the resulting scores are recorded to gauge progress in all subject areas. Most of these methods of evaluating learner progress are based on reading and writing. It is envisaged that the Schools will give teachers and trainers the skills to put the theory into practice. Further information about CCE in India can be found at http://www.cbse.nic.in/cce/index.html In Sri Lanka with the Presidential Initiative, English for Life Skills, which promotes speaking in schools, there is