Letter received from ATL National Organiser, Collette Bradford:
“Dear Voice Care Network,
Please would you pass our thanks to the voice care speakers who assisted with our NQT summer seminars.”
Helping people to keep their voices healthy and communicate effectively
ATL -The Association of Teachers and Lecturers – have booked the VCN to deliver more voice workshops for NQTs this summer. VCN will be delivering in London, York, Manchester and Birmingham in July and August this year, ahead of the new academic year.
As previously reported in Voice Matters – Spring Issue, the VCN was awarded some start up funding for a pilot project to deliver voice training workshops to fill gaps in CPD provision for teachers in England, by the TDA.
During this summer, VCN will be delivering many workshops to teachers and NQTs for members of the ATL (Association of Teachers and Lecturers), and the NUT (National Union of Teachers). Workshops are being delivered in Glasgow, Cardiff, London, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Birmingham by a number of VCN Tutors around the country – Cathie Owen, Philomena Chandler, Sandra Gittleson, Suzanne Parke, Ria Richardson and others.
Recent letter received from a Local Authority near Manchester highlight the importance of the
Hants Council County recently contacted Head Office to deliver some specific Voice Training for Support Staff throughout the County. On behalf of VCN, Yvonne Morley delivered the first 2 in June and further workshops were immediately booked to cope with demand. We were delighted when their Professional Adviser, Patricia Langley, took the trouble to write in and personally thank Yvonne.
Following successful ‘pilot’ voice workshops in Poole and Bournemouth, the VCN was asked to provide a Key Speaker to the annual TA (Teaching Assistant) Conference being held on behalf of Poole/Bournemouth and Dorset Local Authoritie