Join our Team of Course Providers
 As
a course provider, you will be able to help a lot of children in your
area and bring about a wider understanding of how they can best learn to read and spell through synthetic phonics.
Our
team of course providers
We
have a number of Course Providers around the world who enrol local parents and
teachers on our Certificate course.
Providers
advertise the Direct Learning Synthetic Phonics Certificate course in a local newspaper
or by printing flyers,
and are contacted by interested teachers, parents, classroom assistants and teachers.They
run classes at home, in a school or central location using the course materials
as a structure. Any tricky points can be clarified, and the students can be assisted
in sending in their assignments by email to us if they do not have a computer
at home. Parents with a child are interested, and local schools often
appreciate having one of their teachers trained in teaching methods for synthetic phonics and able
to advise other teachers on the staff.
Running
the course as a group can be very valuable as it allows people to share ideas
in group discussion, particularly about local phonics programs, schools and organizations. You will
need to make some charge for your own costs and time on top of the cost of the
actual course.
Our
smallest group has been four students, and the largest group we have had is 22!
We receive lots of
positive feedback about the usefulness of the course.
Course
fees and your discount
The price of the course
is on our website.
Our
representatives usually mail us a list of their students on the form provided on our website. Please type in the students' names before printing it
out so that we have accurate spellings for their certificates when they complete
the course. There is another form for you to complete with your personal details; once again, please type in your
details before printing out the form.
10%
discount
There
is a 10% educational discount for groups of three or more, and we provide a free student's place for every ten students. So, for example, if you
had 12 students, you would qualify for 10% reduction overall, as well as having
one student free (i.e. the cost would be for 11 students, less 10%). You will
need to charge your students an appropriate course fee which will also cover your
costs for teaching, administration and emailing us your students' assignments.
Depending on your
circumstances and how much home study your students can undertake, you will need
to decide how many sessions you will need to run the course. If your students
are capable of a lot of home study, then six sessions might be adequate, with
an introductory session followed by five further sessions, one for each Module.
However, the majority of students will probably need eleven sessions, with an
introductory session followed by two sessions for each Module. In either case,
you might also decide to meet up when your students have completed all their assignments
to have a Certificate Presentation ceremony.
You
can send the total registration fee for your group by using an International Banker's
Draft - by registered post - in UK pounds sterling, or a cheque of you live in
the UK. If you let us know how many students you have, we will advise you of the
exact cost by email:
Course
materials delivered by airmail
We
will send you the course materials by airmail by return post. This will probably
take about 4-7 days for delivery, but it is not easy to be precise with parcels.
The course is administered
from our Guildford, UK, office and the address is at the side of this page.
Providing
a valuable new service
By
becoming a Course Provider, you will be arranging for a valuable new service for
parents and teachers in in your area, and I am sure that
it will be a great success. Please contact Teresa Burns on the email address above
if we can be of any further help.
Flyers
and logo
There
is a prepared flyer
or leaflet for the course which might be helpful for spreading the word about
the course. If you go to Edit > Select All and Copy this page, you can then
Paste it onto a blank Microsoft Word (or other word processor) document. You can
then type in your own contact details at the bottom of the leaftet for photocopying.
There is also a copy of our logo for you to copy and use.
Qualifications
To become a Course Provider,
you should have successfully completed the Synthetic Phonics
Certificate Course yourself, and you must have some experience of working
with children.
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