EFL MONITORING BOARD

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EFL MONITORING BOARD

• INFORMAL MEETING WITH ELT SCHOOLS
• 2nd March 2009
• Robert Samut Hall, Floriana

Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
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• The KEY AREAS discussed
• The Work Programme/budget/premises
• EFL teachers and qualifications
• Quality Assurance
• New legislation
• Links with the tourism industry
• The EFL Examination

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PRIORITIES

• To amend the current legal framework
• To set up mechanisms for the accreditation and QA
  of ELT (the Monitoring System)
• Address ELT teachers qualifications and upgrade
  ELT to a regulated profession
• Establish stronger links with the tourism
  industry
• Create a sectoral qualifications framework for
  ELT referenced to the Malta Qualifications
  Framework

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ACTIONS

• Action ONE
• SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities,
  Threats) analysis of both profession and
  industry.
• The GOALS
• Governments 2015 vision for language tourism
• Gateway to Further and Higher Education
• Promote the use of English in mainstream education

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• Action TWO
• Establish an agreed accreditation and quality
  assurance system and provide the structures and
  the resources to manage such a process.
• ELT schools to support regulations and
  benchmarks implement teaching standards and
  quality learning environments assure excellence.
  

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• Action THREE
• Establish a permanent working group between EFL
  MB and MTA to
• Support mechanisms for improvement and growth in
  schools
• Curb illicit operations
• Coordinate marketing plans on the ELT industry
• Industry benchmarking and monitoring jointly
  promoted.

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• Action FOUR
• Establish an EFL Sectoral Qualifications
  Framework
• Transparency, transferability and progression
• Level-rating and referencing of all
  qualifications
• Establish mechanisms to recognise Prior Learning

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• Action FIVE
• EFL MB as a channel of support to ELT Schools and
  teachers
• Promote the ELT profession
• Act as bridge between ELT schools and
• national policies
• Provide exposure to ELT in Malta and abroad

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• Action SIX
• Establish a communications unit in support of ELT
  schools in collaboration with FELTOM and other
  ELT associations.
• Visibility and attraction to ELT
• Facilitate linguistic improvements
• Attracting female returnees into the profession

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• Action SEVEN
• Propose new legislation
• More representative Council
• Create a full-time Secretariat that raises and
  manages its own funds
• Promote ELT on an annual Work Programme/budget
  supported by ELT Schools

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Key Targets

• Revise legislation
• Set up a transparent Examination policy and
  management system
• Set up an EFL/MB Secretariat
• Move to EFL/MB premises
• Create a comprehensive ELT Quality Assurance
  policy that facilitates the monitoring process.

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• Thank you for your attention.