consultancy service brochure: english language quality standards programme, british council

CONSULTANCY SERVICE

www.britishcouncil.in

ENGLISH LANGUAGEQUALITY STANDARDSPROGRAMME

The Consultancy Service will help you to prepare for

membership of the English Language Quality

Standards Membership Network.

The service consists of three elements:

1. a diagnostic visit and report.

2. support for the establishment of an action plan.

3. a customised pathway of relevant online

resources.

The diagnostic visit, which lasts for one day, will

provide a thorough report on your school’s provision

in relation to the Quality Standards Framework. It will

highlight the areas where you are meeting the

standards and make recommendations where you are

At the end of the visit we will:

Ÿ provide you with an outline report and will begin

working with you on your action plan and

identifying initial developmental resources.

Within two weeks of the visit we will:

Ÿ send you a finalised report. You should read this

carefully, complete your action plan and send this

to us.

Within two weeks of receiving your completed action

plan we will:

Ÿ send you a customised pathway of relevant online

resources.

Ÿ Visit our website

www.britishcouncil.org.in/english-quality-

standards

Ÿ Read Part Two of the Membership Guide and

familiarise yourself with the requirements for

joining the ELQS Membership Network and the

processes involved in becoming a member.

Ÿ Look carefully at the Quality Standards Framework

to familiarise yourself with the standards required

at level 4 (Integrated). Members of the ELQS

Network must be operating at this level in every

standard in the framework.

Ÿ Take the self-diagnostic test on our website.

Ÿ Download the Consultancy Service form from our

website. Complete the form and send it to us along

with the Consultancy Service fees.

Ÿ The British Council will contact you and arrange a

date for the diagnostic visit.

Ÿ With reference to the Preparation for Review

section of the Membership Guide, draw up a

schedule for the diagnostic visit.

How to enrol

CONSULTANCY SERVICEENGLISH LANGUAGE QUALITY STANDARDS PROGRAMME

For the visit to be as effective as possible, you will

need to prepare carefully.

The morning of the visit will focus on:

Ÿ the results of the self-diagnostic test.

Ÿ documentary review. With reference to the

Documentary evidence section of the Membership

Guide, you will need to make available as many of

the required documents as you have currently

available.

The afternoon will focus on:

Ÿ classroom observation. You should prepare for

this by referring to the Classroom observation

section of the Membership Guide.

Ÿ discussion of the consultant’s findings in relation

to the documentary review and classroom

observation. This discussion will lay the

foundations of the report and action plan.

This is designed to provide you with the necessary

knowledge base, skills and reflection time to prepare

for membership of the Quality Standards Membership

Network. All the resources are centred around the

requirements of each of the ten standards. They

include input texts, engagement tasks, assignments,

suggested activities and useful links. The resources

are self-access and you are strongly recommended to

make use of the portfolio option to record your

answers to the engagement tasks and you reflections.

The customised pathway we provide will be based on

the completed action plan template that you send to

The consultant will provide a preliminary assessment

of your English language programmes of study

against the Quality Standards Framework in the form

of an outline report. The consultant will use this to

work with you to begin completing your action plan

template.

The consultants are senior English Language Teaching professionals, trained and contracted by the British

Council.

The final report is a complete assessment of your

English language programmes of study against each

of the standards in the Quality Standards Framework.

You should use this to complete your action plan

template and begin implementing your action

planning.

Diagnostic visit

Diagnostic

schedule

Customised pathway of relevant online resources

Action plan template

Consultants

Final report

The Consultancy Service will help you to prepare for

membership of the English Language Quality

Standards Membership Network.

The service consists of three elements:

1. a diagnostic visit and report.

2. support for the establishment of an action plan.

3. a customised pathway of relevant online

resources.

The diagnostic visit, which lasts for one day, will

provide a thorough report on your school’s provision

in relation to the Quality Standards Framework. It will

highlight the areas where you are meeting the

standards and make recommendations where you are

At the end of the visit we will:

Ÿ provide you with an outline report and will begin

working with you on your action plan and

identifying initial developmental resources.

Within two weeks of the visit we will:

Ÿ send you a finalised report. You should read this

carefully, complete your action plan and send this

to us.

Within two weeks of receiving your completed action

plan we will:

Ÿ send you a customised pathway of relevant online

resources.

Ÿ Visit our website

www.britishcouncil.org.in/english-quality-

standards

Ÿ Read Part Two of the Membership Guide and

familiarise yourself with the requirements for

joining the ELQS Membership Network and the

processes involved in becoming a member.

Ÿ Look carefully at the Quality Standards Framework

to familiarise yourself with the standards required

at level 4 (Integrated). Members of the ELQS

Network must be operating at this level in every

standard in the framework.

Ÿ Take the self-diagnostic test on our website.

Ÿ Download the Consultancy Service form from our

website. Complete the form and send it to us along

with the Consultancy Service fees.

Ÿ The British Council will contact you and arrange a

date for the diagnostic visit.

Ÿ With reference to the Preparation for Review

section of the Membership Guide, draw up a

schedule for the diagnostic visit.

How to enrol

CONSULTANCY SERVICEENGLISH LANGUAGE QUALITY STANDARDS PROGRAMME

For the visit to be as effective as possible, you will

need to prepare carefully.

The morning of the visit will focus on:

Ÿ the results of the self-diagnostic test.

Ÿ documentary review. With reference to the

Documentary evidence section of the Membership

Guide, you will need to make available as many of

the required documents as you have currently

available.

The afternoon will focus on:

Ÿ classroom observation. You should prepare for

this by referring to the Classroom observation

section of the Membership Guide.

Ÿ discussion of the consultant’s findings in relation

to the documentary review and classroom

observation. This discussion will lay the

foundations of the report and action plan.

This is designed to provide you with the necessary

knowledge base, skills and reflection time to prepare

for membership of the Quality Standards Membership

Network. All the resources are centred around the

requirements of each of the ten standards. They

include input texts, engagement tasks, assignments,

suggested activities and useful links. The resources

are self-access and you are strongly recommended to

make use of the portfolio option to record your

answers to the engagement tasks and you reflections.

The customised pathway we provide will be based on

the completed action plan template that you send to

The consultant will provide a preliminary assessment

of your English language programmes of study

against the Quality Standards Framework in the form

of an outline report. The consultant will use this to

work with you to begin completing your action plan

template.

The consultants are senior English Language Teaching professionals, trained and contracted by the British

Council.

The final report is a complete assessment of your

English language programmes of study against each

of the standards in the Quality Standards Framework.

You should use this to complete your action plan

template and begin implementing your action

planning.

Diagnostic visit

Diagnostic

schedule

Customised pathway of relevant online resources

Action plan template

Consultants

Final report

www.britishcouncil.in

For more information contact:

British Council

17 Kasturba Gandhi Marg

New Delhi 110 001

Telephone (toll-free): 1800 102 4353

Email: [email protected]

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