Teacher Placement Scheme

MLA London is the regional agency for the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. Thanks to government support they have been able to fund a Teacher Placement Scheme since 2006. 

The funding allows teachers - and student teachers - to work in an archive or museum for several days. Teachers use the historic collections to develop resources for teaching history and citizenship. The scheme allows strong links to be built between the teachers and the host organisation.

The BPMA has benefitted from the scheme over two years:

• In 2006, we worked with teachers and students from Bensham Manor School, a secondary special school in Croydon. Pupils visited The Royal Mail Archive in central London, and our Museum Store in Debden, Essex.
  
  Find out more... and see work by the students in the Kids Gallery.
  
  
• In 2007 we worked with two student teachers from Roehampton University. They worked at the BPMA for a week, and delivered an archive education session with pupils from Rotherfield Primary School.
  
  This project was particularly important as it also linked up with voluntary work by staff from Royal Mail Group.
  
  Find out more... how did we link pupils' personal development to the history of the Victorian Post Office?
  

Get involved in Teacher Placement at the BPMA

The BPMA is very keen to welcome more teachers to work with us as part of the Teacher Placement Scheme. If you would like to work with us, please get in touch for an informal chat. Contact Deborah Turton on 020 7239 2567, or email info@postalheritage.org.uk.

To actually apply for the scheme, please contact MLA London School Liaison Officers Jan Kofi-Tsekpo janet.kofi-tsekpo@mlalondon.org.uk, or Jenny Blay jennifer.blay@mlalondon.org.uk.