Our most advanced course is intended for teachers who aspire to lead teaching and learning about the Holocaust within their schools, transmitting knowledge to colleagues and developing schemes of work. The course provides an opportunity for teachers to engage in historical discussions about the Holocaust, and to explore advanced debates about pedagogy and the future of teaching and learning about the Holocaust.
The course will take place either in:
- Israel, in partnership between the Holocaust Educational Trust and Yad Vashem's International School for Holocaust Studies based in Jerusalem
- Poland, in partnership between the Holocaust Educational Trust, Yad Vashem's International School for Holocaust Studies and “Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre” – a cultural institution based in the city of Lublin, Poland.
We will confirm the location asap in the new year.
Dates
- Introductory seminar (Zoom): Thursday 28 July 2026
- Residential Course in partnership with Yad Vashem (Lublin, Poland): Sunday 2 August to Tuesday 11 August 2026, OR Israel: Sunday 2 August to Tuesday 11 August 2026
- Follow-up weekend (UK): Friday 20 November to Sunday 22 November 2026
Applications deadline - Tuesday 17 March 2026
Programme overview
- Part One: Introductory Seminar and Pre-course Reading
Before embarking on the Advanced Teacher Training Programme, you will be connected with other participants via a course-specific Google Classroom site and online during a one-day Introductory Seminar. Core texts will be distributed to promote discussions and to introduce relevant academic literature. You will be encouraged to think about current classroom practice and to explore your own individual philosophy. Ahead of the programme an online ‘Survey of current teaching practice’ will ask questions about your own setting.
- Part Two: Ten-day Programme in Poland OR Israel
The Advanced Teacher Training Programme in partnership with Yad Vashem will either be held in partnership with the “Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre” Centre in Lublin, OR on the Yad Vashem campus in Jerusalem.
During the programme, you will have the opportunity to engage with world-leading academics and educators on a variety of issues around teaching and learning about the Holocaust, museum education, commemoration and history.
- In Poland, you will engage with the educational centre at Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre and the museums at Majdanek, Sobibór and Bełżec, and engage with discussions of memory and memorialisation of the Holocaust within Poland.
- In Israel, you will visit the Yad Vashem Museum and grounds and other major sites around Jerusalem to explore the place of Holocaust remembrance in Israel.
- Part Three: Follow-up Weekend and Assignment
The follow-up weekend, held in November, is intended to allow you time to reflect on your experiences during the programme and to share ideas with each other. The weekend also includes further historical sessions delivered by speakers from the Holocaust Educational Trust and International School for Holocaust Studies and external academics.
On completion of the programme, participants are expected to take knowledge obtained during the course back to their classrooms or utilise the principles of site pedagogy to organise visits for their students. In order to report back to our funders on the impact of the programme, you will be asked in the application form about the impact you envisage the programme having on your own teaching, or on the teaching of the Holocaust within your department and your wider school community. Following the course, we ask that you write a short (≈1000 word) statement reflecting on the impact of the programme (due Tuesday 19 January 2027); these will be used to write a report examining the efficacy of the project.
On their return from the programme, participants will be encouraged to organise a free CPD/CLPL workshop with the Holocaust Educational Trust for their department/faculty/school and/or MAT.
Who should apply?
Applications are invited from primary and secondary teachers and trainees of any subject area who are currently in post across the UK. Participants are required to be available for the entirety of the course. We welcome applications from teachers engaged in the Vision Schools Scotland programme.
The Holocaust Educational Trust offers a programme of teacher training courses which are intended to support teachers in career-long professional learning. The programme begins with our foundational Exploring the Holocaust: UK Residential Course. On completion of our Exploring the Holocaust: UK Residential Course, we encourage participants to join one of our advanced training courses including Teacher Study Visits and our most advanced programme in partnership with Yad Vashem
We can only accept 23 teachers on this programme. When allocating places on our advanced training courses, priority is given to those who have completed our Exploring the Holocaust: UK Residential Course.
How much does it cost?
The course is free to attend. The Trust will provide meals and accommodation for the duration of the course. Participants are asked to cover the costs of their own travel to central Vilnius, though the Trust can write a letter to their headteacher, requesting that these be covered by their school’s CPD budget.
How to Apply
Please click here to complete our online form. Please note that whilst we are awaiting funding decisions about the programme, we presently only accepting expressions of interest for this course.
Applications deadline - Tuesday 17 March 2026
This programme has been made possible thanks to assistance from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Supported by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future and by the German Federal Ministry of Finance.
