Events

Big Changes for Small People

The new EYFS Framework, to be implemented from September 2012, will bring significant changes to provision, assessment and welfare requirements for three to five year olds.

This course enables participants to consider the implications of the changes for practice, in terms of both provision for learning, development and assessment.

The Power Within

Teaching assistants have a crucial and powerful role in today’s learning classroom. This one day workshop supports all those working with groups or one to one with individuals to develop their role, and build on their skills.

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Being an Inspector in your own School

This is an intensive and highly practical course that is designed to equip school leaders in inspection skills. It includes several aspects of the training given to inspectors and will enable leaders to make rapid inroads into school improvement and equip them in giving an effective account of the work in their schools.

The Elephant in the Room

This course is the ideal opportunity for leaders to explore how best to drive subject improvement in these rapidly changing times whether the subjects are taught individually or through a thematic approach. The course will guide you on how best to prepare for and meet the challenges of subject/themed inspection, support subject leaders in improving their subject, provide approaches to focused evidence gathering, support delegates in making judgements about performance, progress and provision and guide leaders on promoting high quality teaching of subjects within a cross curriculum framework.

The SEF is Dead – Long Live the SEF

This conference is the ideal opportunity for school leaders to explore how best to drive school improvement in these rapidly changing times and how to present a cogent argument that captures your school’s drive for improvement and success. It will introduce delegates to a new highly focused but abridged SEF, synchronised to the School Improvement Plan. The course will also provide clear guidance on how to distil the key elements of the SIP into the school’s own PIB. In addition the course is will guide delegates on how best to prepare for and meet the challenges of changing inspection areas, show them how to provide robust evidence to support your own judgements about the quality of teaching and learning and leadership in their school and provide a variety of tools to support school improvement and self evaluation.

The Golden Thread

The school’s provision for spiritual, moral, social and cultural development lies at the heart of the new framework for inspection and contributes much to the judgement of the school’s overall effectiveness. This course includes opportunities to explore each aspect of the provision, evaluate your school’s success and show you how to demonstrate the impact of your provision on standards and the quality of provision.

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Influencing and Consulting Skills for Senior Leaders

Do you ever find yourself trying to persuade others to do things that you think are necessary but meet a range of resistance behaviours? What happens when we go into conflict and how can we resolve it for the benefit of all parties? And can we prepare more effectively for those difficult times when conflict is likely?

These are increasingly the sort of skills that educators and leaders need in order to manage the many complex situations faced every day in schools. This day will give you greater self awareness into your own behaviours and ways of thinking, consider how and when to use other styles and communication strategies to help manage others more effectively. The day is designed as an active learning experience for participants, who support each other to gain greater understanding and develop a wider range of behaviours and skills.

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Behaviour within the New Ofsted Framework

This one day course for those with responsibility for behaviour management including year group/house leaders, pastoral leaders and tutors, will examine behaviour policies and practice in relation to the Ofsted framework requirements and expectancies, help staff to manage and co-ordinate the coverage of consistent behaviour management and provide practical guidance you can put to use the very next day!

Values Based Leadership

What are schools for? What values and beliefs do we want our young people to take on as they grow up? What values and beliefs does society want for young people today?

At a time when headteachers seek to redefine their schools in the current political and social climate, these are fundamental questions that Church school leaders are currently addressing.

This course will explore leadership in its broad sense, and will work through a carefully planned process that unpacks personal, professional and school values in relation to building school vision and aims, distributing leadership and aligning values to leadership styles. The day is designed as an active learning experience for participants, who support each other to gain greater personal understanding and map out a way to develop their vision and values in their own schools.