New for September 2022 Making the Difference for the Disadvantaged

Available from September 2022 – Express an Interest now for further information – CLICK HERE

Audience: Leaders of Teaching and Learning Leaders of pupil premium strategy

Working in partnership with the Derby Research School, school leaders will explore the evidence base around the strategies and principles to support the progress of pupils from a disadvantaged backgrounds. The sessions have been planned using the DfE and EEF guidance and include:

1. Introduction to an effective pupil premium strategy This includes meeting DfE guidance and introduction to the tiered approach to school improvement through a pupil premium lens. This session will explore how effectively schools diagnose pupils needs
2. High quality Teaching and Pupil Premium – quality assuring the provision for excellence in teaching aligned with the best bets in evidence to support all learners, including our most disadvantaged and SEND pupils.
3. What makes effective targeted academic support? An exploration of the different approach explored through case studies to exemplify great practice.
4. Wider strategies to improve pupil premium attainment including best practice on attainment, behaviour and emotional support
5. Creating a three-year strategy for pupil premium This session will gather the threads from the previous sessions to build a three year plan based on research evidence practice.

Terms of Delivery: Autumn into early Spring (to support with PP Strategy Writing)

Booking Details: CLICK HERE for our Expression of Interest Form ahead of our September 2022 launch

If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch: cpd@spencerteachingschoolhub.com

New for September 2022 Excellence within the Sixth Form Provision

Available from September 2022 – Express an Interest now for further information – CLICK HERE

Audience: Sixth Form Teachers Sixth Form Leaders

Responding to need and in light of changes in Post16 provision, this programme focuses on the specific development of teaching and leading for Sixth Form. This space will provide a forum to share good practice and learning from peers whilst embracing the evidence base and wider development of post 16 provision to refine best practice to sixth form teaching and leadership. The sessions would cover:

1. High Quality Teaching in the Sixth Form (1) – What is distinctive about HQT Sixth Form?
2. High Quality Teaching in the Sixth Form (2) How do leaders equip teachers to consistently deliver High Quality Teaching throughout the Sixth Form provision?
3. Broad and Balanced Sixth Form Curriculum (1) – How do new qualifications fit within the landscape?
4. Broad and Balanced Sixth Form Curriculum (2) Planning for high expectations, attainment and progress through a quality curriculum
5. Promoting independence within our sixth form Pupils How does the Sixth Form provision promote learners’ personal development and give a wide range of rich experiences?
6. Next steps for improvement Action planning using the EEF model to plan for improvement.

Terms of Delivery: Autumn to front load the year

Booking Details: CLICK HERE for our Expression of Interest Form ahead of our September 2022 launch

If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch: cpd@spencerteachingschoolhub.com

New for September 2022 SEND in the Mainstream

Available from September 2022 – Express an Interest now for further information – CLICK HERE

Audience: Teachers

Schools in the hub area have identified a growing need to consider what high quality teaching means for pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disability. Leaders have identified how the achievement gap between SEND and Non-SEND pupils continues to grow, especially due to the pandemic. Therefore, leaders express a strong moral imperative to close this gap for a group of pupils who often have the greatest need for excellence. The sessions have been designed around the EEF framework. The sessions will cover:

1. Creating a positive and supportive environment for SEND pupils
2. Understanding SEND needs based on the assess, plan, do review cycle
3. Ensuring and assuring high quality teaching for SEND pupils (1) Focus on flexible grouping and metacognitive strategies for SEND
4. Ensuring and assuring high quality teaching for SEND pupils (2) Focus on explicit instruction and scaffolding for SEND
5. How can the use of technology contribute to a high-quality teaching offer for SEND pupils?
6. What makes effective interventions for SEND pupils?
7. Effective use of teaching assistants to impact progress in SEND This professional development course fits into the aims within the white paper namely:

• timely identification of need
• accurate assessment in all schools of need

An evidence-based response: children who are identified as needing academic, pastoral or specialist support will receive high-quality, evidence-based help

• identification of where additional support is required
• where they need additional support.
• Transparency: parents will be better informed about their child’s progress, and the support their child receives

Terms of Delivery: Late Autumn into Spring

Booking Details: CLICK HERE for our Expression of Interest Form ahead of our September 2022 launch

If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch: cpd@spencerteachingschoolhub.com

New for September 2022 Coaching for Impact

Available from September 2022 – Express an Interest now for further information – CLICK HERE

Audience: Teachers/Middle Leaders

Coaching for Impact is aimed at teachers who would like to be involved in peer to peer coaching to improve the educational provision within their schools. The schools have identified coaching as a particular improvement strategy in their plans for the next academic years and so therefore are looking at programmes to train key members of staff to enable them to gain coaching skills. The sessions include:

1. Why establish a coaching culture? The research benefits and protocols necessary for a successful coaching culture.
2. The role of coaching and mentoring for improvement
3. Coaching for improvement – skills session 1
4. Coaching for improvement – skills session 2
5. Collaborative activities and creating a coaching toolkit
6. Reflections and next steps for coaching for improvement

Coaching has a strong and credible evidence base. In addition by creating a coaching culture within schools the Hub will continue to contribute to the pipeline of school mentors in school with ECF and ITT reforms.

Terms of Delivery: Sessions over the academic year – Autumn – Summer

Booking Details: CLICK HERE for our Expression of Interest Form ahead of our September 2022 launch

If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch: cpd@spencerteachingschoolhub.com

NEW for September 2022 Teaching Excellence

Available from September 2022 – Express an Interest now for further information – CLICK HERE

Audience: Class teachers who want to improve their classroom practice. The course will provide skills and strategies to use within the classroom to facilitate excellent teaching.

The course will enable teachers to reflect and improve their classroom practice through structured session and discussions. Strategies will be provided for teachers against the teaching standards to share and explore great practice within the lessons, backed up by a research base. The sessions will also focus on teacher wellbeing and workload. The sessions to be delivered include:

1. Excellent Teaching and the Teacher as a professional (focus on wellbeing and workload).
2. What is High Quality Teaching? What does this mean in your setting?
3. How does cognitive science enable teachers to ensure there is great learning within our classrooms?
4. How do we meet the needs of all learners?
5. Using effective assessment to support learning
6. Accelerating progress for disadvantaged Pupils
7. Creating excellent climates for learning

Due to the pandemic, teachers have had little chance to discuss pedagogy and how to improve their practice with an audience wider than their schools. Through our surveys, we know that this is an area of need within or Hub and an opportunity that schools would relish. We would thread workload and well being through all sessions to aim to arm teachers with strategies to keep them within the teaching profession. The link between pupil outcomes and quality teacher development provision is founded in a ‘strong and credible’ evidence base.

Terms of Delivery: Sessions over the academic year – Autumn – Summer

Booking Details: CLICK HERE for our Expression of Interest Form ahead of our September 2022 launch

If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch: cpd@spencerteachingschoolhub.com

Headteacher and Senior Leader Briefing – 6th July 2022 4pm – 5pm

We are looking forward to welcoming school leaders to our next briefing event – we are pleased to share that the Flying High English Hub will be with us to share their offer for September 2022, to help schools understand the offer from English Hubs to support early reading.

GUEST SPEAKER: Supporting Early Reading – What funding can schools access to develop their Reading Strategy?

Carl Pattison,  Director of the Flying High English Hub

We will also be welcoming Caroline Arnold, Director of George Spencer SCITT to talk us through the DfE staffing forecasts for schools and in turn the implications for schools as we continue to support the recruitment and retention agenda.

GUEST SPEAKER: Revisiting the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Agenda – What’s the data telling us?

Caroline Arnold, Director of George Spencer SCITT

And finally, join us for a hub update for all the key changes and opportunities the DfE is implementing around the workforce development pipeline.

TSH Update: Updates for September 2022-2023 – what is going to change? How can we maximise the DfE staff development offer?

Tammy Elward, Spencer Teaching School Hub

How to Register Your Interest: CLICK HERE to reserve you place on our upcoming dates.

Derby Research School Newsletter: 13th February 2022

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Spencer TSH Fortnightly Bulletin 14th February

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Spencer TSH Fortnightly Bulletin 27th January 2022

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Maths Hub: Research and Innovation Working Group for Culture Capital 

Research and Innovation Working Group for Culture Capital 

The Maths Hub East Midlands West team are excited to share this new research and innovation workgroup.

This Work Group will explore Cultural Capital from a Primary perspective. It will include sharing experiences of how different children learn and understanding how the power of research can inform our practice and ultimately make a difference to children.

The learning challenges that our most vulnerable pupils face have only been highlighted since the start of the pandemic.

The aim of this Work Group (the first of its kind) is to reconceptualise the notion of Cultural Capital in relation to teaching maths for mastery and, through quality and equity-minded teaching, interrupt the deterministic relationship between cultural capital and mathematics attainment.

CLICK HERE to view the new Research and Innovation Working Group for Culture Capital flyer.

For more information, don’t hesitate to get in touch with the team.

Christine Robinson 

Maths Hub Lead 

Email: mathshub@george-spencer.notts.sch.uk