Get Excited: Maths Masterclasses Information Event 21.09.22
Come along and find out about the Maths Masterclasses for Parents Programme, what’s involved and benefits to your school.
Date: Wednesday 21st September
Time: 4:00 – 4:30pm
Venue: Zoom
Cost: FREE for all school staff
For flyer and booking form for the Get Excited Information Event, CLICK HERE
“During the course, I could see my confidence growing and I was able to repeat most of the exercise carried out in class at home with my son… if a parent learns how to identify the role of maths in every moment of their lives, they can use it to support their kid’s knowledge and boost their confidence in the subject!” – Parent on the programme
If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch: alangton@george-spencer.notts.sch.uk
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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:
- Creating a positive and supportive environment for SEND pupils
- Understanding SEND needs based on the assess, plan, do review cycle
- Ensuring and assuring high quality teaching for SEND pupils (1) Focus on flexible grouping and metacognitive strategies for SEND
- Ensuring and assuring high quality teaching for SEND pupils (2) Focus on explicit instruction and scaffolding for SEND
- How can the use of technology contribute to a high-quality teaching offer for SEND pupils?
- What makes effective interventions for SEND pupils?
- 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
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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:
- Excellent Teaching and the Teacher as a professional (focus on wellbeing and workload).
- What is High Quality Teaching? What does this mean in your setting?
- How does cognitive science enable teachers to ensure there is great learning within our classrooms?
- How do we meet the needs of all learners?
- Using effective assessment to support learning
- Accelerating progress for disadvantaged Pupils
- 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
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Derby Research School: New Year Offers
Welcome back to all of our colleagues. We applaud you for facing the many changes and challenges that have kick started this term already. We know that all of you are dedicated to providing quality first teaching for all learners and that your continuous professional development is an integral part of this.
We have therefore altered all of our programmes this half term to remote delivery. We are hopeful that this will safely enable all of our colleagues to continue to network, delve into the research base, and offer more flexible opportunities for schools to get involved.
Below we have highlighted 5 of our programmes that are starting this term. There are downloadable flyers to share with your teams and quick booking links to secure your place.
We are offering an exciting New Year discount to everyone for the paid programmes starting this half term.
We are offering one free place for every paid place on the following programmes:
- Leading Teaching Assistants
- Early Years Programme
- Graphic Organisers
- Dynamic Teaching in the 6th Form
Click here to go straight through to our updated flyer: CLICK HERE
Please use the code NY241 on booking.
If you require any further information please email our Deputy Director Amy Ford: amyford@satrust.com
Happy New Year
Tammy, Amy and Helen
The Derby Research School Team
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