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| A Mile in my Shoes' - the Dyslexic/Dyspraxic Experience |
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| 15 Mar 2010 |
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This course aims to look at the difficulties faced by students with dyspraxia and dyslexia by engaging colleagues in practical activities which allow them to experience them for themselves. The purpose of this is to provide for deeper understanding and allow colleagues to apply their skill and understanding of how it feels to have these specific learning disabilities to their classroom practice. COURSE CONTENT: Spatial awareness; visual perception; Fine motor skills; balance and co-ordination; Decoding the written word; social skills; Visual, auditory and kinaesthetic learning;
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| A Practical Guide to COSHH for Schools and College |
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The course introduces the concept of managing risk and the importance of having a COSHH compliance programme in schools and colleges. This widely applicable course is suitable for anyone working with hazardous substances. It is not necessary to have previous experience in COSHH management. COURSE CONTENT: What does it mean if a substance is hazardous to health?; Routes of entry for hazardous substances; COSHH regulations; Explaining hazard and risk; Developing an action plan
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| Aphra Behn – The Rover |
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Secondary teachers
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Many specifications seemed to have ‘discovered' The Rover and its place within theatre history. This course is suitable for A Level English and drama teachers, with specific reference made to the relevant specifications. We will use a mixture of discussion, lecture and practical work to help delegates develop a deeper understanding of the text. This will enable you to produce exciting, active and differentiated lessons which will allow all students to improve their attainment. COURSE CONTENT: Using the assessment objectives to help planning; Selecting and coping with extracts – relating sections to the whole; How to evaluate the significance of the cultural, historical, political and social influence on texts; Understanding how meaning is created through dialogue and other means in a drama text – Behn’s use of form, style and vocabulary; Developing appropriate critical terminology and relating it to texts
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| Approaches to Anti-bullying - Creating Whole School Policy and Practice |
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| Adult: £270
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| 15 Mar 2010 |
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This course looks at how schools can develop policy and strategies to challenge bullying and create a safer school environment. It will define the school’s responsibilities in the context of the Anti-Bullying Charter, and look at the messages from research and successful school practice. COURSE CONTENT: Defining bullying – setting the context; Incidence and impact of bullying; Developing and reviewing school policy and practice – a whole school approach; Strategies to support both the bullied and bullies; Working with parents; Addressing the issue of bullying through the PSHE curriculum
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| Art and Design at Key Stage 3: Learning, Formative Assessment and Best Practice |
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| 15 Mar 2010 |
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This course is designed for art and design teachers with responsibility for Key Stage 3 students. The focus will be on the aesthetic, perceptual and technical qualities that make art unique in the curriculum, the personal and social skills that are most important for improving and sharpening learning and the planning and day-to-day assessment that make best practice possible for inclusion, differentiation and progressive development. COURSE CONTENT: Aesthetic, perceptual and technical qualities; Personal and social skills; The regulation of learning; Developing independence through experimentation and investigation; Day-to-day assessment; Monitoring and evaluation
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| AS/A2 Level Art Teachers' Course |
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A course to help strengthen all aspects of your art teaching at AS/A2. Get to grips with the new specification with practical and effective examples. Feel comfortable and confident in generating questions and presenting your candidates’ coursework in its best light. COURSE CONTENT: Planning programmes for AS/A2 Level art; Helping candidates to succeed; Designing and organising coursework; Presenting candidates’ work; The technical aspects and skills required; Marking and assessing AS/A2 Level art; Generating questions
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| Boal and the New Practitioners |
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An essential course for teachers embarking on the new AS/A2 theatre studies specifications where the understanding of influences on writers, directors and performers is an important part of performance work. This course will explore practical ideas for teaching the practitioners as well as setting them in a theatrical context. COURSE CONTENT: Boal's games and structures; Twentieth century performance theories currently being ‘re-discovered': from Vakhtangov to Littlewood, including Michael Chekhov, Meyerhold and Copeau; Re-interpreting the past – new theories about older practitioners; Practical exercises to help students to develop as performers; Becoming a practitioner
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| Delivering Modern World Topics: Germany |
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All three GCSE boards include the option for an in depth study of Germany - a popular option for both teachers and students alike. The course is suitable for those teaching this topic for the first time or those wishing to 'take stock' of the methods and resources they use. It will provide delegates with practical materials to take back into the classroom. COURSE CONTENT: Comparing specifications; Organising research using key questions; Improving understanding of underlying concepts and values; Developing the range of resources available; Enhancing the skills of interpretation, analysis and evaluation; Creating opportunities for independent and active learning; Ensuring progression from Key Stages 3 and on to AS/A2 study
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| Differentiating the Curriculum for the Special School |
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| Adult: £270
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The benefits of effective differentiation for all students and practical strategies for achieving this will be explored in this course which is suitable for teaching and support staff from special schools. COURSE CONTENT: Whole school organisation for effective differentiation; Embedding key skills in everyday activities; Planning opportunities for specific situations; Strategies for recording and planning;
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| Directing Monologues and Understanding Auditions |
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This course will provide delegates with the opportunity to develop the skill of directing monologues. It will provide a detailed and practical way of approaching monologues, both
within texts/productions, and as separate entities. The course will greatly benefit teachers who are preparing students for or running auditions, and those teaching the Acting (1) specialist unit within the BTEC National Diploma qualification. COURSE CONTENT: What is a good monologue and how to find it; Approaching classic and modern texts/performance; Finding the character and sustaining the journey; Dos and don’ts of an audition; Emotion, voice and movement; Keeping it fresh
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| Effective School Office Management |
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| 15 Mar 2010 |
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Learn how to work smarter, not harder, with this intensive management skills training day for busy office managers. Discover the keys to building successful teams and providing a quality service. The course will focus on how to work effectively with colleagues and how to develop professional practice. COURSE CONTENT: Defining the key responsibilities and limits of authority; Learning how to write job descriptions; Scheduling workload; Agreeing priority areas and establishing action plans; Setting and reviewing targets; Improving current office procedures; Managing and delegating work effectively
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| Enhancing the Delivery of PSHE by Form Tutors |
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| Adult: £270
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PSHE is often delivered by form teachers who may not have experience in this area. The aim of this course is to cover the essential issues, topics and approaches in order to enhance form tutors' ability to contribute to the personal development of their students in the PSHE programme. COURSE CONTENT: Basic principles of PSHE; Importance of building learners' self-esteem; Dealing with sensitive and contentious issues; How to review learning; Appropriate methods for PSHE delivery; PSHE and self-evaluation
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| Enhancing the Grade in Theatre Studies AS/A2 Written Papers |
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This course is suitable for those teaching the AQA and Edexcel specifications. It does not seek to replace examination board meetings, instead it will explore tried and tested methods of teaching the written papers. This will encourage delegates to enhance their critical understanding of effective teaching and learning strategies. It will also help students to align their achievements with exam board expectations. COURSE CONTENT: Words! Words! Words! What the questions mean; What examiners look for – teaching mark schemes; Standards – how much of what?; Question analysis – what is being asked? – key words in questions; Essay structures; Practical approaches to written work – from studio to examination hall
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| Essential Skills for the SENCo |
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| Adult: £270
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This course provides both an introduction to the broad remit of the SENCo and opportunities for experienced SENCos to develop their skills. COURSE CONTENT: The current legislation and its implications for the SENCo; Developing the IEP and target setting; The role of other agencies; Practical guidance for support staff; Resources and useful links
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| GCSE RE: Improving Grades in the Short Course |
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| Adult: £270
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This course is suitable for less experienced Heads of RE and RE teachers wishing to learn strategies and techniques to develop students’ understanding and motivation, and includes a short consideration of some course choices. Insights and ideas to make RE more interesting and meaningful are considered with the aim of motivating the disaffected, managing behaviour and effectively differentiating classwork. COURSE CONTENT: Choosing a course option to suit the students, the school and yourself; Coursework and entry-level decisions made easy; Teaching meta-views and context to improve understanding; Approaches to cultural heritage and the role of religions; Making thinking skills explicit, Key Stage 3 as a foundation for GCSE; Effective strategies for planning and for teaching and learning activities
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| Hamlet |
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This is often a popular text at A Level, and this course is suitable for anyone teaching the play in any specification. The course will explore ways of teaching the text to help students to fulfil the relevant assessment objectives; it will also provide an in depth knowledge of the text and the context of writing and performance that shapes our understanding. COURSE CONTENT: The play and the stage; How to evaluate the significance of cultural, historical, political and social influence on the text; Understanding how meaning is created through dialogue and by other means in a drama text; Elizabethan staging conditions; How meaning is communicated through form, structure, style and language; Characters and themes - developing critical approaches
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| Improving Boys' Achievement in Drama and the Performing Arts |
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This course is suitable for anybody teaching drama or music, dance and drama as part of GCSE or A Level performing/expressive arts. The courses will help teachers to develop extensive knowledge of how to use and adapt the most effective teaching, management and behaviour policies to create a more inclusive classroom. COURSE CONTENT: Why do boys underachieve in the arts?; How to conduct analyses of exam results and other assessment opportunities; Finding suitable modules and combinations; Effective strategies for encouraging boys' achievement; Structures for creating more empathetic approaches to text and characters; Using technical and design elements as a way in
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| Improving the Grade in English AS/A2 Written Paper |
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This course is suitable for any A Level literature specification. It will explore how to encourage students to improve in all the 'AOs' and will provide effective tips not only on what to include in essays, but also teaching ideas in order to get the best out of students. COURSE CONTENT: Essay writing – exemplar material – how to rise from a C to an A grade; Using the assessment objectives to improve the grade; Essay structures - what the examiners want to see; Opening paragraphs: getting the examiner on your side; Student opinion on the text – the ‘isms’; The effective use of background reading
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| Key Issues in Child Protection for Teaching and Support Staff |
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A comprehensive and sensitive review of the key issues in child protection. The course is suitable for a wide range of staff, and will explore current research, abuse in the context of the law and ways to work with abused students. COURSE CONTENT: Child abuse - the context; Different forms of abuse; The law and its implications; The indicators of abuse and how to report abuse; How to manage cases of abuse; A counselling and interpersonal skills bank for staff
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| Introduction to Special Needs |
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This course is for colleagues in all phases of education who have limited knowledge and experience of special educational needs, and are interested in learning more. There will be opportunities for delegates to raise questions and queries, and to share their difficulties and successes. COURSE CONTENT: What is meant by SEN?; Documentation and planning for students with SEN; Managing the behaviour of students with SEN; Overview of specific conditions, including ASD, ADHD and Dyslexia; Working with support staff; Question and Answer session
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