LEO Training & Professional Development Newsletter

LEO Academy Trust CPD Brochure for 2021-2022

Please take a look inside our LEO Academy Trust 2021-2022 CPD Brochure to find out more about the CPD opportunities we have on offer from September.

Growing Great People with Chris Moyse (Virtual)

Audience: This training session is aimed at Middle Leaders and any Senior Leaders who may have missed the training earlier in the year.

Date: 24th January 2022

Time: 9.30am-12.30pm

The focus of the session will be developing the Growing Great People Model and advice will be given to leaders to be able to support colleagues in moving forward with their Professional Growth Plans.

Click here to book your place.

Google Level 1 Training (Virtual)

Have you booked your place for Google Level 1 Training in the Spring term?

Audience: All staff welcome

Dates: Tuesday 1st February & Tuesday 8th February

Time: 4.00-6.00pm

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain additional support in training for the Google Level 1 Exam. The training will consist of 2 sessions in total.

The sessions will provide staff with the ability to use the range of Google tools including Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms and Groups.

Click here to book your place.

Google Level 2 Training (Virtual)

Have you booked your place for Google Level 2 Training in the Spring term?

Audience: All staff welcome

Dates: Thursday 17th March & Thursday 24th March

Time: 4.00-6.00pm

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain additional support in training for the Google Level 2 Exam. The training will consist of 2 sessions in total.

Staff should have completed the Level 1 exam before registering for the Level 2 course.

Click here to book your place.

Adobe Creative Educator Level 1 (Virtual)

Audience: All staff welcome

Date: Wednesday 2nd February 2022

Time: 4pm-5.30pm

The Adobe Creative Educator Level 1 session digs into the ideas around creativity from Sir Ken Robinson’s world famous TED talk and how students can fulfil their creative potential in traditional subjects using digital skills. All those who attend will become certified Level 1 Adobe Creative Educators.

The following will be explored during the session:

• What creativity is, why it is important and what it looks like in action.

• Ideas about how to foster it through culture, skills and tools.

• Some of the digital skills we can use to bring our teaching to life in new ways.

We’ll also take a look at Adobe CCX and how you might use it in a typical lesson to get students working creatively.

Click here to book your place.

Mindfulness Workshop

'Enjoy an evening with like minded people, gathering for a chat about life, loving yourself more.'

This mindfulness workshop will run every Wednesday from 5th January from 5.15pm-6.15pm for 6 weeks. The session is a face to face session and will take place at Brookfield Primary Academy.

All LEO staff are welcome, sessions are free and will be led by Sarah Grice.

Click here to book your place.

Please take a look below to find out about all of the exciting Olevi programmes we will be offering in 2021-2022 at LEO Academy Trust.

The Outstanding Leadership in Education Programme

Full attendance of this programme will enable you to:

* Be comfortable in reflecting about your own strengths and weaknesses and deciding your way forward;

* Articulate a vision that balances integrity with competence,

* Lead an effective team to achieve the intended outcome.

Please click here to book your place.

The Outstanding Teaching Assistant Programme

Full attendance of this programme will enable you to:

* Use highly effective teaching & learning strategies to improve student outcomes;

* Model effective learning processes to others;

* Engage in the delivery of focused internal CPD..

Please click here to book your place.

The Senior Outstanding Leadership in Education Programme

Full attendance of this programme will enable you to:

* Articulate a compelling vision that creates momentum;

* Drive a well-considered yet agile strategic plan;

* Achieve the intended outcomes whilst leading a high performing growth culture.

Please click here to book your place.

LEO Network Learning Community Meetings

Take a look in the LEO CPD Brochure for dates of a range of Network Learning Community Meetings.

The use of mini whiteboards in the classroom

How can mini whiteboards support an evidence informed to teaching?

'Teachers are all by now familiar with Dylan Wiliam’s view of formative assessment as being ​“responsive teaching” and there are many useful research papers and articles outlining how to do this effectively (such as Inside the Black Box: Assessment for Learning in the Mathematics Classroom).

Formative assessment provides a great opportunity to find out exactly what students can do and, more importantly, what they cannot yet do. Rosenshine Principles of Instruction says that more effective teachers frequently checked to see if all students were learning the new material.'

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Creating the safe, happy space where children are inspired to talk, listen, play and learn: guest blog by Emma Davis

'The publication of the revised Early Years Foundation Stage brought with it an increased focus on communication and language development. With it being a prime area, educators were already aware of the importance of promoting this, but it is now a clear priority. We know that communication and language development is vitally important in the early years as it underpins development in all other areas. In prioritising communication and language, we are giving all children the skills to succeed in their future education and adult life.'

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Breathe in, breathe out: 5 mindfulness activities for children

'As the term winds down, your children should too. Replenish their resilience and encourage positive mental health strategies with five simple activities that support the development of mindfulness in children.'

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Have you subscribed to the LEO YouTube Page yet?

If you would like to engage in CPD opportunities at a time that is convenient to you then why not take a look at our LEO Academy Trust YouTube Page.

New training videos are added on a regular basis and there is already a bank of quality training materials for you to engage with today.

Make sure you subscribe today and click the bell to ensure you are kept up to date with all new additions!

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Free Online Curriculum Twilight Series

This curriculum twilight series focuses on exemplifying good practice in curriculum design for both primary and secondary colleagues through a series of case studies shared from within the Research School Network.

Pupil Book Study: stop making assumptions.: Alex Bedford 12th January 2022 4pm – 5pm

Diversity in the Curriculum: Bennie Kara 31st January 2022 4pm – 5pm

Cognitive Science, Curriculum and Transfer: Daniel Muijs 10th February 2022, 4pm – 5pm

Click here to find out more.

Calling all Design and Technology Leaders!

Fully Funded STEM CPD Course

Kingston University have an exciting opportunity they would like to share for a fully-funded STEM CPD course led by Primary Engineer!

Kingston University have a limited number of free places for primary teachers to take part in online design and technology training to learn skills that can be used in the classroom.

This practical CPD course will guide attendees through a curriculum mapped project themed around building vehicles with basic electronics. Online teaching resources and a class set of materials will also be provided to engage your pupils with maths and science through a fun design and technology project. Further information about the project can be found here: https://www.primaryengineer.com/courses/

What is included?

• One day funded online teacher CPD

• Tools and materials for a whole class design and technology vehicles project for KS1/KS2

• Project support from local engineers

• Access to online curriculum linked online teaching resources

Online course dates:

• 4^th , 5^th, 6^th January 2022

• 18^th, 19^th, 20^th January 2022

• 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd February 2022

If you are interested then email Mrs A Carlile and she will pass on the details on how you can apply for a place. Please note places are limited.

Adobe in a Box!

Adobe in a Box is a project-based series for learners of all ages. These free, self-paced modules feature creative experts from Adobe and partners who share real-world industry insights and creative advice. The interactive videos and activities in this series help you learn, find inspiration, and see how creativity is essential for all kinds of careers.

Click here to find out more.

Greenshaw Research School Courses

Take a look at the Greenshaw Research School brochure which contain all of their courses for 2021-22.

Click here to find out more.

Adobe Monthly Creativity Challenge

Adobe are excited to introduce their Monthly Creativity Challenges for educators and students.

Introducing the Challenge for January: My Creative Identity.

• Use the template to create your "Creative Identity" graphic

• Try out the Remove Background Quick Action with Creative Cloud Express, add in quick facts about you, and customize colors and icons

• Share out with the Adobe Creative Educator community and inspire others to join in

Click here to find out more.

East of England Primary Science Festival is back!

Twilight CPD with an expert primary science line up! Offering a programme of remote workshops exploring a wide array of Primary Science topics suitable for teachers working in the Early Years and Primary settings.

• Sharing climate science research projects with primary children

• EYFS: Where’s my Science

• How to teach science effectively with limited resources-

• The role of the subject leader-

• Explorify- Promoting talk in primary science -

• Diversity and representation in primary science

• Picture book science - Does it really work?

All sessions are 4-5pm on zoom and cost £20 per session.

Click here to find out more about the sessions that are on offer.

Youth Sport Trust Conference 2022: Inspiring Changemakers

Wednesday 2 March Awards Dinner

Thursday 3 March Conference

Coventry Building Society Arena (formally Ricoh Arena), Coventry

Here is just a small taste of what the workshops will offer:

• The role of PE and sport in addressing growing inequalities

• Getting to the heart of a Well School – tackling the growing wellbeing crisis for all young people

• Transforming curriculums to respond to the impact and lessons from COVID

Click here to find out more

Online PE CPD for Teachers

England Football's Online PE CPD for Teachers course is designed to increase confidence in the delivery of engaging, inclusive, high-quality Physical Education lessons through the invasion game of football.

Click here to find out more.

Free Anti-Bullying CPD online training

The following online training courses are available:

• What is bullying?

• Bullying and the Law

• Bullying and SEN/disability

• 10 principles to reduce bullying

• Preventing bullying

• Responding to bullying

• Cyberbullying (Online bullying)

• Young Carers and Bullying

• Looked After Children and Bullying

• Mental Health and Bullying

• Sexual Bullying

• Bullying and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller young people

Click here to find out more.

LGFL Training Portal

Check out the LGFL training portal for online training events available to ALL school staff to attend for free* (with the exception of Designated Safeguarding Lead training).

Click here to find out more.

Google for Education Events

Join Google for a series of Google Workspace for Education training sessions, which will explore the new Google Workspace for Education capabilities across Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Teaching and Learning Upgrade and Education Plus.

Click here to find out more

EEx Podcasts

Join our Early Excellence community and listen to our blogs via a handy podcast to hear tips on best practice, resourcing your environment and up to date news, reviews and interviews at a time to suit you. Our podcasts are available to listen here or on a variety of platforms, including the following

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