LEO Training & Professional Development Newsletter 

LEO Training and Professional Development Opportunities 2022-2023

There are lots of professional development opportunities on offer for  2022-2023.

Take a look at our new LEO CPD Brochure here which contains the dates and times of upcoming training sessions.

We also have a brand new CPD website so please do take a look here.

Primary Geography Subject Leader Training

Date and times:

Thursday 8th June - 4pm-5pm (online)

Led by: Anthony Barlow

Session Overview:

3: What are the skills in geography?

Examples of progression.

Example case studies of practice

Booking form has been emailed to all Geography Leaders.

Power of Coaching

Date and times:

Wednesday 24th May 2023 - 3pm-5pm

Tuesday 20th June 2023 - 3pm-5pm

Led by: Alison Day, Executive Principal & Catherine Lester, Executive Principal

Course Overview:

Practitioners will gain a deeper understanding about the power of coaching and the impact that great coaching has on learning - being able to confidently apply several strategies to deepen the thinking of pupils; inspire colleagues to develop and grow; and become a more reflective and energised professional. As a credible coach, professionals will be able to coach informally, formally and in a structured way using the OLEVI Analytical Coaching programme.

Full attendance of this programme will enable you to:

* Utilise processes and skills to coach pupils and professionals to improve learning, thinking and well-being;

* Implement OLEVI’s informal, formal and structured coaching with individuals;

* Model courage, humility and discipline when engaging with coaching conversations.

Click here to book your place.

Primary Science Subject Leader Training

Date and times:

Monday 3rd July 9.30am-4pm

Led by: Science Learning Partnership, Naomi Hiscock

Session Overview:

Excellence in working scientifically

• understand the expectations of quality teaching & learning in science

• describe what high quality science teaching looks like in your school

• begin to create an action plan which exemplifies a clear direction for science in your school

Understanding my role

• define the role of the science subject leader

• ensure that science throughout school is planned developmentally

• highlight on your plan the next steps to raise standards in science in your school

 Leading by example

• describe the different types of enquiry that can be used to answer scientific questions

• describe what high quality science teaching looks like

• develop a bank of ideas/resources to promote enquiry based learning

Knowing where my school is; using audits

• use a range of monitoring tools to gather evidence of attainment and progress across the school

• identify specific actions to enhance science teaching & learning in your school

Booking form has been emailed to all Art Leaders.

Curriculum Network Learning Community Meetings

The Curriculum Network Learning Community (NLC) Meetings will now take place on the same date and time (please see image). 

All links will also be available on the LEO Calendar.

Mentor Training

A great session with our second year Early Career Teacher Mentors as part of the @CEL_IOE @HCACP_TSHub ECF programme.

Fantastic to reflect on the mentoring experience over the past two years and to consider areas of strength, challenges and next steps.

We would like to thank all of our wonderful second year mentors for all of your wonderful contributions during our training sessions this year. You provide fantastic support for your early career teachers and they really appreciate the time they spend with you. 

Thank you Mrs A Carlile and Miss D Briggs for a brilliant session.

Network Learning Community Facilitators and Curriculum Leaders Training

Mrs A Carlile, Director of Training and Professional Development and Mrs S Wilkinson, Director of Teaching and Learning led a training session for our LEO Network Learning Community Facilitators and  our Curriculum Leaders.

The first part of the session focused on revisiting what makes effective PD & the purpose of NLC meetings. The second half of the session explored strategies to develop metacognition across the curriculum.

Thank you to all our attendees for your great contributions.

From Ed-Tech to Ped-Tech

Splitting hairs, Own-teacher impacts, and more. In this episode, Andy, Robin and Adam are joined by special guest Fiona Aubrey-Smith, an Education Consultant, Lecturer and Researcher specialising in Education Pedagogy and Technology. What is Ped-Tech? How impactful are our own pedagogical beliefs on children? Plus, Fiona speaks on what technology companies need to be focussing on when serving teachers with products.

Click here to find out more.

Primary Insights: Design & Technology

Many primary teachers have responsibility for designing subject curriculum despite not having academic backgrounds in that subject. This was the case for Kate Taylor, assistant head in charge of curriculum at Colebourne Primary School in Birmingham: in Primary Huh, Kate talks about how collaboration and shared expertise created a rich, ambitious Design and Technology curriculum.

Click here to find out more.

12 Tips to Maximise the Impact of One-to-One Reading

Every experienced teacher of reading recognises the power of hearing pupils read on a one-to-one basis. While whole-class reading can, and should, be organised to provide the mixture of reading practice, modelling and feedback that is the essence of one-to-one reading, there is no substitute for the real thing, especially for those struggling with the early steps towards reading proficiency.

Click here to find out more.

Evidence Snacks

By Peps Mccrea

A weekly 5-min email for evidence hungry teachers.

Recent 'snacks' include:

• Mind your modes - effective communication in the classroom.

• Interruptions leave a wake - the hidden costs of classroom disruptions.

• Eliminate potential distractions - reducing extraneous load in the classroom

And much more...

Click here to subscribe to weekly 'Evidence Snacks'.

Evidence into action - Metacognition

In this instalment, host Alex Quigley is joined by co-host, Hannah Heron (EEF Content Specialist for Learning Behaviours) and expert guests including:

• Professor John Dunlosky (Professor of Psychology and Director of the Science of Learning Center at Kent State University)

• Jo Ashcroft (CEO of the CLIC Trust)

• Freya Morrissey (Head of English at Teign School)

They discuss metacognition with particular focus on putting study strategies into practice.

Click here to listen.

Outdoor maths teaching inspiration for the summer term

By Maths No Problem!

As the weather gets warmer and classrooms get stuffier, outdoor learning is a great outlet during the summer term. Learning outdoors offers excitement, a change of scenery, space and countless natural learning opportunities.

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) recommends that time should be dedicated for children to learn mathematics in different environments. In addition to this, the EEF suggests that outdoor learning supports disadvantaged pupils to participate in activities that they otherwise might not have access to. Through implementing outdoor learning, all children gain new experiences that can motivate and re-engage learners who don’t necessarily thrive in the classroom.

Click here to read more.

Know more: Remember More: How to overcome the key barriers to learning

By Inner Drive

As educators, we aim to equip our students with knowledge and skills for personal and academic development. But this task can be very challenging.

Studies have revealed that teaching a piece of information to students does not guarantee that they will actually learn it – that is, integrate it into their knowledge and retain it in their memory. This means that we need to find ways to minimise the greatest learning barriers to ultimately ensure that our students can know more and remember more.

Here’s what we mean…

Click here to read more.

Curriculum Twilight CPD with Derby Research School

Our ‘Quality of Education’ – the journey around articulating our curriculum intent, implementation and impact – is something schools have been wrestling with since the launch of the new inspection framework. How we construct and develop an ambitious curriculum to help our pupils to know more and remember more are key threads of thinking in our minds at present.

Join the Derby curriculum twilight series where they draw on key expertise and threads on how can we maximise learning to make the biggest impact.

All sessions are free to access as Zoom webinars held 4pm-5pm.

• 25/05/2023 - Ofsted and the Curriculum Question: Peter Monk

Click here to book your place.

Bradford Research School - Free Webinars

Our free webinars explore evidence and practical approaches. See all of our events here, and click the links below to read more and sign up.

Disciplinary Literacy - 18 May 

Teacher Feedback to Improve Pupil Learning - 13 June 

Effective Professional Development - 22 June 

The What and Why of Routines in School Culture - 12 July 

Click here to book your place.

WWF Training Courses

There are lots of free training courses available on the WWF website. 

Climate Change and Climate System

ESD: Driving change towards sustainable schools

Click here to find out more.

LGFL School Staff Training 

LGfL in school support, training and conference events are integral parts of the LGfL Energise curriculum service provided at no extra charge for schools.

Click here to see the training opportuntieis that are on offer.

Inclusion 2024 Live - Youth Sports Trust

These live sessions will provide virtual CPD content for as many practitioners as possible to enable them to deliver meaningful and inclusive opportunities for young people with SEND. Delivered by expert practitioners and young people, every day from Monday 23 to Friday 27 January, the sessions will be available to watch both live and recorded.

Click here to find out more.

Free short online course: Learning for a Sustainable Future

Join a personal and professional global learning journey towards a sustainable future. What on Earth could be more important?

Click here to find out more.

Becoming a Google Certified Coach

A Google Certified Coach is someone who is :

→ Eager to support educators

→ Wanting to drive impactful technology into classrooms

→ Looking to learn research-proven strategies & skills

Does this sound like you? 

Click here to find out more.

On-demand training at your fingertips

View the Google on-demand series of webinars designed to help schools and educators in the UK and Ireland get the most out of Google Workspace for Education and Chromebooks.

Whether you are an educator, Senior Leadership or IT Administrator you can find a session to suit you. 

Click here to find out more.

Adobe Professional Development Courses

Find out all about the free professional learning opportunities on offer from Adobe.

Creativity for all

Adobe Creative Cloud Express in the Classroom

Engaging Video Projects in the Classroom

and many more...

Click here to find out more.

Inclusive Ed Bootcamp: How to meet the needs of a diverse range of students

How can we better meet the needs of a diverse range of students? Sign up for our Inclusive Ed Bootcamp for help and advice. A free webinar series featuring Kate Griggs, the CEO of @MadeByDyslexia.

Throughout the series you will learn about:

• The best ways to support different learning needs including dyslexia.

• How to use technology to make learning more accessible across all subjects.

• Spotting and solving different visible and non visible barriers to learning.

• Supporting students with different learning needs online and remotely.

Click here to find out more.

Free online professional development webinars for educators

Oxford University Press has a range of digital webinars to help you continue your professional development online. You can find links to recordings of previously-held webinars, as well as register your interest for upcoming sessions. The recorded webinars are available to watch on demand via Brainshark and you will receive a CPD certificate after watching each one.

Click here to find out more.

Financial Education - Free Online Teacher Training

Complete a free online course, in your own time and at your own speed…

The engaging eLearning courses are self-paced and take between 1.5-2.5 hours to complete.  Along the way you will:

• Learn how financial education can be made real and relevant to the young people you work with

• See where financial education most effectively fits within your curriculum

• Discover key tools to assist in the development of financial education

• Find out how to access further support and resources to aid financial education delivery

• Develop a financial education Action Plan for your own

Click here to find out more.

Developing Reading for Pleasure

Join the Open Learn FREE Developing Reading for Pleasure  badged online course.

Developing the skill to read and the will to read are interrelated, however, this course focuses on the latter; it is an exploration of Reading for Pleasure and its significance for children’s lives and development. You will consider current research, debates and challenges that impact on children’s reading and gain knowledge and strategies to help you promote reader engagement across schools, homes and communities.

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.

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