LEO Training & Professional Development Newsletter

Growing Great People Conference

Just two weeks to go until #LEOConference21. This year’s theme is ‘Growing Great People’.

We’ll be providing practical support to promote your personal & professional development.

We are delighted to share with you details of our programme for the day. When signing up for the conference, you'll also be asked to select two workshops. You can find details about our speakers and workshops via our event app.

Sign up today via Eventbrite!

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.

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 Teacher Programme

Full attendance of this programme will enable you to:

* Mentor or coach colleagues informally or formally and to improve their practice through a structured programme;

* Recognise, articulate, and model best practice in teaching and learning;

* Create and deliver challenging and engaging CPD.

Please click here to book your place.

The Power of 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.

Please click here to book your place.

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 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.

Google Level 2 Training

If you are interested in gaining your Google Level 1 or Google Level 2 then why not attend the training sessions scheduled for the autumn term.

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain additional support in training for the Google Level 1 Exam.

Please click here to book your place for the Google Level 2 training.

LEO Academy Trust and Sutton Education Trust ECT Inclusion CPD Session

ECTs from across LEO Academy Trust and Sutton Education Trust joined together for a training session with a focus on inclusion.

A great opportunity for ECTs to network & to share ideas. Thank you Nicola Smallwood, Director of Inclusion and Julia Merritt, Deputy Head at Foresters Primary School for a very informative session.

We can't wait until the next one!

Harris ECT training in partnership with LEO Academy Trust

ECTs from LEO Academy Trust and other schools in Sutton and Wallington took part in the second session of the UCL and Harris Early Career Teacher Programme.

A brilliant opporutnity to network and to share ideas across all schools.

Thank you Amy Carlile, Director of Training and Professional Development and Graham Macaulay, Director of Innovation and Growth for a great session.

T&L Trust Wide CPD

Our regular trust wide CPD meeting took place earlier this week with a continued focus on feedback.

Thank you to Shareen Wilkinson, Director of Teaching and Learning, Christopher Perrott, Director of English and Cheryl Shirley, Director of Computing and Digital Skills.

We discussed …

• Editing and proofreading

• Using technology to support feedback

• Whole class feedback

… & lots more!

We are really looking forward to the next session and can't wait to try out the strategies in class.

How reading and vocabulary can improve maths learning

Understanding the key words and language of mathematics is central to becoming a confident mathematician who can solve multistep problems. In school, we successfully pre-teach, teach and revise vocabulary. It has been a well-used tool and tactic for supporting and scaffolding learning. However, we need to recognise that while key words are vital they are only a part of the whole. Problems arise when the meaning of a word may be understood but how we use the word changes.

Click here to find out more.

Metacognitive Modelling – Where Does it Fit in the Classroom?

Modelling is something that we are doing lesson in, lesson out. Day in, day out. Come rain or shine, we’re modelling something! Despite the fact that it is something that we do several times a day and dozens of times a week, it is still something that we can improve on as a teaching profession.

Click here to find out more.

Check for Understanding...why it matters and how to do it.

By Tom Sherrington

This post gives the key points from my ResearchEd Surrey talk at Farnham Heath End School. Firstly, I explored the challenge for teachers in teaching a group of people all at once, with reference to Willingham’s ideas about memory and understanding. When children don’t understand – there are numerous possible reasons: lack of prior knowledge, insufficient fluency, problems with sustaining mental attention. Teachers need to be conscious of the potential for this to be happening across the class...

Click here to find out more.

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!

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.

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.

Global Education for Teachers

Join this online course for free.

Discover key issues in global citizenship education and learn how to prepare your students for the global challenges of tomorrow.

Click here to find out more.

Developing Reading in EYFS

Date: Wednesday 3rd November

Time: 1.30pm-4pm

Venue: Zoom

Cost: £125

The course includes:

• An introduction to Guided Reading and how it links to other aspects of Literacy

• Discussion around pre-reading skills and developing phonic knowledge

• Examining the structure of a teacher led group session

• Discussion around how to develop questioning and comprehension

• Opportunity to watch filmed lessons in EYFS at different points in the year.

• and much more...

Click here to find out more.

Powerful Habits

Date: Wednesday 3rd November

Time:

Venue: Online

Cost: Free

Join this webinar on Wednesday 3rd November where Harry Fletcher Wood will be discussing how we can get every student learning through powerful habits.

Click here to find out more.

Headteacher well being virtual conference (Morning session)

Date: 5th November

Time: 8.30am-12.15pm

Venue: Online

Cost: Free

This is the first Headteacher wellbeing virtual conference is association with JUSCO (The Junior School Collaboration)

The provisional running order for the morning session is:

8:30am - sign in opens

9:10am: Welcome - Chris McDonald

9:15am: Compassionate Leadership + Q and A - Dame Alison Peacock

9:55am: Title to be confirmed + Q and A - Ross Morrison McGill (Teachertoolkit)

10:35am: Comfort break

10:45am: "I'm very polite to you, you're very polite to me." + Q and A Barry Smith

11:30am: Title to be confirmed + Q and A - Pie Corbett

12:15pm - Lunch break and end of session

Click here to find out more.

Behaviour Management in the Classroom

Date: 9th November

Time: 5.30pm-6.30pm

Venue: Online

Cost: Free

This webinar will focus on practical, evidence informed strategies regarding managing behaviour in the classroom. Amy will cover a number of approaches, as well as exploring the ways in which we view behaviour, and how these are best deployed to help us all achieve excellent behaviour in the classroom.

Click here to find out more.

Headstart in Schools

Date: 10th November 2021

Time: 4:30-6:30pm

Venue: Online Via Zoom

Cost: Free

• Hear key insights about supporting young people’s mental health and wellbeing from the delivery and evaluation of HeadStart.

• Take away some practical steps to inform thinking and practice.

This event is suitable for school leaders and wellbeing leads, Mental health Support Team leads, school improvement teams, commissioners, policy makers, local authority staff, mental health practitioners and service managers, researchers.

Click here to find out more and to book your place.

EEF Updated Teaching & Learning Toolkit

Date: 15th November 2021

Time: 4:00-5:15pm

Venue: Online

Cost: Free

Please join for a free twilight session from 4:00-5:15pm in which the Research School will explore the new Toolkit and investigate some interesting strands.

Click here to find out more and to book your place.

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

NCETM Professional Development Lead Accreditation

We are seeking applications to sponsor places for EarlyYears, Secondary and Post 16

Who can take part?

This programme is for teachers of maths (all phases from Early Years to post-16) who have existing commitments and responsibility for designing, leading and evaluating maths teacher professional development, and the potential to develop further.

What is involved?

• three one-day workshops

• completion of an Accreditation Evidence Document (AED, which facilitates critical reflection on your learning and the PD you design, deliver and evaluate over the year)

• designing, leading, reviewing and refining a programme of support for maths teacher professional development, drawing upon a range of evidence-informed models and activity

Click here to find out more

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

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

Click here to find out more

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